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 […]
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.
Please join us in celebrating WOGO’s Congo Medical Mission video, winner of the Health/Science: Program/Special ShareCare award! This Thursday, WOGO Surgeons, Dr. Robyn Hakanson and Dr. Kathleen Hogan were on hand in Atlanta, Georgia at the Sharecare Awards Ceremony. They were thrilled to receive the award on behalf of WOGO and EBU Productions, the company who created […]
Press Announcement Monday, February 11, 2019 for immediate Release WOGO Team Sets Medical Mission for Bolivia Roanoke, Virginia – February 11, 2019 – Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) announces the location of their next medical mission. The team will travel to Santa Cruz, Bolivia to work in the Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santa Cruz.The […]
BIG NEWS! Please join us in celebrating that WOGO’s Congo Medical Mission video is a finalist in the ShareCare awards! News Release: https://about.sharecare.com/press-releases/sharecare-names-finalists-for-inaugural-sharecare-awards Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, today announced the finalists in the Sharecare Awards, a competition to inspire and honor the creators of health […]
