Floating Doctors

Floating Doctors is a 501c3 non-profit medical relief team dedicated to reducing the present and future burden of disease in the developing world and promoting improvements in health care delivery worldwide.

A dedicated crew, setting sail on a 12-month medical relief voyage this Winter to the coast of Central America and the eastern Pacific aboard their 76′ sailboat, the Southern Wind.

In each country, Dr. LaBrot and the crew will use a unique combination of traditional medicine and cutting-edge technology to provide preventative medicine and health education to over 15,000 patients, as well as coordinating a network of visiting physicians and medical students from around the world.

Floating Doctors is the world’s first globally mobile medical team to utilize a green energy platform—the expedition sailboat Southern Wind—to deliver medical relief to thousands of people in the most remote coastal areas of the world. Through preventative medicine and education, Floating Doctors will leave no carbon footprint, but only long lasting health benefits in her wake.

Dr. LaBrot and his team will face challenges both on the seas and on shore in tackling current problems and reducing the future burden of disease–their determination, compassion and work ethic will encourage others to stand up and join team “Floating Doctors”.