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 […]
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 […]
— 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 […]
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 […]
Roanoke, Virginia – October 6, 2022 – WOGO is seeking applicants for our Medical Mission Scholarships. Application is open to Medical Students, Orthopedic Residents and/or Fellows wishing to participate in our upcoming medical mission to Guyana in November 2023. All applications are due in their entirety by December 7, 2022. APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED. Thank […]
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 […]
