Medical Teams Abroad

HTCNJ sends volunteer medical teams overseas
to provide pro bono medical care for children.

Our Medical Teams

Teams are comprised of surgeons, anesthesiologists, pediatricians, nurses, translators, and administrative laypersons.

Our medical specialties include ophthalmology, orthopedics, urology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, ear, nose & throat, dentistry and general pediatric surgery.

Stories From Abroad

January 26, 2024

Student Volunteer Makes A Difference

TCNJ student, Joshua Lerman, joined us on the October 2023 Ophthalmology mission at the Centro Medico Central Romana in La Romana serving as our translator. The […]
November 28, 2023

A Story of Thanksgiving

October 26, 2023

Healing the Children New Jersey Returns to the Dominican Republic for the First Time in Four Years

Healing the Children New Jersey sent thirty volunteers to the Centro Medico Central Romana in La Romana in October.  The team, led by Dr. Mark Engel, […]
January 12, 2023

Healing the Children New Jersey Sends an Ophthalmology Team to Leon Becerra Hospital for a Week-Long Medical Mission

Healing the Children New Jersey sent a team of twenty-seven volunteers to Guayaquil, Ecuador in December 2022 to perform pro-bono corrective pediatric surgeries. Led by surgeons […]
October 5, 2022

It’s Good to be Back

Thirty volunteers traveled to the Roberto Gilbert Children’s Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador from September 10-17 to provide complex urologic surgeries on children pro-bono. The talented team, […]
January 14, 2020

Mission Accomplished

Nineteen volunteers travelled to the Dominican Republic from October 26 to November 2, 2019 on the annual ENT medical trip to help disadvantaged children. The team, […]

Upcoming Medical Trips Abroad

April 2024
Arequipa, Peru
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
October 2024
La Romana, Dominican Republic
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Recent Medical Trips Abroad

October 2023
La Romana, Dominican Republic
Ophthalmology
December 2022
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ophthalmology
September 2022
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Urology
December 2019
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ophthalmology
October 2019
La Romana, DR
Ear, Nose & Throat
April 2019
Trujillo, Peru
Ophthalmology
March 2019
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Urology
February 2019
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ophthalmology
January 2019
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Orthopedic
November 2018
La Romana, DR
Ophthalmology
October 2018
La Romana, DR
Ear, Nose & Throat
June 2018
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ophthalmology
April 2018
Arequipa, Peru
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
April 2018
Arequipa, Peru
Ophthalmology
November 2017
La Romana, DR
Ear, Nose & Throat
October 2017
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Orthopedic
October 2017
Yantalo, Peru
Ophthalmology
October 2017
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Urology

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