Amazon Promise
Box 1304
Newburyport, MA 01950
800/775-5704
E-mail: expeditions@amazonpromise.org
Web site: amazonpromise.org
Contact: Jacqueline Carroll

For 14 years Amazon Promise volunteers have worked alongside local physicians to provide health care to people living in the upper Amazon Basin of Peru. That includes 32 jungle villages as well as two poor districts in the city of Iquis. Physicians of all specialties are welcome.

American Jewish World Service
45 W. 36th St., 11th floor
New York, NY 10018
800/889-7146, ext. 653
E-mail: volunteer@ajws.org
Web site: ajws.org
Contact: Andrea Richardson

AJWS Volunteer Corps places professional Jewish women and men on volunteer assignments with local NGOs in developing countries. Volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds, including medical and nonmedical, and provide skills training, technical consultancy and general support. VC volunteers range in age from young professionals to retirees and share a passion for service and a commitment to social justice and tikkun olan. AJWS Volunteer Corps places volunteers in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Placements range in length from two months to one year.

American Project Access Network
902 St. Lusson Dr.
Marquette, MI 49855
906/361-4090
E-mail: info@apanonline.org
Web site: apanonline.org
Contact: Kayla West

This rapidly growing organization has affiliates in communities from Florida to Utah. In each, local physicians team up to provide their services to the low-income uninsured, donating office time to a certain number of patients per month.

American Refugee Committee
430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612/872-7060
E-mail: archq@archq.org
Web site: archrelief.org
Contact: Anthony Indelicato

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) works for the survival, health and well-being of refugees, displaced persons and those at risk, and seeks to enable them to rebuild productive lives of dignity and purpose, striving always to respect the values of those served. A volunteer/intern should be available for a minimum of four months, but ideally six months. Volunteers/interns generally must be partially self-funded; ARC will provide group housing and a small living-expense stipend. ARC utilizes medical professionals for training and leadership purposes.

AmeriCares Free Clinics, Inc.
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
203/658-9654
E-mail: csheehan@americares.org
Web site: americaresfreeclinics.org
Contact: Cathy Sheehan

The AmeriCares Free Clinics provide primary care to uninsured Connecticut residents. Physicians in internal medicine, family practice, emergency medicine and pediatrics are needed for three-hour sessions, usually every six to eight weeks, at clinics in Norwalk, Danbury or Bridgeport. Specialists (particularly cardiologists, ophthalmologists, gastroenterologists, and orthopedists) in these communities are also needed to see clinic patients in their own offices pro bono on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis.

Arlington Free Clinic
3833 North Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22203
703/979-1425, ext. 25
E-mail: lee@arlingtonfreeclinic.org
Web site: arlingtonfreeclinic.org
Contact: Lee Miller, Volunteer Director

The Arlington Free Clinic provides health care to low-income and uninsured patients in the Arlington, Virginia, area. Physicians are needed to treat patients at their clinic or in their own offices. Even a minimum time commitment (one three-hour session every three months in the clinic or six patient visits per year in a physician's office) is welcome. A Virginia medical license is required.

Bridges to Community, Inc.
95 Croton Ave.
Ossining, NY 10562
914/923-2200
E-mail: info@bridgestocommunity.org
Web site: bridgestocommunity.org
Contact: Rusty Pederson

Bridges to Community works to improve medical care in the underserved areas of Nicaragua. The group invites medical students and physicians of all specialties to participate in clinics, public health projects and home visits. Emphasis is given to enhancing local doctor-patient relationships. Trips are usually one to two weeks long.

Camp AmeriKids
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
800/486-4357, ext. 669
E-mail: gmoss@americares.org
Web site: campamerikids.org
Contact: Gaby Moss

Founded in 1995, Camp AmeriKids provides a traditional camping experience for children ages 7 though 15 affected by or infected with HIV/AIDS. New York State-licensed physicians are sought to provide primary care for children and staff. Located in Carmel, New York, the campsite is equipped with a highly sophisticated infirmary. Volunteers reside at the camp and may serve for one or both sessions. Physicians specializing in emergency medicine and pediatrics are particularly needed, but all specialties are welcome.

Canvasback Missions, Inc.
940 Adams St., Suite R
Benicia, CA 94510
800/793-7245
E-mail: mail@canvasback.org
Web site: canvasback.org

Canvasback Missions serves the tropical North Pacific, sending doctors and dentists on assignments to hospitals in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Volunteers specializing in dentistry, ear, nose and throat, ob-gyn, ophthalmology, urology, orthopedics and cardiology are particularly welcome on missions that typically last two weeks.

CardioStart International, Inc.
6110 Hartford St.
Tampa, FL 33619
813/689-3289
E-mail: cardiostart@verizon.net
Web site: cardiostart.com
Contact: Chuck Mulhern or Aubyn Marath, M.D.

CardioStart International volunteers provide heart surgery at no cost to people in need throughout the world and work to establish cardiac centers in areas with inadequate facilities. The group is in particular need of cardiac surgeons and specialists in cardiology, ob-gyn and anesthesiology, both pediatric and adult, as well as donations of ICU and OR equipment and in-date meds. Missions typically last two weeks.

Carolina Honduras Health Foundation
Box 528
Barnwell, SC 29812
803/259-3513
E-mail: normajeasterling@aol.com
Contact: Norma Jean Easterling

Established by a South Carolina-based family physician in 1995, the foundation's seaside clinic in Limon, Honduras, treats an impoverished, underserved population. Physicians in all specialties are needed to join U.S. medical teams that travel to Honduras year-round, usually for one-week stints. Volunteers are self-funded, but comfortable on-site housing and local transportation are available.

Catholic Medical Mission Board, Inc.
10 W. 17th St.
New York, NY 10011
800/678-5659, ext. 32
E-mail: rdecostanzo@cmmb.org
Web site: cmmb.org
Contact: Rosemary DeCostanzo

Primary care physicians serve at Catholic hospitals and outpatient clinics in Africa, Asia and Latin America from two weeks to two years (preferably at least a year). The organization arranges room, board, and medical evacuation insurance for all volunteers, plus airfare, health insurance and stipends for long-term workers.

Charlottesville Free Clinic
1138 Rose Hill Dr., Suite 200
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434/295-0008
E-mail: info@cvillefreeclinic.org
Web site: cvillefreeclinic.org
Contact: Patient Care Coordinator

Serving the working uninsured since 1992, the clinic seeks volunteers to see patients on-site during evening hours. Time commitments generally range from once per week to once per quarter. All specialties are welcome; however, family physicians, internists, cardiologists, psychiatrists and endocrinologists are most needed. Malpractice insurance and translators are provided when necessary.

Children's HeartLink
5075 Arcadia Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55436
952/928-4860, ext. 19
Web site: childrensheartlink.org
Contact: John Cushing

Since 1969 CHL has worked to prevent and treat heart disease in children. The organization needs experienced pediatric cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, intensive care physicians and public health specialists who are able to serve from one to three weeks in Central America, East Africa, China, India, Kenya, Israel, Malaysia, Ukraine and South Africa.

The Clinic
143 Church St.
Phoenixville, PA 19460
610/935-1134
E-mail: info@theclinicpa.org
Web site: theclinicpa.org
Contact: Kathleen Wierz

Since opening in 2002, The Clinic has provided health care to the uninsured and medically underserved population of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The facility, staffed almost exclusively by volunteer physicians, treated roughly 9,000 patients last year. The Clinic seeks local physicians of all specialties to devote one to four half-days each month to in-house patient care. Physicians willing to treat individuals pro bono in their own offices are also needed.

Concern America
Box 1790
Santa Ana, CA 92702
800/266-2376
E-mail: concamerinc@earthlink.net
Web site: concernamerica.org
Contact: Cat Quinn

CA volunteers are asked for a two-year commitment to projects in Latin America or Mozambique. In Latin America, CA trains local health workers in both preventive and curative medicine, and addresses public health issues such as vaccinations and sanitation. In Mozambique, CA runs an HIV/AIDS prevention program. Volunteers must speak Spanish or Portuguese or be willing to learn. Primary care physicians are especially welcome. Stipend, insurance and travel expenses are provided.

Discovery Missions, Medical
Box 10305
Jacksonville, FL 32247
904/398-6559
E-mail: trips@calvarywhg.org
Web site: gotonations.com
Contact: Penny Scott, R.N.

Discovery Missions, Medical challenges, equips and mobilizes health-care professionals of all ages in medical cross-cultural short-term mission trips. Health-care professionals from all fields of service, all with current licenses, are welcome.

DOCARE International
142 E. Ontario St.
Chicago, IL 60611
800/621-1773, ext. 8179
Web site: docareintl.org
Contact: Mike Mallic

DOCARE International is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization whose all-volunteer membership represents a wide range of medical disciplines. Although primarily osteopathic physicians, its members also include allopathic physicians, nurses, dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, physician assistants and interested lay people who contribute special skills. Recent missions have included remote villages in Guatemala and Mexico. The period of service is typically two weeks.

Doctors of the World-USA
80 Maiden Lane, Suite 607
New York, NY 10038
212/226-9890
E-mail: humanresources@dowusa.org
Web site: doctorsoftheworld.org
Contact: Human Resources

Since 1990, Doctors of the World-USA has been sending volunteer physicians to Hospital San Carlos in Altamirano, Mexico, which serves the indigenous Mayan population of Chiapas. Other ongoing projects include providing health care to women and infants in Kosovo and Kathmandu, Nepal. DOW-USA asks volunteers to serve at least a month on foreign missions. It also runs human rights clinics in the United States, providing examinations and medical affidavits for survivors of torture seeking political asylum, for which volunteer physicians can often work from their offices on assignments as brief as one or two days. All specialties welcome.

Doctors on Call for Service, Inc.
Box 24597
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
912/634-0065
E-mail: docs@docs.org
Web site: docs.org
Contact: Caroline Howser

DOCS, a Christian nonprofit organization, is improving public health care in developing countries by providing educational opportunities and postgraduate medical training for physicians in regions where these opportunities are not readily available. Volunteers are needed to travel to Africa on Continuing Medical Education trips that average between two and four weeks. All specialties welcome.

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres
333 Seventh Ave., second floor
New York, NY 10001
212/679-6800
E-mail: doctors@newyork.msf.org
Web site: doctorswithoutborders.org
Contact: Recruitment

Recipient of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, MSF helps victims of wars, epidemics and natural disasters in more than 70 countries. Physicians in primary care, infectious diseases and emergency medicine are needed. Knowledge of tropical medicine or foreign languages, or previous field experience is preferable. Primary care assignments last from six months to a year, and all first-timers, with the exception of surgeons and anesthesiologists, must commit to a half-year of service. General practitioners, surgeons, anesthesiologists, ER doctors and ob-gyns are particularly welcome.

Emergency-USA
10592 Perry Highway, PMB 112
Wexford, PA 15090
724/316-0958
E-mail: info@emergencyusa.org
Web site: emergencyusa.org
Contact: Alberto Colombi, M.D., M.P.H.

Emergency-USA provides surgical and medical aid to victims of armed conflict in Cambodia, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua and the Sudan. Volunteer pediatricians and orthopedic surgeons are especially needed.

Esperanca, Inc.
1911 West Earll Dr.
Phoenix, AZ 85015
602/252-7772, ext. 111
E-mail: kelli@esperanca.org
Web site: esperanca.org
Contact: Kelli Donley

Esperanca is recruiting orthopedic, urologic, plastic surgery and general surgery teams for two-week assignments that assist the children of Bolivia. The organization pays physician volunteers' room, board and emergency assistance coverage.

Fan Free Clinic
Box 6477
Richmond, VA 23230
804/358-8538
E-mail: scarr@fanfreeclinic.org
Web site: fanfreeclinic.org
Contact: Susan Carr

The Fan Free Clinic provides health care to those in need in the Richmond metropolitan area. Volunteer family physicians, pediatricians and ob-gyns see patients at the clinic, which is open five days per week. Time commitments are flexible.

Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism
Box 33548
Indianapolis, IN 46203
317/358-2480
E-mail: medicalmissions@fameworld.org
Web site: fameworld.org
Contact: Shane Whyerew

FAME seeks physicians in all specialties to serve in Africa, Central America, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. Assignments range from one to two weeks. The organization expects volunteers to be "committed Christians."

Flying Physicians Association
Box 677427
Orlando, FL 32867
407/568-0655
E-mail: pnodecker@fpadrs.org
Web site: fpadrs.org
Contact: Patricia Nodecker

Physicians who are pilots or Aviation Medical Examiners transport patients and donated organs all over the United States and volunteer in disaster areas.

Forward Edge International
15121-A NE 72nd Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98686
360/574-3343
E-mail: brooke@forwardedge.org
Web site: forwardedge.org
Contact: Brooke Abbate

This transdenominational Christian organization seeks volunteer physicians and nurses to serve on seven- to ten-day medical missions. Additional medical trips are planned for China and Kenya. All specialities are welcome.

Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
2011 Palomar Airport Rd., Suite 206
Carlsbad, CA 92011
888/551-1003 or 760/944-7774
E-mail: jennifer@freshstart.org
Web site: freshtstart.org
Contact: Jennifer Jones

Fresh Start Surgical Gifts brings low-income children, both American and foreign, to California, Tennessee or other locations in the United States for reconstructive operations on physical deformities. Volunteer surgeons serve on a case-to-case basis and may donate as little as a weekend at a time. Programs are scheduled every eight weeks. The organization is currently looking for plastic surgeons, oral surgeons, and anesthesiologists to donate their time and talent to transform the lives of children.

Friendship Bridge
3560 Hwy. 74, Suite B-2
Evergreen, CO 80439
303/670-7171
E-mail: theodorecning@hotmail.com
Web site: friendshipbridge.org
Contact: Ted Ning, M.D.

Friendship Bridge places urologists in Vietnam and Guatemala for two-week to three-month stints. Spanish speakers are needed for Guatemala.

Gennesaret Free Clinic, Inc.
615 N. Alabama St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317/639-5645
E-mail: bwarren@gennesaret.org
Web site: gennesaret.org
Contact: Rebecca Seifert

Founded in 1988, GFC provides free medical and dental care to the homeless and working poor of Indianapolis. The organization seeks local cardiologists, internists, family physicians and primary care physicians to staff its clinics and mobile treatment unit. Volunteers are asked to devote two hours every four to six weeks.

Global Health Outreach
Box 7500
Bristol, TN 37621
423/844-1000
E-mail: main@cmda.org
Web site: cmdahome.org
Contact: Shelby Blevins

GHO, the international clinical arm of the Christian Medical and Dental Association, seeks physicians to serve on one- to two-week medical mission teams. GHO provides health care at clinics in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. A detailed schedule of upcoming projects can be found on the organization's Web site. CME credit is available.

Global Volunteers
375 East Little Canada Rd.
St. Paul, MN 55117
800/487-1074
E-mail: email@globalvolunteers.org
Web site: globalvolunteers.org
Contact: Volunteer Coordinator

Global Volunteers enlists doctors and laypeople to serve one- to three-week stints in Asia, the South Pacific, Africa, the Americas and Europe. The organization focuses on children at risk, providing basic health care, rehabilitative services and medically supervised day care for disabled children.

The Greater Killeen Free Clinic
309 N. Second St.
Killeen, TX 76541
254/519-0763
E-mail: mdilillo@bellcountyhealth.org
Web site: gkfclinic.org
Contact: Marlene DiLillo

In operation since 1994, this clinic serves approximately 2,500 patients each year, providing acute medical services to uninsured low-income children and adults. Family physicians and pediatricians are needed to see patients at the clinic one night per month or every two months.

Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic
558 Clayton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
415/487-5638, ext. 103
E-mail: xrayo@hafci.org
Web site: hafci.org
Contact: Christina McFadden, Clinic Manager

HAMC's ethnically diverse clientele is largely composed of impoverished, uninsured, homeless or HIV-positive residents of the San Francisco area. Local volunteers are needed to treat patients pro bono in their own offices or at the Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic.

Haiti Medical Mission of Wisconsin
125 15th Ave.
Baraboo, WI 53913
608/356-8927
E-mail: jfordham@chorus.net
Web site: haitimedicalmission.com
Contact: Joan Fordham

This organization enlists volunteer physicians and other medical professionals to provide free health care to the southern Haitian village of Thiotte. The group particularly needs family physicians, ob-gyns and pediatricians to treat patients in its clinic. Trips typically last 10 days.

Health Care for the Homeless-Houston
Box 66690
Houston, TX 77266
713/276-3038
E-mail: cwyatt@bmc.edu
Web site: homeless-healthcare.org
Contact: Cherie Wyatt

HCHH provides medical, dental, mental health and case management services for homeless individuals and families in Houston. The primary care clinics are located within homeless social service agencies for ease of accessibility. Primary care physicians and psychiatrists are needed for patient care. A once-a-week commitment for at least three months is preferred, although less frequency is sometimes possible. Current Texas license and professional liability insurance extending to volunteering are required.

Health Volunteers Overseas
1900 L St. NW, Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036
202/296-0928
E-mail: info@hvousa.org
Web site: hvousa.org
Contact: Program Department

Last year HVO sent more than 460 health-care professionals to train local personnel in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. HVO sends specialists in internal medicine, pediatrics, dermatology, burn management, wound care, hematology and anesthesia as well as surgeons (hand, orthopedic, oral, and maxillofacial) on assignments of two to four weeks; in some cases volunteers can bring their families.

Heart to Heart International
401 South Clairbourne, Suite 302
Olathe, KS 66062
913/764-5200
E-mail: info@hearttoheart.org
Web site: hearttoheart.org
Contact: Volunteer Coordination

Heart to Heart International is a humanitarian relief organization that mobilizes volunteers to serve the poor around the world. On international projects, which last about 10 days, volunteers deliver medicines and medical supplies, conduct medical symposia, provide pharmaceutical updates and train local doctors. Trips usually go to China and parts of South Asia.

Helping Hands Health Education
948 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO 80302
303/448-1811
E-mail: helpinghands@sannr.com
Web site: helpinghandsusa.org
Contact: Narayan Shrestha

Helping hands, founded by Nepali organizer Narayan Shrestha, seeks physicians in all specialties who are willing to serve two weeks or more in Nepal, Vietnam and Nicaragua. Month-long trips include two weeks of clinical work and two weeks on an organized mountain trek in Nepal, Thailand or Vietnam. Volunteers must be in excellent physical condition.

Helps International
15301 Dallas Pkwy., Suite 200
Addison, TX 75001
800/414-3577
E-mail: rmartin@helpsintl.org
Web site: helpsintl.org
Contact: Rita Martin

Helps International, founded in 1983, assists indigenous peoples in the Guatemalan highlands. During 10-day medical missions undertaken January through May, and July and October, its teams treat as many as 10,000 patients in local and U.S.-government-built hospitals. About 65 volunteers serve on each team, typically a mix of primary care physicians, anesthesiologists and general, plastic and eye surgeons, as well as dentists, pharmacists and nurses.

Hillside Healthcare Center
Box 27
Punta Gorda, Toledo District
Belize
011-501/722-2312
E-mail: jahartman@wisc.edu
Web site: hillsidebelize.net
Contact: Jeff Hartman or Joyce Lopez

Hillside Healthcare Center provides free health care to the people of the Toledo District in southern Belize. The organization runs an on-site clinic and a mobile clinic servicing the area's remote rain forest villages. It also conducts home visits in the Punta Gorda area and organizes various community education projects. Physicians of all specialties are welcome. Volunteers are asked to commit a minimum of two weeks.

HOPE International/Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope
353 W. Lancaster Ave., Suite 200
Wayne, PA 19087
610/254-8800
E-mail: volunteer@hopeww.org
Web site: hopeworldwide.org
Contact: Marcia Scaggs

HOPE International delivers 24-hour high-quality free medical care to the poor and needy in Cambodia, while providing education and clinical training to Cambodian medical professionals. The hospital treats 80,000 people a year who would otherwise be chronically ill, disabled or unable to work.

International Center for Equal Healthcare Access
101 W. 23rd St., Suite 179
New York, NY 10011
212/243-7234
E-mail: glaser@iceha.org
Web site: iceha.org
Contact: Karina Glaser

ICEHA enlists volunteer physicians to mentor medical professionals in health-care clinics in Vietnam and Cambodia. Volunteers work to transfer their own knowledge of HIV/AIDS and infectious disease treatment to local medical practitioners with the goal of empowering the region's medical infrastructure. The organization seeks general practitioners, internists and pediatricians. All travel and program-related expenses are covered by ICEHA.

International Health Service
Box 44339
Eden Prairie, MN 55334
952/293-4361
Web site: ihsofmn.org
Contact: Doug Pflaum, M.D. (pflaum.douglas@mayo.edu)

IHS was founded in the early 1980s to provide basic medical and dental care to the rural poor of Honduras. Education is an important part of its mission—from teaching children rudimentary hygiene to training local physicians in surgical techniques. Every year the February Project sends 8 to 10 teams of physicians and dentists to clinics and hospitals in remote areas for two weeks.

International Mission Board Southern Baptist Convention
Box 6767
Richmond, VA 23230
800/999-3113, ext. 1426
E-mail: bbristol@imb.org
Web site: going.imb.org/vim
Contact: Betty Bristol

This organization invites evangelical physicians in all specialties to serve as volunteers in impoverished areas throughout the world. Commitments vary from one week to four months.

International Relief Teams
4560 Alvarado Canyon Rd., Suite 26
San Diego, CA 92120
619/284-7979
E-mail: info@irteams.org
Web site: irteams.org
Contact: Tamara MacKevics

IRT is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to organizing volunteer teams to provide critical assistance to the victims of disaster, poverty, and neglect worldwide. IRT specializes in medical training and education, surgical outreach, public health and disaster relief. Please refer to the organization's Web site for a list of specialties currently needed.

Interplast
300-B Pioneer Way
Mountain View, CA 94041
650/962-0123
E-mail: beverly@interplast.org
Web site: interplast.org
Contact: Beverly Kent

Interplast is the first humanitarian organization to provide free reconstructive surgery for children worldwide who have no other access to care. Interplast teaches, empowers and partners with volunteers and overseas medical professionals so every child living in poverty has free access to the safest and highest-quality care. Pediatricians, plastic surgeons and pediatric anesthesiologists are needed for the surgical team trips (which last two weeks) and teaching workshops (which generally last one week).

Jewish Renaissance Foundation/Operation Lifeline International
149 Kearny Ave.
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
732/324-2114
E-mail: jrfmed@aol.com
Web site: jrfmed.org
Contact: Alan Goldsmith, Ph.D., United Nations Goodwill Ambassador

JRF seeks volunteer physicians in all specialties for its free clinic and disaster relief teams in New Jersey. OLI, its foreign program, sends volunteers to underserved, primarily Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, the former Soviet Union, India and Israel. Most missions last one to two weeks. Pediatricians, psychiatrists, trauma specialists, and doctors who speak the language of their host country are especially welcome.

Lalmba Association
7685 Quartz St.
Arvada, CO 80007
303/420-1810
E-mail: lalmba@aol.com
Web site: lalmba.org
Contact: Marty Downey

Lalmba, whose name means "place of hope" in an Eritrean language, operates a home for orphaned children and a hospital in Ethiopia, two clinics and a program for AIDS orphans in Kenya and five clinics and a program for AIDS orphans in Eritrea. Lalmba's emphasis is on preventive medicine and public health. All specialties are welcome. The minimum commitment is one year.

Liga International
1464 N. Fitzgerald, Hangar 2
Rialto, CA 92376
909/875-6300
E-mail: info@ligainternational.org
Web site: ligainternational.org
Contact: Steven Herbets, M.D.

For more than 70 years, this organization has been providing medical, surgical, dental, hearing and eye care to the poor in rural Mexico. Members, who are primarily physicians from California, Arizona and Texas, travel by private plane to reach remote clinics, where they work closely with Mexican medical professionals. There are nine three-day missions a year, and all specialties are needed.

Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center
Office of Global Outreach
24951 N. Circle Dr., Cottage 80
Loma Linda, CA 92350
909/558-4420
E-mail: jdaly@llu.edu
Web site: llu.edu/international
Contact: Richard H. Hart, M.D., D.P.H.; or Jerry Daly

The Office of Global Outreach connects physicians in all specialties with volunteer opportunities in clinics and hospitals worldwide. Time commitments vary, but most are at least four weeks.

The Los Angeles Free Clinic
8405 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323/330-1617
E-mail: volunteers@lafreeclinic.org
Web site: lafreeclinic.org
Contact: Julie Vazquez

Founded in 1967, the clinic offers medical, dental and mental health services to those in need. The emphasis is on primary care and family medicine, but doctors in all specialties are welcome. Most volunteers treat patients at the clinic, although some physicians provide services in their own offices on a referral basis. Time commitments are flexible.

The Majorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture
1331 W. Albion
Chicago, IL 60626
773/751-4041
E-mail: aspezacek@heartlandalliance.org
Web site: heartlandalliance.org
Contact: Aaron Spezacek

The Kovler Center provides medical and mental health services to survivors of state-sponsored torture to help them recover from physical and psychological wounds, reconnect to family and community, develop a sense of meaning about their experience, and successfully adapt to life in the United States. Volunteer physicians work with clients individually or in groups, on- or off-site.

Manna Medical Clinic
795 Memorial Blvd., Suite H
Picayune, MS 39466
601/798-4511
E-mail: dixie@mannaministry.net
Web site: mannaministry.net
Contact: Dixie Reneault or Jamie Martin

Located near the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Manna Medical Clinic provides free primary health-care services to uninsured and impoverished residents of Picayune, age 12 and up. The clinic welcomes a wide range of specialists, including internists, family practitioners and cardiologists, asking a minimum commitment of one Tuesday or Thursday per month.

Medical Benevolence Foundation
3100 South Gessner, Suite 210
Houston, TX 77063
800/547-7627
E-mail: dstrain@mbfoundation.org
Web site: mbfoundation.org
Contact: Daneil Strain

MBF partners with the Presbyterian Church (USA) to place doctors in all specialties on missions to Africa, Asia and Haiti. The time commitment ranges from one week to one year. All types of physicians, dentists, nurses and mid-level health-care providers are welcome.

Medical Expeditions International
1235 N. Decatur Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30306
404/815-7044
E-mail: info@medexinternational.org
Web site: medexinternational.org
Contact: Rachel Friday

A private, nonprofit nonsectarian medical aid organization, MEI is dedicated to providing health care to some of the most remote regions of the world. Currently, missions are planned to India and Ecuador. Medical teams consist of physicians, pharmacists and other health-care professionals who provide care, training and health education. Missions generally last one or two weeks. Work environments vary by locale—from a thatched-roof hut in Ecuador to a newly built clinic at a Tibetan refugee settlement in India.

Medical Ministry International
Box 1339
Allen, TX 75013
972/727-5864
E-mail: mmitx@mmint.org
Web site: mmint.org
Contact: Volunteer Coordinator

MMI fields trips to more than 25 countries annually, providing one- and two-week opportunities for volunteers to work in medical, dental, surgical, and eye clinics. See the organization's Web site for a detailed list of volunteers needed.

Medical Teams International
Box 10
Portland, OR 97207
800/959-4325
E-mail: eford@medicalteams.org
Web site: medicalteams.org
Contact: Eve Ford

Short-term assignments of one to four weeks are available in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eurasia. Health-care professionals in anesthesia, cardiology, community health, emergency services, endoscopy, ENT, family practice, general surgery, HIV/AIDS, ICU/CCU, infectious diseases, internal medicine, midwifery, neurology, ob-gyn, pediatrics, urology and others are welcome.

Mercy Ships
Box 2020
Garden Valley, TX 75771
800/772-7447
E-mail: info@mercyships.org
Web site: mercyships.org
Contact: Glenn Strauss, M.D.

Mercy Ships is the leader in using hospital ships to deliver free world-class health-care services to the poor. Founded in 1978, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the indigent of developing countries. Medical professionals may volunteer for short-term stints of two weeks to one year. Longer career positions also are available.

Mexican Medical Ministries
251 Landis Ave.
Chula Vista, CA 91910
619/420-9750
E-mail: kristi@mexicanmedical.com
Web site: mexicanmedical.com
Contact: Kristi Ellis or Phil Gale

MMM is a Christian service organization operating a dozen clinics in Baja California, Mexico. Volunteers, who may participate for a weekend or longer, work alongside Mexican physicians. The group emphasizes teaching and specialty care, and particularly needs urologists, plastic surgeons, ENTs, and ophthalmologists.

MIMA Foundation
Box 7133
Jupiter, FL 33468
561/747-3334
Web site: mimafoundation.com
Contact: Mary Kay Thomas

MIMA runs one- to two-week medical outreach projects in Bolivia, treating the underserved and involving local health-care providers to ensure continuity of care. The organization is seeking volunteer physicians who specialize in internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, infectious diseases, dentistry and optometry, as well as nurses, nurse practitioners, and operating room staff.

Minnesota International Health Volunteers
122 W. Franklin Ave., Suite 510
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612/871-3759
E-mail: lehrlich@mihv.org
Web site: mihv.org
Contact: Laura Ehrlich

Minnesota Internationals Health Volunteers provides 6- to 12-month volunteer opportunities for physicians, nurses and public health professionals to work on large-scale public health projects in Uganda, training local providers in issues related to maternal and pediatric health.

Mission Doctors Association
3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1035
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213/368-1875
E-mail: missiondrs@earthlink.net
Web site: missiondoctors.org
Contact: Elise Frederick

Founded in 1959, Mission Doctors Association places Catholic physicians in mission hospitals and clinics in Africa and Latin America. Volunteers serving on one- to three-month assignments are invited to a preparatory weekend seminar. Longer-term volunteers, who spend three years teaching and providing medical care, are required to participate in a four-month preparatory program. All specialties are needed.

New York City Free Clinic
16 E. 16th Street
New York, NY 10003
917/544-0735
E-mail: aes387@med.nyu.edu
Web site: endeavor.med.nyu.edu/freeclinic
Contact: Andy Schober

A partnership of Urban Family Health and New York University medical students, NYCFC offers primary care to patients in all boroughs of New York, including the homeless, uninsured and immigrant populations. Volunteers are asked to commit to one Saturday per month.

Orbis International
520 Eighth Ave., 11th floor
New York, NY 10018
800/672-4787
E-mail: info@orbis.org
Web site: orbis.org
Contact: Geoffrey Holland

Orbis is dedicated to preventing and curing blindness in people of developing countries by providing free eye surgeries and offering medical training to local physicians. Volunteer ophthalmologists and nurses are needed to work in hospitals or onboard the Orbis flying eye hospital—a converted DC-10 that houses a surgical training facility. Upcoming destinations include Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica, Peru, Serbia, Tanzania and Vietnam. Volunteers can also work over the Internet via Orbis' telemedicine program.

Peruvian American Medical Society
563 Queen Anne Rd.
Teaneck, NJ 07666
201/886-7031
E-mail: drjesotelo@aol.com
Web site: abancay.org
Contact: Julio E. Sotelo, M.D.

Since 1983, PAMS has sent over 75 medical missions to Peru, providing surgeries and general health care to the poor. Physicians are needed to work in outpatient clinics on missions that generally last one or two weeks. Recent missions have worked in Iquitos, Ayacucho, Andahuaylillas-Huatata and Apurimac.

Physicians for Human Rights
2 Arrow St., Suite 301
Cambridge, MA 02138
617/695-0041, ext. 216
E-mail: nmarks@phrusa.org
Web site: physiciansforhumanrights.org
Contact: Nancy Marks

PHR was a co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and its members continue to use the tools of clinical epidemiology and medical ethics to investigate human rights abuses and lobby for political change around the globe. In the United States, PHR volunteers examine asylum seekers for signs of torture and provide them with the affidavits needed to establish a case for political asylum.

Physicians for Peace
229 West Bute St., Suite 200
Norfolk, VA 23510
757/625-7569
E-mail: info@physiciansforpeace.org
Web site: physiciansforpeace.org
Contact: Director, Global Health Programs

Physicians for Peace promotes international cooperation and health through medical outreach and education. Among its successes is a clinic for amputees in Turkey, now operated entirely by Turkish medical professionals. The organization has conducted more than 250 educational missions, usually ranging from 10 days to two weeks, in the Middle East, Central and South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Asia.

Physicians Free Clinic
431 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215
614/240-7410
E-mail: kclark@goodhealthcolumbus.org
Web site: goodhealthcolumbus.org
Contact: Kate Clark

PFC, an affiliate organization of the Columbus Medical Association, provides health care to patients of the Columbus area who would not otherwise have access to it. Volunteers are needed to see patients at the clinic on Monday nights. All specialties are welcome.

Project Compassion
11315 Rancho Bernardo Rd., Suite 146
San Diego, CA 92127
858/485-9694
E-mail: cyndib@projectcompassion.org
Web site: projectcompassion.org
Contact: Cyndi Bradbury

Project Compassion, an interdenominational Christian organization, provides health care to patients in medically underserved communities throughout the world. Since its founding in 1991, the organization has sent medical missions to Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. Teams typically run clinics out of schools and churches and operate mobile clinics in more remote areas. Physicians of all specialties are welcome, especially internal medicine, family physicians, ER doctors, pediatricians, dermatology and ophthalmology. Time commitments vary between one and two weeks.

Project Hope
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
800/544-4673
E-mail: recruitment@projecthope.org
Web site: projecthope.org
Contact: Recruitment

Project Hope, active in more than 30 countries around the world, works to achieve sustainable improvements in health by focusing its efforts in the following areas: infectious diseases (especially tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS), women's and children's health, professional education, health facilities development and humanitarian assistance. The organization offers one-week to one-year assignments in which volunteer doctors educate health-care practitioners in matters such as primary care, disease management and preventive health care.

Rafiki Foundation, Inc.
19001 Huebner Rd. #2
San Antonio, TX 78258
210/244-2600
E-mail: susyh@rafiki-foundation.org
Web site: rafiki-foundation.org
Contact: Susy Harbick

The Rafiki Foundation works to provide health care, housing and a classical Christian education to African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Currently operational in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana and Nigeria, this organization seeks Christian physicians specializing in primary care, pediatrics and gynecology to serve in its medical clinics for up to two weeks. Physicians are required to fund their own work.

Rhode Island Free Clinic
655 Broad St.
Providence, RI 02907
401/274-6347
E-mail: uncfarland@lifespan.org
Web site: rifreeclinic.org
Contact: Carmen Fields

Since 1999 the Rhode Island Free Clinic has provided high-quality health care and preventive health services to uninsured and impoverished individuals in the greater Providence area. RIFC seeks local general practitioners, internists, ob-gyns, endocrinologists and psychiatrists to treat patients at its medical facility. Volunteers generally devote one to eight evenings each month. While RIFC has translators on staff, Spanish-speaking physicians are especially welcome.

Shepherd's Hope, Inc.
4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd.
Orlando, FL 32819
407/876-6699, ext.3
E-mail: operations@shephardshope.org
Web site: shepherdshope.org
Contact: Tony Ward

Shepherd's Hope is a faith-based organization providing acute nonemergency health care to the uninsured, low-income population of central Florida. Volunteer physicians, who must have an active license to practice in Florida, typically donate one evening (three hours) a month.

SIM USA
Box 7900
Charlotte, NC 28273
800/521-6449 or 704/588-4300
E-mail: info@sim.org
Web site: sim.org
Contact: Kim Redelfs

This evangelical Christian ministry needs physicians in family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, ob-gyn, and general surgery for service projects in Africa, Asia, and South America. Short-term opportunities last from six weeks to two years. Long-term commitments also are available.

Surfer's Medical Association
Box 1210
Aptos, CA 95001
831/684-0916
E-mail: smacentral@aol.com
Web site: surfersmedicalassociation.org
Contact: Paula Smith

SMA is a membership organization whose annual medical conferences are held in some of the world's best surfing locales. During conferences, the group conducts health clinics in local villages and updates members on health problems common to surfers. Doctors of any specialty and lay surfers are welcome to join.

Surmang Foundation
13536 Gold Hill Rd.
Boulder, CO 80302
303/459-9030
E-mail: info@surmang.org
Web site: surmang.org
Contact: Julie Carpenter, M.D.

Surmang Foundation, partnered with the Beijing United Family Hospital and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation, operates a health-promotion project in a remote ethnic Tibetan region of China. The foundation's clinic serves the vast Surmang area, providing its seminomadic people with access to high-quality care, with an emphasis on mother and child health.

TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission)
Box 969
Wheaton, IL 60189
800/343-3144
E-mail: info@teamworld.org
Web site: teamworld.org
Contact: Human Resources

This religion-based organization sends family physicians, internists, pediatricians and surgeons to South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Various specialties are needed; the minimum time commitment is four to six weeks.

TOMA Foundation
107 Ranch Rd., 620 S#21-D
Austin, TX 78734
678/644-6383
E-mail: toma97@aol.com
Web site: tribaloutreach.org
Contact: Randall Green

In 1997 a malaria epidemic broke out among the already endangered Yanomami tribe of the Amazonian rain forest. A missionary's son who had spent his childhood in the area happened to be visiting, and in response to the crisis, founded TOMA (Tribal Outreach Medical Assistance). Within two years the group had established two antimalaria clinics and trained locals to run them. On yearly missions medical volunteers provide basic care, vaccinate children and treat patients for such complaints as tropical parasites and hunting wounds.

United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries
Mission Volunteers Office
475 Riverside Dr., Room 330
New York, NY 10115
212/870-3825
E-mail: boeroger@cableone.net
Web site: healthcarevolunteers.org

UMC runs medical missions and educational outreach efforts throughout the world. Volunteers undergo preparatory training for stints of two months or more. All specialties are needed.

Vellore Christian Medical College Board (USA), Inc.
475 Riverside Dr., Room 243
New York, NY 10115
212/870-2640
E-mail: usaboard@vellorecmc.org
Web site: vellorecmc.org
Contact: Philip Ansalone

The Vellore Christian Medical College Board sends volunteers to a 2,000-bed teaching hospital about 90 miles from Chennai (formerly Madras), India. Physicians of all specialties are welcome to serve for up to six months at the hospital or at the medical school, an experience that offers a relatively relaxed introduction to medicine in the developing world.

Venice Family Clinic
604 Rose Ave.
Venice, CA 90201
310/664-7909
E-mail: amwilliams@mednet.ucla.edu
Web site: venicefamilyclinic.org
Contact: AnneMarie Williams, Volunteer Supervisor

Founded in 1970, VFC provides health-care and mental-health services to nearly 19,000 low-income, uninsured residents of Venice, Santa Monica, Palms, Mar Vista, Inglewood, Culver City and other areas of Los Angeles County. Based on the number of patients treated and the size of its volunteer corps (including 449 physicians), VFC is the largest free clinic in the country. General practitioners, cardiologists and urologists are needed to volunteer a minimum of three hours a month at one of VFC's seven sites or in their offices.

Visions in Action
2710 Ontario Rd. NW
Washington, DC 20009
202/625-7402
E-mail: visions@visionsinaction.org
Web site: visionsinaction.org
Contact: Kiahna Williams

Visions in Action sends medical and lay volunteers to clinics, hospitals, and public-health projects in Mexico and Africa for six months to a year. The organization has a particular need for ob-gyns and physicians experienced in the treatment of AIDS patients.

Volunteers in Medicine Institute
162 St. Paul St. (side)
Burlington, VT 05401
802/651-0112
E-mail: institute@vimi.org
Web site: vimi.org
Contact: Amy R. Hamlin

The mission of VIMI is to guide and promote the development of a national network of free clinics that use volunteer physicians, both retired and practicing, to care for the working uninsured. Currently there are 55 affiliated clinics in 20 states. Contact the one nearest you to find out how you can help (or contact VIMI to learn about starting a clinic in your own community). Continuing education is required for all professionals who volunteer. Time commitments are flexible.

Wallace Medical Concern
Box 3506
Gresham, OR 97030
503/489-1760, ext. 13
E-mail: volunteer@wallacemedical.org
Web site: wallacemedical.org
Contact: Michelle Interian

The Wallace Medical Concern is a nonprofit clinic that provides urgent medical care to the low-income and uninsured population of the Portland metropolitan area. The clinic, which treats 2,000 patients a year, seeks local internists, family physicians and general practitioners who are willing to see patients on-site or in their own offices. Time commitments are flexible.

Women of Means, Inc.
148 Linden St., Suite 208
Wellesley, MA 02482
781/239-0290
E-mail: wom@womenofmeans.org
Web site: womenofmeans.org
Contact: Roseanna H. Means, M.D.

Women of Means provides health care to women who are homeless or marginally housed in Boston. Volunteer physicians go directly into women's shelters and drop-in centers to give pro bono, episodic care and distribute free, over-the-counter medical supplies to women in need. Volunteers are asked a time commitment of at least four hours per month for one year. They must be licensed in the state of Massachusetts and carry active moonlighting malpractice coverage.

World Gospel Mission
Box 948
Marion, IN 46952
765/664-7331
E-mail: wc@wgm.org
Web site: wgm.org
Contact: Todd Eckhardt

This interdenominational evangelical group seeks physicians specializing in family practice, internal medicine, ob-gyn, pediatrics, anesthesiology, and surgery to serve on medical missions to Kenya. The minimum time commitment is six months.

World Medical Mission
Box 3000
Boone, NC 28607
828/262-1980
Web site: samaritanspurse.org
Contact: Becky Williams

A ministry of Samaritan's Purse, World Medical Mission works in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Physicians, dentists and other volunteers practice mainly in evangelical mission hospitals. They also work in clinics and sometimes assist in disaster relief. Terms of service in Africa and Asia usually require a minimum commitment of one month.

World Venture
150l W. Mineral Ave.
Littleton, CO 80120
800/487-4224, ext. 2630
E-mail: serve@worldventure.com
Web site: worldventure.com
Contact: Lucy Jaske

World Venture needs medical advisors, anesthetists/anesthesiologists, dentists, general practitioners, ob-gyns, ophthalmologists, public-health specialists and surgeons to volunteer at hospitals and clinics in Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mongolia and Pakistan for two weeks to two or more years. All applicants should be associated with an evangelical church. Volunteers fund their own work or receive support from family and friends and churches.

World Witness—The Board of Foreign Missions of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
1 Cleveland St., Suite 220
Greenville, SC 29601
864/233-5226
E-mail: johnh@worldwitness.org
Web site: worldwitness.org
Contact: John Hopkins, Director of Candidate Ministry

World Witness maintains a nursing school and 140-bed hospital in Sahwal, Pakistan, that has been updated over the last decade with millions of dollars of equipment. General surgeons, internists, anesthetists are especially needed for three weeks to two years.