Our Mission
Doctors Abroad Foundation is a nonprofit organization started in 2012 to provide medical care to those underprivileged regardless of ethnicity, gender, or age.
Even today whether it be a developed or underdeveloped country, there are so many people without medical care. My first visit abroad was to Vietnam to see my father for the first and final time as a medical student. He died shortly after I visited him, and I remembered feeling helpless seeing him sick. I did not understand his medical illnesses let alone have an answer on how to help him.
I started Doctors Abroad Foundation with the hope of helping other people. We cannot change the world, but it is our desire to improve the lives of the people living in it.
We perform medical missions with the following goals:
1) Provide medical care to the underprivileged
2) Exchange knowledge and expertise while embracing cultural differences
3) Establish an ongoing dialogue and network for future medical missions
Our hope is foster kindness, generosity and a legacy of good will in humanity.
Dr. Richard Le, MD FCCP
Board of Directors
President
Dr. Richard Le, MD FCCP is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine. He did his Residency and Fellowship training at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE. He is currently working part time in clinical medicine while attending Law School. Beside his passion for helping others, his true love is caring for his son Jiraiya, whom he hopes one day will carry on his legacy to continue Doctors Abroad Foundation.
Vice President
Dr. Nguyen Truax is a nurse researcher who earned her PhD at UCLA. She is passionate about decreasing health disparities in vulnerable populations at home and abroad. Her research interest is in the area of infectious diseases. Currently, she is also working as a pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care.
Secretary
Phuong Nguyen, Pharm. D. is the President and Co-Founder of Tap Pharmacy Inc. She graduated from Creighton University School of Pharmacy and completed a pharmacy residency program in Internal Medicine at Creighton University Medical Center. She has been a Hospital Pharmacist since 2001. In 2013, she opened her first independent pharmacy store, Aqua Pharmacy Inc, specializing in dermatology and in 2017 joined with Tiffany Norwood to open Tap Pharmacy Inc.