Meet Our Leadership Team.
DR. JAWAD TRAD, FOUNDER - CEO
Born in Beirut Lebanon, raised in Oklahoma. Dr Trad is an invasive cardiologist, inventor and a poet with deep love for nature and purposeful adventures. His purpose in life is lifting the poor and ill. He enjoys exploring new cultures and bonding with locals. CURA for the world has become his ideo vives. Dr Trad is determined to bring as many good-hearted people as possible together for the betterment of humanity.
Sergio Juarez, Chief Nursing Officer
Sergio Juarez is a second generation American. After an enlistment in the Marine Crops and after many tours in Afghanistan, and Iraq, Sergio entered nursing school and has now over 12 years experience in critical care trauma nursing. After challenging career in healthcare (all through the pandemic), Sergio is now focusing his passion to answering the call of those in need around the world, no matter how far, how difficult, Sergio has been an integral part of the development of CURA’s International Medical Missions.
RILEY STEPHENS, Chief Marketing Officer
Riley Stephens is the Vice President - General Manager for Atlas Brands and is the Co-Founder of Speakeasy distribution in KS. Riley attended ORU on a baseball scholarship where he graduated with a B.S. He has a lifelong commitment to philanthropy and is currently very active with The Center For Individuals With Physical Challenges and is on the board of the Center’s Polo Classic. He has a passion to effectively use resources to bring communities out of poverty.
Clint Baird MD, CURA's Telemedicine Medical Liaison
Clint is a Johns Hopkins Neurosurgeon and the founder of CURA Telehealth; designed to transform the lives of many throughout the world by making physicians readily available for people in remote areas or individuals with busy lives. Clint is an advocate for the poor and is a humanitarian at heart. Clint's outreach has touched lives from Bulgaria to Kenya. Clint is on a mission to efficiently incorporate goodwill practices in the lives of many through CURA Telehealth one-for-one program. Clint’s mission is to create a digital platform that will help CURA for the world’s volunteers around the world to share their medical expertise for free to primary care physicians in underserved areas. Clint's greatest joy is his family; he enjoys reading, traveling and innovating.
Tarek Trad, PhD, Director of CURA’s Water Quality Program
Tarek is an expert in nanotechnology and its applications in water treatment. He earned his PhD from Oklahoma State University and his postdoctoral fellowship from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a contributing author to two textbooks in the field; “Advances in nano materials and nanostructure” and “Nanotechnology for water treatment and purification”. Currently Tarek is an associate professor at Sam Houston State University department of chemistry.
CURA Advisors
Dr Melissa McGinnis and Dr Marwan Jaoudeh - CURA’s Medical Outreach Advisors.
Melissa and Marwan are husband and wife, both Board Certified physicians in Internal Medicine from Oklahoma University in Tulsa, OK residing in Springfield, MO with their new baby boy. They both enjoy traveling and learning about new cultures and their cuisine. Marwan was instrumental in the development of our CURA clinic in Kitongo, Tanzania. Melissa is working with us on various programs (Telemedicine, Scholarship programs, and Project Research).
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OUR Summer 2019 INTERN
William recently graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Health and Spanish from Hartwick College and will be attending Yale University to receive his Master of Public Health in the Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases with a concentration in Global Health this Fall. As an advocate for all disadvantaged people he has proven to be a young leader in the field of international health. Looking to earn his Phd in Population Sciences, he hopes to invest his career to learning how poverty affects the intersection of water and virus proliferation in low- and middle-income countries. With backgrounds volunteering, working and researching in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, William has the potential to bring many unique experiences to aid Cura’s mission. He also enjoys reading, competitively swimming, and running in his free time.