EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
David Hudson
David Hudson was born in Pueblo, Colorado and resides in Trinidad, Colorado. He runs an anesthesia company in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. David received his Associates of Science in Nursing (ASN) and Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Southwestern Adventist University, and his Master of Health Science (MHS) and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) at Texas Wesleyan University. He has been a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist for 21 years. He is married to Dr. Angel Wright and has three sons. When not enjoying mission work, he enjoys snow skiing, mountain biking, scuba diving, and napping.
Cameron Allen
Cameron started as a Surgical Technologist with the U.S. Army in 1993. He quickly fell in love with the Operating Room. He is a graduate of the NIFA surgical first assisting program and currently employed by Memorial Health Systems in Colorado Springs. He has participated in eight ISM trips and firmly believes in helping out the less fortunate in the world. His two boys are the most important thing in the world to him.
Mary McCormick
Mary McCormick obtained her BSN in 1975. During her nursing career, she has worked in Burn ICU, ICU, Surgery, PACU, Urology and Home Health and Hospice. She retired from Nursing in December 2018 and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. She, along with her husband Jay, have been involved with surgical missions to the third world since 1992. She looks forward to continuing to work with ISM as they expand their outreach for surgical missions.
Erin Ford
Erin has worked in EMS and HealthTech for more than 20 years. She has been supporting healthcare providers by bridging the gap between technology and patient care working with large health technology providers. She currently leads the training and onboarding team for a Fortune 500 dental software company. She has a BS in Emergency & Disaster Management and a MS in International Business. She's the proud Mom to 3 adults kids and is living life by fulfilling her addiction to global travel with her other half.
Dr Jay Riseman
Dr. Jay Riseman graduated Southern Illinois University in 1975 and went to work in the Renal Transplant/Immunology lab doing tissue typing and was a perfusionist for donor kidneys. In 1979, he enrolled in Nursing School while working full time and transferred to the ICU June 1981 after graduating. He applied the next year to Medical School and started in 1983 while working part time as a nurse. Originally, he wanted to be a Family Physician until he completed the surgery rotations and then went to Southern Illinois University Surgical Residency 1986 to 1991. He provided care in Surgery until 2009 when he began a Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine through Kansas University. He has been providing Hospice/ Palliative care until he partially retired May 1, 2018. His wife, Mary, and he have been doing surgical missions yearly since 1993. They moved to Arizona this year.
Brent Izu
Brent obtained his undergraduate degree in Microbiology at Brigham Young University. He attended medical school at the Uniformed University of Health Sciences, and did his residency at Wright State University. After his first mission to Biri, he was hooked, due to his love for the patients, the operating breadth, the teams, and the culture. He finds the experience one of the most rewarding things about his line of work. Brent lives in California with his wife and five children
Jose Guevarra, Jr.
Jose Guevarra Jr., likes to be called Joone. In 1999 he graduated in Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy. In 2003 he attained Preceptorship Training in Surgical Technology. In 2009 he attended Training in Advance Mininally Invasive Surgery Instrumentations. From 2005 to 2014 Joone worked as Surgical Tech/Assist at LivLite Bariatric Metabolic Clinic. Now retired, he is running his business and joined ISM in 2007 on our first mission in the Philippines.