Minnesota Atitlan Surgical Team
Providing Surgical Care For The Disadvantaged And Underserved.
Surgical Team Engaged on a Mission
Surgical Team on a Mission, is a local team of health care professionals working together to improve the surgical health of the disadvantaged and underserved. We carry out this mission by combining all disciplines necessary for pre-, intra- and post-surgical care, reducing health disparities and promoting optimal health.
Over the past seven years our surgical team has undertaken, annual surgical missions to Hospitalito Atitlan in Santiago Atitlan Guatemala. Hospitalito Atitlan is a small private nonprofit hospital serving 75,000 Maya in the Guatemalan highlands, with the vast majority of their patients unable to afford healthcare or surgical services.
Hospitalito Atitlan
Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
Population ~50,000
People are predominately Tz’utujil Maya
Literacy rate is 56% compared to 82% for Guatemala as a whole
50% of local people speak only Tz’utujil
Surgeries Performed
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Cholecystectomy
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Laparoscopic Appendectomy
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Umbilical Hernia Repair
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Inguinal Hernia Repair
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Incisional Hernia Repair
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Hydrocele Repair
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Mass Removal
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Skin Lesion/Mass Removal
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Cyst Removal
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Breast Mass Removal
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Neck Mass Removal
Meet our team
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Dr. Dawn Stapleton
General Surgeon
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Dr. Kevin Bjork
General Surgeon
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Dr. Mark Stapleton
Dentist
What is new
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