2013 Dominican Republic ILAC Trip Summary The most recent Dominican Republic trip was a success. One hundred and eight hernia operations were performed and numerous other patients were examined and treated medically. As always the team members were grateful for the experience. Dr. Robert Cusick and Dr. Lao were the Pediatric surgeons, Dr. Campanelli and […]
Pignon Haiti Hernia Repair for the Underserved Mission Trip summary The team of Cynthia Ferris MD, Rachel Dowd RN, Theresa Alvarado RN, Libbie Choquette RN, Mary Drouillard RN, Bob Cusick MD, Bob Fitzgibbons MD, Hal Kaftan MD and Lesly Manigat MD traveled to Pignon via the ILAC center in Santiago Dominican Republic. Here they are […]
HRFU Dajabon hernia team trip summary – first draft Our mission in Dajabon started on Sun. Oct. 10th 2013. On the way to Dajabon, on an ILAC bus, we met Dr. Lesly Manigat and together with him we arrived at the guest house of the textile factory CODEVI. The textile factory is located on the […]
Archidona, Ecuador Background Hernia Repair for the Underserved collaborated with Timmy Global Health on a hernia repair mission in October 2013 with the dual focus on providing care to the underserved and fostering sustainability through training and collaboration with local Ecuadorian surgeon partners. This was our second trip to this site in Archidona, a […]
Hernia Mission to Paraguay 1st to 12 September 2013 Summary – compilation of all team member comments Eight operation days: 6 in the Hospital Nacional and 2 in Luque Hospital. A total of 76 patients were operated on. Twenty operations in Luque hospital (mainly Lichtenstein repairs), Dr. Lurachi and Dr. Dubarry trained in Lichtenstein repair […]
Led by Dr. Dwijen Misra and his head nurse Dawn Porrit, the HRFU team traveled in early November to the village of San Juan Sacatepeguez about 1-2 hours from the Guatemala City airport. The name of the facility was Salud de Barbara and it is run by Partners in Surgery. Dr. Manuel Torres, a Pediatric […]
The most recent HRFU Dominican Republic trip was a huge success! Forty two US volunteers and many Institute of Latin American Concerns health care providers (cooperadores) and 4 Peace Corp volunteers cared for more than 200 patients. Two Dominican surgeons were trained as described below. One hundred and fourteen hernia operations and 18 lumpectomies were […]
On December 1, 2012, the HRFU team returned from Archidona and by all accounts the patients did well. Although it was the first surgery trip for the Timmy Foundation, lead by August Longino, they did an extraordinary job supporting the team. Dr. Wexler, Dr. Campanelli, and Dr. David Partrick (a Pediatric surgeon) operated on 68 […]
Overview Thirty six patients were operated upon and three Haitian general surgeons were trained to do Pediatric inguinal hernia repairs and the adult Lichtenstein repairs for inguinal hernias. Team Cynthia Ferris, MD; Rachel Dowd, RN; Theresa Alvarado, RN; Bob Cusick, MD; David Chen, MD; Lesly Manigat, MD HRFU-Haiti2012 from Charles Filipi on Vimeo. Summary The […]