International Rotation Directory
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Program
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Last updated: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Description
Medical missions to rural and underdeveloped towns available only to residents in the program. Supervision is by local attending physicians or faculty who go on the trips.
Locations of rotations
Malawi
Belize
Address
110 Rehill Ave
Somerville, NJ 08876-2519
Country
US
Phone
(908) 685-2200 x2687
Fax
(908)704-0083
Program director
Lalitha W Hansch MD, FAAFP
Field experience
One to two week annual medical missions trips to Belize and Malawi. Residents provide patient education and acute and chronic medical care to patients.
Didactics
Cost to individual residents
Additional cost information
Some funds are available to offset travel costs.
Number of residents who have participated in the last two years
4 - 6
Does the program accept medical students for trips?
No
Does the program accept residents from outside the program for trips?
No
Approximate time of year of trips
Varies
Duration of trips
< 1 month