Clinics

January 6-13, to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua (VOSH-CT) Contact Matthew Blondin, OD, mblond2@aol.com

January 8-11, to Santiago, Dominican Republic (VOSH-NE) Contact Ellen Weiss, OD weiss@vosh.org (THIS TRIP IS FULL)

January 14-20, to Port-au-Prince Haiti (VOSH-PA) Contact David McPhillips drmcpod@gmail.com

January 25 – February 4, to Mataquescuintla, Guatemala (VOSH-Ontario) Contact Pete Huitema, petehuitema@quadro.net

January 27 to La Grange, IL, CURE Vision Screening (VOSH-IL) Contact Tracy Matchinski, OD, TMatchin@ico.edu

February 2 to Granada, Nicaragua (VOSH-ONE) Contact Joe D’Amico, OD

February 3-11 to Gomez Palacio, Mexico (VOSH-SD) Contact Jennifer Ness, moore300zx@yahoo.com, 605-210-3141

February 7-24  to Patzcuaro, Mexico (VOSH-OH) Contact Brenda Kraus bjk885@gmail.com

February 9-18, to Santa Patrica, Nicaragua  (VOSH-Southeast) Contact Suzy Eberle, basicnicaragua@gmail.com

February 3-12, to Colon, Panama (VOSH-Kansas) Contact Bob Arnold, eyedoc1@gmail.com 

February 14-24, to El Estor, Guatemala (VOSH-Santa Cruz -Montreal, Quebec), Contact Pierre Labine, pierre.labine@sympatico.ca (There will be follow-up cataract surgeries in April 2018 by ophthalmologists from HELPS International). Looking for ten 3rd or 4th year SVOSH members to join.

February 26-March 3, to Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico (VOSH-AZ), Contact Dan Twelker, OD, dtwelker@eyes.arizona.edu

March to local outreach clinic in the Ashanti Region of Ghana (VOSH-Ghana) Contact Dr. Abena Ntim, tesluvin@gmail.com

March 5 to Chihuahua, Mexico (VOSH-TX) Contact Tom Pruett, OD twpruett@comcast.net or guereroclinic.org SVOSH Welcome!

March 10-11 to Buena Vista, VA (VOSH-VA/RAM-VA)  SVOSH Welcome! Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD, vickiweiss@ramusa.org

March 10-17 to Cap Haitien, Haiti (VOSH-PA), Contact Mark Rakoczy, OD mrakoczy831@gmail.com

March 11-17, to El Salvador hosted by FUDEM (VOSH-MN) Contact Julie Walsh, OD, PhD, jlwalsh@midco.net. SVOSH students are welcome,

March 17-24, to Puerto Penasco, Mexico (SVOSH-KYCO) Contact Eilene Kinzer, OD, EileneKinzer@UPIKE.edu

March 17-24, to Vallegrande, Bolivia (VOSH-IL) SVOSH WELCOMED, Contact Natalie Venezia, venezia@vosh.org (Trip Full)

March 23-April 1 to Costa Rica (SVOSH-Pacific) Contact puco@svoshinternational.com (Trip Full)

March 23-April 1 to Nicaragua (SVOSH-Pacific) Contact puco@svoshinternational.com (Trip Full)

March 23-April 1 to Senegal (SVOSH-Pacific) Contact puco@svoshinternational.com (Trip Full)

April to Dominican Republic (VOSH-ONE & SVOSH-NECO) Contact dr.donarum@gmail.com or neco@svoshinternational.com

April 30, to Peru (VOSH-Santa Cruz- Montreal, Quebec), Contact Pierre Labine, pierre.labine@sympatico.ca

May 4-6 to Smyth County, VA (VOSH-VA/RAM-VA)  SVOSH Welcome! Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD, vickiweiss@ramusa.org

May 7-11 to Merida, Mexico (SVOSH-SCO) Contact SVOSH-SCO President, sco@svoshinternational.org (Trip Full)

May 7-11 to Port-au-Prince, Haiti (SVOSH-SCO) Contact SVOSH-SCO President, sco@svoshinternational.org (Trip Full)

May 7-11 to Belmopan, Belize (SVOSH-SCO) Contact SVOSH-SCO President, sco@svoshinternational.org (Trip Full)

May 7-11 to Nicaragua (SVOSH-SCO partnering with SVOSH UNAN) Contact SVOSH-SCO President, sco@svoshinternational.org (Trip Full)

May 7-11 to Barranquilla, Colombia, (SVOSH-SCO) Contact SVOSH-SCO President, sco@svoshinternational.org (Trip Full)

May 7-11 to Ibarra, Ecuador (SVOSH-SCO) Contact SVOSH-SCO President, sco@svoshinternational.org (Trip Full)

May 13-19 to Pont Sonde, Haiti (VOSH-PA )Contact Mark Shust, mshust@salus.edu

May 13-20 to St. Maarten (VOSH-OH) Contact Barbara Plaugher, RN,  arliss@wcoil.com

June 1 to Moldova (VOSH-Santa Cruz – Montreal, Quebec), Contact Pierre Labine, pierre.labine@sympatico.ca 

June 5 to Chihuahua, Mexico (VOSH-TX), Contact Tom Pruett, OD twpruett@comcast.net or guereroclinic.org SVOSH Welcome!

June 13 to Oswego, Illinois Hesed House Homeless Shelter (VOSH-IL), Contact Ron Weingart, OD, r.weingart@sbcglobal.net

June 17 – 30 to Romania (VOSH-Southeast) Contact Charlie Covington, charlescovington@gmail.com

June 23-24 to Emporia, VA (VOSH-VA/RAM-VA)  SVOSH Welcome! Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD, vickiweiss@ramusa.org

July Grenada (VOSH-NC) Contact Jill Scullion, OD, jillscullion@gmail.com

July 7-14 to Cap Haitian, Haiti (VOSH-PA and SVOSH-Waterloo) Contact team leader Nancy Delucia, nandee8886@gmail.com or Dr. David Mcphillips, drmcpod@gmail.com. ODs Wanted!

July 15 to Ecuador (VOSH-Santa Cruz- Montreal, Quebec), Contact Pierre Labine, pierre.labine@sympatico.ca 

July 20-22 to Wise, VA (VOSH-VA/RAM)  SVOSH Welcome! Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD, vickiweiss@ramusa.org

August 11-18 to Roatan, Honduras (SVOSH-NSUOCO), Contact Alissa Proctor, proctor1@nsuok.edu

August to Guatemala and Belize (SVOSH-Pacific) Contact  puco@svoshinternational.com 

September 11-27 to Kapchorwa, Uganda (VOSH-Northwest) SVOSH Welcome! Contact Willow Thompson, OD   idrwillow@hotmail.com with intent to go by March 1st

September 19-21 to Fresno, CA with Veteran’s Stand Down Campaign (VOSH-CA) Contact Greg Pearl, OD drgregpearl@yahoo.com

September 22-23 to Lee, VA (VOSH-VA/RAM-VA)  SVOSH Welcome! Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD, vickiweiss@ramusa.org

October 6-7 to Grundy, VA (VOSH-VA/RAM-VA)  SVOSH Welcome! Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD, vickiweiss@ramusa.org

October 6-13 to Jeremie, Haiti (VOSH-PA) SVOSH Welcome! Contact Dr. Michelle Cadet-Honore, dramc96@gmail.com

October 27- November 4 to Belize (VOSH-MN) Contact Stacy Hinkemeyer, smhink@aol.com

November 3-4  to Gloucester, VA (VOSH-VA/RAM-VA)  SVOSH Welcome! Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD, vickiweiss@ramusa.org

November 4-10 to Cap Hatien, Haiti (Vosh-PA) Contact Diane Wilson, OD dianewilson1661@gmail.com

November 4-13 to Taksindu, Nepal (VOSH-CO) Contact Kara Fedders, OD coloradovosh@gmail.com (This Trip Is FULL)

November 11-18 to La Carpio and Bri Bri, Bajo Chirripo, Costa Rica (VOSH-BC) Contact Marina Roma-March, OD twecs@shaw.ca

November 14-28 to Kenya (VOSH-IN) Contact Jeffrey Marshall, OD drjcm@att.net 

November 18-25 to El Salvador (VOSH-CA) Contact Greg Pearl, OD drgregpearl@yahoo.com

Fall to Chihuahua, Mexico (VOSH-TX) Contact Tom Pruett, OD twpruett@comcast.net or guereroclinic.org  SVOSH Welcome!

January 6-14, to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, VOSH-CT, Contact Matthew Blondin, OD, mblond2@aol.com

January 8-14, to Cap Haitien, Haiti, VOSH-PA, Contact Diane Wilson dianewilson1661@gmail.com

January 10-13, to Penal, Trinidad, VOSH-NC, Contact Christina Smith, OD drcsmith@bellsouth.net 

January 22 – 27, to Santiago, Dominican Republic, VOSH-NE, Contact Ellen Weiss, OD weiss@vosh.org (THIS TRIP IS FULL)

January 28 – February 5, to Gomez-Palacio, Mexico, VOSH-SD, Contact Philip “Jelipe” Bugaiski, OD, drbugaiski@thedvc.net

January 29 – February 5, to Juigalpa, Nicaragua, Hopeful Ways, Contact Jim Carlins jjcarlins@hopefulways.org

January 20 – 29, to Mataquescuintla, Guatemala, VOSH-Ontario, Contact Pete Huitema petehuitema@quadro.net

January 28 – February 5, to Cedros, Honduras, VOSH-OH, Contact Barbara Plaugher arliss@wcoil.com

January 29 – February 4, to Gomez Palacio, Mexico, VOSH-SD, Contact Nathan Wiederholt, OD, wiederholtn@hotmail.com

February 5 – 20, to St. Martin, Ministry of Health, Contact Pierre Labine, pierre.labine@sympatico.ca

February 10 – 19, to Chinandega, Nicaragua, VOSH-SE, Contact Suzy Eberle, basicnicaragua@gmail.com

February 19-26, to El Salvador, VOSH-MN (hosted by FUDEM), Contact Julie Walsh, OD, jlwalsh@midco.net

February 27-March 3, to Hermosillo, Sonora, VOSH-AZ & SVOSH-Midwestern, Contact J. Daniel Twelker, OD, dtwelker@eyes.arizona.edu

March 8-15, to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, VOSH-IN,  Contact voshin22916@gmail.com

March 11 – 18, to Cap Haitien, Haiti, VOSH-PA, Contact Mark Rakoczy, OD, mrakoczy831@gmail.com

March 13-19, to Guerrero Clinic, Chihuahua, Mexico, VOSH-TX, Contact Tom Pruett, OD, twpruett@comcast.net

March 22, to Wise, VA, VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org 

March 23, Clintwood, VA VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org 

March 31 – April 2, to Coachella, California, VOSH-CA, Contact Greg Pearl, OD drgregpearl@yahoo.com

March 24 – April 2, to Honduras, Central America, VOSH-MI, Contact Bob Foote, bobfooteod@att.net

April 13-17, to La Purisima, Baja, California, VOSH-IL & VOSH-CA, Contact Natalie Venezia, ncvenezia@mac.com (THIS TRIP IS FULL)

April 20 to Tecate, Mexico, VOSH-CA, Contact Greg Pearl, OD pearl@vosh.org

May 3-10, to Moca, Dominican Republic, VOSH-SE, Contact Max Bruss, maxobrusso@gmail.com

May 5-7, to Smyth County, VA, VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org  

May 12-19, to FUDEM Clinic El Salvador, VOSH-IL, Contact Tracy Matchinski, OD, tmatchinski@aol.com (THIS TRIP IS FULL)

May 20-28, to Tumbala, Chiapas, Mexico, VOSH-CA, Contact Dr. David Kageyama, dtkageyama@hotmail.com WAIT LIST ONLY

May 21-27, to Pont Sonde, Haiti, VOSH-PA, Contact Mark Shust, OD, mshust@salus.edu

May 28-June 4, to Matagalpa Region, Nicaragua, VOSH-CA, Contact Greg Pearl, OD, drgregpearl@yahoo.com

June 4-11, to El Sauce Region, Nicaragua, VOSH-CA, Contact Kristen White, OD, kristinrosewhite10@gmail.com

May 2017, to Republic of Moldavia, VOSH-Quebec, Contact Pierre Labine, pierre.labine@sympatico.ca

June 2017, to Ecuador, VOSH-Quebec, Contact Pierre Labine, pierrelabine@sympatico.ca

June 24-25,  Emporia, VA VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org

July 2017, to Peru, VOSH-Quebec, Contact Pierre Labine, pierre.labine@sympatico.ca

July 21-30, to Chinandega, Nicaragua, VOSH-SE, Contact Suzy Eberle, basicnicaragua@gmail.com

July 21-23, Wise County, VA, VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org

July 17-23, to Zihuatanejo, Mexico, VOSH-SE, Contact John Spencer, OD, John.Spencer@allina.com

July 21-30, to Chinandega, Nicaragua, VOSH-SE, Contact Suzy Eberle,  basicnicaragua@gmail.com

July 24-30, to Guerrero Clinic, Chihuahua, Mexico, VOSH-TX, Contact Tom Pruitt, OD, twpruett@comcast.net

August 5-12 to Comitancillo, Guatemala, VOSH-SE,  Contact Susan Stees, seweyes@aol.com

August 11-20 to Guatemala, SVOSH-Pacific, Contact Kalyn Gregory, kalyn.gregory@pacificu.edu

August 19-27 to Belize, SVOSH-Pacific, Contact Kalyn Gregory, kalyn.gregory@pacificu.edu

August 26-27 to Washington D.C., VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org. Optometry students welcome. More information available at ramusa.org/Virginia. Please register at volunteer.ramusa.org and contact Victoria Molnar) POSTPONED.

September, to Andavadoaka, Madagascar, VOSH-CO, Contact Kara Fedders, OD coloradovosh@gmail.com 

September 22-October 7, to Embu and Kisumu, Kenya, VOSH-IA and IDEA Ministries, Contact Ralph De Haan, OD ralu@iowatelecom.net

September 22- 24, to Sacramento Clinic, CA, VOSH-CA, Contact Tom Burley, tom@californiacareforce.org

September 23- 24, to Lee County, VA VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org (Complimentary housing available if needed) OPTOMETRISTS NEEDED!

September 26- September 30, to Guerrero Clinic, Chihuahua, Mexico, VOSH-TX, Contact Tom Pruitt, OD, twpruett@comcast.net

October, to Marangu, Tanzania, VOSH-MN, Contact Jim Hess, OD, imnod@hotmail.com

October 7-8, to Grundy, VA, VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org 

October 27-November 9, to Kenya, VOSH-MI, Contact Nelson Edwards, OD, 517-518-4505 or email at ngedwards.o.d@gmail.com (Looking for 2 ODs and lay volunteers)

October 28 – Nov 4, to El Salvador (San Jose Villanueva), VOSH-ONE/Epilogos/Rotary Multidisciplinary Clinic, contact Jenifer Ambler amblerj@sover.net

November 4-5, to Warsaw, VA VOSH-VA/RAM (Remote Area Medical), Contact Victoria Molnar Weiss, OD vickiweiss@ramusa.org 

November 4-12, to Mexico, VOSH-IL, Contact Tracy Matchinski, OD, tmatchinski@aol.com (THIS TRIP IS FULL)

November 18-26, to Casimero Castillo, Mexico, VOSH-Santa Cruz (Montreal, Quebec), Contact Pierre Labine, pierrelabine@sympatico.ca

November 19-26 to El Salvador, at the FUDEM Clinic, VOSH-CA, Contact Greg Pearl, OD, drgregpearl@yahoo.com (All Students Welcome.)

November to local outreach clinic in Ghana, VOSH-Ghana with the Rotary Club of Tema, Contact Dr. Abena Ntim, tesluvin@gmail.com

December 21-January 1 to Tanzania, SVOSH-Pacific, Contact puco@svoshinternational.com 

December 21-January 1 to Cambodia, SVOSH-Pacific, Contact puco@svoshinternational.com  (ODs Needed)