Watch as the clinicians at the Hanger / Haitian Amputee Coalition prosthetic and rehabilitation center work with a patient as he takes his first few steps with his new prosthetic leg.
About Jay Tew, CP
- Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation
- Deschapelles, Haiti
- Jaw Tew is a Hanger Clinic practice manager and recipient of the Hanger Excellence Award for Clinical Leadership. Additionally, Tew was awarded the Louisiana Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Louisiana National Guard’s highest civilian Medal of Honor for his service to wounded soldiers returning from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jay volunteered to serve a three-month term at HAS as lead prosthetist for the Coalition's patient care delivery. He arrived February 22, 2010 and lead the team that fit 350+ amputees with prosthetic limbs and orthotic braces before his rotation ended May 31, 2010. He has since served several other terms as lead prosthetist at the clinic in Haiti.
