Doc
"Correct me, Lord. But please be gentle." Jeremiah 10:24 New Living Translation
62 years old
Fresno, CA
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Mbingo, Northwest Province, Cameroon
Samaritan's Purse, Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons
Status: I served here in the past

June 2007, volunteer service teaching in training program for African surgeons at Mbingo Baptist Hospital. The Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons has the goal of training 100 African surgeons by 2020. This is done in Christian hospitals in various countries in Africa. The surgical training is done parallel to discipleship training in the Christian walk. For more information cut and paste or click on link. Almost all of the surgical training programs in Africa, other than those sponsored by PAACS, are in major cities. PAACS programs are typically in rural mission/church hospitals, preparing young doctors to practice in conditions prevalent throughout most of the continent.
http://www.cmda.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=PAACS&Template=/CM/HTMLDispl...

Doc has not joined any groups yet.
Activities
short term medical missions in Africa, fly fishing, gardening, wood working
Interests
health care for poor, surgical training in Africa
Music
If it ain't Mozart, it ain't music.
Education
Cal Baptist BA 1965-1969 UC, San Francisco MD 1969-1973 surgical residency--UCSF Central Valley Prgrm 1973-1978 Surg Oncology fellow--VA Medical Center, Fresno CA 1982-1983
Work
missionary surgeon Jibla Baptist Hospital 1979-1985 Private practice of surgery in Fresno, CA 1985-2004 Kaiser-Permanente Department of Surgery, Fresno, CA 2004 to present