Mission to Bolivia

Sponsor	Virginia McCarthy	Contact	Virginia McCarthy e: vmccarthy@lumc.edu p: 708-216-6318
Location	Palacios, Bolivia
Mission	The group begins their journey Santa Cruz to prepare for clinical and health education time two hours outside of Santa Cruz in Palacios, Bolivia. The team will work at the Centro Medico Humberto Parra, where the two Global Health Fieldwork Fellows, various 4th year students, residents, attending physicians, and support staff from Loyola are seeking to staff the clinic throughout the year.  This clinic was started and is supported by Loyola nephrologist, Susan Hou, M.D. and her husband, Northwestern endocrinologist, Mark Molitch, M.D.  The ISI team will provide care in the clinic and surrounding communities, as well as round in the Hospital Japones in Santa Cruz, collaborating with local physicians and nurses to support ongoing outreach efforts to promote health and education among local residents.  We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the group in Bolivia, especially given the possibility that students who choose this ISI destination could likely return during an international elective in their fourth year, as well as through the Global Health Fund in the interim, thus creating a more sustainable model for our work both this year and into the future. This trip will accommodate three to four Loyola students who see themselves engaging in the initiatives of the Jesuit Medical Collaborative over the course of their medical education, as well as consider returning to Bolivia for an international elective during their fourth year. Bolivia Itinerary May 21-June 3, 2012 Sunday, May 20: Leave Chicago, take overnight flight to Santa Cruz Monday, May 21: Arrive in Santa Cruz in the am, settle in and shower, lunch at house, afternoon tour of the plaza, dinner in the plaza Tuesday, May 22: Tour of Hospital Japones, lunch at house, buy groceries, leave for clinic early Tuesday evening Wed, May 23- Sat, May 26: Clinic in Palacios Saturday, May 26: Dinner at Casa de Camba Sunday, May 27: Mariposario Monday, May 28: Leave for Samaipata in the early am Tuesday, May 29: Return to Santa Cruz in pm Wednesday, May 30- Saturday, June 2: Clinic Friday, June 1: Dinner together and swimming in Buena Vista Saturday, June 2: Pizza at Pizza Capri and ice cream at Freddos, pack and get ready to leave Sunday, June 3: Adios
Duration and Time	May 27th - June 9th
Estimated Cost	TBA
Field of Practice
Restrictions	Open to all students, regardless of year of study.