by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 10, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
I spent the last four days out in Kisonga, Ezekiel’s village, where the team set up a medicine clinic. Being non-clinical, I could only observe from afar what the nurses and doctors were experiencing first hand. The simple things we westeners take for granted – the...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 9, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
Working in an operating room can be quite challenging, especially when the equipment you need to complete a case successfully is not working. This year the first case to be done was an orthopedic case to repair a broken lower leg. We had all of the surgical items in...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 9, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
From the surgery team: Working in another culture is a fascinating experience and you can learn so much about people and their beliefs. Yesterday we had a “no show” , a gentleman who was to have a skin graft done to help release a contracture (scar tissue that pulls...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 8, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
The WiFi at Moivaro Lodge has been spotty, so news from the team has been dribbling in to this stateside writer via a brief phone coversation with Lesikar, texts from Dr. Shriner and a just-received email from Cheryl Kuratomi. One can’t really complain, however! Back...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 8, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
Visit our Facebook page to see photos from the 2012 Tanzania Project trip! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.312224062161535.93446.141265522590724&type=3
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 8, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
What a fantastic trip this has been; somehow even better than the 2012 trip which I thought could not be surpassed. Our largest group yet; the talent, comradarie, passion, and knowledge-base of our diverse group makes this year quite a special adventure. Our third day...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 6, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
After a long, but uneventful flight (except for that unfortunate betadine leak-I think we left a brown trail from LA to Kilimanjaro) arrived at Moivaro lodge and greeted by our many friends. Up early today with the hornbills, a nice morning hike, then delicious crepes...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 5, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
Team Tanzania 2012 gathered at Huntinton Hospital in Pasadena at 3am to board their bus to LAX — the first leg of a day-and-a-half journey around the globe. The 18 volunteers were sent off by loved ones and Huntington Hospital CEO, Steve Ralph. Their first stop was...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 5, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
The team has just landed safely at Kilimanjaro International Airport.
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 4, 2012 | 2012 Field Journal
We first landed close to midnight in local Tanzanian time and were enveloped in darkness on our arrival, the sky illuminated by countless twinkling stars and constellations. It wasn’t until the next morning, however, that I realized we were in Africa. Waking up in the...
