ZAMBIA:

Surgicorps travels to the Beit Cure hospital in Lusaka, Zambia twice a year- in April and September.  This Cure facility treats and advocates for vulnerable pediatric patients.  Surgicorps performs head to toe burn reconstruction, congenital hand surgery, and brachial plexus surgeries.  This team also provides community education on brachial plexus injuries and burn first aid and prevention, as well as occupational therapy training.  In addition to the medical personnel (surgeons, anesthesiologists, CNAs, nurses, surgical techs, PAs, NPs, and OTs), the team includes non-medical members who provide care and comfort to patients on the wards, and before and after surgery.  Non-medical team members also host basketball and pickle ball clinics for 200+ children, at a local sports facility across the street from the hospital.  Beginning in 2026, we will add a vision screening clinic at the sports facility.

GUATEMALA:

Surgicorps travels annually the first week in August to the Hospital Obras Sociales del Santo Hermano Pedro in Antigua, Guatemala.  Las Obras is a mission-based hospital whose staff partners with a rotation of international teams throughout the year to provide comprehensive and affordable care to patients of all ages.   The Surgicorps team performs hand, OB/GYN, general, and ENT procedures, as well as dental care.  This large team is limited to medical personnel (surgeons, anesthesiologists, CNAs, nurses, surgical techs, PAs, NPs, OTs, and also MDs for the recovery area) and Spanish translators.

VIETNAM:

Surgicorps travels to the 1A Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam annually in end of October through early November.  This is a unique experience in a very urban setting.  The Surgicorps team provides cleft lip and palate surgery, head to toe burn reconstruction, and congenital hand surgery.  In addition, this team provides occupational therapy training.  The team includes medical personnel (surgeons, anesthesiologists, CNAs, nurses, surgical techs, PAs, NPs, OTs, and also MDs for the recovery area), Vietnamese translators, and non-medical team members who provide comfort to patients before and after surgery and on the wards.

GHANA:

Surgicorps newest trip is to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Adum-Kumasi, Ghana annually in March.  This is a large, public, inner-city hospital that treats patients of all ages.  The Surgicorps team performs hand surgery.  The team also provides lectures and education to the local plastic surgery residents and occupational therapists.  In addition, Surgicorps is helping to build operating room functionality and safety with machinery and supplies.  The team size is limited while we grow this partnership, and includes medical personnel only (surgeon, anesthesiologist, nurse, PA, OT).