Congratulations to Dr. Richard Henker on his recent appointment to the Board of Directors for Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), a non-profit agency dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care through the education and training of the health workforce in resource-scarce countries.
Dr. Henker, who is a Professor in the School’s Department of Nurse Anesthesia, has volunteered with this group since 2004, teaching and training nurse anesthetists in hospitals in Thailand, Bhutan, and Cambodia. In 2009, he was honored with HVO’s Golden Apple Award in recognition of his work at Cambodia’s Angkor Hospital for Children. Read more about Richard Henker.