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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jerry Berman, left, Dr. Henri R. Ford, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Lt. Cmdr. Kathryn Berndt prepare a 12-year-old Haitian girl with a severe head injury for surgery aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Berman and Berndt are Navy surgeons assigned to the USS Carl Vinson. Ford, originally from Haiti, is surgeon-in-chief at Los Angeles Pediatric Hospital. Gupta is a CNN medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon.

ONBOARD BRAIN SURGERY

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jerry Berman, left, Dr. Henri R. Ford, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Lt. Cmdr. Kathryn Berndt prepare a 12-year-old Haitian girl with a severe head injury for surgery aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Berman and Berndt are Navy surgeons assigned to the USS Carl Vinson. Ford, originally from Haiti, is surgeon-in-chief at Los Angeles Pediatric Hospital. Gupta is a CNN medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon.

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