Harnoor Singh, MD
Director, RAD-AID India
Dr. Harnoor Singh grew up in a family of physicians including his mother, paternal grandfather, and many aunts and uncles who fueled his passion for healthcare. He was, however, inspired most by his mother who, till date, is the most dedicated and caring physician (OB/GYN by specialty) that he has ever met. Her honesty, simplicity, and generosity in the workplace led him to be the compassionate physician he is today. Dr. Singh attended the same medical school as his mother (Government Medical College, Patiala), Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Punjab, India, to achieve his dream of becoming a healthcare provider. After graduating and completing a medical internship, he moved to the United States. He now specializes in breast imaging at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
He has co-authored papers such as “Early Detection of Breast Cancer” and “Community Outreach in Breast Imaging,” which have since been published in Radiographics.
Dr. Singh is grateful to have become a part of the Rad-Aid India team. It is an honor and privilege for him to be a part of an organization that is committed to helping people receive the best medical care throughout the world by bridging the access gap to radiology.
Olive Peart, MS. RT (R)(M)
Program Manager, RAD-AID India
Olive Peart is an established author, educator and radiographer. She completed her Master of Science degree in education at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut and is currently the program director with the radiologic technology program at Fortis College, Landover, MD.
Peart has worked as a mammography and radiologic technologist for over 30 years and has lectured both nationally and internationally on mammography and radiologic related topics.
In 2004 she was awarded an ASRT foundation grant and worked as a volunteer with the RAD-AID Asha Jyoti: Women’s Healthcare Mobile Outreach Programme, in Chandigarh, India where she was tasked with teaching mammographic anatomy, clinical skills and quality control to technologists at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Center (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. In 2006 she was appointed Program Manager, RAD-AID India and continued her volunteer work evaluating the sustainability of the project and identifying areas of concern. Peart continues to volunteer with RAD-AID India and also served as a volunteer Program Manager, Mammography Technologist with RAD-AID USA Women’s Health Access Initiative. The initiative started to address disparities in death rates from breast and cervical cancer among women of color in the United States.
In her spare time Peart enjoys reading and writing and has written several young adult and adult fiction and non-fiction books.
Debra J Poelhuis, MS, RT(R)(M)
Associate Program Manager, RAD-AID India
Debbie Poelhuis earned her master’s degree from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. She is registered in both radiography and mammography and has been in radiography education as a program director for 36 years. She has clinical experience in CT, mammography, forensic radiography, trauma radiography and interventional radiography. She has given professional presentations at the local, state, national and international levels and has co-author two textbooks: one in radiography and one in nursing. Debbie was a RAD-AID ASRT Foundation Community Outreach Fellow to Chandigarh, India for the Asha Jyoti Women’s Health project in July 2016. She is currently serving in the role of the director of RAD- AID India having made three trips to India. Her goals are to assist in the continued development and operation of RAD-AID’s women’s health outreach programs in India.