Students
Volunteering on a Friends International Medical Team can transform young people's lives and impact the trajectory of their future careers. Over the years, about two dozen young people who have volunteered for our medical teams have been so impacted by the experience of volunteering in a clinic in a developing country that they've pursued education and careers in health care and medicine. Meet them below:
Kara Romero, nursing student on a Bolivia Medical Team
Dr. Katie Buerk volunteering on the Bolivia Medical Team as a student.
Jeff Crawford, phlebotomist on medical team trip to Kenya
Jeff Crawford (pictured top right)
Volunteer for Haiti 2014 and 2015, Bolivia 2017, and Kenya 2019 medical teams
Certified Phlebotomist at American Red Cross
Studied Phlebotomy at Northwest Institute for Healthcare Training
Dr. Jennie Montijo
Volunteer for Malawi medical team
Medical degree from College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Pediatric Hospitalist at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii
Liz Nyongesa
Volunteer for 2019 Kenya medical team
Studies Nursing at University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya
Courtney Eide
Volunteer for 2012 Haiti medical team
Aerospace Medical Technician at United States Air Force
Nataliya Zvozdetskaya
Volunteer for 2014 Haiti medical team
Intensive Care Travel Registered Nurse
Arizona State University
Rachel Rosenbloom
Volunteer for 2014 Haiti medical team
Studied Food Science and Technology at Oregon State University
Project Coordinator at Beyond Meat
Kara Romero (pictured top left)
Volunteer for 2016 Bolivia medical team
Attending Nursing school
Oscar Golberg
High school student volunteer for 2012 Haiti medical team
Attending Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical degree
Grace Garcia
Volunteer for 2018 Bolivia medical team
Studies medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine
GraySea Huber
Volunteer for 2012 Haiti and 2017 Bolivia medical teams
Studies Horticulture therapy
Haley Case
Volunteer for 2012 Haiti medical team
Graduated from Yale School of Public Health
Rocio Terrazas
Volunteer for 2018 Bolivia medical team
Attends Nursing school
Portland Community College and OHSU
Tessa Kehoe
Volunteer for 2015 Haiti medical team
Masters of Public Health 2021 from Boston University School of Public Health
Dr. Katie Buerk (pictured on lower left)
Volunteer for both Haiti and the 2017 Bolivia medical teams
Attended OHSU School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine Resident at Hennepin County EM Residency Program, Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Paul Bluhm
Volunteer for 2014 Haiti medical team
Attended Western University of Health Sciences for medical school
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation resident at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio
Nichole Rogovoy
Volunteer for 2014 Haiti and 2019 Kenya medical teams
Attending OHSU Medical School for Doctor of Medicine degree
Dr. Eric Hoeffner
Volunteer for 2017 Bolivia medical team
Attended medical school at OHSU School of Medicine
Anesthesiology Resident at Ohio State University College of Medicine
Ansley Henderson
Volunteer for 2013 Haiti medical team
Biola University School of Nursing
Working as an ER nurse in California
Brynne Dykes
Volunteer for 2012 Haiti medical team
Doctor of Physical therapy degree from Eastern Washington University
Fabiola Flores Coro
Volunteer for 2018 Bolivia medical team
Studied medicine at UCB San Pablo
Works at Santa Casa de Ituverava Medical Center in Brazil
Sarah Case
High school student volunteer for 2013 Haiti medical team
College student volunteer for 2016 Bolivia medical team
Attending University of Washington Medical School
Lacey Jo Jochim
Volunteer for 2014 Haiti medical team
Studied Nursing at Boise State University
Registered Nurse at Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR
Brendan Klennert
Volunteer for 2013 Haiti medical team
Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Works as graduate student research assistant at Musculoskeletal Research Laboratories at The University of Utah
Dr. Dexter Corlett
Volunteer for 2016 Bolivia medical team
Medical degree from University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Now at Indiana University Internal Medicine/ Pediatrics Residency
Anicka Meyers, NP
Volunteer for 2019 Kenya medical team
Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner at Outside In
Completed a project on depression in Kenya for her nurse practitioner program.
Attended NP school at OHSU
