Working with healthcare professionals in the Philippines, Physicians for Peace volunteers provided care for 1,645 patients on a multi-specialty mission

WHO:
Dr. Juan Montero, 2010 Physicians for Peace Excellence in Service Award winner
John Knight, co-founder, Physicians for Peace’s Seeing Clearly program

WHAT:
Montero and Knight will discuss their recent mission to Manila, Surigao del Sur and Zamboanga. About 1,645 patients received care on this multi-specialty mission, which included educational and clinical components focused on three core PFP programs: Walking Free, Seeing Clearly and Specialized Surgery. Montero and Knight are longtime volunteers with Physicians for Peace.

WHERE:
Physicians for Peace
500 East Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510

WHEN:
Dec. 1, 2010
4:30 p.m.

WHY:
The Walking Free program provides clinical education, medical supplies and direct patient care to amputee patients and people with disabilities. Through Seeing Clearly, local eye care professionals are properly equipped and trained to provide comprehensive eye exams and appropriate and medical treatment to underserved populations. The program also provides patients with donated prescription glasses. Through our Specialized Surgery program, Physicians for Peace volunteers provide hands-on training to local surgeons in specific surgical techniques, including cleft palate reconstruction and hernia repairs.

ABOUT PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE
Physicians for Peace is an international non-profit organization that mobilizes volunteer healthcare professionals to assist developing nations with unmet medical needs and scarce resources.　 Through effective, hands-on medical education and training, clinical care and donated medical supplies, Physicians for Peace develops long-term, sustainable, replicable, and evidence-based programs to help partner nations build medical capability and capacity to help themselves.　 Since 1989 volunteers for the 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization have conducted medical missions in more than 60 countries.　With its headquarters in Norfolk, Va., Physicians for Peace has programs in 22 countries and offices in the Philippines and the Dominican Republic.　 In 2009, the organization celebrated its 20th Anniversary. For more information, go to: www.physiciansforpeace.org.

CONTACT:
Mary Westbrook
Physicians for Peace
757.625.7569 x331
mwestbrook@physiciansforpeace.org