Our Mission

To improve medical care in developing countries through medical program development, education, direct patient care, diagnostic support, medical device donations, medical supply donations, and community outreach support with the support of medical volunteers.

Our Vision

Execute the mission of earthMed as an independent, non-sectarian, non-political organization, providing carefully planned, appropriate services changing in response to the changing needs of those we support, and fostering an atmosphere of growth within the organization to improve our abilities to better carry out our mission.

earthMed volunteer medical team will continue earthMed's long term medical program support efforts

earthMed cardiothoracic surgeon John R. Handy, Jr., M.D., director of Providence Thoracic Surgery and co-director of the Providence Thoracic Oncology Program in Portland, Oregon, will be leading earthMed's volunteer charitable medical mission.

earthMed has a long-standing relationship with the Mongolian health care system, providing personnel and material support for thoracic and cardiac surgery development. While in Mongolia, our team will provide needs assessment, needed medical supplies, run surgical clinics, perform thoracic surgery and participate in postoperative recovery in collaboration with our Mongolian colleagues.

Our team will be operating in the Shastin Hospital (Hospital #3), the Infectious Disease Hospital (a.k.a. the TB Hospital) and the Traumatology Center.

earthMed will be laying groundwork for aiding and expanding Mongolian medical capability into other medical and surgical arenas (e.g. pancreatic-hepatobiliary surgery.) 

You can support earthMed's mission by donating now with PayPal ...

... or by sending your check or money order made to "earthMed" to:
earthMed, 106 Ardsley Road. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 19082-1504, USA.

earthMed is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations to earthMed are tax-deductable in the USA.

Thank you!

Join Us - Get Involved ...

earthMed is providing or considering support in the following nations:

Argentina, Bolivia, Mongolia, Peru, Tanzania and Uganda

Clinicians interested in volunteering please contact Dr. Patricia Babb, earthMed Medical Director, via

Clinical engineers or biomeds interested in volunteering please contact Dustin Telford, Director of Clinical Engineering, via

Media inquiries, please contact Lou Schonder, earthMed Director and Interim Director of Communications, via

For general inquiries, to learn more about how you can serve as an earthMed volunteer, have medical or equipment supplies you may be able to donate, or would like to provide financial support, please contact Lou Schonder, Founder and Director of earthMed, via

... and please browse to http://www.causes.com/earthmed and join our Facebook Cause Page!

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