The La Merced brigade worked in the following Hospitals and Clinics in Nicaragua:

• Fernando Valez Piaz Hospital
• Antonio Lenin Fonseca Hospital
• Manolo Morales Hospital
• Roberto Clemente Clinic
• Bonete (remote village) Clinic


2011 Brigade
La Merced's 2011 traveling support team (alphabetically):

James Blackwell - Professional Linguist, Interpreter

Shirley Blackwell - Career Educator

Courtney Brandon - Graduate, High Point University

Jessica Conick - Student, Salisbury University

Blair Gaskill - Student, North Carolina State University

Jesse Gaul - University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Pat Koontz - Student, Johns Hopkins University

Hala McIver - La Merced Secretary, Director of Community Outreach

Julie Momme - Student, University of Maryland

Cheryl Nemazie - Professional Photographer

Christopher Pellegrino, Student, Bennett High School

Julia Perrotta - Student, Bennett High School

Giddeon LaClair - Zimmer Representative, Orthopedic Surgery Team

Tina Perrotta - La Merced Executive Director

Joaquin Ramos - Student Salisubury University

Brian Juba - Student, University of Notre Dame

Elizabeth Juba - Student, University of South Florida

Avir Mitra - Student, Drexell University College of Medicine, La Merced Director of Transportation

Patricia Ramos, RN Clinic Director

Arlene Schneider - Administrative Assistant

Michael Traum - Student, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Carolyn Wheatley - High School Student

Steven Woodward - Student, University of Maryland

2011 Stateside Support Team

Taylor Harrison - Stateside Transporter

Lisa Woodward - Marketing & Fundraising

Brynne Moore - Marketing & Fundraising

Jean Laws, Esquire - Voluntary Legal Services

Jill Taylor - Administrative Assistant

Maggie Ramos - High School Student

Steven Woodward, CPA - Voluntary Accounting Services

Karen Mull, PA - Mission Planning, Supplies Procurement

Rodrigo Ramos - Interpreter in Mission Planning

Ursula Gardner, RN - Liaison with Nanticoke Memorial Hospital

Julie Langan, RN- Liaison with Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Daniel Brenner - Graphic Artist

Nicaraguan Team Members:

Father Antonio Castro

Dorianela Arguello-Costillo, MD

Armondo Siu, MD

Gerardo Mejia Baltodano, MD

Jerry Siero

Ottoniel Arguello, PhD

Mercedes Arguello

Sister Connie of the Sisters of Charity

Claudia Esperanza Reyes Leiva

La Merced Mission - June 2011

Medical Mission: The 2011 Mission ran from June 25th through July 3rd. The team was comprised of fourteen medical providers and an efficient support team of business people, educators and college and high school students from the Delmarva Peninsula, Oregon, California and Florida.


Work in the Hospitals:


Work in the Roberto Clemente Clinic and remote village, Bonite:


Community Outreach:

La Merced treated over 500 patients during this mission. Such success would not have been possible were it not for the donations by our sponsors, listed in left side bar. Please utilize their services and, if you ever receive the opportunity, acknowledge their altruism.