HealthCare Volunteer

HealthCare Volunteer is a non-profit organization that connects volunteers with a health-related volunteering opportunity.^[1][2] The organization provides medical, dental and surgical services to needy patients, and impoverished people worldwide, through indirect and direct patient-care programs.^[3][4] The company also provides a social networking application, that allows health volunteers to connect with each other and create new volunteer teams. The organization has matched over 13,000 volunteers to nearly 2,100 organizations worldwide.^[2]

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History

Founded by Neilesh Patel, and Elliot Mendelsohn in November, 2005, HealthCare Volunteer has a large listing of health-related volunteering opportunities serving the non-profit sector.^[2] Volunteers include physicians, dentists, medical students, and dental assistants, who donate their time to provide services including free surgery and dental care.^[2] In 2007, Patel was selected as a YouthActionNet Fellow in recognition of the organization's efforts.^[5][6]

Patel and Mendelsohn have also established HealthCare Tourism International, the first non profit medical tourism accreditation service.^[7]

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