He has lectured at 90 Medical Schools here in the United States and in Universities and Medical Schools in over 60 countries.įor 36 years, Gesundheit! has lead clown trips, known as Global Outreach (up to 9 per year) to the most impoverished communities, war zones, refugee camps, and disaster areas. Throughout the world in 68 countries, giving 50 separate presentations. Thousands of doctors and nurses from all over the world have committed to working at the Hospital.įor 37 years Patch has been lecturing and performing 200 – 300 days of the year. It was such a rich experience Patch has spent the last 26 years trying to find funding to build a Fantasy Model Hospital eliminating 90 % of the cost of Health Care. Ran a pilot of the model 1971-1983 – Seeing 15,000 patients in a large communal home. The only model in the world addressing all the problems of health care delivery in a comprehensive model. Hunter Doherty 'Patch' Adams, born may 28th 1945, the second son of a united states army officer and his wife – a school teacher, is many things: a social activist, an author, a citizen, a diplomat, an American physician, but most important – he is a clown.Īfter Graduated Medical College of Virginia in 1971 he Started the Gesundheit! Institute.
