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Thailand — Conference, Elephants & New Horizons

Jess joins Calley in Chiang Mai, exploring Thailand between conference sessions and preparing for the next chapter.

Jess at the elephant sanctuary

June 2025 — after our interview with Samaritan's Purse

Exploring

Jess joined Calley on the second weekend and after very little time to acclimate to the 12-hour time difference, they were off to see a little bit of Thailand before the second half of the conference began again Monday. They were able to visit an Elephant sanctuary, and the famous Chiang Mai night market.

Calley presenting at the conference podium
Chiang Mai flower market

Monday morning came early, but Jess jumped right in and attended a number of trauma and triage focused classes, while making numerous connections. Calley continued to oversee the surgery track. Both of us were quite pleased at the quality of the lectures. The physicians and practitioners there said this is some of their best continuing medical education all year!

Conference prayer session

Home Again

Back home, after recovering from jet lag, we continue to process our experience in Thailand. We are really excited to take the next practical steps to life after residency. However there is certainly lots of life here for us now! If you would like to join our partner list, which means we make sure you hear our big updates, then would you share your info with us?

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