Compassionate

We go where the need is greatest
even when others will not

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
-Isaiah 1:17 ESV

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Caring

We help when help is hard to find

'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
-Matthew 25:40 ESV

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Capable

We train for the toughest situations

Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
-Proverbs 24:27 ESV

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Open Source Medicine Road Map 2022/2023

Breaking Down Barriers to Healthcare Access

phase 1

Phase 1

  •  Core website created
  •  Donation system established
  •  Hospital protocol evaluation developed
  •  Initial hospital on-site evaluations started
  •  Pilot program to test viability developed
  •  First hospital partnership established
  •  Develop volunteer pool of anesthesia (initial target recruitment specialty)
  •  Create system to facilitate volunteer travel and living at hospitals
phase 2

Phase 2

  •  First volunteers deployed to missions hospital
  •  Protocol for hospital evaluation refined
  •  Protocol for volunteer processing and assistance improved
  •  Refine volunteer applicant process
  •  Create public list of partner missions hospitals and their staffing needs
  •  Investigate ways to provide specialized education at partner missions hospitals
phase 3

Phase 3

  •  Expand volunteer clinical specialties
  •  Expand training courses to mission hospital staff
  •  Expand network of partner hospitals

'Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among robbers?' He said, 'The one who showed him mercy.' And Jesus said to him, 'You go and do likewise.'
-Luke 10:36-37 ESV

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Our Mission

OSM facilitates connections between global mission hospitals and the clinicians who are willing to serve, support, and educate. By linking people and resources to mission, we aid mission hospitals in their own calling to love in Jesus’ name (John 13:34-35)

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Board of Directors

Eric Kramer

Eric Kramer

Founder and President

Eric Kramer, DNAP, CRNA, FNP-C has extensive long and short-term experience in missions medicine. He grew up in Peru and Mexico as a missionary kid. After graduating as a nurse anesthesiologist, he and his family moved to Mexico, where he worked for 5 years full time at a mission hospital. After moving back to the United States in 2019 he founded Open Source Medicine to address shortcomings in specialty medical care in missions settings around the world.

Jose Martin

Jose Martin

Co-founder and Vice President

Jose Martin, TUM-B is the Vice President and co-founder of Open Source Medicine. He is based in Chihuahua, Mexico where he works as an urban rescue paramedic for the Mexican Red Cross specializing in vehicular extraction. He has extensive experience in mission environments. Working full time for a mission hospital in many capacities for six years allowed him to gain expertise in a variety of fields, from surgical first assist to department head for hospital maintenance, security, and ambulance transport.

Ben Kaufman

Ben Kaufman

Creative Director

Ben Kaufman is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Ben is based in Fort Wayne, Indiana where he lives with his wife and six children. Trained in traditional media first, he transitioned to digital art in 2018. He seeks to use his talent and training to help spread the gospel through sequential art and design.

  • Eric Kramer

    Eric Kramer

    Founder and President

  • Jose Martin

    Jose Martin

    Co-founder and Vice President

  • Ben Kaufman

    Ben Kaufman

    Creative Director