ABOUT HEALTH MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL
Our Experience
Collectively, our team has over 30 years of experience working on health care missions, in various countries with a variety of organizations. What makes a particular mission attractive to us, is the opportunity to follow up on patients and see how their lives and that of their families have changed over the years.
Many of the people whose lives we have touched have become loyal supporters of our missions, often asking us to be involved in other healthcare related work. They have become our family.
We actively participate in exchange of knowledge, teach, and learn from various medical professionals in the countries where we work.
Meet Our Team
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dr. Helen John-Kelly
CEO & CMO
Drou Rus
Chief Operations Officer
Ms. Rosario Saco
Legal Consultant
Ana Teresa Forsyth
Secretary
Nora Kelly
Youth Ambassador
Message from the CEO
Dr Helen A. John-Kelly
I am a Board-Certified Pediatric Gastroenterologist with a Masters in Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion. After completing my medical degree at Madras Medical College, India, I completed my pediatric residency at Montefiore Medical center, New York in 1994 followed by a Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at the Childrens Hospital Philadelphia.
For the past 30 years, I have worked with various organizations in the U.S, serving local communities through Food banks, homeless shelters and educational projects. My involvement with various International medical missions ranges from primary care services at Aida refugee camp in the West Bank to surgical missions in India, Central and South America.
Most medical non-for-profit organizations only focus on specific healthcare needs, such as what I experienced with other medical mission organizations. During those missions, I was often approached by local medical personnel and particularly families, inquiring about broader healthcare services that were outside the scope of these missions. Over the years, having seen the impact a medical mission can have on an underserved community, I recognized a void that inspired me to found Health Missions International, that would provide a broad range of medical care services based on the needs of the communities.
I believe that there should be no borders, no lines, no biases, no race, no segregation in medicine because selfless care of others knows no boundaries: this is the very essence of Health Missions International.
Meet Our Team
ADVISORY BOARD
Benjamin C. Paul, M.D.
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon,
New York City, NY
Christine T. Trieu, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor,
Division of Pediatric and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
James Dickerson D.M.D.
Pediatric Dentistry of Salem, NH
President – New Hampshire Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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CHARITABLE STATUS
Health Missions Internation, Inc. (HMI) is a registered 501(c) (3) nonprofit and all donations are tax deductible in accordance with the IRS.
OUR ADDRESS
Health Missions International
4572 Telephone Road #912
Ventura, CA 93003