Operation Giving Back: Surgical Volunteer Opportunities and Global Health Resources

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Join our volunteer database. Register for an Account User IDPassword Forgot your password?	Welcome to Operation Giving Back, a comprehensive resource designed to help surgeons find volunteer opportunities best suited to their expertise and interests, whether across town or across the world. In every community there is work to be done. In every nation there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. Marianne Williamson	Viet Nam Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery International Surgical Missions, based in Pueblo, Colorado will hold "A Day of Surgical Giving" on Saturday May 3, 2008 for Pueblo's local uninsured population. Link to the local news story here. CLICK HERE to watch the 60 Minutes feature on Remote Area Medical that aired Sunday 3/2/08. RAM was also featured in the NYTimes magazine. CLICK HERE to read article and view slideshow. CLICK HERE to learn about the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act - proposed legislation that will make it easier to volunteer in times of disasters. Read about Project Access in January's Bulletin - CLICK HERE and learn more about available opportunities with Project Access on OGB. 2007 Surgical Volunteer Award winners: Dr. Van Knowles, Dr. Sylvia Campbell and Dr. Tom Crabtree. CLICK HERE to read about their work. CLICK HERE to learn more about the Global Service Fellowship Program Act before the Senate in support of volunteerism. Project New Orleans UPDATE CLICK HERE to take a brief volunteer survey.