Gambia 2022
Team leaders included medical partner Mam Kumba Ndow Sise, community sponsor Foday Kabba and U.S. physician leader Dr. Mari Kay Evans-Smith.
Medical assistant Kylee Cowan uses a Hemocue meter to check a child’s blood for anemia.
The Gambia Medical Team included 24 volunteers from the U..S and more than 30 volunteers from the local community.
Volunteer Jose Thomas assists a patient in the dental station.
Optometrist Dr. Ann Edmonds checks a patient's eyes.
Diana Klein, RN listens to a pediatric patient’s lungs.
Dr. Steve Gordon, internal medicine, performs a steroid injection on a woman with knee pain.
Volunteer Riley Buerk checks a patient’s height. Many patients have never known their height.
Dentist Dr. Sheena Kansal and dental hygienist Marquita Kudma perform a dental extraction on a pediatric patient.
Naomi Nagler, RN teaches a women's health class with the help of a Gambian medical interpreter and Mam Kumba Ndow Sise, our Gambian medical director.
Henry Sessions, PA works with Gambian interpreter to provide care to patient
Stephanie McIntyre, MA, takes blood pressure of patient in triage station
Betsy Rosyln, RN checks blood test on patient in the lab.
Volunteer Heather Gordon, their Gambian interpreter, Steve Galbraith and Eric Holeman, pharmacists all working together filling medication orders in the pharmacy.