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We are pleased to have hosted many teachers, doctors and students of medicine since our charitable activities began. It is not possible to measure outcomes on a fixed timescale. Some of the effects of our scholarships and the human beings they have affected will likely not be seen for a long time. But it is an added pleasure when outcomes are both significant and measurable in a short time. Here are some notable examples.

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			Janka Jacubikova During her first scholarship, this professor of otolaryngology peered with Dr Mansfield Smith in California. Upon her return home, she performed the first cochlear implant surgery for childen with complete hearing loss in former Czechoslovakia. She also wrote and published a book on middle ear conditions and treatments. After her second schoplarship she introduced the treatment of sleep apnea into former Czechoslovakia, a condition previously undiagnosed and untreated. She also founded the international congress of pediatric otolaryngology.				Peter Boruta This assitant professor of radiology returned home and published a reference textbook on MRI. He introduced the use of open magnet MRIs into eastern Europe. He became professor of radiology, and is the signator of licenses for radiologists to practice in Slovakia, who are all his students. Despite enormous financial, cultural and administrative hurdles, he founded the first private multi-modality imaging centre in Eastern Europe. He also heads a new faculty teaching international medical students in English.
			Pavel Pafko This thoracic and heart surgeon peered with members of the dept of Thoracic surgery at Stanford Medical School. Upon his return to the Czech Republic, he joined the largest hospital in the country where he performed the first heart transplant in Eastern Europe. He extended his involvement to include oncology. He expanded the hospital's services in abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery and oncology. He is now the chief of that hospital.				Eva Janikova This psychiatrist returned home to create the first Alzheimer clinic in Slovakia with a grant from George Soros. She introduced early stages teaching to help patients function longer. She also introduced medications used in the USA to help memory.
			Helena Drobna This neonatologist peered with neonatologists at Stanford Medical School. Upon her return home she transferred her knowledge to advanced neonatology units in Bratislava. She now runs the neonatology intensive care at a large hospital and also teaches the latest techniques in neonatology.				Igor Slezak This obstetrician and gynecologist learned new laparoscopic surgeries and techniques. He returned home to become a professor teaching medical students, and working in a leading obgyn hospital. He is also a professor at a new faculty teaching international medical students in English.
			Svetozar Harustiak This thoracic & heart surgeon returned home to perform the first lung & heart transplant in Slovakia.