Nasara: Dispatches from a District Hospital in Chad
James Appel, MD graduated from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2000 and then completed a three year residency in Family Practice at the Ventura County Medical Center in California.  He spent seven years as the only doctor at the Béré Adventist Hospital directly responsible for the health care of over 150,000 Chadians. He is also the Chad country director for the NGO Adventist Health International which runs over 20 hospitals in Africa and the rest of the developing world.  When he's not saving lives in Africa he likes to surf, eat Mexican food, and drive his orange VW Vanagan.