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The Team

Medical Volunteers
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Medical Director - Dr. Ron Gemberling

Surgeon - Dr. Bill D. Shazo

Surgeon - Dr. Sibrand Schepel

Surgeon - Dr. Milton Solis

Anesthesiologist - Dr. John Brownrigg

Anesthesiologist - Dr. Mary Clemency

Anesthesiologist - Dr. William Feaster

Anesthesiologist Resident - Dr. Jodi Sherman

Lean Pediatrician - Dr. Marco Baisch

Pediatrician - Dr. Linda Getz-Kleiman

Head Nurse - Carol Hager RN

OR Nurse - Maureen Cox RN

OR Nurse - Lewis Laird RN

OR Nurse - Tracey Ryersee-Rocha RN

PACU Nurse - Lorina Gerodias RN

PACU Nurse - Marilyn Perkins

Dentist - Kim Schilling DDS

Speech Pathologist - Kerry Mandulak

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Non-Medical Volunteers

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Mission Director - Rose Marie Guerena Joyce

Asst. Mission Director - Deborah Coburn Rice

Quartermaster - Paul Conrado

Patient Transfer Coordinator - Mark Pierce

Patient Transfer Coordinator - Ron Whitcanack

Photojournalist - Philip Young

Photojournalist Asst. - Ryan Heaton

Sterilizer - Scott Wheelwright

Recreation Therapist - Bruce Hodgin

Med. Records Keeper - Jitka Cymbal

PACU Assistant - Julie Herndon DDS

Translator - Bella Mahone

The Mission

Welcome!! A team of twenty-eight medical professionals and non-medical volunteers will bring their talents, education, experience and energy to Guatemala from May 14th through May 25th for free reconstructive cleft lip and cleft palate operations. These will be provided for children in need. This trip is sponsored by Rotarians from Saratoga, California.

Dr. Milton Solis is our host plastic surgeon. Dr. Francisco Javier, past president of the Guatemala de Asuncion Club is our on site coordinator. The President of Club Rotario La Asuncion is Victor Gabriel Ortiz Murga. They are working hard to get as many children as they can to come to the clinic.

It is of interest to note that our medical team is made up of specialists from various parts of the world. These include The Netherlands, Guatemala, Virginia, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Washington, Colorado, North Carolina, and of course California.

This website tracks the trip on a day-by-day basis. To learn more about the work done by Rotaplast International, visit http://www.rotaplast.org/.