Surgery Blog
Dr. Tom Kraner Continues the On-Going Surgical Intern Training Project in Malawi
Written by: Dr. Tom Kraner
From the field: Blantyre, Malawi
Note: From April 19 to July 21, Tom Kraner, MD, from Cheyenne, WY is the third visiting...
In Malawi, Husband and Wife Get their Bearings and Start Training
Written by: Dr. Michael Curci
From the field: Blantyre, Malawi
Note: From Feb. 6 to March 31, Michael Curci, MD, a pediatric surgeon and a retired clinical professor at the...
Team Promotes, Celebrates Healthy Vision in Bicol School
Written by: Ellen Libby, Director of Marketing, Physicians for Peace
From the field: Bicol province, the Philippines
Our team started the day early at the airport, meeting up with...
In Manila, Team Reunites with Remarkable Patient
Written by: Ellen Libby, Director of Marketing, Physicians for Peace
From the field: Manila, the Philippines
After 24 hours of traveling with 19 hours in the air, my internal body...
Young Patient Touches West Bank Team's Heart
Written by: Emmagene Worley, MCV medical student
From the field: West Bank
Note: Our multi-specialty team hit the ground running in the West Bank. The team’s efforts, led...
Team Delivers Lectures, Training in West Bank
Written by: Emmagene Worley, MCV medical student
From the field: West Bank
Note: Our multi-specialty team hit the ground running in the West Bank. The team’s efforts, led by Dr...
A Mission in Photos: Guayaquil, Ecuador, Day 1
Words and Pictures by: Valerie Leybag
From the Field: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Note: Photographer Valerie Leybag recently joined a PFP surgical mission to Guayaquil, Ecuador, led by Dr...
A Mission in Photos: Guayaquil, Ecuador, Day 2
Words and Pictures by: Valerie Leybag
From the Field: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Note: Photographer Valerie Leybag recently joined a PFP surgical mission to Guayaquil, Ecuador, led by Dr...
A Mission in Photos: Guayaquil, Ecuador, Day 3
Words and Pictures by: Valerie Leybag
From the Field: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Note: Photographer Valerie Leybag recently joined a PFP surgical mission to Guayaquil, Ecuador, led by Dr....
Last Day in Palestine: Thinking of the Future
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
Today is our last day in Palestine, tomorrow morning we leave at 5:00 to once again begin the long journey...
Powerful Connections in the OR
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
Since I’d already had an impressive one day completed in surgery, I felt a little bit better about going...
First Surgery!
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
I was extremely excited and anxious about witnessing my first surgery today with Dr. Mustafa. As we rode in...
At Diabetes Clinic, Another Full Day
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
Today was the first day at the Diabetes clinic and it was really exciting to see the flood of people...
Sightseeing and Understanding the Culture
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
Today was Jummah, which is part of the weekend in Palestine. Since everyone from the group had given their...
An Emphasis on Practical Approaches
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
For all its wonderful history, Jerusalem is not the “real” Palestine. It is milling with tourists and...
I Couldn't Be Happier to Be Here
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
As we prepared to land in Tel Aviv, I surveyed my traveling partners. I had never met any of them before...
Journey to Palestine
Written by: Setareh Mohammadie
From the field: West Bank
My name is Setareh Mohammadie and I am a 20-year-old pre-medical student. Despite coming from a Middle...
Final Days in Morocco
Omar Boukhriss Expressing His Passion for Physicians for Peace
Wednesday May 5, 2010
Fes, Morocco
Another busy day of surgeries...
Quadruple Open Heart Surgery Made Moroccan News
Tuesday May 4, 2010 - Fes, Morocco
A busy schedule of operations today with a quadruple CABG open heart surgery by Dr. Khaury made the local...
From Fes, Morocco
Early Monday morning, we were picked up for the 20 minute drive across town to get our first look at the CHU. The building is impressive – its construction was funded by King Mohammed VI and...
Stories from the Morocco Surgery Mission
Fes, Morocco
May 2, 2010
After a relatively straightforward, but lengthy journey, we all arrived safely at...
Eritrea Medical Mission 2010: Limb Salvage & Limb Deformity Correction
"And We Learned as Much as We Taught"
On April 2, 2010, we will send out a team of podiatrists and specialized surgeons to Asmara, Eritrea in...
Save Someone in Eritrea from a Life of Disability...
Since 2006, Physicians for Peace volunteers Dr. Chris Walters and Dr. Keith Goss, have been traveling to Eritrea to perform limb salvage and limb reconstruction surgeries. They have devoted their...
Bringing Hope to the West Bank
The first photos are coming in of our specialized surgery mission to the West Bank earlier this month. This volunteer medical mission broke new ground in many areas for local medical professionals...
From Gun-shot Wounds to Skin Cancer: A Plastic Surgery Mission to Honduras
This year Physicians for Peace was fortunate to have Dr. Duffy Casey of Global Brigades working with us in his last year at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Having extensive medical mission...
Changing Children's Lives in Nigeria
Natalie Lee, a Masters of Public Health student at Eastern Virginia Medical School, recently traveled with Physicians for Peace on a surgery mission to Jos, Nigeria, where she wrote about her...
Limb Rescue Mission in Eritrea
Eritrea, which borders Ethiopia in the horn of Africa, is a country suffering from a severe shortage of physicians. Until recently, the country of 4.9 million people was served by only 5...
