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Dr Sandler recounts his and his wife's experiences practicing medicine in 14 different countries, doing primarily orthopedic surgery for individuals that would normally not be afforded treatment, as well as his experience as a Peace Corps Physician in Bolivia from 1967-1969.The experiences gained, the people encountered, and the camaraderie enjoyed by the operating teams were priceless, but the real thrill and feeling of accomplishment came from the patient interactions. The mother who traveled three days by boat on the Amazon to have her child’s clubfoot corrected, who smiles shyly or cries when she sees the results. The gratitude of the young woman whose unsightly tumor has been removed from her knee, or the young child who is able to walk again because her severely contracted and flexed knee has been straightened, or the many men and women who are able to ambulate again without pain because their arthritic joints have been replaced. Their lives have been changed, and they are supremely grateful. These are the memories that will last a lifetime.

Ronald Sandler was born December 11, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa, attending Grinnell College and University of Iowa Medical School. He has three children, and he and Rita have seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In 1989, he was awarded the Luke Tupper Award by Esperanza, and, in 1991, he was named the Outstanding Physician by the American Voluntary Medical Team. In 1996, he was named Mesa's Man of the Year for his philanthropic activities. He has served on the board of Sunshine Acres Children's Home in Mesa since 1983 and has been a member of the Child Crisis Arizona board as well as its Foundation. He was a Trustee of Grinnell College from 1983 to 2017 and remains closely affiliated with the college. He and Rita reside in Mesa, Arizona.