CHANGING LIVES, ONE SURGERY AT A TIME
OUR MISSION
Surgicorps International provides free surgical and medical care to people in need in developing countries.
UPCOMING TRIPS
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2023
April 15-22, Zambia, Completed
August 5-12, Guatemala, Completed
September 16-23, Zambia, Completed
October 28-November 7, Vietnam, Completed
2024
April 13-20, Zambia, Closed
August 3-10, Guatemala, Open
September 14-21, Zambia, Open
October 19-29, Vietnam, Open
RECENT NEWS
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Vietnam 2023 by Warren Schubert, M.D.
In the beginning of November, Surgicorps concluded another great Surgical Mission in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was the 19th trip to Vietnam and the second trip to a […]
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Zambia September 2023 by Ginny Wilson BSN, CNOR
You are probably already aware of the Surgicorps mission, so I will get right down to it and leave you with a few impressions from my first visit to Zambia. […]
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Guatemala 2023
Jodi Yingling, BSN RN CNOR RNFA Brett Yingling, BSN RN When DeNese asked us to write a blog for our most recent Surgicorps trip to Guatemala, I felt that I […]
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Zambia April 2023
Elizabeth Andrew Medical assistant When I was five years old, I had an accident in a Kenya boarding school. I severely broke my left arm. The doctors wanted to amputate […]
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Zambia April 2023 Reflections by Mary Manning Petras
Opportunity is everything. Surgicorps gave me an opportunity to travel to Zambia in April 2023. That opportunity turned out to be a gift—a chance to meet and learn from the […]
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VIETNAM 2022 by Jenny Steffens, PA-C
I hold patients’ hands. It’s just what I do. Big hands, small hands, calloused hands, manicured hands, I hold them all. Why? Because every hand deserves to be held, especially […]
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ZAMBIA REFLECTION by Judy and Dave Kelley
It is all about the kid!! Their lives and the lives of their parents and family members have been changed forever because of the amazing service the Surgicorps team provided […]
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FROM MEDICAL STUDENT TO MEDICAL INTERPRETER – AMELIA HARE’S STORY
My first introduction to Surgicorps happened, as many life-changing moments do, serendipitously. I was a 17-year-old high school student, sitting (begrudgingly) in a clinic waiting room, accompanying my mom on […]
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Reflections on Zambia April 2022…by Shira Kazakewich, CRNA
Where do I start for one of these blogs? After over ten trips in five countries with various organizations, not one of these missions is the same. However, they carry […]
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SURGICORPS REMEMBERS MELINDA HANDLER
Our Surgicorps Family has lost yet another shining light in the world of philanthropy and humanitarianism………we’re beyond saddened to announce the passing of Melinda Handler on October 14, 2021 after […]