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The stories of our Ohana
Across the world, we uncover the profound tapestry of lives transformed as skilled hands and compassionate hearts come together in the noble pursuit of healing.
Flavia’s First Mission Trip with Ohana One
As a part of the August mission trip organized by Ohana One, research intern Flavia embarked on a transformative journey to Mozambique. The adventure began with Flavia traveling through Qatar, accompanied by Katie, a seasoned nurse practitioner, and Kim, Ohana One...
Transforming Lives in Mozambique: Nia Mensah’s Journey
Meet Nia Mensah, the founder of Kusudi International, who participated for the first time in an Ohana One mission trip to Mozambique. Her experience is a compelling testament to the power of compassion, collaboration, and collective effort. Notably, her work adhered...
Healing Children Worldwide Through Innovative Technology
Ohana One, is making a significant impact in the lives of children worldwide by providing access to advanced medical care through their groundbreaking Surgical Sight Program. With the use of this technology, doctors can collaborate and operate together without the...
Mental Health & Wellness for LMIC Surgeons
Shared by Meghan McCullough, MD - Project Collaborator Physician burnout has been a topic of significant interest recently in the United States, with studies showing that more than half of all physicians feel burned out by their work. While research and resources have...
Partnership Spotlight: Neurokids
In mid-December, Neurokids surgeon Dr. Ben Warf, Director of Neonatal and Congenital Neurosurgery at Boston Children’s Hospital was at home, and used the Ohana One Surgical Sight Glasses to tele-proctor (remote mentor) a case with Dr. Inocente Mayanda in Luanda,...
Backpack EMR Webinar: For use on Surgical Missions and Small Clinic Settings
Interested in modernizing your clinic without electricity & internet, then you have to watch this webinar presented by Ohana One! Hear from Lori Most, the Founder of Backpack EMR on how the Backpack EMR technology is useful in situations where there is low...
2022 Surgical Sight Program In Review
Hospitals Ohana one introduced technology in 103 hospitalsAga Khan University HospitalAin Shams UniversityAl Basher Governmental HospitalALERT HospitalAliabad University HospitalArnold Palmer Hospital for ChildrenBarrow Neurological InstituteBere Adventist...
Dr. Jennifer Bepple: Mentors Matter
By Dr. Jennifer Bepple Dr. Kurt McCammon has been the chairman at Eastern Virginia Medical School in the Department of Urology for almost 20 years. He epitomizes servant leadership, acting as not only an exceptional educator to residents and surgeons around the world...
Partner Organization Spotlights
Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS) FIENS mission is to improve the care of individuals with neurological disease throughout the world by supporting education in neurosurgery, particularly via partnerships between established and...
Ten great things about the Ohana One Board of Directors
The Ohana One Board of Directors volunteer their time and talents to - well, make the impossible possible! Who would have we could grow, scale and accomplish so much in just 2.5 years! It is their friendship, innovation, creativity, diversity, pure...
2022 Highlights
What a Year! We will give you a glimpse now because we just couldn’t wait to share some highlights with you. A full overview is coming in the 2022 Annual Report, so be sure to watch for it! Surgical Aid Highlights • We now have over 138 surgeons in 48...
Dr. Dimuthu Tennakoon: Helping Children With Club Foot Repair
Dr. Dimuthu Tennakoon is an Orthopedic Surgeon from the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He chose to work in orthopedics after working as a medical officer in orthopedics in an internship and is extremely passionate about his specialty. He is...