Written by Sarah Kim, MD ENT Resident This spring, our multidisciplinary team of the Northeast branch for Healing the Children —comprised of speech-language pathologists, facial plastic surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, administrators, and volunteers—embarked on the third annual mission to Mwanza, Tanzania. We served at Bugando Medical Center (BMC), a remarkable tertiary referral and teaching hospital on […]
Written by HTCNE Board Member and Trip Administrator Casey Saussy Through our International Inbound Program, HTCNE continues to support nine-year-old Nagalem, from southwestern Ethiopia, who had a large venous malformation on her neck and jaw. HTCNE brought her to the US in 2021 for treatment and continues to support her health and dental care needs. Unfortunately now the […]
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Written by Susan Ketigian, a HTCNE volunteer RN, May 2025: The goal of the HTCNE missions to Ukraine is to teach the Ukrainian surgeons how to do very complex surgeries. I think all but one of our patients was a soldier. There is no shortage of patients to help. This will go on for years. […]
As we celebrate International Nurses Day & National Nurses Week, from May 6-12, 2025 we want to thank all of the nurses who travel with Healing the Children Northeast. This year’s theme, The Power of Nurses, perfectly embodies the irreplaceable value of nurses in keeping patients healthy and thriving. To all the RN’s, APRNs, NPs […]
HTCNE Board Member and long time volunteer, Debbie Fritz RN, was featured in a blog article by our partner organization Razom for Ukraine, about nursing care she has provided on numerous trips to Ukraine: https://www.razomforukraine.org/united-for-better-care-razom-face-the-future-still-strong-and-patients-of-ukraine-shape-the-future-of-nursing-in-ukraine/
HTCNE Board Member and long time volunteer, Susan Ketigian RN, is highlighted by the Healing the Children National Office in their recent post “Celebrating the Impact of our Incredible Volunteers”: https://www.healingthechildren.org/post/celebrating-the-impact-of-our-incredible-volunteers?utm_campaign=63de463c-30d4-4505-bcef-35477b005a0d&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=463da193-dfed-41b1-9ca2-56e0c891516a
In 2024, HTCNE’s Medical Trips Abroad Program assembled 6 cleft teams and 4 speech teams to Santa Marta, Colombia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Mwanza, Tanzania (2 trips) and Ica, Peru. In addition, 1 burn team traveled to Santa Marta, Colombia and 1 dental team traveled to Nairobi, Kenya. A trip to Ukraine was cancelled due to […]
Written by Dr. Shadid Aziz: “Last night I had the honor to celebrate my mentor, Dr. Steven Roser, as he received the 2024 Elizabeth Beckman Award for his long history of service in global surgery. The Beckman Award has very unique criteria, the nominator (aka me) must have developed a sustainable impactful organization (www.smilebangladesh.org) and […]
Dr. Manoj T. Abraham, MD, is a Board Member of HTCNE and team leader, as well as the Senior Advisor for the AAFPRS Foundation’s FACE TO FACE Program and lead physician for the four Ukraine international missions. In 2024, Dr. Abraham was the recipient of the Ukrainian Medical Award for Professionalism and Mercy “Order of […]