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Eckhert and her husband have brought their talents to bear on global health initiatives, working with their children in the Indian Health Service in Arizona; in the Bon Samaritan Hospital in Haiti; and for a sabbatical year in Zimbabwe. Named the first William Walsh Fellow, Eckhert worked with Project Hope on numerous primary care programs in Central America and Europe.
Her global health work led her to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and as its chairman. In 2012 Eckhert was appointed to the National Committee for Foreign Medical Education Accreditation.
Eckhert’s work in developing a new medical school with the Lebanese American University included a two-year role as the interim dean from 2010-2012. In February-April of this year, she was a Fulbright Specialist advising on the development of a Master of Public Health Program at a new medical school in Saudi Arabia.
“One of my most enriching endeavors,” says Eckhert. “Has been a one woman play I wrote, “A Lady Alone” about Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman physician.” The play was performed throughout the United States, and received a Sloan grant.