Locals Take on Global Causes



     Liberal arts instructor Denise Cucurny at Laguna College of Art & Design is changing the world. She gives back to the community and the far-reaching corners of the world with the help of girlfriend Amy Wandel, a plastic surgeon who shares her passion for life and philanthropy. READ MORE >>
 
 
     
 
 

Women with a mission



     Women for World Health, a nonprofit that provides medical care in underdeveloped nations worldwide, co-founded by Laguna College of Art and Design professor Denise Cucurny and Laguna Beach native Dr. Amy Wandel, completed its latest mission in San Marcos, Guatemala, in April. READ MORE >>
 
 
     
 
 

Women for World Health: Saving the World, One Patient at a Time


     The nun brought the little orphan girl to the mission site in Ecuador. She had a cleft palate and needed surgery.

     After the successful surgery, the little girl returned three or four days later. She brought a picture of her class at school, with her in it. It was the only thing she had of herself, and she wanted the doctors to remember her by it. READ MORE >>
 
 
     
 
 

Surgeon Repairs faces for people in all corners of globe




     Why women? Cucurny answered it this way, "Wherever we go, people are intrigued by their all-woman team of surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, specialists and trip coordinators." Wandel says, "With women there are no roles or hierarchies especially in the months of preparing for a mission." So far, the group has been on four missions – to El Salvador, Laos and two trips to Ecuador. READ MORE >>
 
 
     
 
 

Women on a Mission


     Why women? Cucurny answered it this way: Wandel says that with women there are no roles or hierarchies. Cucurny says wherever they go, people are intrigued by their all-woman team of surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, specialists and trip coordinators. “It takes a real man to work with a group that is predominantly female,” Cucurny says. So far, the group has been on four missions – to El Salvador, Laos and two trips to Ecuador. Each trip lasts approximately a week. In the future, Cucurny hopes her group can help people in the United States who lack health insurance. READ MORE >>
 
 
     
   
   
 
 

Club Rorario adelanta operaciones gratuitas de labio leporino




     Gracias a un Convenio entre el Hospital Militar, la Fundación Mujeres por la Salud del Mundo y el Club Rotario Cuenca Patrimonio, niños de zonas cercanas a Cuenca podrán ser operados de labio fisurado o labio leporino y paladar hendido READ MORE >>
 
 
     
 

Giving - Spring 2008
Aluma Spotlight
 
 
Denise Cucurny & Patients
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PHONE : 714 846 4524
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