Service in Belize | Partners for Medical Relief | United States

LEADERSHIP

About our leadership

Started by volunteers in 2004, volunteer teams have grown from 36 per year to over 200 participants serving for one week each in 2019.

Eventually, Partners for Medical Relief grew to become a 501(c)3 nonprofit, governed by an enthusiastic Board of Directors.

Current Leadership

Doug Moody

Dr. Doug Moody

Chair
Doug is in Family Practice and has traveled yearly since 2007 with our team. He also helps train doctors who are providers in the rural villages we serve.

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Dr. Kevin Shaw

Vice Chair
Kevin is an Orthopedic Surgeon. He has attended numerous trips to Belize and is developing partnerships with Belize orthopedic surgeons.

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Dr. Steve Warrick

President
Steve is a Pediatrician and has attended multiple Belize service trips with Partners.

Brandy Pence

Brandy Pence

Treasurer
Brandy is a senior analyst for Kroger Corporation in Cincinnati in transportation logistics. She has traveled to Belize yearly for ten plus years.

Mr. Matthew Worth

Secretary
Matt is an Attorney at law with his own practice and has served on the Belize Board for multiple years at a director. Matt experienced Belize for the first time in January of 2025.

Dr. Yen Hsieh

Medical Director
Yen is an ENT and Plastic Surgeon. Yen was a professor at the University of Cincinnati but has recently joined The University of California and the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. He has been on numerous trips with Partners as well as foreign medical mission trips with other organizations.

Erica-Alcibiade

Erica Alcibiade, DO

Medical Director
Erica is an anesthesiologist. She has been on numerous trips to Belize with Partners, as well as several other foreign medical mission trips with other organizations. She has a lifetime focus on global medicine.

Dennis-Glaser

Dennis Glaser

Pharmacy Director
Dennis Glaser is a registered pharmacist and clinical research professional who has been to Belize on multiple medical mission trips.

Mandy Morrison

Nursing Director
Mandy Morrison is an RN who has served numerous years in Belize and is a facial plastic team member at the University of Cincinnati.

Lindsay Sandefur

Nursing Director
Lindsay is an RN and has joined the team for yearly trips since 2016. She helps run the village teams.

John Kirby

Executive Director
John is a Pastor at Horizon Community Church and has been the lead organizer of each trip to Belize since 2005. He is a founding board member for Partners for Medical Relief. member of Partners for Medical Relief.

Service in Belize | Partners for Medical Relief | United States
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