Meet Manuel (pictured above). When he first presented to clinic he weighed 107 pounds and had a blood glucose of over 400mg/dL. Upon...

Some exciting news arrived in my inbox recently. I will be heading back to school this July! To paraphrase ( very loosely ) Lebron...

A couple of weeks ago an adolescent male patient presented accompanied by his mother. Our patient had reportedly managed to lodge a...

One of our foundational goals is to improve access to high quality healthcare in rural Guatemala. As highlighted in a prior blog post,...

Dominga (pictured above) is a 68yo female with a history of COPD. She presented to our clinic in rural Guatemala a couple of days before...

As we wrap up the calendar year, I put my beginner level Canva skills to work and produced the below infographic. It spotlights some of...

Dr. Dina and I typically meet on Friday mornings before our clinic day starts to refresh our skills in performing various procedures-...

" Guatemala has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Latin America. Due to lack of access to quality maternity care and...

As part of the Wellness Program we offer our local team, we have featured a race at the end of each of the last few years. In prior...

Recently Mariano- the current beneficiary of the N. Barrett Self Memorial Scholarship - marked an important milestone in his medical...

Despite living essentially full-time in Guatemala for the last decade plus, I am still (and, arguably always will be) the "other." ...

With World Diabetes Day approaching, it seemed fitting to pause and celebrate a success story from our Diabetes Program. Norma,...

A couple of the more memorable patients who have visited our clinic recently presented with very different presentations, yet were united...

The gift that keeps on giving... I indicated in our last post that Part 3 was the final portion of the presentation shared in Ventura,...

With this post we wrap up our three part series sharing a presentation given at Ventura County Medical Center earlier this year as part...

One of our daughters, Natalie, enjoys making art. She and I have been working our way (in fits and starts as any respectable artist...

Last week a 43yo male presented to clinic with a chief complaint of "weakness." He also reported weight loss and decreased appetite. ...

Guatemala celebrates its Independence Day each year on September 15th. Independence “Day” is a bit of misnomer as the celebration spans...

Per the Cambridge Dictionary, one definition of potpourri is: "an unusual or interesting mixture of things." For this post, I selected a...

I recently had the pleasure of spending some time with the Health Talents International team at Hospital Ezell. The facility occupies a...