Dr. Serena is the HVO Director for Cambodia and chair of the HVO Wound Steering Committee. He is shown left at an Orphanage in Phnom Pen.

Health Volunteers Overseas

HVO is a network of health care professionals, organizations, corporations and donors united in a common commitment to improving global health through education. We are constantly searching for volunteers to help us in our overseas’ efforts.

The physicians and staff of SerenaGroup™ are dedicated to providing the highest quality wound care throughout the world.

Dr Serena led a M.A.S.H-type relief effort for a week outside of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti in late February 2010. He spent seven days coordinating wound care and follow-up for hundreds of Haitians injured in a devastating earthquake that struck the tiny island nation in January.

Boys receive a small bowl of rice for scavenging recyclable plastic at the city garbage dump

Cooking in the room: patient’s family is responsible for providing food, drugs, and changing linens.

Kossamak Hospital

Sunset over the Tent
City—Haiti

Port Au Prince, Haiti

World Alliance for Wound and Lymphoedema Care

"Working in Partnership with communities worldwide to advance sustainable prevention and care for people suffering from chronic wounds and lymphoedema."