This week, our team was scheduled to travel to Georgetown, Guyana for our 6th medical mission to restore mobility. That didn’t happen. Last month we postponed our trip due to the global pandemic. It was the right thing to do, but it sure did break our hearts. We’ve kept in contact with our partners at […]
March 11, 2020 We have made the difficult decision to postpone the Guyana medical mission due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation. There are several factors that have brought us to this decision. Most importantly, we are concerned about the possibility of unknowingly introducing the virus to Guyana and harming the people we are going there to serve. Above all, we […]
Fairfax, Virginia – February 19, 2020 – Yesterday, Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University presented the Women Orthopaedic Global Outreach surgeons with the 2020 Sojourner Truth Award. The Sojourner Truth Lecture is more than a lecture; it is also an award. The Sojourner Truth award is given annually to a Black woman whose […]
Last Saturday the WOGO pre-trip team visited Georgetown Public Hospital in Guyana, to plan our 2020 Medical Mission there. We had excellent discussions with the Doctors and team at the hospital. It’s going to be an exciting trip – we are feeling really good about our upcoming time working there. Georgetown is Guyana’s capital. Nicknamed the […]
This month, we should have been on our 2020 medical mission, replacing knees. It’s disappointing that things had to change. This means that we have hit 100 days out – again. Instead of repeating ourselves, we waited a day to say – we are 99 days out! We wouldn’t want to be repetitive and bore […]
The knee is “the largest and most complicated joint in the human body.[2] … Since in humans the knee supports nearly the whole weight of the body, it is the joint most vulnerable to both acute injury and to the development of osteoarthritis.” The WOGO Surgeons can repair the damage of osteoarthritis and rebuild or […]
WOGO News Announcement: With the continued political instability and US state department travel advisory (level 4), WOGO must continue to postpone our planned medical mission to Bolivia. We are changing the location for our 2020 trip. Our 2020 medical mission location will be the country Guyana. We will begin planning the trip immediately. We plan […]
PRESS RELEASE WOGO Joins the Global GivingTuesday Movement to Restore Mobility Roanoke, Virginia, November 19, 2019 – This GivingTuesday, Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) will celebrate giving for the fifth year with our new #Knees4WOGO campaign. WOGO has joined the GivingTuesday movement for the fifth year because we believe in the power of the global […]
At WOGO we’re always counting down to our next medical mission. We are eager to get started on our next project, excited for the new adventure and curious about the people we will meet. One countdown milestone always seems to mean a little more. 100 days from now, the WOGO team departs for Bolivia. It’s […]
APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you to everyone who applied. Scholarship recipients will be notified in November, 2019. Application was open to Medical Students, Orthopaedic Residents and/or Fellows wishing to participate in our upcoming medical mission to Bolivia in January 2020.
