In the News
“Solidarity Bridge is true to their vision statement; they do indeed 'transform lives by promoting solidarity and justice through experiences of service and healing.'“
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Media Publications
Fox 32 Chicago (2026) interviews missioner, Dr. Malcolm Bilmoria, about removing a 22lb tumor from a patient during Solidarity Bridge’s recent Oncological Surgery Mission Trip to Bolivia.
NBC Green Bay (2024) interviews missioner, Dr. Erin Stevens, before she departs on her medical mission to Sucre, Bolivia.
Mission Matters Podcast (2024) interviews Executive Director, Ann Rhomberg, and Senior Director of Mission and Identity, Megan Kennedy-Farrell, about Solidarity Bridge’s 25-year history.
Chicago Catholic (2024) shares a profile of Solidarity Bridge in their 25th anniversary year.
The Evanston Roundtable (2024) shares a profile of Solidarity Bridge in their 25th anniversary year.
Chicago Catholic Podcast (2024) interviews Solidarity Bridge staff launching their 25th anniversary year.
The Branch Out Podcast (2023) interviews SB missioner, Dr. Joe Sherman, on the topic of discovering humility and humanity through international medical missions.
The Global Health Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2023) recognizes the contributions of Dr. Abdullah Keles, who has worked with Solidarity Bridge to advance neurosurgical skills in Bolivia and Paraguay.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine (2023) shares updates from their anesthesiology team who traveled with us to Paraguay.
UMass Chan Medical School (2022) cleebrates the achievements of second-year medical student Megan Low who supported epilepsy patients in Bolivia via the Global Health Pathway program.
Academic Publications
Neurosurgical Trauma in Bolivia: A Multi-Year Epidemiological Study at a National Referral Center and Model for Neurotrauma Research in Latin America (January 2026), Submitted to J Neurosurgery
Identifying pediatric neurosurgery training priorities in Paraguay: a novel quadrant analysis (2025), Child's Nervous System, 41:395
The First National Pediatric Hydrocephalus and Endoscopy Workshop in Bolivia: A Cooperative Journey From Conception to Completion in a Lower-Middle Income Country Setting (2025), CNS Operative Neurosurgery Journal
Assessing pediatric neurosurgery capacity in La Paz, Bolivia (2024), The Journal of Neurosurgery
Nongovernmental Organizations in Global Neurosurgery: Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery and Solidarity (2024), Neurosurgery Clinics of America
A Novel Approach for Free, Affordable, and Sustainable Microsurgery Laboratory Training for Low- and Middle-Income Countries: University of Wisconsin-Madison Microneurosurgery Laboratory Experience (2024), National Library of Medicine
Brain AVM surgery without endovascular embolization in a low to middle income country (2023), National Library of Medicine
Pediatric neurosurgical medulloblastoma outcomes in La Paz, Bolivia: How a Lower Middle-Income Country (LMIC) institution in South America compares to the United States (2024), National Library of Medicine
Pediatric shunt failure in a resource limited Lower-Middle Income Country (LMIC) institution in La Paz, Bolivia (2024), National Library of Medicine