Jun 22, 2016 | Volunteer Medicine
In a win-win medical mission to beautiful Marion, Virginia, west of Wytheville, VA, hundreds of grateful patients gathered for free medical, dental, and eye care. Under the leadership of Remote Area Medical (RAM) 300+ volunteers piled in to help people and have fun, donating a weekend of high level care to men, women and children from far and wide. A caravan of medical vehicles and tents–even a tent-pharmacy–converged upon Mountain Empire Airport for this wonderful Smith County expedition.
Feb 2, 2016 | OBX Medicine, Volunteer Medicine
I remember. Do you remember the first time you set your eyes on the North Carolina coast? From across Hatteras Inlet, the very first moment I saw Ocracoke (even before the Hatteras ferry boat docked at Ocracoke’s north shore), I knew I would be back. My travels to…
Dec 15, 2015 | OBX Medicine, Volunteer Medicine
Practicing medicine on Ocracoke Island, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, has been a challenging, fascinating, and rewarding journey. One part of that journey is the literal journey to and from Ocracoke. My trips to Ocracoke began 26 years ago, at first simply…
