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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. |
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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. |
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Chuck Mulhern will lead earthMed in discussions with hospital department heads, staff doctors, nursing director, and representatives of all departments to determine needs and how to best provide future assistance with a larger volunteer medical mission team. The earthMed planning group will access many areas of the hospital, including OR theatres, ICU, recovery rooms, pharmacy, ER, etc.
During the January trip, the earthMed team hopes to visit the Los Ninos (Children's) Hospital in Lima to meet with the hospital’s director of cardiology to discuss a future volunteer medical mission by an earthMed cardiac team.
Leading earthMed's volunteer charitable medical mission, 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, and earthMed Medical Director and cardiac anesthesiologist Patricia Gramling-Babb, M.D. of the University of Illinois in Chicago were awarded honorary doctorates for their medical mission work during the earthMed medical mission.
The doctorates were awarded by Nachin Bassanjav, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Med), director of the National Institute of Health Mongolia. The doctorates were awarded on the basis of “selfless contributions to the development of cardiothoracic surgery in Mongolia.” Only seven other honorary doctorates have been awarded in the 50 years of the institute’s existence.
Thoracic Surgery: Dr. John Handy, Thoracic Surgeon, taught and performed thoracic surgery, mostly lung lobectomies and biopsy procedures. Dr. Patricia Gramling-Babb taught anesthesiologists to place specialized monitors and taught methods for post-operative pain relief.
Cardiac Surgery: The earthMed team and Dr. John Handy performed open heart surgery and scouted for future support and medical program development at the Shastin Medical Center. This effort builds upon several years of support by some of our earthMed medical volunteers.
Orthopedic Surgery: Dr. Chris Chiang, Orthopedic Anesthesiologist, taught Mongolian anesthesiologists regional anesthesia for orthopedic surgery. This avoids the need for general anesthesia for orthopedic surgery, which greatly reduces complications during surgery by not using general anesthesia.
Clinical Engineering: earthMed Biomedical Engineers Lucas Vitzthum and Amit Nimunkar supported our earthMed medical teams, and performed preventative maintenance, calibration, repair, and training for medical devices. They repaired many types of medical devices in both hospitals.
To ensure their work has a sustainable, extended impact, they worked to develop maintenance and calibration schedules with local engineers, and identified sources and vendors for obtaining medical equipment parts, manuals and other documentation. They established a relationship between Ulaanbaatar’s engineering universities and the Engineering World Health Madison Chapter for academic and research exchange.
Perfusion: earthMed donated oxygenators and other perfusion supplies to the Shastin Medical Center.
Pharmacy Training: Dr. Rachael Pearce provided pharmacy management training, assisted in the TB Hospital pharmacy, provided patient education on current medical therapy, and sought opportunities to educate future Mongolian pharmacists in hospital, retail, nuclear and compounding pharmacy during this mission and future earthMed missions.
Nurse Training: Geraldine Pearce, RN, MSN, earthMed Nursing Director, supported surgery/treatment for adults and children and led earthMed's nursing team to provide education and training for nurses.
Join Us - Get Involved ...
earthMed is providing or considering support in the following nations:
Argentina, Bolivia, Grenada, Mongolia, Nigeria, 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 Cynthia Porter, earthMed 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
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earthMed's January 2010 Juanjui, Peru project will send an medical team consisting of up to two doctors, two nurses and a biomedical technician, led by earthMed's Assistant Director Chuck Mulhern. Efforts are being made to hold clinics in the hospital and the Juanjui community to determine what needs are most important for the children and other residents of Juanjui.
