OUR STORIES
Meet the war doctors who are building a brighter future for their communities
Our war doctors are at the heart of our vision to create a global network of highly trained medical professionals. They embody everything the Foundation strives to achieve, and their stories are our legacy.
Meet some of our incredible War Doctor Heroes and discover how they continue to change the prospects for those who work and live beside them.
Dr Esayas Mustefa – Becoming the calm in any storm
Dr Esayas Mustefa is the only general surgeon within a 130km radius in Ethiopia. When we trained him during one of our UK HEST courses, we knew we’d…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Marah
Dr Marah, a medical student from Homs, Syria knows that no matter how young a physician is, they should always be updated with the best skills and…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Ahmed
We are proud to introduce Dr Ahmed from Yemen, our latest war doctor hero. Since 2015, Yemen has been devastated by a civil war which has left 80% of…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Binod
We are proud to introduce Dr Binod Dangal in the latest instalment of our War Doctor Heroes series, which celebrates our global network of surgeons.…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Ayman
Meet Dr Mohammed Ayman, a Syrian vascular surgeon and our latest War Doctor Hero. We first met Ayman back in 2013, when David Nott was volunteering…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Koma
We are delighted to feature Dr Koma Akim, a general surgeon from South Sudan, as our latest War Doctor Hero. South Sudan is the world's youngest…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Lucien
Our global network of #wardoctorheroes is at the heart of everything the foundation strives to achieve, and we are proud to introduce Dr Lucien…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Youssef
In this latest instalment of our #wardoctorheroes series, we're proud to introduce Dr Youssef Saab from Lebanon, a surgeon who works just 3km from…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Samah
We are proud to introduce Dr Samah in the latest instalment of our War Doctor Heroes. These features share the stories of our global family of…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Awss
We are delighted to feature Dr Awss from Iraq as our latest War Doctor Hero. Dr Awss was responsible for eight field hospitals in Iraq during the…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Aisha
War Doctor Heroes features the stories of our global family of surgeons. Their devotion to saving lives inspires us to keep moving forward. Conflict…
War Doctor Heroes: Meet Dr Omar
This is Omar. He is an orthopaedic surgeon in Iraq. He came on one of our surgical training courses in 2018. We heard that, following a massive road…