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<\/a>The ceremony will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Collier Building Room 1000B on UT\u2019s Health Science Campus.<\/P><\/p>\nDr. Deane Marchbein, president of Doctors Without Borders USA, will accept the honor on behalf of the organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, Doctors Without Borders bears witness to the extraordinary efforts that ordinary people are making to access medical care in crisis zones around the world,\u201d Marchbein said. \u201cI hope to shed light on the challenges our patients face in often-overlooked places, such as Afghanistan, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>Marchbein<\/p><\/div>In 2012, she was elected president of the board of directors for the international organization that provides health care and medical training in war-torn and impoverished countries.<\/P><\/p>\n
In 1971, M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, known in English as Doctors Without Borders, was founded in Paris. The organization was established with the \u201cbelief that all people have the right to medical care regardless of gender, race, religion, creed or political affiliation, and that the needs of these people outweigh respect for national boundaries,\u201d according to doctorswithoutborders.org.<\/p>\n
Since then, Doctors Without Borders has cared for millions, including more than 8 million in its medical facilities in 2012, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe award of this prestigious international prize inspired individuals, organizations and academic institutions, including The University of Toledo, which created the Medical Mission Hall of Fame,\u201d Dr. Ron McGinnis, interim dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Medical Mission Hall of Fame endeavors to honor the tremendous work and achievements of Doctors Without Borders.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>Dr. Richard and Millie Bransford<\/p><\/div>Also being inducted into the Medical Mission Hall of Fame this year are Dr. Richard Bransford and Millie Bransford, and Dr. Pedro \u201cPete\u201d J. Obregon II and Judith Obregon. <\/P><\/p>\n
After graduating from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1967 and completing his residency program and a tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Richard Bransford, together with Millie, moved their family to Switzerland to join AIM International. To prepare for a medical missionary career, Richard earned a degree in tropical medicine. <\/p>\n
Dedicated to improving the human condition, he worked as a missionary in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Comoro Islands. From 1978 to 1998, Richard and Millie served at Kijabe Hospital in Kenya. While there, the couple helped found Bethany Crippled Children\u2019s Centre in Kijabe and co-founded the Bethany Relief and Rehabilitation International, which is known as BethanyKids. Today, BethanyKids works to transform the lives of African children with life-threatening conditions and disabilities through pediatric surgery, rehabilitation, public education, spiritual ministry, and the training of health-care professionals.<\/p>\n
In recognition of his outstanding pediatric surgical contributions, Dick was awarded the American Medical Association\u2019s Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine and the American College of Surgeons\u2019 Surgical Humanitarian Award.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Dr. Pedro \u201cPete\u201d and Judith Obregon<\/p><\/div>Dr. Pete Obregon is the product of an American medical mission in the Philippines. His parents were the first converts to the Christian faith in Hollo in the early 1900s. After graduating from a Baptist university in the Philippines, he had a private practice in Point Pleasant, W.Va., and later in Columbus, Ohio.<\/P><\/p>\n
While Pete and Judith started two homeless clinics in Columbus, they were dedicated to care for the underserved medical and surgical needs of the poor in the Third World. Their medical mission work included the Philippines, El Salvador, Africa, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.<\/p>\n
In 1993, Pete was appointed medical director for the Medical Ministry International for Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. He left private practice to work full time for the organization. Since making that life-transforming decision, Pete and Judith have taken 134 medical and surgical teams to 39 countries. Judith has served as project director for many of the missions, and she has taught respiratory therapy techniques to nurses.<\/p>\n