For Immediate Release:

June

11, 2012

Media Contact:



Jennifer Piedra
[email protected]

305-585-7210

305-776-8897

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI/JACKSON DOCTORS TO UPDATE MEDIA ON THE CONDITION OF RONALD POPPO

Who:

Nicholas Namias, M.D., M.B.A., FACS, FCCM, trauma surgeon and co-director of Ryder Trauma Center; Wrood M. Kassira, M.D., University of Miami/Jackson plastic surgeon

What:

Ronald Poppo was brought to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center on Saturday, May 26, after being attacked on the MacArthur Causeway.

Mr. Poppo’s physicians will provide the media with an update on his condition, as well as information on the treatment he has received at Ryder Trauma Center.

When:

June

12, 2012, 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Where:

Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital
Room 103
1800 N.W. 10th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
 

Why: 

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Editor’s Note:

The Jackson Memorial Foundation has set up a fund to assist Ronald Poppo. Anyone interested in helping Mr. Poppo can make a donation through the Jackson Memorial Foundation website, www.jmf.org. To make a contribution, click the “Take Action Now” tab, and then click on donations. Once you are on the donation page, select “other” in the contribution details section and input: Ronald Poppo. You may also write a check to Jackson Memorial Foundation and include Mr. Poppo’s name in the memo portion. Checks can be mailed to Jackson Memorial Foundation, Park Plaza East, Suite G, 901 N.W. 17th Street, Miami, FL 33136.

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