President's Messages

October, 2010

Some days drag me down. Patients expect too much. Team members make more, not less, work for me. Students and trainees disrupt the usual work flow. The health care system and its bureaucracy frustrate at every turn. Jumping from one task to another; interrupted each step of the way. There is too much to do, too little time to do it, too few resources to get it done.

August, 2010

Hurricane Wilma. World financial crisis. Border violence. Visa problems. These were some of my thoughts last May as our plane touched down at Cancun International Airport (CUN). In 2008, Hurricane Wilma, the most intense storm in the history of the Atlantic basin, wiped out much of the infrastructure in the Yucatan peninsula. In 2009, the world financial crisis drained the resources of many global organizations and threatened their viability. In 2010, the U.S. State Department warned against travel to Mexico and many from other countries reported difficulties getting a visa to enter Mexico. Could the Mexican college overcome these challenges? Would the World Conference be a success? They did and it was!