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SUMMARY:Author Michael D. Polifka with 'Michael Without Borders: A Second M
 edical Career'
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michael Polifka will read excerpts from his new book\, Mich
 ael Without Borders: A Second Medical Career\, which compiles journals fro
 m 39 of his 75 international volunteer trips to some of the world’s most
  impoverished countries. The reading will include photos from his travels 
 and will be followed by a Q&A. \n\nDr. Michael Polifka returned to souther
 n Vermont in 1981 to start a primary-care practice in Manchester with his 
 good friend from medical school\, Mark Novotny. Over the next twenty-five 
 years the practice flourished\, expanding in depth and breadth. In January
  2005\, he retired from primary care and began volunteering internationall
 y. The tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia in late December 2004 had presen
 ted the first opportunity — one that would change the course of his medi
 cal career for the next eighteen years\, taking him to Indonesia\, Guatema
 la\, Ecuador\, Belize\, Haiti\, Nicaragua\, Panama\, Nepal\, Ghana\, Liber
 ia\, and back to Guatemala\, eventually evolving into mentoring homegrown 
 health providers and building programs that would outlast his visits. This
  book is a compilation of the journals written during that time.\n\nLink: 
 https://mclvt.org/stec_event/author-michael-d-polifka-with-michael-without
 -borders-a-second-medical-career/
LOCATION:Manchester Community Library\n138 Cemetery Avenue\, Manchester Cen
 ter\, VT 05255
X-CECAL-ORGANIZATION:Manchester Community Library
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 -borders-a-second-medical-career-12-08-2026/
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