Since our founding in 1991, LEAP Global Missions has faced many challenges in providing free specialized surgical services to those in need around the world. This year, we are faced…
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We hope this post finds you all safe and well. As a healthcare organization, the health and safety of our staff, patients, supporters, and community are our utmost priority. Due to the…
Our first Cheryl Lamon Memorial patient from India is here! We met eight-year-old Nainsi during our India mission last February. She was born with a large encephalocele (brain cyst) protruding…
At LEAP, we value developing long-term commitments to our patients, their families, and their communities to create a lasting impact in their lives. As one of our longest-served patients, Thalia’s…
I started with LEAP during my fellowship year. International medical work was already a key passion but a question of how and when. During fellowship, Dr. Hobar said the time…
In her four years as a volunteer nurse for LEAP, Vicki Wendling has been on nine missions to Zimbabwe, Haiti, Belize, and India. We were very excited for her to…
Dr. Mary Ellen Thurman is an anesthesiologist practicing in St. Louis, Missouri. This year’s India trip was her first visit to India but her second trip with LEAP. Mary Ellen…
Dr. Latha Kampalath is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. When asked how many trips she has gone on with a LEAP volunteer in the past 15 years,…
Surgical tech Fred Moore has always felt a calling to help other people. Since he began volunteering, Fred has been to four trips to Haiti and one trip to Zimbabwe….
Dianne Altuna is a speech-language pathologist who exemplifies the ideal LEAP volunteer by selflessly giving her time, talent, and dedication. Dianne has been on numerous mission trips with LEAP, both…