Abdu has served as a consultant to Yemen’s Minister of Health and visiting professor at the University of Science and Technology (UST). Since turning 70, he has volunteered as a physician/surgeon with Mission of Love to the Mayans in Yucatan, Mexico, to an orphanage clinic in Guatemala, the Indian Reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and for more than 25 years, as a mentor/tutor at Harding Elementary School in Youngstown.ĭr. Joanie’s Promise Fund pays for mammograms to low-income/uninsured women, including transportation, if needed, and a full-time liaison to teach them about breast cancer, and the importance of early detection. Its mission is to provide the best care to every woman, regardless of color, creed, or economic status. With the help of Mercy Health, Mercy Health Foundation, and a caring and generous community, the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center opened in 2011, and has become one of the finest breast-care centers in the country. During their ordeal, he learned about comprehensive breast-care centers and vowed to bring a world-class facility to Youngstown. Abdu lost his wife, Joanie, to breast cancer. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a member of the American College of Surgeons, and International College of Surgeons. During his 23 years in that role, he was honored to be one of 12 founding members of the American Association of Program Directors in Surgery, and one of four professors to meet in Philadelphia to write its bylaws. He graduated 54 surgeons, many of whom remained in Ohio. He became one of the original faculties of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Abdu completed his surgical residency at Saint Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown and, in 1976, became Director of Surgical Education. where he continued to work and study, earning his BA from Lafayette College, and his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine.ĭr. Harlan Clark, United States Consul, who hired him as a houseboy. Driven by poverty, curiosity, and adventure, he left his village at age 9 and went to Aden, where he worked low-level jobs, until he met Mr. Rashid Abdu was born in a small village in Yemen in 1932. Their stories are compelling and represent lifetimes of dedication, ingenuity, perseverance, kindness and compassion. This year’s inductees range in age from 66to 101. Members of the Ohio General Assemblyand leaders from Ohio’s aging network will beon hand to congratulate and thank the inductees for their lifelong contributions to their communities, their professions, and their vocations. The Ohio Department of Aging will induct15outstanding older Ohioans into the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame during a special ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Wednesday, Sept.
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