Meet our Team

Mario Cappello

President and CEO

Tsiri Agbenyega M.D.

HopeXchange Medical Director, Professor of Physiology and Former Provost and Dean of Medical School, K.N.U.S.T., Ghana

Paul Boitmann

HopeXchange Central America, CEO

Elijah Paintsil M.D.

Professor and Chair, Boston University, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, USA

Riccardo Masetti M.D.

Professor of Surgical Oncology, Catholic Medical Univerity, Italy. HopeXchange coordinator for International Medical Missions

Francesco Castelli M.D.

Rector and Professor of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Italy

Michael Cappello M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, University of Yale, USA

Clint Bentz CPA

Corporate Secretary

Britta Budde-Schwartzman M.D.

HopeXchange Pediatric Surgeon

Rodrigo Sandoval Boburg M.D.

Cardio Vascular Surgeon, Tubingen University Hospital, Germany

Irene Virgolini M.D.

Professor of Nuclear Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Michael Bosco J.D.

Special Counsel. Italy

Francesco Martelli M.D.

Hopexchange Ophthalmic Surgeon, AMOA, Italy

Andy Halpern J.D.

Special Advisor and Counsel

Ben O. Anderson M.D.

Professor of Surgical Oncology,  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA

Gianluca Franceschini M.D.

Professor of Surgery, Catholic Medical University, Italy

David Ofori-Ajai M.D.

Professor of Pharmacology, University of Ghana, Ghana

Federica F. Chiesa M.D.

Oncology Surgeon, Swiss Breast Care, Klinik Bethanien, Switzerland

Anees B. Chagpar M.D.

Professor of Surgery, University of Yale, USA

Alba Di Leone M.D.

Oncology Surgeon, Catholic Medical University, Italy

Astrid Baege M.D.

Senior Consultant Gynecology and Obstetrics, Swiss Breast Care, Klinik Bethanien, Switzerland

Sepi Mahooti M.D.

Ass. Professor of Pathology, University of California, USA

Cheong Wai Kit M.D.

Senior Consultant Colorectal Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore

Glenn K. Bonney M.D.

Liver Transplant Consultant Surgeon, National University Hospital, Singapore

Awuah Baffour M.D.

Consultant Radiologist, Ghana Health Service

Luis Abundio Maldonado L.Law.

Special Counsel, Guatemala