Last weekend the WOGO pre-trip team traveled to Antigua, Guatemala to meet with the hospital leadership and staff in preparation for our July medical mission. It was like coming home. Guatemala was the site of our second medical mission in 2011. We adored the town of Antigua and the wonderful people we met there. Returning […]
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NEWS: WOGO Team Sets Medical Mission for 2022
Press Announcement Tuesday, June 8, 2021 for immediate Release WOGO Team Sets Medical Mission for 2022 Roanoke, VA – June 8, 2022 – Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO.org) announced their return to their work restoring mobility today. The team will travel to Antigua, Guatemala in July of 2022. The team is eager to return to […]
Missing You
“I spend my time Thinking about you And it’s almost driving me wild And that’s my heart that’s breaking Down this long-distance line tonight” John Waite, “Missing You” Boy do we miss our team, our patients, our colleagues around the world. We miss traveling, doing the work, helping people. We miss our outreach programs and […]
Greetings Guyana
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 […]
Time, keeps on Ticking, Ticking, Ticking
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 […]
Diagnosis: Thick Knees
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 […]
Medical Mission Announcement
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 […]
WOGO Joins the Global GivingTuesday Movement to Restore Mobility
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 […]
The Countdown Gets Real
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 […]
WOGO is seeking applicants for our Medical Mission Scholarship
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.