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Our Mission is to help restore the basic
function of walking to those who cannot.

As part of Operation Walk Carolina’s work, we also teach and train local physicians and nurses the most
advanced knowledge of joint replacement surgery, leaving a legacy of care throughout Honduras.

Our Story

In many areas of the world, people do not have access to the same care that we have in the United States. Having a life-changing operation in these places is simply not an option. Many countries have poor healthcare, and even in countries that cover healthcare to their citizens, physicians don’t have access to training to provide specialty care like joint replacements. Implants are often not available, medical providers don’t have training and therefore these people are left to live a life of pain and disability.

This lack of access to joint replacement has a trickle-down effect much greater than just dealing with the pain of disabling arthritis.”

Operation Walk Carolinas Team

OpWalk Surgeons


  • Benjamin Wooster
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  • Bryan Springer
    CEO & FOUNDER Read Bio
  • Jeremy Gilliland
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  • Walter Beaver
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OpWalk Fellows/Residents


OpWalk Internal Medicine


  • Javier Muniz
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  • Sheetal Desai-Oghra
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OpWalk Physician Assistants


  • Andrew Patterson
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  • Ernesto Martinez
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  • Jennifer Suckow
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  • Jon Hendershot
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  • Laura Wood
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  • Paul Coleman
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OpWalk Floor Nurses


OpWalk Anesthesiologist/CRNA/Recovery Room


Physical Therapist Assistant


  • Andrea Moreno
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  • Erica Ghigliotty
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  • Luis Gaytan-Mercado
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  • Lynne Masonis
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  • Sarah Mathis
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OpWalk Operating Room Surgical Techs


  • Gracie Segee
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  • Kristen DelBene
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  • Paul Walters
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  • Romana Balulovska
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  • William Bessett
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OpWalk Operating Room Coordinator


  • Laura Shepherd
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OpWalk Operating Room Circulator


  • Charity Deese
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  • Jennifer Lilly
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  • Karen Phillips
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  • Maggie Echeandia
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  • Olivia Williams
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  • Victoria Muniz
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OpWalk Implant/Instrument Coordinators


  • Christopher Petrie
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  • Jason Bryant
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  • Sean Rawlings
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OpWalk Sterile Processing


  • Aimee Whitaker
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  • Maria Elena Lopez
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  • Mary Figueroa
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OpWalk Non-Medical Volunteers/Interpreters