Specialized Medical Care

Year-round care and life-changing surgery.

High-quality, affordable medical care is available to patients in western Guatemala and southern Mexico, combining year-round local expertise with visiting specialists to expand access to advanced treatment.

Specialized Medical Care

Year-round care and life-changing surgery.
High-quality, affordable medical care is available to patients in western Guatemala and southern Mexico, combining year-round local expertise with visiting specialists to expand access to advanced treatment.

Why This Work Matters

For many patients, access to specialized medical care is extremely limited or unavailable. Without timely treatment, manageable conditions can become life-threatening, while treatable issues like vision loss or hearing impairment go unaddressed.

Access to advanced medical care changes lives and restores health, dignity, and opportunity.

Year-Round Care

Consistent, local care provided by Guatemalan physicians

Specialized Services

Advanced treatment across multiple medical specialties

Surgical Care

Life-changing procedures for urgent and chronic conditions

Year-Round Medical Care

Care that is consistent, trusted, and locally led.

Guatemalan physicians and surgeons provide care year-round, offering continuity and a deep understanding of the language, culture, and needs of the patients they serve.

  • General care provided by local physicians and surgeons
  • Team includes general practitioners, pediatricians, and OBGYNs
  • Ongoing care ensures continuity and follow-up treatment
  • Trusted providers strengthen long-term patient relationships

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Specialized Visiting Teams

Expanding possibilities through collaboration.

Visiting specialists work alongside Guatemalan providers to offer advanced treatment while supporting ongoing training, knowledge sharing, and long-term sustainability.

  • U.S. specialists work alongside Guatemalan providers
  • Collaboration supports knowledge sharing and continued education
  • Advanced services include surgery and specialized diagnostics
  • Care is provided with a focus on long-term sustainability

Surgical Services

Restoring health and independence.

Surgical care addresses both urgent and chronic conditions, helping patients regain function, improve quality of life, and return to daily activities.

  • Over 8,000 surgeries performed each year
  • 5,500+ eye surgeries performed by Guatemalan surgeons
  • Procedures address both urgent and chronic conditions
  • Surgical care restores function, independence, and quality of life

Areas of Specialty

Comprehensive care for a wide range of needs.

A broad range of specialties ensures patients can access the care they need in one place, reducing the need for multiple long and costly journeys.

  • General Surgery
  • OBGYN
  • Plastic Surgery
  • ENT Surgery and Audiology
  • Pediatric surgical specialties
  • Ophthalmology with multiple subspecialties

Conditions Treated

Common illnesses and complex conditions.

Patients receive care for a wide range of health issues, from chronic disease to acute infections, many of which go untreated without access to care.

  • Cataracts and glaucoma
  • Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure
  • Respiratory infections and dengue fever
  • Hearing loss from infection
  • Parasites and chronic malnutrition
  • Work-related injuries

Access & Affordability

Accessible, affordable, and patient-centered.

A sliding scale ensures that cost is not a barrier, allowing patients to seek care earlier and receive treatment when it matters most.

  • Patients pay on a sliding scale based on ability
  • No one is turned away for inability to pay
  • Affordable care reduces delay in seeking treatment
  • Access to care improves long-term health outcomes

Why It Matters

Advanced medical care is often out of reach, but when it becomes available, lives change.

Health is restored.
Vision is regained.
Futures are rebuilt.