Santa Fe New Mexican: Santa Fe doctor travels the world performing surgeries
Anesthesiologist Dr. Larry Ydens has traveled with Operation Smile medical teams to such locales as Peru, Ethiopia, Mexico, Jordan, Nicaragua and the Philippines. His most recent surgical program, in February, took him to Malawi in southeastern Africa. Though he has worked as a doctor all of his life, these volunteer trips abroad make him realize how he can help transform the life of a child who may not have anyone else to turn to for medical care.