Karen Kwong

I received my BA in Human Biology and Honors Humanities from Stanford, my medical degree from Case Western, and completed a surgery residency at the University of Washington. I worked at county hospitals in El Paso and Houston and now live in Oregon as Professor Emeritus in Surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, I helped form a team that returned to provide mobile clinics and surgeries. We established the Haitian NGO Belle Anse Timoun Fanmi (BATF) to enhance health and education, sponsor teachers, and support students. Collaborating with HERO and IMO, we built a water treatment site and a clinic in Mare Briole, embodying the spirit of “Anpil mens, chay pa lou.”