Medical mission battled diabetes in area of Ecuador recovering from earthquake

Barbara Feuerstein, MD, Barbara Feuerstein, MD, and medical student
and medical student Moje Omoruan Moje Omoruan (photo by Jim Howe)
(photo by Jim Howe) Upstate endocrinologist Upstate endocrinologist
Barbara Feuerstein, MD Barbara Feuerstein, MD, and second-year
medical student Moje Omoruan tell about the medical brigade they
and several other medical students recently took to Bahía de
Caráquez, Ecuador. This was Feuerstein's second visit since the
2016 earthquake that devastated the coastal area. Feuerstein and
Omoruan describe the care they provided, much of it focused on
diabetes education, and the challenges they encountered. The trips
are organized through Upstate's, and second-year medical student
Moje Omoruan tell about the medical brigade they and several other
medical students recently took to Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador. This
was Feuerstein's second visit since the 2016 earthquake that
devastated the coastal area. Feuerstein and Omoruan describe the
care they provided, much of it focused on diabetes education, and
the challenges they encountered. The trips are organized through
Upstate's Institute for Global Health and Translational Science
Institute for Global Health and Translational Science, and the
trip's participants worked closely with a nonprofit organization
called, and the trip's participants worked closely with a nonprofit
organization called Walking Palms Global Health Walking Palms
Global Health, named after a tree indigenous to the region's rain
forests. For information about upcoming trips, send an email to
globalhealth@upstate.edu., named after a tree indigenous to the
region's rain forests. For information about upcoming trips, send
an email to globalhealth@upstate.edu.