National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the national organization of athletes from more than 1200 US colleges. They recently profiled former Brown University football player Dr. Tom as part of their “Playing It Forward” series, which highlights... Read more
Greetings from the bush! Sharing this short clip with you in the hope that you get a kick out of it and pass it on to a few friends. Have a look: it shows me dealing with my most difficult patient—the Mother of Mercy Hospital, herself. We’re all doing what we can to... Read more
When Dr. Tom Catena is confronted with a condition or a wound he’s never seen before, he has hours, sometimes minutes, to learn all he can. There are no specialists in the Nuba Mountains. No oncologists, gastroenterologists or ophthalmologists. Just Dr. Tom. Which... Read more
Ratiba Ibrahim Kodi is one of the Mother of Mercy Hospital’s first nurses. She has treated the ill and patched together bodies torn apart by shrapnel and fire. She has known personal tragedy inside the walls of the hospital, losing a newborn son to a congenital heart... Read more
Brown University announced last week that Dr. Tom Catena, Class of ’86, will be one of eight scholars and intellectuals to be given honorary degrees during the school’s 248th commencement ceremony. “Catena is the medical director of the Mother of... Read more
“Catena started Mother of Mercy with a small group of foreigners. He took on Nuban employees gradually. “There was nobody who could do anything,” he said. The war had closed most schools, and many of the local hires had no formal education. Others had grown up... Read more