Great Travels & Global Missions
From Tom and Sally’s June 1958 Bermuda honeymoon and their six-week 1960 voyage around the world from Korea to opening Yale’s medical ties in China (1979) and Orbis International missions in Peru, Outer Mongolia, Ethiopia, and Oman.
Expeditions, Visiting Professorships & Missions
Chronological journeys from Tom and Sally’s June 1958 Bermuda honeymoon and 1960 round-the-world voyage to Orbis missions across four continents.
China (1979), Queen Square & Orbis International
Dr. Walsh helped reopen Yale’s clinical exchanges in Beijing and Shanghai in 1979, consulted and lectured regularly in London (Queen Square) and Oxford (delivering the 1980 European Lecture), and served on the Telemedicine Board and volunteer faculty of Orbis International—teaching local eye surgeons across Lima, Ulaanbaatar, Addis Ababa, and Muscat.
In His Own Words: Around the World & Coming Home
From pony caddies in Outer Mongolia to the feeling of stepping back onto American soil.
“One afternoon, I was free, so I rented a driver and a car to take me to the one and only golf course... The course was brown and not green. There were no flags to identify the holes, if there were any holes. Their idea of a caddie was to rent a small Mongolian pony to carry your bag.”
During his 2004 Orbis International mission in Ulaanbaatar. — Thomas J. Walsh, M.D., A Journey Worth the Trip
Read in Chapter 25: Outer Mongolia and beyond“If I have learned anything from my travels, it is how you feel as you pass U.S. customs and you are on American soil. It is not relief, but how you love your country that is not something you normally think about.”
Reflecting after returning from Cairo and Addis Ababa in 2004. — Thomas J. Walsh, M.D., A Journey Worth the Trip
Read in Chapter 25: Outer Mongolia and beyond