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2010
July 2010
The arrival happened at San Pedro Sula's airport, in the northern section of Honduras. The flights took place without delay. Once on Honduran soil, we
started approaching each other to know those who were going to be our companions for the next 7 days....
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June 2010
I had the opportunity of being part of a group of medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses and medical students who went on a mission trip to Honduras to provide medical care to individuals in underserved areas...
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June 2010
I was hoping that the trip to Honduras would open my eyes to the reality of medicine and to the potential I have to give back to communities as a physician.
I don't think I could have been more "dead on"...
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June 2010
On June 7-12, 2010, I accompanied a surgical team to Haiti through the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation. Our team traveled to Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, an area in rural Haiti approximately 60 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince...
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May 2010
During the week of May 14-21, 2010, I had the distinct privilege of traveling with colleagues from different medical specialties to give free health care to communities in Ecuador...
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March 2010
I had the good fortune to find a unique opportunity working with Global Healing International in their pediatric clinic on the island of Roatan, Honduras for the month of March 2010...
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March 2010
I am a licensed physician assistant in Orthopaedic spine surgery who recently returned from a medical, dental and developmental response to Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
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March 2010
On March 3rd, I departed the United States for Haiti as part of an ongoing relief effort. I was recruited by a grass-roots organization of doctors, nurses, paramedics, medical technicians, teachers, architects and other volunteers...
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February 2010
I was fortunate to take part in this year's mission sponsored by the University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA)...
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February 2010
Before my elective in Lesotho, I spoke to others who had been. I understood that Lesotho is one of the poorest African nations...
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February 2010
I spent the week of February 7th in the Dominican Republic and Haiti helping with the earthquake relief effort...
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February 2010
Arriving in Uganda for the second time I felt even more anxious compared to my first trip in 2009...
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February 2010
I traveled with the Ecuadent Foundation on their February 2010 medical mission to Ecuador. Our mission took place in the public hospital...
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February 2010
We were off to a rocky start because as soon as we landed we found out that one-third of our team had their flight delayed due to the winter storms in the northeast....
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February 2010
After twenty hours of airplane and three hours of bus ride, we finally arrived in Kampong Thom. Kampong Thom is a province located at the central point of the Kingdom of Cambodia...
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January 2010
As I walk to the local clinic I see a line outside of about 40 people waiting to be seen. There was no system of making appointments or an insurance plan that requires you to go to a certain physician.
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January 2010
I arrived in Uganda in a small airport in Entebbe. Our volunteer group was picked up in cabs and driven 3 hours into the country...
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January 2010
My initial plans had been to work in the operating room at Bwaila but most obstetrical surgery in Malawi is performed by clinical officers...
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2009
December 2009
With the help of a $750 grant from the Benjamin Josephson Fund, I spent four weeks as the supervising pediatrician at Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Cameroon...
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November 2009
Between the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan and the Pacific Ocean, lies the beautiful Hualien County. Twenty-five percent of the population is of aboriginal descent...
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November 2009
Our trip began on November 5, 2009. Our group consisted of two attendings, two residents and four medical students from the VA/DC/MD area...
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November 2009
We completed seven busy days at the clinic set up in the local elementary school in the community of Paraiso, about a 45 minute chaotic drive...
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September 2009
In September 2009, I joined a team of approximately 40 medical volunteers on an Operation Smile medical mission in Guadalajara, Mexico...
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July 2009
I spent three weeks this summer working with a team of five other physicians at the Baptist Medical Center in Nalerigu, Northern Ghana...
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July 2009
I was called at 5:20am, "Please, Doctor, I cannot place the cannula." I rode my bike to the hospital through a freshly plowed field...
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June 2009
As a family medicine resident, about 400 patients call me their doctor. During office visits, I can generally figure out what to do...
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May 2009
Cervical cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in Peruvian women 15 to 64 years old. Peru's cervical cancer incidence and mortality...
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May 2009
After twenty hours of airplane and seven hours of train-ride, I arrived at Taitung, a quiet city surrounded by mountain cliffs on the west...
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May 2009
Being my second trip to Ecuador with this medical brigade, I thought I was prepared and had an understanding of how it all worked and what...
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February 2009
After hiking one hour in the sweltering heat in the rural mountains of Honduras, our guide opened the gate and led us into a small mud-brick house...
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January 2009
During the month of January of 2009, I had the singular opportunity to visit a rehabilitation clinic in Kolkata, India. Before I go any further, I would
like to introduce Kolkata as a city on the eastern part of India...
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2008
November 2008
I wish to thank the Benjamin H. Josephson, MD Fund for support of my recent medical trip to Pinares, Honduras. I feel it was a very successful trip. I
departed Washington, DC on Wednesday, November 5th and returned Wednesday, November 12... more...
August 2008
I have been working as a volunteer nurse in a mission with the Missioners of Christ and Light of the World Charities in Comayagua, Honduras for the past 5
months. What an amazing 5 months it has been! I volunteered at San Benito Jose...more...
August 2008
In August I joined a team of approximately 50 volunteers to Taraba State, Nigeria. Ten of us were from a program called Global Health Outreach, and the
others were native Nigerians working with Pro Health International.more...
August 2008
Traveling to a developing nation is exciting, nerve raking, and can be dangerous. Forty-five members of the University of Kentucky set off to Ecuador. The
brigade, led by Dr. Tom Young, pediatrician at Family Care Center...more...
August 2008
I never imagined a trip to Ecuador would include a house visit to a 97 year old woman in a Tsachilas community. We traveled to provide clinical services to
this community which is located approximately 2 hours from Santo Domingo.... more...
June 2008
In June 2008 a group of healthcare professionals from Virginia Commonwealth University, in association with the non-profit group HOMBRE (Honduras Outreach
Medical Brigada Relief Effort)... more...
May 2008
My trip to Peru in May, 2008 with the International Cervical Cancer Foundation was the most inspirational travel of my life. The purpose of the mission was
to screen for and treat cervical cancer with PAP, VIA, colposcopy, and LEEP procedures.... more...
May 2008
A meaningful adventure filled with a multiplicity of endearing people, beautiful vistas, healthcare, dramas, and even intrigues. It started with a striking
night entry by our family, met by about 20 people... more...
May 2008
My BHJ funded trip to Belize had two major goals: (1) to see for myself the field work which the Global Mental Health Fellows (Mount Sinai School of
Medicine psychiatry residents who apply to work in Belize)... more...
May 2008
I recently participated in a short term medical mission trip to El Salvador. Our team is one of 52 mission teams that go all over the world and is organized
by Global Health Outreach... more...
May 2008
Since I was a medical student, I sought opportunities to travel to underdeveloped countries in hopes of making a difference in the health care there....
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May 2008
It was a joy to spend time learning about their culture and providing medical care to the needy population of Ecuador in Otavalo, Santo Domingo de los
Colorados, and Tsachila Communities... more...
April 2008
The medical mission in Santo Domingo was an opportunity not only to treat the needy patients but touch the hearts of an underserved community which requires
not only medical help but health and hygiene awareness... more...
April 2008
I learned that barely a month in the country of Lesotho can envelope a traveler into the arms of the land and people. The Basotho are kind, warm & grateful
(and often speak so very loudly!)... more...
April 2008
I have known Dr. Alan Waxman for about 6 years (since my third year of medical school), and this year, as a fourth year OB/GYN resident, I was invited to
accompany him to Peru... more...
February 2008
On February 9th I traveled to Guatemala City as a physician/resident, with a surgical team from Healing the Children, Northeast- a Connecticut based,
non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer organization... more...
April 2008
Arriving in Santo Domingo April 7 we went to the Office of the Foundation of Congressman Manuel Jimenez and saw several "pre-op" patients...
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February 2008
While I understand very little about what these people are saying to me, one thing is quite obvious...they are grateful. We saw 209 indigents on our
first day... more...
January 2008
This is a brief chronological account of my trip offering volunteer medical services to the children in poor and un-reached communities in India between
January 04, 2008 and March 28 2008... more...
January 2008
As part of our January 2008 Fairfax-VCU Brigade trip to Pinares, Honduras, we screened women for cervical cancer... more...
January 2008
In June of 2007, 24 silver impregnated, ceramic water filters were sold to rural Hondurans for 20 Lempiras (approximately $1 US). House visits were performed
and water samples were obtained during 0, 1, and 6-month visits... more...
2007
October 2007
I returned to the country where I left shortly after I was born, yet everything felt foreign to me. Prior to my departure for the medical mission trip in
October 2007, I read books about traveling... more...
October 2007
Hospital Mario Catarino Rivas, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, is a large public hospital and trauma center in the country's second largest city and primary
industrial center. more...
September 2007
The program was organized by Concern America and included: Participation in a course with environmental health promoters on water and stove projects...
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September 2007
My trip to Honduras consisted of a wide variety of work ranging from direct patient care to public health assessments. The first stop was a 4-day stay with
the community of Colomarigua, Concepcion. more...
July 2007
During the entire month of July, 2007, my family and I traveled to, and resided in, Embangweni, Malawi while I volunteered as a physician in clinic and
hospital for the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP). more...
June 2007
I went on a medical mission with the HOMBRE brigade affiliated with the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Medicine. This is part of an ongoing
venture where physicians and medical students spend 1 - 2 weeks... more...
June 2007
Thank you again for supporting my medical volunteering in Honduras. The week was definitely a significant experience, much more so than I had bargained!
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June 2007
Dr. Tosiello's trip to Tanzania focused on assessment and delivery of HIV education and services. The trip began with a visit with officials from the
Elizabeth Glaser Foundation and the Lyamungo Dispensary, a remote clinic site... more...
May 2007
My international experience to Peru with the International Cervical Cancer Foundation "CerviCusco", provided me with one of the most eye-opening and
educational experiences of my life. more...
May 2007
As our plane landed into the city lights of Lima Peru, images of the women we saw last year appeared. Excitement, fear, hope and faith consumed me. I
prayed I would see the women... more...
April 2007
John Allegra, an emergency medicine physician in Morristown Memorial and his brother Don Allegra, an infectious disease physician in Morris County,
recently returned from a 10 day medical mission in Honduras. more...
April 2007
Volunteerism has been a significant obsession of mine from early childhood. Since crossing the age of 50, I have felt a sense of urgency to follow my
childhood dream to contribute to volunteer endeavors. more...
March 2007
Through Acts Community Church, Dr. Young Kim participated in the Oaxaca, Mexico Dental Service Trip from March 17 to March 24, 2007. Our 5-day stay was in
a village of about 1000 people called Santa Inez. more...
2006
May 2006
In May 2006 I traveled to Vietnam as part of The Vietnam Medical Project, a small group of doctors who help serve the indigent population at The Danang
Orthopaedic Center, Danang, Vietnam. more...
May 2006
I had the opportunity to spend one month at Choctaw Nation Health Service Authority. The Choctaws are one of the well known Five Civilized Tribes, so
designated because of their advanced systems of government... more...
February 2006
"Bienvenidos a la Dominicana!" I was welcomed with the warm greeting and a kiss on each cheek by the man holding up the sign that said Doctora Vir. I
would later find out that he was the director of ILAC, Radalme... more...
February 2006
I spent February 6-10 as a volunteer doctor in clinics along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. I was given a temporary emergency medical license to do so. The
sponsoring organization was the Lutheran Emergency Disaster Relief Organization, one of the major aid organizations in this area. more...
2005
October 2005
Third year Family Medicine Resident from Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, Anne Marie's trip to Guatemala followed a two week experience she had had as a
fourth year medical student working with local health promoters. more...
February 2005
Pediatric Attending Physician in Hackettstown, NJ, Dr. Menkin traveled to Ethiopia to work with Ethiopian refugees at one site and then onto an orphanage
to care for HIV infected children. more...
February 2005
Dr. Rhona Magaril, a OB/GYN in private practice in Springfield, New Jersey, spent 10 days in Cusco, Peru on a medial trip sponsored by ASCCP (American
Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology). more...
January 2005
The January 2005 Honduras Brigade of Shoulder to Shoulder was filled with a large variety of projects, numerous day trip clinics to remote communities, a
four day stay in the community of Los Pinares, and work in the permanent Shoulder to Shoulder Clinic. more...
2004
March 2004
In March 2004, Dr. Richard Paris, a 1996 of the Overlook Family Practice Residency, joined a mission team to La Entrada, Honduras, where he and several
other physicians and nurses spent two weeks providing medical care in the Public Health Clinic and surrounding villages. more...
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