Meet the Team

Meet the Executive Team

Our 100% volunteer team is made up of medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, anesthetists, social workers and business leaders.
What we all share is a great need help ease the suffering of people around the world.

"My first surgical mission was in 1999
in Hanoi Vietnam, and since then, I’ve been hooked. 

At that point, I had been working in the operating room for 23 years and had served in the armed forces for a number of years, but nothing quite compares to doing a mission and knowing that you have contributed to changing a life.  I went on to volunteer in several other nonprofits, and in 2007, I started Surgical Volunteers International. I find the work to be