Surgical Outreach

MEMBER OF:

INTERNATIONAL
RELIEF TEAMS
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road
Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120-4309
619.284.7979 Office
619.284.7938 Fax
info@irteams.org

Board of Directors
Chair: Brian Saunders, MD
Stephen Bickler, M.D.
Harold J. Forney, M.D.
Kay R. Gilbert, CMN, Ph.D
Lawrence Kohler
Zach Niles
Marlene Ruiz, RN, MSN
Larry Saunders
A. Barry La Forgia

IRT Staff
Barry La Forgia,
Executive Director
Rose Uranga,
Director of Operations and Program Development
Susan Callahan,
Communications & Development
Tamra Amiram,
Program Assistant
Diana Starnes,
Administrative Assistant

Technical Advisors
Neonatology
Patricia Bromberger, MD
Douglas N. Carbine, MD
Brian S. Saunders, MD
Judy C. Collier, RNC, MSN
Perinatology
Larry M. Cousins, MD
David B. Schrimmer, MD
Obstetrics
Christopher M. Lafferty, MD
Susan Faron, RNC, MSN
Midwifery
Kay R. Gilbert, CNM, Ph.D.
HIV/AIDS
John Waldron, RN
Public Health
Oliver J. Biederman, MD
Ophthalmology
Frank A. Scotti, MD
K. Victor Zablit, MD
Construction
Walter Butcher
Timothy Connole
Peter Dudley
James Schaible

Medical Training

Surgical Outreach

Public
Health

Disaster Relief

SURGICAL OUTREACH

Because of severe poverty and the absence of qualified specialists, the hope of corrective surgery remains an impossible dream for many families who inhabit the rural areas of the world. International Relief Teams (IRT) brings hope and healing to rural areas of the world by providing surgical and clinical services for the forgotten poor.

Alleviating suffering from burns, blindness, and birth defects

IRT plastic and re-constructive surgical teams perform corrective surgery for men, women, and children worldwide who suffer or face a lifetime of hardship and discrimination from disfigurement caused by birth defects or accidents.
IRT ophthalmology teams restore the gift of sight to those suffering blindness due to cataracts.
IRT general surgery teams provide relief to those living with painful conditions such as hernias, gall stones, tumors and other correctable maladies.

Alleviating suffering from illness and chronic disease
IRT clinical volunteers treat illness and chronic disease, and provide education about preventive care for those living in some of the world’s poorest areas.

Since 1988, 198 IRT surgical and clinical teams, totaling 844 volunteers, have brought the "miracle of a new beginning" to those who have little or no access to qualified surgical and clinical specialists.