Samaritan’s Purse
Medical Ministries
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization that provides spiritual and physical relief to victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love. We serve the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As a part of this mission, we offer a wide variety of opportunities for medical professionals to use their skills around the globe.
World Medical Mission
Mission hospitals around the world depend on assistance from Christian medical professionals who volunteer to provide life-saving care to the sick in Jesus’ Name. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, and others on short-term assignment can follow in the footsteps of the Great Physician as they provide patient care in a resource-limited environment, relieve overwhelmed full-time hospital staff, and help educate the next generation of national healthcare workers in the country they are serving.
Post-Residency Program
A ministry of World Medical Mission, this two-year program funds Christian physicians and dentists who have been called to a career in medical missions. We provide logistical and financial support while you serve alongside career medical missionaries. Immediately following your residency, we will place you at a mission hospital where you will serve within your specialty.
Cleft Lip Repair
Children around the world who are born with cleft lips are often abused, prevented from going to school, shunned by society, and made to feel worthless. Samaritan's Purse sends volunteer medical teams to perform cleft lip and palate surgeries for patients of all ages, while sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Cataract Surgeries
Cataract surgery is a common procedure in the U.S., but in some countries, the elderly have no access to doctors who can correct their condition, which can eventually lead to blindness if left untreated. Samaritan’s Purse seeks out those who are living in darkness, sending volunteer medical teams to restore their physical sight and offer new hope.
Surgical Subspecialty Teams
Our specialty teams aim to provide both physical and spiritual healing through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Great Physician. In collaboration with partner mission hospitals, we offer life-transforming surgery in the areas of dentistry, orthopedics (acute and chronic, trauma, and injury), obstetric fistula, and urology.
Children’s Heart Project
Children's Heart Project arranges life-saving operations for children who live in countries where the required medical expertise and equipment are not available. We provide airfare for the child, a guardian, and a translator; and locate evangelical Christian churches and families willing to host the groups.
Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART)
Samaritan’s Purse seeks top-level talent to serve in a variety of critical contexts around the world. Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists staff our Emergency Field Hospitals in disasters such as war-torn Sudan in 2024, the Myanmar earthquake, and Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, both in 2025. We stand ready to respond at a moment’s notice whenever and wherever disaster strikes.
Biomedical Technology
The Biomedical Technology department of World Medical Mission plays a vital role in helping to ensure that overseas mission hospitals have properly functioning equipment to help their staff treat patients. At our North Carolina warehouse, technicians refurbish donated equipment and make sure machines are operational and meet appropriate standards. The medical supplies are then shipped to mission hospitals around the world. In addition, our technicians travel to dozens of mission hospitals and clinics to install, repair, and maintain a variety of medical and laboratory equipment. They also train staff at these medical facilities in the operation and ongoing maintenance of that equipment.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.
—Matthew 5:16
