Service Learning Trips

First Trip Launched in 1969

The idea for the Honduras prolotherapy trip was sparked in 1968, when Chicago surgeon and prolotherapy expert Gus Hemwall, MD, met a Honduran...

HHPF May 24, 2023

Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation

Background

The Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation (HHPF) is a not-for-profit medical foundation that sponsors international service-learning trips. We are...

Get Involved May 24, 2023

GET INVOLVED!

The new International Association for Regenerative Therapy (IART) welcomes interested members to get involved by volunteering for one of our many committees and/or...

Board Members May 24, 2023

Officers

Annette Zaharoff, MD

President

Dr. Zaharoff is a sports medicine physician in private practice in San Antonio, Texas. She created The Non-Surgical Center of Texas which is a...

About IART May 24, 2023

About IART

History

At the October 2018 HHPF Madison Conference, it was announced that after a lengthy study by the HHPF Board and its governance team, a new aligned association would be created to...