MedShare

Bridging the gap between surplus and need.

Recent News

  • Making a Difference in Ecuador the MedShare Way

    March 10, 2010

    “When our travels began in Ecuador, I began to question whether the country needed the help we sent. However, as we began to visit hospitals, I saw another picture,” said Josh Kravitz, Programs Director for MedShare...

  • Meet Tatiana Jean-Louis from Haiti

    February 04, 2010

    Meet Tatiana from Haiti. She's been steadily volunteering at MedShare since the earthquake. She's an inspiring woman dedicated to helping her fellow Haitians.

  • MedShare CEO, A.B. Short's Stories from Haiti

    February 04, 2010

    When the news broke that a 7.0 earthquake had rocked Haiti, there was no question that MedShare would respond. Traditionally, we are not an emergency response organization, but over the past 10 years, we’ve shipped 37 containers of medical supplies and equipment to Haiti, and had established...

  • 2009: A Milestone Year for MedShare

    January 05, 2010

    Another year has passed, but 2009 was not just another year for MedShare. It also marked 10 years of MedShare bridging the gap between surplus and need. TEN years of recovering surplus medical materials from hospitals and medical supply companies, thus saving them from being sent to landfills.

  • Physical Therapist brings healing to Nicaragua

    January 05, 2010

    My name is Becca Halperin, and I recently returned from a trip to Nicaragua where I worked as a physical therapist in a small town called San Ramon in a community of the same name. I spent 2 days a week treating children in a pediatric “clinic” where children came to receive therapy in the Los...

  • Conor Flannery's Cause to Paddle

    January 05, 2010

    Meet Conor Flannery of CausetoPaddle.org. He’s a 29-year-old medical device design engineer for a cardiovascular company in Los Angeles where he designs life-saving products for pacemaker and cardiac arrhythmia patients. But Conor is not only a biomedical engineer. He is also a kayaker embarking...

  • MedShare Celebrates 500th Shipment of Medical Supplies and Equipment

    December 01, 2009

    After 10 years of bridging the gap between surplus and need through the recovery and redistribution of surplus medical supplies and equipment to those in need, we celebrated our 500th forty-foot container shipment of medical aid abroad. The shipment bound for the Santa Rosa Maternity Hospital in...

  • MedTeam Mission: Emory Health Against Human Trafficking

    December 01, 2009

    Earlier this year some first-year Emory medical students were moved to action after hearing a presentation on human trafficking. They were inspired to use their medical knowledge to aid in the fight against this worldwide issue and they formed a group called “Emory Health Against Human...

  • Volunteer Spotlight: Misty Hood, Leader of Southeastern Volunteer Container Fundraiser

    December 01, 2009

    December's Volunteer Spotlight is on Misty Hood, who is passionately devoted to our mission of bridging the gap between surplus and need. Misty is leading MedShare's Southeastern Volunteer Container Fundraiser to raise $20,000 to ship vitally-needed medical supplies and equipment to Maine-Soroa...

  • The Philippines Medical Association of Georgia treats Thousands in the Island Nation

    November 04, 2009

    Earlier this year, the Philippine American Medical Association of Georgia(PAMAG) sent a team of 21 doctors and 10 nurses to the Philippines for a medical mission trip. The team handled almost 5,000 medical and dental cases and performed an astounding 200 plus surgeries...

MedShare on Fox 5 News

MedShare was recently featured on Atlanta's Fox 5 News "Health Watch" segment. Check it out!

Recent Shipments

  • Guam

    Seventh Day Adventist Clinic
    Seventh Day Adventist Clinic
  • Indonesia

    Yos Sudarso Hospital
    Indonesia Catholic Community of Northern California
  • Haiti

    Zanme Lasante
    Mercy Corps
  • Haiti

    CSI Ministries Clinic
    CSI Ministries
  • Haiti

    Haitian Timoun Foundation

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