The CureCervicalCancer team met today to finalize the packing for our Haiti program! We arrive in Haiti on Saturday, September 20th and will return the following week on Saturday the 27th. After an entire summer filled with planning countless details for this trip, we are excited to finally return for part two of this program...
As the year is gradually coming to an end, the CureCervicalCancer team is busily preparing for our three upcoming programs in Haiti, Kenya, and Vietnam where we will establish 11 more permanent, sustainable programs for the early detection and treatment of precancerous cervical lesions! With over 20 volunteers including several UCLA gynecologists (many of whom...
Formerly known as Dr. Erica Oberman, her newly earned title is now: The Beast of Hoanh Bo. How did she earn this fearsome name? By screening a record breaking 397 patients in just one day! At first when the CCC team heard the news, we thought she was joking. How could this be? No one...
My name is Dang Thuy-Van Jacquelyn. I am CureCervicalCancer’s Senior Coordinator Intern and the Vietnam Program Leader. I left the country of Vietnam twenty years ago—the country that imprisoned my father for six years. He was brainwashed; he was battered; he never returned. I am the soldier’s daughter that chose to go back to help...
After a week of teaching, learning, and hard work, the CCC team is proud to honor the local healthcare professionals with certificates of graduation. These women have worked tirelessly to become proficient in all aspects of “See and Treat.” This includes vigilant screening for precancerous lesions with acetic acid, understanding how to use all the...
May 29, 2014 is a hallmark day for CureCervicalCancer. After a yearlong’s preparation, including enormous support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, we are pleased to announce the establishment of three sustainable clinics. On this record breaking trip, the CCC team has trained over 45 local healthcare professionals to a level of excellency in the...
I first found out about CCC when a dear colleague and friend of mine, Doris Pesina RN, went to set up a clinic to serve the Massai people in Kenya. This is my second trip with CCC and is so far very memorable. From the moment we all met at the airport, the various CCC...
Dr. (Patty) Gordon’s husband and my husband were friends before Patty and I met. When she told me about CCC, I immediately said,”I’m coming”. Several months later, I am here in Vietnam, ensconced with the CCC team. With Cyrus’ help (who speaks Vietnamese and is an excellent conversationist), I register the patients; after the screening,...
I, Cyrus Nguyen, am a rising pre-medical studies senior at Yale University and have known Dr. Gordon as a family friend for over a decade. For the past 2 days, complete immersion and commitment to service in under-sourced Vietnamese villages connected me with unimaginable aspects of my heritage. Each day, I see faces filled with...
Dr. Erica Oberman: As an assistant professor I have many opportunities to teach. It is the reason I took a job at an academic hospital and it is one of the reasons I enjoy my job on a daily basis. When given the opportunity to travel and teach some of my colleagues in Vietnam as...
