Based in New York City, Healing Hands Abroad is a multi-disciplinary group of volunteer medical professionals.  We share a common interest: providing specialized surgical care to the underprivileged communities of the world. Founder and President Dr. Michael J. Lacqua initially traveled to Central America to provide plastic surgical care to patients of the Cayo District Continue Reading

The Healing Hands Team has returned to San Ignacio, Belize. Check out below to read the stories of some of our patients! This is Roseannette McCoy, a 15 year old from Benque who suffered a burn on her hand a while back that resulted in a scar. She underwent excisional revision and couldn’t be happier! Continue Reading

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Healing Hands Abroad was established to address the prevalent issue of people in desperate need of specialized surgical care. Jesse is a perfect example of the type of patient we see repeatedly. We met Jesse through the staff of the Good Shepard Clinic about 7 years ago in the small village of Succotz in Western Continue Reading