We are sure many PRN readers are familiar with Operation Smile, a not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization that provides reconstructive facial surgery to indigent children and young adults. There are numerous videos now available on the web. One that we recently came across is LuLu’s Story, available on the YouTube website.

The annual meeting of the Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists will include several presentations on career evolution and non-clinical career options. (more…)

Crisis is a volunteer organization based in the UK. Crisis opens seven centers between 23 - 30 December offering homeless or vulnerably housed people companionship, access to essential services, learning opportunities and a program of entertainment. (more…)

Christmas is a time to relax with friends and family, but it’s easy to get frazzled by the hectic pace of the holiday season. Volunteering on Christmas and giving back to the community are good ways to remember what the season is truly about. (more…)

Kallawaya – traditional holistic healer with a profound, centuries-old knowledge of natural medicine  

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Surgicorps International was founded by Dr. Jack E. Demos, a reconstructive plastic surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the mission to positively impact health care in developing countries by offering surgical services to indigent patients in need. (more…)

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries. (more…)

The Medical Relief Organization Philanthropy Society has a great list of links for volunteer medical organizations. You can access this page by visiting their website. The AMA also has a list of volunteer medical organizations on their website.

There are numerous volunteer surgery organizations, including Interplast, Surgicorps, and Operation Smile, just to name a few. For a surgeon’s description of his first Interplast trip, please read our article entitled “In the Footsteps of the Kallawaya.” If you have information on a similar organization or memoirs of your own experience, please post them as comments here.