The 11th Annual Workshop in Ahmedabad, India Was a Resounding Success

The 11th annual workshop in Ahmedabad, India Was a Resounding Success thanks to a dedicated international collaboration of medical experts.

For the 5^th year, A-BE-C was among the visiting team of 27 pediatric surgeons, nephrologists, anesthesiologists, nurses, social workers, and researchers united in the shared passion for the treating the humbling condition of bladder exstrophy.

A-BE-C plays crucial role in workshop

“Pamela Artigas, the executive director of A-BE-C, is now a multi-year attendee of the workshop and an integral part of what makes our effort successful. As the mother of a child with exstrophy, Pamela intimately knows the daily challenges–joys and sorrows–of this terrible condition, and brings that same empathy, love and compassion to her adopted 100+ children in Ahmedabad! Pamela wears her heart on her sleeves, and we all are witness to the boundless devotion she has in her mission to lighten the burden of this condition on families. A-BE-C has sponsored the travel of multiple surgeons–often with patients–from Uganda and elsewhere to travel to Ahmedabad, and because of these efforts, an initial attempt is being made to replicate the Ahmedabad model in Kampala. We wish that endeavor the very best.” – Dr. Aseem Shukla, past A-BE-C Advisory Board Chair