Ben Roberts, M.D., did a rotation at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya as a fourth-year medical student at UAB, and knew that was where he wanted to be.How far would you travel to help someone see? For Ben Roberts, M.D., that answer is simple — Kenya.
Since 2006, Roberts and his family have served as medical missionaries at Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya. The Roberts family lives there for four years, then spends one year in the United States. Back in Alabama now, in August they begin their third stint in Kenya.
Roberts graduated from the UAB School of Medicine in 1999 and did residency training in the Department of Ophthalmology.