Global Medical and Surgical Teams

Promoting Health and Healing Around the World

2019 Uganda

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Uganda 2019 Mission Accomplished, Part 2

Continuing with a photo essay of our Uganda 2019 trip.

Anesthesia team: Holly Chelmo and Martin Muller at work
Claire Donohue, OR nurse doing her favorite thing–holding cute babies
Dr. Michelle apparently better at surgery than soothing the crying baby…
Martin making friends on the walk home
Clay and Michelle making rounds outside
Beautiful baby 2 days post op lip repair
Jeremy learning about anesthesia from Martin.

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Team leader and PACU nurse, Liz Wood.
Clay and Martin have to admire baby Elizabeth as well.
Holly Chelmo, CRNA enjoying the sunshine and outdoor rounds
Discussing post op care with parents who had had cleft surgery done on two of their children this week.
Nurse Millie happy with post op progress
In between patients in the PACU, Liz showing Jeremy that humor is one of the secrets to effective leadership.
This little cutie is post op lip repair and is wrapped in one of the beautiful quilts Max’s friend made for the babies.

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Nancy Maxeiner, OR nurse, and Millie, nursing supervisor with happy grandmother
Dr. Clay with mom and baby in Recovery area
IV removal
Liz saying goodbye
Holly brought art supplies for the children to enjoy
Rounding during one of the frequent power outages

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Uganda 2019 Mission Accomplished, Part 1

Our team met in Kyotera, Uganda to perform cleft lip and palate surgery. Here is a photo essay to tell the story. Your generosity made it possible for children, and a couple of adults who had endured cleft deformities for way too long, to undergo life-changing surgery–Thank you for your ongoing support!

Preop Incomplete cleft lip
The team was so happy to help this young man.
Patience Preop lip repair 2018

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Surgeons at work
Post op sporting a new lip and a new Nike backpack
Today we help the big brother, tomorrow the infant sister
Patience 2 days post op 2018

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Wendy and Isabelle were a huge help for screening clinic.
Fist bump with Paul
A great day! Admiring his photo two days post op
Patience this year with mom with a well healed lip!

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