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...

With this second installment of a presentation shared at Ventura County Medical Center earlier this year as part of their Health Equity...

This one's a bit of a bonus post. I recently rediscovered this brief video tour of our site from 2015. It was featured prominently in...

This year has been a record breaking year for cases of dengue. The number of reported cases in Guatemala thus far in 2024 is up nearly...

The below video is the first of a three part series of posts sharing the presentation given earlier this year at Ventura County Medical...

Wachalal was referenced in a recent episode of the popular medical podcast, Stimulus with Rob Orman, MD . Rob is a well respected and...

In our most recent blog post we shared exciting news regarding a recent lab upgrade powered by AI. This post shifts our attention to...

The robots are coming!!... and our site in rural Guatemala has joined the AI revolution with our most recent lab upgrade. A couple of...

In our neighborhood- and throughout much of the world, particularly in low and middle income countries- rebar protruding from structures...

This is a story of near drowning. Recently a 71 year old female who had not been seen in clinic for several months returned. She...

Last week a 32yo male presented to our clinic with generalized abdominal pain. He was tachycardic with a soft blood pressure. On...

This week in clinic I saw a 48 year old male. We'll call him Juan (because that's his name). Juan had multiple vague symptoms (excessive...