What a wonderful week filled with teamwork, gratitude, and surgery! The Fall 2026 team included Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Urology, and Pediatric ENT, who visited the Moore Center from September 19–26. We began the week by screening 142 children on Sunday for conditions involving the ears, tonsils and adenoids, sinuses, hernias, soft-tissue masses, undescended testes, and […]
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Welcome Home Operation KidDocs Spring 2026 Mission Team
Our Operation Kid Docs team just finished an amazing trip to Guatemala City and the Moore Center. The trip was preceded the week before by a Pediatric Orthopedic Symposium led by Dr. John Williams and Guatemalan Surgeon and OKD supporter Dr. Juan Carlos Navas. They spent two days educating future Guatemalan orthopedic surgeons on lower extremity […]
Read More »Welcome Home Operation KidDocs Fall 2025 Mission Team
On September 27th we returned from another successful and heartwarming Fall Urology, ENT and General Surgical mission trip to The Moore Pediatric Center in Guatemala City! The tears of appreciation and joy from the parents of the children we have operated on at The Moore Center are a precious and constant reminder of how important […]
Read More »Welcome Home February 2025
On February 1st we returned from another successful and heartwarming surgical mission trip to The Moore Center in Guatemala City! This year we did things a little different. Our work started last March when a group of dedicated physicians traveled to Guatemala City to offer an educational conference for local physicians and residents. As part […]
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Welcome Home, January 2023 – What a Week!
Last weekend our plane touched town with 26 volunteers and 28 empty medical bags returning from another successful Ortho/ Plastics Operation Kid Docs Mission. We were hugely successful this mission donating 76 surgeries and several pieces of specialized equipment. This equipment included an ultrasound machine (Thank you Sonosite), a new surgical saw (Thank you Stryker), […]
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Welcome Home, April 2022 – First Trip Back Post-Covid
Last week, we returned to Austin with our hearts full and our duffle bagsempty. After two years, and three postponed missions, we were able to return tothe Moore Center in Guatemala City. We exceeded our goal of performing 50 ENT and Orthopedic surgeries andaccomplished so much more. We traveled with over 500 pounds of unused […]
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A Walk Down Memory Lane
Join us on a trip from November 2019
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A Different Kind of Journey
Making lasting connections with our friends in Guatemala has been one of the unexpected gratifications of our mission. When I arrived at The Moore Center in November 2015, I was introduced to the new “local orthopedic surgeon”, Dr. Juan Carlos Navas. I was told that Dr. Navas would be taking care of our patients after […]
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