Kelly Wenzel

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

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My Affiliations
Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Architecture Brigades at Catholic University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of Michigan
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Carnegie Mellon University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at City University of New York Queens College
Chapter: Medical Brigades at City University of New York Sophie Davis
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Eastern Virginia Medical School
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Jefferson University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at North Carolina State University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Nova Southeastern University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at NYU Polytechnic
Chapter: Medical Brigades at The University of Pennsylvania
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Tufts University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of Connecticut
Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Vanderbilt University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at West Virginia University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at York College
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Montclair State University
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Penn State University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Columbia University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Hearts to Honduras
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at UNC Chapel Hill
Chapter: Water Brigades at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Dental Brigades at University of Michigan
Phone: (734) 585-6005

Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Dental Brigades

About Us

University of Michigan is a chapter of Global Dental Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to dental & medical care and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical & Dental Programs, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.




Upcoming Initiatives

University of Michigan Dental Brigade May 2025 Panama

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Dental Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Ghana. Dental Brigade volunteers have the opportunity to shadow licensed dentists in urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. Dental Brigades also focuses on prevention with dental hygiene workshops. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. A typical brigade structure includes three clinic days and a Holistic Model Day. This unique day allows for Medical/Dental brigaders to experience one of Honduras’ other programs: Architecture, Business, Engineering, Microfinance, Public Health or Water Brigades. Through these Holistic Model Days, volunteers are able to tackle non-health related issues that are often times the root cause of common illnesses seen on Medical and Dental Brigades. The main health concerns in our communities include diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, waterborne illnesses and abdominal pain.