title: Public health and Hurricane Katrina: lessons learned and what we can do now.
abstract: Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, presently resides in Atlanta, GA, displaced from his native New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, September 2005. The hurricane destroyed hiss cardiovascular center and severely damaged his home. In Atlanta, he is director of the Association of Black Cardiologists Hurricane Katrina Relief.
authors.affiliation: Association of Black Cardiologists Hurricane Katrinia Relief, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Keith C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Ferdinand
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008922:Mississippi; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012066:Relief Work