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January 23, 2018

Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Russ White’85 Awarded the 2017 L’Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Missionary Service

Dr. Russ White’85 (Biology) was awarded the 2017 L’Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Missionary Service. This $500,000 award was founded by Mark and Erica Gerson and will be used by Dr. White, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Tenwek Hospital in western Kenya, to train cardiac surgeons to repair heart valves and to treat esophageal cancer and complications of tuberculosis. Tenwek Hospital is one of Western Kenya’s leading providers of primary healthcare and advanced referral services. They strive to share the love of Christ in providing excellent, caring, and holistic medical care of every patient. Click to read more about Dr. White’s work in the New York Times article. To see the African Mission Healthcare Foundation announcement, click here.


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