Larry Hill
Founder and Executive Director
For over three decades Larry Hill has delivered pre-hospital and field medical care to indigenous communities, refugees, dignitaries, and humanitarian aid workers in the most remote locations of the developing world. His vision for Medic Outpost is rooted in the reality that conventional aid organizations and, in many cases, local governments have all but forgotten rural inhabitants. Larry founded Medic Outpost in to address the absence of sustainable healthcare models in remote and rural regions on every continent. His vision for Medic Outpost is to provide an effective framework for remote medical care, a model that centers on training and community involvement. Since its founding, Medic Outpost has served a multitude of remote communities, providing life-saving knowledge and resources to countless families. Larry can be reached at Larry.hill@medicoutpost.org
Eloy Garcia, MD
Medical Director, Mexico and Latin America
Dr. Garcia comes to Medic Outpost with a wealth of experience in Mexico City’s high volume emergency medical system and rural communities such as Hidalgo. After receiving his medical education from the National University of Mexico, Dr. Garcia served as senior physician and paramedic for Mexico City’s prestigious ERUM system from 1989 to 2013. Dr. Garcia was one of the first physicians to land in earthquake-ravaged Haiti in 2019, leading the Mexican USAR team in their rescue efforts. As the chief educator for the Mexican Ministry of Health, Dr. Garcia has collaborated extensively on the development of first responder programs for local communities and police. Dr. Garcia can be reached at eloy.garcia@medicoutpost.org
Sarah Magenda
Regional Director-Africa
Sarah is a registered nurse in Kenya with years of experience in NGO humanitarian sector. She graduated from Chuka University with a BSCN. degree in nursing. Sarah has 5 years in clinical nursing at Chogoria Mission Hospital. She has expertise in field humanitarian work from years of working with rural NGO’s in the Mt. Kenya region of Central Kenya. She is the director of our “Afya Kids” program and is currently developing the Medic Outpost program for child abuse and victim identification that will be launched at the end of the year. Sarah can be reached at Sarah.magenda@medicoutpost.org
Dr. Stephen Ponder MD
Medical Advisor
Stephen W. Ponder, MD, FAAP, CDCES, is a pediatric endocrinologist with Baylor Scott and White Healthcare. He is a member of the 1984 UTMB-SOM and was President of his graduating class. He completed his pediatric residency and endocrinology fellowship training at UTMB and served on the Pediatric faculty before moving to Temple in 1993 with his wife and three children to join the Peds Endo faculty of Scott & White.
From 1998-2010 he practiced at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi. He founded the Children’s Diabetes and Endocrine Center of South Texas during his tenure there.
Dr. Ponder returned to practice at Baylor Scott and White Healthcare in Temple in 2012. He twice served as Pediatric Residency Program Director at Baylor Scott and White for a total of 10 years.
Dr. Ponder was appointed by Governor Abbott to serve on the Texas Diabetes Council for a 5-year term (2020-2025). This committee advises on all governmental matters related to diabetes in the state of Texas. In 2021 Ponder was honored as Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus by his Alma Mater, The University of Texas Medical Branch. Only 200 physicians in the 120 year history of the medical school have received this honor.
Dr. Ponder is the creator of Sugar Surfing™ and author of the book and website of the same name (www.sugarsurfing.com). Sugar S Dr. Ponder provides national and international workshops on the topic of Sugar Surfing.
Dr. Ponder is a proud husband, father, and grandfather. His greatest achievements are 1) his incredible family, 2) surviving and controlling a disease (type 1 diabetes) which he was led to believe in childhood would severely curtail his quality and quantity of life and 3) serving as a role model for medical students, residents, and persons with all ages living well with diabetes.