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In Central America and the Caribbean, millions of people are dying because they have no access to affordable healthcare. Millions more are living with very treatable illnesses because they don't have access to healthcare providers…

Dr. David Roth, GHP Board Member

GHP Board of Directors Brings over 20 years to our Projects and Partners

Board of Directors

Stephen Schendel, MD, DDS

Director, Craniofacial Anomalies Center, Packard Childrenfs Hospital (Palo Alto, CA). Co-Founder & Director, Stanford-NASA National Biocomputation Center. Editorial Boards, Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and Clinical Journal of Sports. President, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (2000-01). Author/co-author of 20+ medical textbooks/chapters and 80+ medical articles. BA, St. Olaf College (MN). BS and DDS, University of Minnesota. MD, University of Hawaii. Fulbright Fellow, Maxillofacial Surgery, France (1979-80). Since 1988 Dr. Schendel has organized and conducted 24 medical education missions to developing countries.

David R. Roth, MD

Professor of Urology and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital (Houston, TX). Founder, American Association of Pediatric Urologists. MD, University of Southern California. Post-graduate training, UCLA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and Wayne State University. Dr. Roth has volunteered as a Urologist/Surgeon on international humanitarian medical relief missions in the Caribbean and Central and South America since 1998.

Tadeus Wellisz, MD

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Founder and Chairman, Bioplate, Inc. Developer of innovative reconstructive surgery materials for burn victims, with research published in 100+ medical journals. Commissioner, Los Angeles County MLK Jr. General Hospital Authority (1993-2001). BS, University of Chicago. MD, Columbia University. Dr. Wellisz and Bioplate, Inc. have donated valuable medical supplies and educational materials to humanitarian organizations providing medical care to children suffering craniofacial anomalies in developing countries.

Donald Laub, MD

Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery (current) and Chief of Plastic Surgery (1967-80), Stanford University Medical School. Founder, Interplast, the first humanitarian organization to bring surgical teams to developing countries. Chairman and Founder, WICare. Board of Directors, Project Concern (1971-75). Trustee, Physicians for Peace (1999-2004). Director of Education, Swanson Foundation (2000-present). MD, Medical College of Wisconsin (Marquette). General and plastic surgery residencies, Yale and Stanford Universities. Dr. Laub has led or participated in 135+ international medical relief missions.

Leonora Tint, MS

The Healing Arts Center of Georgetown (Washington, DC) private practice. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (1971-present). 25 years service, NYC Public Schools. BA, Hunter College. MS, Brooklyn College. Washington Square Psychoanalytic Institute. Ms. Tint has traveled to Latin America on several medical missions.

Elena M. Hopkins, RN, MS, PNP

Craniofacial Coordinator, Packard Children's Hospital (Palo Alto, CA). Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (1981-present). Registered Nurse First Assistant Certified, UCLA. BS, University of San Francisco. MS, Boston College. Ms Hopkins has volunteered with Los Medicos Voleadores and Interplast international medical missions since 1980.

Bob Schwartz, Founding Director

Producer, International Affairs, CBS News and 60 Minutes. 25+ years building U.S. support for Central American economic and social development, primarily focusing on public health. Generated $75 million in medicines and medical equipment for public health facilities in Nicaragua, Mexico, El Salvador, and Cuba (1994-present). Mr. Schwartz has initiated and led 17 exchange visits of surgeons from leading U.S. institutions and organizations, including Stanford University, Texas Children's Hospital, Interplast, International Volunteers in Urology, and the University of Southern California.

Staff

Javier Bajana, Latin American Program Director

For more than a decade Mr. Bajana has worked with non-profit organizations developing medical aid programs in Latin America, assisting in the delivery of millions of dollars in medicine and medical supplies to the region. Mr. Bajana has coordinated medical aid missions with such high-profile figures as Muhammad Ali, and worked as a consultant and co-producer on award winning documentaries including Nicaragua: Report from the Front and When the Mountain Trembles, featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum.

Joshua Bardfield, Director, International Services

Mr. Bardfield has developed international education and development programs with numerous non-profit organizations. He worked hands-on in southern Mexico on medical development projects, including the construction of a hospital for indigenous people. For the last three years he has developed and coordinated medical aid and surgical programs in Latin America, and participated in the delivery of tens of thousands of dollars in medicine and medical services.