Arnold Gorske, MD



Arnold Gorske, MD is Specialty Advisor for Community Health and Primary Care for Global Health Outreach (GHO). He is coordinator for the “Health Education Program for Developing Countries” which is being utilized by GHO and other organizations throughout the world.

  The program enables short term medical teams to have a long term impact by introducing desperately needed evidence-based health education services to the community. The goal is to provide the very best lifesaving information necessary for use by team health care providers, as well as for host-country pastors and their communities.

Dr Gorske began his work with people of developing countries over 25 years ago as a Navy pediatrician in the Vietnamese refugee camps, and has also had over 25 years experience with the development of health education/training programs.

He served as team leader for the International Red Cross in Iraq at the end of the first Gulf War, followed by over 30 short-term medical missions to numerous countries throughout the world.

He has provided long-term missions care to indigent Indian families at Foundation for His Ministry’s medical clinic in Baja, Mexico from 1994 to present.

He has also had years of training and experience in medical staff administration, credentialing, quality improvement/risk management, as well as additional positions of responsibility for the accreditation and quality of medical care provided by hospitals, clinics, and medical missions.

Further information and/or free downloading of the “Health Education Program for Developing Countries” in Chinese, English, French, or Spanish is available at  www.hepfdc.info . 

Disclosure/Conflict of Interest Validation: Dr Gorske and GHO receive no royalties or compensation of any kind related to the "Health Education Program for Developing Countries" or its website.