Dr. Clifford Wheeless, Dr. William Moore, Dr. Charles Ascher-Walsh, Dr. Sherry Thomas, Dr. Joanna Togami, Dr. Laura Hart, Dr. Leo LaGasse, Dr. Jill Satorie and Dr. Chautam Gaudry traveled to Niger in June. Nurse Kathleen Scott-Wilson was a wonderful addition to our team – assisting Dr. Wheeless in the operating room and also teaching the Nigerien OR nurses.
To our great surprise, Madame Laraba Tandja, Niger’s First Lady, provided our team with an air conditioned bus for our transportation! In the searing heat of the Sahel, this came as a wonderful treat! The continued support of the government of Niger and the administration and the staff at the National Hospital is very gratifying to all of us.
Clifford Wheeless, Dr. Marcy Roenneburg, Dr. Rene Genadry, Dr.Michael Brodman, Dr. Leon Lewenstein, Dr. Cynthia Gyamfy, Dr. Kristin Keefe and Nurse Luny LeBrun worked with our permanent Nigerien medical staff at the National Hospital. Dr. Ralph Chesson, Dr. Margie Kahn, Dr. Bruce Crawford and Dr. Marsha Guess operated with Dr. Sanda Ganda at Lamorde Hospital. Between the 2 teams, 72 …
Our January medical mission included Dr. Clifford Wheeless, Dr. Timothy McKinney, Dr. Sharon Boyer, Dr. Julianne Newcomer, Dr. Lori Berkowitz, Dr. Carolyn Drake and Dr. Suresh Thani. As in the December mission, when our female doctors proved to be competent surgeons (despite the fact that they were women!!) thereby changing pre-conceived stereotypes of women surgeons by the Nigerien male medical …
