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Pediatrics
Teaching specialized care for children.
HVO pediatrics volunteers share sub-specialty knowledge for inpatient and outpatient pediatric care.
HVO’s Role
Local providers and educators lead. HVO volunteers teach alongside them.
Partner with pediatric departments
HVO works with hospitals, universities, and pediatric departments that set their own education priorities.
Teach, mentor and co-develop curricula
Volunteers deliver continuing education, clinical instruction, and one-on-one mentoring, in person and online.
Build local teaching capacity
Courses are designed so local providers can carry the training forward to colleagues across their own health systems.
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What’s good about teaching is whatever happens to your students, whatever miniscule part you played, it’s very rewarding to see people carrying out what you hoped they would do. The advantage of having gray hair is that your students become the next leaders in the hospitals in the country.
Yvonne Vaucher, MD
Project Director — Pediatrics
Pediatrics Volunteer Opportunities
Find a project that fits your expertise.
Placement takes several months and often requires more than one approval. Review the projects below, then submit an application and CV to begin.
Click on a project below to view more details.
Bhutan – Not currently recruiting
Thimphu — Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)
Format
In-person only
Length
1 month minimum for subspecialists; 2 months minimum for generalists
Bhutan – Not currently recruiting
Thimphu — Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)
Format
In-person only
Length
1 month minimum for subspecialists; 2 months minimum for generalists
This project involves training pediatric residents, interns, medical officers, and nurses. Activities may include leading journal clubs and discussions, providing case presentations and discussion, bedside clinical teaching and demonstration, seminars, workshops, and conferences on topics deemed important by department leadership, participating in grand rounds and weekly faculty lectures.
Qualifications
As of October 2025, the Bhutan Department of Immigration will not issue work permits to those over the age of 65. Because of this, no individuals over the age of 65 will be permitted to volunteer with HVO’s projects in Bhutan. This contradicts previous guidance that HVO received in July 2025, when our partners had offered to obtain exemptions to the age limit policy. We wish there was more that we can do for volunteers affected by this policy, but unfortunately this is out of our hands and that of our partners in Bhutan.
Volunteers must have a current license and be board eligible and certified. Residents are not eligible for this project. Volunteers may be retired or in active practice, or they may be pediatricians in academic practice. Subspecialists are needed. General pediatricians are also needed but encouraged to commit to two months or longer. Preferred volunteer subspecialties and topic areas include:
Primary: Neurology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology
Secondary: Genetics/Metabolics, Pediatric Rehabilitative Medicine
Companions Allowed
Bhutan’s immigration regulations do not allow volunteers who are staying less than 90 days to bring family members. For longer stays, volunteers may bring a spouse. Not suitable for minors.
Housing
Housing is available on a first-come, first served basis. Let HVO staff know that you’re interested in housing so that necessary arrangements can be made.
Cambodia
Siem Reap – Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
1 month
Cambodia
Siem Reap – Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
1 month
HVO volunteers will contribute to improving and maintaining the quality of inpatient and outpatient pediatric care at AHC, working to improve the pediatric residency-training program and broaden professional perspectives and development opportunities for senior staff.
Qualifications
Board eligible/certified; current license to practice (active or retired); hospital-based general pediatricians or sub-specialists with experience in hospital setting; teaching and/or clinical supervision experience required. No opportunities for those-in-training.
Companions Allowed
Adults and minors.
Housing
Volunteer responsible for housing; information on nearby facilities provided.
Laos
Luang Prabang – Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC)
Format
In-person only
Length
2 months recommended
Laos
Luang Prabang – Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC)
Format
In-person only
Length
2 months recommended
HVO volunteers will provide continuing education, bedside teaching, case conferences, and mentoring, as well as organize journal clubs and other educational sessions for LFHC physicians, nurses and other health care staff. Volunteers will also provide teaching and training to pediatric residents at the site. In addition, HVO volunteers will collaborate with LFHC staff to develop presentations and engage in co-teaching opportunities.
Qualifications
Board eligible/certified; current license to practice (active or retired); hospitalists, pediatric emergency physicians or sub-specialists in cardiology, infectious disease, intensive care, neurology or other subspecialists preferred. No opportunities for those-in-training.
Companions Allowed
Adults and minors.
Housing
Volunteer responsible for housing; information on nearby facilities provided.
Uganda
Kabale – Kabale University School of Medicine (KABSOM)
Format
In-person only
Length
1-4 weeks
Uganda
Kabale – Kabale University School of Medicine (KABSOM)
Format
In-person only
Length
1-4 weeks
Working with the academic staff of KABSOM, HVO volunteers will support the training of medical students and pediatric residents. Volunteers will also work with pediatrics personnel to improve skills and knowledge, focusing on subspecialties identified by KABSOM.
Qualifications
Board eligible/certified (active or retired) pediatrician and pediatric subspecialists. Final year residents accepted if paired with an appropriate preceptor.
Companions Allowed
Adults only, no minors.
Housing
Housing provided.
Pediatric Hematology Opportunities
Cambodia, Tanzania, and Uganda
Pediatric Hematology Opportunities
Cambodia, Tanzania, and Uganda
Opportunities are available for pediatric hematologists to improve training in hematology for clinicians, laboratory technicians, technologists, and students. Activities may include giving lectures to clinical and laboratory staff, going on rounds, or working in the laboratory depending on individual expertise. Assignments are two to four weeks.
Pediatric Oncology Opportunities
Bhutan, Honduras, and Vietnam
Pediatric Oncology Opportunities
Bhutan, Honduras, and Vietnam
Opportunities are available for pediatric oncologists to provide teaching and training to staff, residents and students at sites in Asia and Latin America. Training activities fall under several main categories including, but not limited to: pathology, cancer control, medical/surgical/radiation oncology seminars and/or workshops, curriculum development and student and resident education. Assignments are one to four weeks.
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