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"Correct me, Lord. But please be gentle." Jeremiah 10:24 New Living Translation
62 years old
Fresno, CA
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Having a meal together with the OR crew in Mbingo
By Doc
created on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 22:57

It is the custom at Mbingo Baptist Hospital for a new surgeon to buy lunch for the OR employees. It's a pretty festive affair and you get to try to learn people's names and sample the local, traditional food. If no-one was "on the hook" for lunch sometimes one of the doctors would buy lunch anyway. $15 bought lunch for everyone. We had a meal together about once a week during the month I was there.
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Activities
short term medical missions in Africa, fly fishing, gardening, wood working
Interests
health care for poor, surgical training in Africa
Music
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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