Two weeks ago the WOGO pre-trip team traveled to Arusha, Tanzania to meet with the hospital leadership and staff in preparation for our 2025 medical mission. Tanzania is a beautiful place, and the people are warm and caring. We were so excited to return. The WOGO team worked at Arusha Lutheran Medical Center (ALMC) in 2014. […]
Twenty Things I’ve Learned as a WOGO Team Member
1) People are the same everywhere. They want to make friends. They want to learn about other cultures. 2) A hug communicates so much. 3) Toilet paper is a luxury. Bring your own. 4) Pack light, you never know what your transportation is going to be. 5) Try the local beer wherever you are. 6) […]
WOGO is seeking applicants for our Medical Mission Scholarship
Roanoke, Virginia – April 1, 2024 – WOGO is seeking applicants for our Medical Mission Scholarships. THANK YOU to all who applied. The Scholarship Opportunity is now closed. Application is open to Medical Students and/or Orthopedic Residents wishing to participate in our upcoming medical mission to Tanzania in February 2025. The Tanzania medical mission […]
NEWS: WOGO Team Sets Next Medical Mission
Roanoke, Virginia – January 11, 2024 – Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) announces the location of their next medical mission. In 2025, the team will return to Arusha, Tanzania to work at the Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre (ALMC) hospital. Dr. Robyn Hakanson, WOGO surgeon and founding member stated, “We are so delighted with the work […]
Looking Back at Guyana
The WOGO team traveled to Georgetown, Guyana with 72 team members in November 2023. We had quite a large team, our size increased because we brought 5 Residents, Students and a Fellow along with us – always wonderful when we can do this. The team completed an extraordinary 62 total knee replacement surgeries. Patients were […]
It’s the Final Countdown to Guyana!
We are eager to get started on our next medical mission, excited for the new adventure and curious about the people we will meet. Each countdown milestone always seems to mean a little more. This Monday, our cargo ships to Guyana! The last milestone before we travel to Georgetown, Guyana and get to work. Every […]
NEWS: WOGO Wins Sharecare Award!
This Tuesday, Sharecare and Jesse Palmer presented WOGO with the Social Storyteller award. We won for our Giving Tuesday video. We are so proud of this honor. You can see the award presentation here. Thank you so much to our video team Steve and Alex from Emerging Light Media – you tell our story so […]
NEWS: WOGO named finalist in 2023 Sharecare Awards
Women Orthopaedic Global Outreach (WOGO) competes for Sharing Care Award, open for public voting through June 16, 2023 ROANOKE, VA – June 6, 2023 – Women Orthopaedic Global Outreach (WOGO) today announced that two videos “Maria Luisa’s Story”/WOGO and “WOGO Giving Tuesday Promo”/WOGO were named a finalist in the 2023 Sharecare Awards, which recognize best-in-class productions […]
Team Member Blog: I am Guyanese-American
— Meet WOGO Team Member Alia Gupta. Alia joined the team in 2011 for our first Guatemala medical mission in that country, and she’s been with us since. Alia is an RN in Maryland. She is the Silent Auction lead for the annual Pinehurst Golf event. She has a daughter and together they are avid […]
WOGO Continues to be Part of the Global Giving Tuesday Movement
Roanoke, Virginia, November 1, 2022 – This Giving Tuesday, Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) will celebrate giving for the eighth year with our #Knees4WOGO campaign. WOGO believes in the power of the global giving movement. This Giving Tuesday, WOGO’s goal is to fund our patients’ total joint replacement surgeries for the team’s 2023 medical mission […]