Monday night our whole team of 18 had dinner together in an Italian restaurant where we are staying. Many of us have never met before as we are from around the U.S.: Philadelphia, Wilmington, Washington DC, North Carolina, St. Louis, Arizona, New Jersey and Pittsburgh. As we went around the table and introduced ourselves, you could really get a sense of how excited everyone was to be working together to help many people. We have ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) surgeons, Urologists, an Ophthalmologist/Plastic surgeon, nurses, audiologists, anesthesiologists, students a biomedical technician, and support staff. We have already met many people from around the world and other places in the U.S. who are here trying to improve medical care and technology.

















Dr. Glenn and I went back to the Korean hospital yesterday (where we had visited on Saturday) to evaluate a patient with an unusual tumor of the face. In order to successfully treat her with surgery we need a neurosurgeon in addition to our ENT and Ophthalmologist. There is a neurosurgeon from Sweden at the Korean hospital and we evaluated the patient together. We are tentatively planning to perform the surgery at the Korean hospital on Thursday.





















On Tuesday our team is in full swing in at least four locations. ENT surgery is going on at Cure hospital, Urology and ENT surgery is going on at Black Lion hospital. Patients are being evaluated in clinics at Cure, Black Lion and the School for the Deaf. It will be a full and busy day, but hopefully successful.