In recent months, as we have intensified our fundraising efforts in order to grow our local team and expand our patient census and...

On this Mother's Day weekend, it seems fitting to pause and appreciate the gift of being blessed with an amazing mother. Sandy Self, my...

May 4th marks EIGHT YEARS since we opened our doors and started seeing patients at our health center in rural Guatemala! Here's a rundown...

In a prior post at the start of the year we shared plans for a Roadside Makeover. As outlined in the prior post, the hope is that the...

Case 2: "I would like to buy a valve, please." A thirtysomething year old female presented to our center with complaints of shortness of...

Easter, the holiday, rightfully evokes many positive emotions and feelings: love, joy, and hope to name a few. Easter baskets, however,...

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is integral to the care we provide at our center in rural Guatemala. We incorporate POCUS as an...

This past week a middle-aged female from a neighboring community presented with a chief complaint of facial swelling. Upon evaluation,...

"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." ~John 1:5 Living in rural Guatemala, we are blessed to have...

Our targeted patient population hails from isolated rural communities with limited access to high quality healthcare. This population is...

"And so it begins" ~King Theoden in Lord of the Rings movie "The Twin Towers" Earlier this month we made modest, but not insignificant,...

Immediately upon completion of training a physician begins a careerlong battle against skill decay. Gone are the days of medical school...

This past week one of the patient's I saw in clinic gave me pause. Our patient is a 46 year old gentleman with known HIV/AIDS as well as...

Several posts back, we discussed our excitement regarding the addition of an ambulance to our health center in rural Guatemala. This...

A previous post highlighted our wellness program and its focus on improving the health of our local team members. That post specifically...

This past week we broke ground on an exciting roadside development just up the hill from our clinic. While the development is not...

As part of the process to obtain my Guatemalan medical license, I spent one year working for the Guatemalan government. For half of...

This year has been replete with exciting additions to our health center in rural Guatemala, but perhaps none more so than the initiation...

In most fields, redundancy is not optimal and can be deleterious. However, in fields such as healthcare redundancy is beneficial and...

The above video is a brief tour of the resuscitation bay on the first floor of our center in rural Guatemala. Featured, in order of...