LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series

Presented by NAVE Visiting Scholar Linnea Smith. In 1990, Smith, gave up her Wisconsin medical practice to provide medical services to the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon. Until Smith's arrival, the local people had no access to health care. Today the clinic treats 2000-2500 patients a year, most arriving by dugout canoe or on foot. Smith serves as the clinic’s medical director.