20 Years of Heroes
And Our December Hero Is... All of Our Volunteers!
Physicians for Peace volunteers, Dr. Keith Goss and Dr. Justin Faul, on a surgery
mission in Eritrea in October. Without volunteers like these, Physicians for Peace
would not be able to...
Dr. Willcox Ruffin and Ms. Vivian Pellas - Burn Care Heroes
Dr. Ruffin in Nicaragua
Dr. Ruffin (left) at the APROQUEN Burn Unit in Nicaragua.
Vivian Pellas
Vivian Pellas, burn survivor and founder of the Association for the...
Dr. Josephine "Penny" Bundoc - Walking Free Hero
Dr. Josephine Bundoc (left) participates in the first national prosthesis Walkathon in Manila.
Dr. Josephine “Penny” Bundoc, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physical...
Dr. Charles E. Horton Sr., Our Founder and Hero
As Physicians for Peace marks its 20th Anniversary, we are proud to honor our founder, Dr. Charles E. Horton, the man who had the vision of using medicine as an instrument of peace around the...
David Lawrence: Working So That Others May Walk
David A. Lawrence, M.S.P.T., A.T.C., an internationally renowned physical therapist and amputee specialist, is being honored by Physicians for Peace as a Health Care Hero for his medical volunteer...
Sam Hill - A Physicians for Peace Hero
Sam Hill (above) has been an important part of Physicians for Peace for
many years, raising funds to train thousands of medical
professionals around the world.
We have...
Healing the Children - Training Doctors in Eritrea
The country of Eritrea, in the horn of Africa, suffers from a severe shortage of doctors, especially pediatricians and surgeons. With close to half of the population under 14 years of age, and...
Altagracia Luna and Rejita Caraballo - Resource Mothers
Mother’s Day Heroes
Rejita Caraballo and Altagracia Luna were struggling mothers in the barrios of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, when they were recommended by their local priests...
Dr. Jack Bevivino - Craniofacial Surgeon
Dr. Jack Bevivino has been working with Physicians for Peace for over 15 years. While at his home in Rhode Island, where he can be found playing hockey and riding his Harley, it's hard to...
Dr. Namik K. Baran - Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Namik K. Baran first came to Physicians for Peace in the 1980’s. At the time, Dr. Baran was a Professor of Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey, and Chief of the Department of Plastic...
Frances Dargan - Surgical Assistant, Maternal and Child Health Programs
Frances Dargan in Nigeria
Frances is scheduled to go on another mission to Nigeria in April to help more women with VVF. You can help!
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Dr. Margie Corney - Ob/Gyn, Maternal and Child Health Programs
Dr. Margie Corney
Margie is scheduled to go on another women's health mission to Nigeria in April - This will only be possible with your help.
For the past 25 years, I’ve...
