Charles Carson, RN, CNOR
Charles Carson, RN, CNOR, an honors graduate from Bronson School of Nursing has had vast experience in the healthcare industry since 1975. He has specialized in open-heart, plastics, ophthalmology and administration working as a Certified Surgical Technologist, Ophthalmic Technician, Certified First Assistant, Registered Nurse and Director of Surgical Services in a hospital before he joined HealthCare Midwest as Director of Surgical Services in 2000. Charles has also freelanced privately as a surgical assistant with various private surgical practices as well as a group of plastic surgeons and has more than 10 years experience with a large ophthalmology practice performing visual fields, fluoroscien angiography and fundus photography as well as assisting in the operating room.

In the early 1990's, Charles started combining his love of travel with his passion for medicine and began participating in and then organizing volunteer surgery teams to third-world countries. Charles has served as Medical Team Director for Healing the Children of Michigan and has been the prime organizer of numerous plastics and ophthalmology teams to such destinations as Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Russia. Charles has volunteered with humanitarian organizations such as Esperanca, Hearts-in-Motion, the American Red Cross and Operation Kindness, as well as independent efforts. Over the years these volunteer teams have performed hundreds of life changing procedures for children and adults with cleft lip and palate repair, surgical treatment of problems related to burn injuries, cataract surgery as well as many other procedures. Charles' most recent trip was to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico in January of 2007 with Operation Kindness. The team consisting of two plastic surgeons, a pediatrician, anesthesia specialists and other medical support staff performed 90 surgical procedures and treated many other children and adults. Charles will be returning to Coatzacoalcos with Operation Kindness in January 2008 with a plastics team to perform many life changing procedures on many children and adults in the region. See the regional link to this effort at www.shuncushibeu.com.mx


View pictures from past trips to Mexico

In late 2005 Charles was invited to join Healthy Globe, Inc. Board of Directors as Director of Equipment and Supplies. This is a Kalamazoo based project building a 40 bed hospital in Oyugis, Kenya. Charles has the expertise and vast connections to obtain supplies and new and used equipment, often times at no cost. Details of this effort may be found at www.healthyglobe.org. In the future Charles plans to organize specialty surgical teams to Oyugis once the operating rooms are completed.

Charles also serves as President of Reach & Teach (an alternative school for high risk teenagers in Kalamazoo, MI) www.reachandteachpp.com and is Vice-President of the Michigan Ambulatory Surgery Association. www.masa-asc.com

Charles states that, “Working at HealthCare Midwest Surgery Center is a great privilege. Our newly renovated and expanded facility still has a quiet residential feel to it. We foster a warm and friendly environment of mutual support for our staff, which offers primary high quality nursing care to our patients. We are also fortunate to have many of the finest surgeons in the entire region as our providers. This combination creates a healthy blend of idealism and realism unique to this industry.” Charles and his wife, Annelies, reside in Schoolcraft, Michigan and have three adult children and four grandchildren.

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