Albanian Health Fund, Christian Medical Missions

The Albanian Health Fund would like to acknowledge the following list of professionals who have volunteered their services in Albania. All volunteers donate their time and pay their own travel costs to Albania (airfare, hotel, and food.)

Since the Fall of 1991, many doctors, dentists, and nurses have traveled to Albania for multiple short term teaching missions of one-to-two weeks or more with the total number of medical missions trips approximately 500+ since 1991.

If you would like to find out more about volunteering, send an inquiry to: info@albanianhealthfund.org

Demographic Summary: Medical professionals from 16 states and three countries outside of the United States participate in the work of AHF

States Represented: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Countries Represented: Canada, Greece, United Kingdom (Wales)

Specialites Represented:

Anesthesiology
Biomedical Eng.
Cardiology
Cardiac Surgery
Critical Care-ER Dentistry
Dental Surgery
Dermatology
Endodontics
Family Practice
Gastroenterology
General Surgery

Trauma Surgery
Head & Neck Surg.
Hematology
Hospice Care
Internal Medicine
Pulmonology
Medical Technicians
Nephrology
Neurologic Surgery
Nursing

OB / Gyn
Oncology
Orthopedics
Pathology
Pediatrics
Peds.- Surgery
Physical Therapy
Public Health
Radiology
Urology

Volunteer List:

Medical Speciality	Volunteer	Home State or Country	Number of Missions Trips to Albania
Anesthesiology	Barry Brassfield, MD Robert J. Demaster, MD Earl Godwin, MD William N. McDonald, MD	Tennessee California New Mexico Canada	1 3 3 2
Cardiac Surgery	John Galat, MD Keith Flashsbart, MD	Florida California	3 4
Cardiology	Ray Graf, MD Rudolph Oehm, MD	California California	5 25
Critical/Urgent Care - ER	Carolyn Blight, MD Dennis Kinlaw, MD Martin Tweesdale, MD	California Kentucky Canada	6 1 2
Dentistry	Savis Fortis, DDS Robert Schroeter, DDS Timothy Peffley, DDS	Canada Ohio California	2 2 2
Dermatology
Endocrinology	George Mikhail, MD	Arizona	1
Endodontics	John Gillan, DDS	Arizona	9
Electrical Engineer	Kirt Priest	California	1
Family Practice	Warren Heffron, MD David Stevens, MD Burton M. Sutherland, MD	New Mexico Tennessee California	1 1 6
Gastroenterology	Mark Johnston, MD Robert Polish, MD Mark Topazian, MD	Maryland Maryland New York	8 1 2
General Surgery	Paul Smith, MD Ernest Fuller, MD Michael Hodge, MD William A. Johnson, MD John E. Kraulis, MD Donald B. Munnings, MD Phillip Perdue, MD Gene Rudd, MD Donald M. Rude, MD	California Canada Tennessee California Canada Canada Maryland Tennessee New Mexico	3 2 2 28 3 2 2 1 1
Head & Neck Surgery	John Romano, MD	California	3
Hematology	Marian Dougdale, MD	Tennessee	1
Hematology/ Oncology	Alva Weir, MD	Tennessee	6
Hospice Care
Infectious Disease	John DeVincenzo, MD	Tennessee	1
Internal Medicine	David J. Dawson, MD Timothy L. Gieseke, MD	Canada California	2 5
Internal Medicine/ Pulmonology	Christopher Dunn, MD	California	3
Medical Technician	David Young, Corpsman USN	Connecticut	1
Nephrology	Bert Cameron, MD	Canada	2
Neurologic Surgery	Gene F. Bolles, MD Clarence Watridge, MD	Colorado Tennessee	7 2
Nursing	Lonnie Priest, RN Jane Alaire, RN Barbara Burns Lori Draughman Roberta Johnson	California Virginia US Tennessee California	3 2 Albania resident 2 10
Obstetrics/ Gynecology	John Askew, MD Tom Boenig Paul A. Hensleigh, MD Charles Marshall, MD George Mikhail Lorraine Milio Thomas J. Perry	Arizona Washington California Virginia Arizona N ew York California	4 1 8 2 1 1 2
Oncology	Paul Getaz, MD Robert Johnson, MD John Pigott, MD	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee	2 4 1
Orthopedic Surgery	Wayne Fricke, MD Robert F. Greene, MD Calvin Johnson, MD Joseph Stiles, MD David Wilson, MD	Florida California Tennessee Kentucky Wales, UK	2 2 4 3 2
Pathology	William Poston, MD Thomas Callihan, MD	Tennessee Tennessee	2 1
Pediatrics	Clydette Powell, MD John Patrick, MD Rebecca Klint, MD	Virginia Canada California	2 1 4
Pediatric Surgery	Donald Meier, MD Donald Poenaru, MD	Texas Canada	1 2
Pediatric Urology	Clanton Harrison, MD	Texas	1
Pharmacy	Merie Bartel, MD	Hawaii	1
Physical Therapy
Plastic Surgery	Spiros Lazarou, MD Robert Montroy, MD	Greece Tennessee	3 2
Psychiatry	William Crowley, MD	Arizona	1
Public Health	Evy Hay, MD Wadie Kamel, MD	Georgia Arizona	1 1
Radiology	John Lavoni, MD	California	1
Urology	Edward Blight, MD	California	6



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