Surgeons of Hope brings surgery and medical care to indigent children,
while training local surgeons at state-of-the-art hospitals we build in developing countries.
SoH Missions
Mozambique, Dec 4-14, 2006
First US Cardiac Surgery Mission in Mozambique led by Dr. Francois Lacour-Gayet performed 20 lifesaving procedures on indigent Mozambique children with a team of 12 from the Children’s Hospital of Denver. Read more ›
Senegal, March 10-18, 2007
Fifteen cardiac procedures performed at Fann Dakar Cardiology Center on indigent Senegalese children and trained local surgical staff with a team of 9 medical professionals led by Dr. Jonathan Chen (NYPH). Read more ›
Afghanistan, August 2007
Dr. Bernard Vasseur, Reading Hospital Heart Center, First US Cardiac Surgeon to perform heart surgery in Kabul, Afghanistan. Read more ›
Featured Links
Bio
Dr. Jan M. Quaegebeur, the famed pediatric surgeon (NYPH) and pioneer of the arterial switch procedure that has saved thousands of children's lives, has been elected President of Surgeons of Hope Foundation.
Crain's NY, Health Care Report, June 18th 2007
NY Groups find Causes abroad, City emerges as center to aid world's poorest people (PDF)
Denver
TV Interview of Dr. F. Lacour Gayet
A better understanding of the SoH Model; see the KMGH-TV (local Denver ABC affiliate) Interview. (Windows Media / Dec 1st 2006)
Mozambique
TV Coverage of the 2006 Mission
Mozambique TV Coverage of the 2006 Mission
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