May 12, 2017 | Humanitarian Organizations
Bryan D. Springer, MD and a team from Operation Walk Carolinas are on a medical mission in Cuba this week. The team of sixty volunteers plans to complete 40-50 joint replacements and teach the Cuban medical staff about TJR procedures. Dr. Springer was interviewed by...
Mar 17, 2017 | Humanitarian Award, Humanitarian Organizations
Nominations are now being accepted for the AAHKS Humanitarian Award to be given at the 2017 Annual Meeting in November. AAHKS membership is required to nominate and to be nominated. The Humanitarian Award was established to recognize AAHKS members who have...
Nov 11, 2016 | Annual Meeting, Humanitarian Organizations
AAHKS is proud to award Brian S. Parsley, MD with the 2016 AAHKS Humanitarian Award for his humanitarian efforts with the Faith In Practice medical mission organization. Dr. Parsley has served in the organization for 20 years – completing 50 trips to provide surgical...
May 27, 2016 | Humanitarian Organizations
Many AAHKS members belong humanitarian organizations and volunteer their time and resources to provide care in underserved communities around the world. One organization, Faith in Practice, recently returned from a mission trip to Guatemala with several AAHKS members...
Oct 9, 2015 | Humanitarian Organizations
Since 2004, medical mission trips to Cuba had stopped due to travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba. Now with improved relations, some travel restrictions have been lifted. According to the Tampa Tribune, AAHKS member Kenneth A. Gustke, MD will return to Cuba...
Mar 13, 2015 | Humanitarian Organizations
Jim Harper of San Luis Obispo, California has started an online campaign to help raise funds for Operation Walk USA. He received a hip replacement in 2010 and plans to walk the more than 2,600 miles of the Pacific Coast Trail starting May 1, 2015. “I would like to...
