drbardash@gmail.com I realize that some of my patients may not know much about me outside of the dental office.

I wanted to take the time and tell you about something very dear to my heart. Recently I traveled to Ghana, Africa to volunteer with the HHAF. The HHAF allows impoverished people nationally and globally to receive free medical care from highly capable physicians. The children and adults who have this treatment undergo a spectrum of care from general dental work to full facial surgery to mend deformities. Over the past several years, a team of volunteers including myself has been concentrating on helping the disadvantaged people of West Africa. The Health and Humanitarian Aid Foundation is an organization that has given me a tremendous sense of accomplishment and humility. The efforts of the team not only change the lives of those we help, but alter our own lives for the better as well. My team consists of surgical and clinical physicians. As part of the medical team I serve as the Director of the Dental Outreach Program. Annually, the team partners up with Ghanian hospitals to better the nations healthcare system. HHAF is unique in the fact that they work specifically to the needs of the people in the region we visit. ### About Dr. Jody Bardash: Dr. Jody Bardash attended Yeshiva University and graduated with a bachelors degree in History and Education in 1985. He graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1989, earning a degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD). He completed a General Practice Residency in the Hackensack University Medical Center in 1990 and became President and Managing Partner of his practice later that year. Dr. Bardash is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Society for Dental Aesthetics, and the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. He has served as a Clinical Attending of the Dental Residency Program at the Hackensack University Medical Center since 1990. He also directed the 2011- Dental Outreach Program for the Health and Humanitarian Aid Foundation that is dedicated to providing medical, dental, and humanitarian aid to the citizens of Ghana, Africa. For more information about Dr. Jody Bardash, visit www.dentalprofessionalsoffairlawn.com About HHAF: HHAF is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing medical and humanitarian aid to those whose lives have been affected by famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster. To learn more about HHAF and how you can help visit www.hhafonline.org