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Keep up with our General Surgery Team serving in Guatemala City February 6-14 with The Shalom Foundation at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Blog The Medical Program serves children from across Guatemala, changing their lives forever. Through The Moore Center for Children's Health in Zone 1 of Guatemala City, The Shalom Foundation will provide a modern medical facility to serve as home base for each Shalom visiting Medical Team. Shalom’s Medical Program addresses the desperate medical and health needs of poor children in Guatemala. The lives of these children are improved through surgical treatment, appropriate follow-up care, dental care, optical clinics, wellness clinics and good health education. Our Medical Teams provide treatment that is financially and socially out of reach for acutely poor children. Collaboration with medical organizations in both the United States and Guatemala is key to the success of the Medical Program. Since 2005, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has provided valuable resources and support designating The Shalom Foundation as their International Surgical Partner. Specialty Surgical Teams from Children’s Hospital have travelled with Shalom Foundation providing life-changing procedures for children who would otherwise go untreated. Medical Teams supported by Children’s Hospitals and other recognized medical organizations across the United States are invited to work with The Shalom Foundation to serve these needy children. Shalom is developing relationships with other organizations whose goals are similar. These organizations include children's hospitals in the United States, members of the medical community, humanitarian aid agencies, non-profits, universities and other NGOs both in the US and Guatemala. The Objectives of the Medical Program are:
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If you would like to learn more about the Medical Program or participate in the funding of this facility, please contact us. We want to hear from you!
Click here to learn about the experiences of medical team members in our Past Surgery Trips and Current Surgery Trips. Current Surgical Trips Pediatric General Surgery Trip Pediatric Surgical Mission Trip Past Surgical Trips ENT Surgery Trip Pediatric ENT / Plastics Surgery Trip Pediatric ENT / Plastics Surgery Trip Pediatric ENT / Plastics Surgery Trip Joseline Vasquez's Medical Care The Shalom Foundation Medical Program has brought two-year-old Joseline Vasquez to Nashville for treatment at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Joseline was first seen by The Shalom surgery team in Guatemala City. Dr. Steven Goudy led the Children's Hospital surgery team as they performed surgery in Nashville on July 8, 2008, to remove the mass on her neck. Following her successful treatment, Joseline and her mother, Veronica, returned home with the ENT Surgery Team from Vanderbilt Children's Hospital on Saturday, September 27, 2008. Click here to see photos of Josie. Click here to view the blog about Josie's visit. If you would like to learn more about the Medical Program or participate in the funding of this facility, please contact us. We want to hear from you! Read on to learn about past medical trips and the experiences of Medical Team Members: Local Doctors Serve Globally Treating Children in Guatemala, October 2008 View Joseline's Surgery Trip Blog, Summer 2008 Personal Reflections from Belmont University's Physical Therapy Mission Team Members, April 2008 Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Joins Initiative to Help Children in Guatemala, October 2007 My First International Medical Trip, by William Lowrance, M.D., May 2006 ![]() |