After spending nearly two weeks in Louisiana -- easing the load for exhausted local medical personnel and helping out Katrina victims -- a group of five Pulmonary & Critical Care physicians and nurses from the University of Pennsylvania Health System returned home on September 22nd. When their plane touched down, they were greeted by the media, who wanted to hear about their work and experiences in the hurricane zone.

Pictured (l-r): Vivek Ahya, MD, Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program; Colin Gillespie, MD, research fellow; Giora Netzer, MD, research fellow; Lorrie Bokelman, RN, MICU nurse; and Lisa Douglas, RN, critical care research nurse coordinator.
Not pictured: Dan Sterman, MD, Director of Interventional Pulmonary