Category Archives: Honduras 2013

Ready for anything, Dr. Alvear’s first case today was off schedule and without batting an eye he was completely prepared for a baby boy delivered in the wee hours of the morning diagnosed with gastroschisis. The newborn was actually born … Continue reading →

With the first “cuts” scheduled for 8 AM and fighting travel weariness getting to the hospital, we needed the operating rooms ready and the line of scheduled cases already waiting brings me to tears. I see the first little boy … Continue reading →

Volunteering on a mission with the World Surgical Foundation has turned out to be more of a life changing experience than I could have ever even imagined. When we arrived, despite red-eye flight exhaustion, we came en mass to the … Continue reading →

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Mikaela Maria Lannan and am not a newcomer to community service. My family has a foundation called the Lannan Foundation that works in the social and art/literary world so as a … Continue reading →