The RemoteCare Education Team

Dr. Ryan McCormick grew up in Los Angeles and was a founding member of Floating Doctors, serving as the Vice President. After working for a year rebuilding Southern Wind, he worked clinics in Haiti and Honduras before going to medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He completed additional training in Emergency Medicine, Wilderness Emergency Medicine, and Trauma Management. After returned home to California he began focusing on  clinical research working at UCLA, USC, UCSF, and as the Research Director at the California Center for Sleep Disorders. He is currently working as an Associate Director for Drug Safety at Genentech/Roche.

Dr. Benjamin LaBrot is a career medical missionary and the founder of the Floating Doctors medical team, specializing in sustainable health access improvements in challenging rural environments. Trained at the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland and with mission experience in Haiti, Honduras, Tanzania, Mexico, and Panama. Ben brings a unique perspective on planning and improving provider mission performance. Ben attended the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland and worked as a physician within the Irish Health Care System. He assisted in the launch and then operated a long-term care facility for the elderly that also provided acute hospital services. Dr. LaBrot is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

A physician-scientist board certified in Infectious Disease with expertise in Global Health, Tropical Medicine, Parasitology, HIV, Virology and Travel and Immigrant Medicine. Currently a Clinical Instructor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases, an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BioPhysics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, President of Parasites Without Borders, Inc. and a provider of clinical inpatient and outpatient Infectious Disease, HIV and Travel Medicine care for ProHealth, NY.

Isobel is a British midwife with over 15 years’ experience and has worked in the UK and internationally. In the UK she has worked in both the hospital and community settings. Her international work has been in low resource and remote settings in both Kenya and Panama. The mission work she does is both clinical and educational. Isobel was the Floating Doctors Maternal Health Director for two years; during this time she championed the development of maternal health capacity and resources in Bocas Del Toro, gathered some of the first reliable data about maternal health issues in our area, and wrote many of our comprehensive guidelines.