September 8-14, 2013
Centro Medico San Benito Jose
Comayagua, Honduras
A LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES team just completed another successful surgical mission to Honduras.
Once again, LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES, our donors and benefactors, our dedicated volunteers and our medical professionals who continue to offer their skills and services to those who truly need our help, have proven that WE CAN change lives, one life at a time.
This brigade included:
Dr. Kyle Loy, ENT Surgeon, from Indiana and his support team of Jodell Sams, RN from Colorado, Beth Compitello, Surg Tech from Florida and Meg Hanna, CRNA from Indiana.
Dr. David Barbara General Surgeon, Donna Batta, RN, Chloe Harshman, Surg Tech and Dr. Mark Tasch, Anesthesiologist, all from Indiana and Ann Long, RNFA from Florida.
Dr. Michael Lustgarten, Urologist, Mary “Mia” Mitchell, RN,, Louie Terranova, Surg Tech, all from Florida and Maria de Jesus, Nurse Anesthesia from Comayagua, Honduras.
Dr. Antonio Beltran, Urologist,, Mark Brown, RN, Cathy Collins, Surg Tech, all from Florida and Dr. Patrick O’Neil, Anesthesiologist, from Indiana.
Our Pre-op and Recovery Room RNs were Mary Lettieri, Jeanne Teter, Patty Greer and Amy Nagy.
Dr. John Karpinski, Oral Surgeon from Florida and Marina McCusker, Dental Assistant, from Florida provided our dental care.
Dr.David Girlinghouse, DDS and Theresa Banks, RN, CNOR, RNFA joined us as team leaders and Dr. Mary Torchia, Anesthesiologist, from Ohio acted as our lead Anesthesiologist.
Dr. Loy and his team provided tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, and sinus surgeries for 33 patients.
Dr. David Barbara and his team provided much needed gallbladder removals and hernia repairs for 17 patients.
Dr. Michael Lustgarten and his team performed 20 prostate procedures as well as procedures for other urinary issues.
Dr. Antonio Beltran and his team performed 24 prostate procedures and other urinary issues.
Our surgeons provided surgeries for 49 children who would otherwise not have had surgical corrections available.
Dr. John Karpinski and Marina McCusker completed 209 dental procedures and 268 examinations and consultations.
In total we provided 379 patients with 330 surgical and dental procedures and 379 surgical and dental consultations.
