2nd Neurological Mission 2010
April 27, 2010
May 1, 2010
What happend during the mission?
The team evaluated a total of 350 patients and performed 36 EEGs for diagnostic purposes to determine appropriate management.
Medications were available continuously free of charge in the local hospital pharmacy, supplied by the Ministry of Health of Ecuador.
An abstract was presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Antonio, Texas, US.
Team of Volunteers
Patricio Sebastián Espinosa, MD, MPH, North Oaks Neurology, LA
Barbara Dworotzky, MD-BWH
Judy Baumann, logistics- USA
Oscar Pacheco, Medical Student -Ecuador
Viviana Briones-Registration- Hospital Velasco Ibarra Tena Ecuador
Vanessa Viteri, MD, Rural Physician, Hospital José María Velasco Ibarra, Tena-Ecuador
Blanca Vásquez, MD-NYU
Esteban Ortiz, MD-Ecuador
Dr. Ines Fernandez- Hospital Velasco Ibarra Tena Ecuador
Nicole Falcone -Pedihabilidad –Hospital Velasco Ibarra Tena Ecuador
Hospital Residents
Robert Baumann, MD-Univ. Kentucky
Andres Salom, EEG Tech- BWH
Mauricio Villamar, MD, Rural Physician, Hospital José María Velasco Ibarra, Tena-Ecuador
Alexandra Cadena -Pedihabilidad –Hospital Velasco Ibarra Tena Ecuador
Hospital Nurses-Tena, Ecuador