“Mission to Heal” with Dr. Glenn Geelhoed
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Dr. Geelhoed serves as a surgeon and faculty member at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington DC, although he spends most of the year living in remote areas of the world. For nearly 40 years he has led teams of medical students and professionals to some of the poorest and most medically needy areas on earth. They have traveled to places such as Haiti, the Phillippines, Somaliland, Ethopia, Eritrea, Congo, Sudan, and Rwanda.
In recognition of his work, Dr. Geelhoed was named one of the George Magazine’s Humanitarians of the Year in 2000 and was recently inducted into the Medical Mission Hall of Fame which is affiliated with The University of Toledo’s College of Medicine and honors those who have improved the human condition through better public health care. Dr. Geelhoed is a Calvin alum who will return to his alma mater to share his experiences on the medical mission field and the lessons he has learned in human resilience, lessons he calls “gifts from the poor”.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the Dogwood Center from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.