Stories That Inspire Global Impact

Lauri Paolinetti, MPAS, PA-C has been a Physician Assistant since 1987. She completed the Stanford University PA program and obtained a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree in 2002 from the University of Nebraska. Lauri worked as an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant at Highland Hospital, Alameda County’s Level 1 Trauma Center in Oakland, for 30…

Smita Sinha Kumar, MD, is a PGY2 at Institute for Family Health, Kingston, NY. Dr. Sinha (her preferred name) graduated from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India with a Masters’ degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology. After graduation she joined as a faculty and provider at Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal. That one year working with…

Dr. Beryl Greywoode is an Attending Physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her medical degree with Honors from the University of Florida College of Medicine where she founded the non-profit Project RAIN (Relieving Areas In Need) which focuses on advancing sustainable health initiatives in…

Dr. Miguel de Sousa Mendes (he/him) is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the Westend Red Cross Hospital in Berlin, Germany, specializing in Perinatology/Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He received Masters in Medicine from Nova Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal, and his MD from Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin. Between his second and third years of residency, he joined Doctors Without Borders…

Dr. James Wilcox, MD, SMCAQ, RMSK is originally from Indianapolis, USA. He earned his medical doctorate from Indiana University in 2014, and completed his Family Medicine Residency at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in 2017. He then completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Western Michigan University in 2018. He was inducted as a fellow in…

Dr. Jean Pierre Valette is a board certified family and sports medicine physician at One Medical in San Francisco. In his primary care practice he focuses on getting to know his patients and forming meaningful long-term relationships where he can partner with them to empower them to achieve their health goals. He prefers to use…

Stephen Ramsey graduated from Medical College of Georgia's DPT program in 2014. He began work initially at University Hospital in Augusta GA in the CVICU, but quickly transitioned to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, in Atlanta, GA in 2015. Stephen completed the Cardiovascular and pulmonary Residency program through Mercer University in July 2016 and achieved board certification…

Jared Dubey is a family physician practicing and teaching in Madison, WI. After completing osteopathic medical school at Touro University in California, Jared moved to Madison, WI for family medicine residency, followed by fellowships in academic integrative medicine and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). He currently serves as Assistant Professor, Core Residency Faculty, and POCUS Director in…

Dr. Duska Thurston is a pediatrician at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. She completed her medical school training at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont and pediatric residency at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Thurston has worked in a variety of…