humanitarian work
Blade and Light Humanitarian Missions
In 2003, Hayes B. Gladstone, MD, and Northwestern colleague, Murad Alam, MD, founded the Blade and Light Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promote humanitarian missions, research, and collaboration amoung young dermatologic surgeons. Dr. Gladstone and his Blade and Light Society colleagues donate their time and expenses to bring specialized skin cancer treatment to developing countries. Gladstone and his team of surgeons, nurses, and histotechnologists perform high-tech treatments, such as Mohs micrographic surgery on patients that may not otherwise have access to these modern procedures. Dr. Berg is proud to have participated in all of Blade and Light's overseas missions to Chile, Romania, and most recently to Athens, Greece.