Dr. David Roesel has been volunteering in Africa since 1989. He is a practicing physician and faculty member at the University of Washington, where he holds appointments in the Departments of Medicine, Emergency Services, and Global Health. He has a medical degree from Stanford University, a Masters of Public Health from UC Berkeley, and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at the University of Washington, and has received advanced training in tropical medicine at the Gorgas Memorial Institute in Lima, Peru. Dr. Roesel has lived and worked in Gabon, Zimbabwe, Honduras, and Madagascar. His goal is to help improve the medical care of the disenfranchised, particularly immigrant and refugee populations in the US and the poor living in developing countries. He is developing Namana as a way of helping to support medical care in Madagascar.
Dr. Harison Rasamimanana is the chief surgeon and medical director of Andranomadio Lutheran Hospital. He was born and raised in Madagascar, earned his medical degree from the University of Madagascar, and received additional surgical training in Gabon and the United States. An extremely dedicated individual, he works tirelessly to care for the sick despite very difficult conditions. He is hoping that with outside support he can help develop Andranomadio into a beacon of hope for the region and an inspiration to other hospitals in the country. He and Dr. Roesel have worked together since 1999.
