FOUNDATION ASSISTS IN
MEDICAL MISSIONS
Denise Puthuff, MD
T
he GLMS Foundation, with the support
of Kosair Charities and Kosair Children’s Hospital, was able to provide the
opportunity for two medical residents to join
a group of more than a dozen medical volunteers to bring much needed medical care to
Managua, Nicaragua. The annual trip is sponsored by the GLMS Foundation in partnership
with Hand in Hand Ministries, a Louisville
nonprofit that operates the Pathway to Change
program for the poor in Nicaragua.
This trip comes as part of the Foundation’s Medical Missions Initiative. The week is packed with visits to hospitals and clinics with
sharing of medical supplies and equipment. During this annual trip,
our physicians also provide educational materials and instruction
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to Nicaraguan residents and medical staff. After reading the articles
by the residents, we hope you will consider our upcoming January
2016 trip. An informational meeting will be held at the Old Medical
School Building in August.
Many local and close regional opportunities are also available if
you would consider volunteering a few hours each month. Together
we can provide much needed health care to the underserved in our
communities! Please call the Foundation office at 502-736-6356 or
email [email protected] for more information.
Denise Puthuff, MD, practices dermatology with Brownsboro Dermatology, PLLC, and serves the GLMS Foundation as Medical Missions
Committee Chair.