2026-03-30T21:58:16-04:00 2025-12-31 752258622 PITTS & PITTS 305 S JUPITER RD STE 100 ALLEN TX 75002 990EZ 2025-01-01 863270539 AID VIA ACTION INC AIDV 2148570971 6704 NORTHWOOD RD DALLAS TX 75225 DR SERGIO HUERTA PRESIDENT & CEO 2148570971 2026-03-30 true LINDA M PITTS P02218604 9727479600 2026-03-30 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X AIDVIAACTION.ORG X X 109205 X 53622 476 48632 49622 -990 6475 13139 -6664 46444 20047 20047 26397 22718 49115 22718 49115 22718 49115 22718 49115 X TO HELP DELIVER CARE TO GUATEMALAN PEOPLE AND MINIMIZE DISPARITIES IN SURGICAL CARE BETWEEN LOW-INCOME AND HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES. THE SPECIFIC MISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE AT SPECIFIC SITES IN NORTHERN GUATEMALA SUCH THAT LOCAL PHYSICIANS CAN PROVIDE CARE TO THE GUATEMALAN PEOPLE WITH COMPETENCE AND COMPASSION. SPECIFICALLY: TO ASSIST WITH MEDICAL NEEDS OF COUNTY HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN GUATEMALA BY DONATING EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATING ROOM INITIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON LAPAROSCOPIC EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST WITH SURGEONS AND ANESTHESIOLOGIST AS WELL AS ANCILLARY STAFF TO ASSIST WITH SPECIALIZED OPERATIONS TO STRENGTHEN A BI-DIRECTIONAL EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE BY SENDING MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE US TO GUATEMALA BY SENDING RESIDENTS FROM THE US TO GUATEMALA RECEIVING STUDENT FROM GUATEMALA TO THE UNITED STATES TO ENRICH THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WITH THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF GUATEMALAN INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE IN A CAREER I AID VIA ACTION SHORT MISSION TRIPS PARTICIPATION IN THE AID VIA ACTION MISSION TRIPS IS CURRENTLY SELF-FUNDED FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS; HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SEVERAL KEY COMPONENTS TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE ORIENTATION DINNER, A GUIDED CULTURAL VISIT TO TIKAL WITH TRANSPORTATION AND LUNCH, AND A CLOSING DINNER WITH CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION. THE CLINICAL MISSION IS FOCUSED ON DELIVERING HIGH-IMPACT SURGICAL CARE WHILE FOSTERING EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION. CORE SURGICAL PRIORITIES INCLUDE GENERAL SURGERY PROCEDURES SUCH AS INGUINAL AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIRS, LIPOMA EXCISIONS, VENTRAL HERNIAS, CHOLECYSTECTOMIES (OPEN AND LAPAROSCOPIC), AND AMPUTATIONS, AS WELL AS PEDIATRIC SURGICAL CASES OF SIMILAR SCOPE. ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPY, PARTICULARLY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, IS A GROWING AREA OF EMPHASIS. IN ADDITION, A RAPIDLY EXPANDING UROLOGY PROGRAM AT HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE SAN BENITO IS ADDRESSING CRITICAL UNMET NEEDS, WITH PARTICULAR DEMAND FOR TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP) PROCEDURES AND INCREASING PROCEDURAL COMPLEXITY OVER TIME. MISSION TRIPS ARE HELD THREE TIMES ANNUALLYLATE JANUARY, MID-JUNE, AND THE WEEK PRECEDING THANKSGIVINGWITH DATES TYPICALLY ANNOUNCED UP TO TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. VOLUNTEERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPRESS INTEREST EARLY TO FACILITATE PLANNING. THE STANDARD SCHEDULE INCLUDES ARRIVAL IN FLORES OVER THE WEEKEND, FOLLOWED BY ORIENTATION ON SUNDAY EVENING AT LA CASONA DEL LAGO, OPERATIVE DAYS ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND OCCASIONALLY FRIDAY (PRIMARILY FOR UROLOGY), AND A MIDWEEK CULTURAL EXCURSION TO TIKAL. SURGICAL OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED ACROSS THREE OPERATING ROOMS WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY, TYPICALLY ACCOMMODATING FOUR TO FIVE CASES PER ROOM PER DAY, REFLECTING A STRUCTURED, HIGH-VOLUME CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT WITH MINIMAL DOWNTIME BETWEEN CASES. FOR 2025, WE HAD 11 UROLOGY VOLUNTEERS, 10 ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS, TWO GENERAL SURGERY PROVIDERS AND RESIDENTS, ONE MEDICAL STUDENT, AND 3 OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. 19833 19833 DR SERGIO HUERTA PRESIDENT & 4.00 0 DR HSIAO JENNY C LI DIRECTOR 1.00 0 GINA WILSON APRN DEVELOPMENT 2.00 0 ERIC JOHNSON DO DIRECTOR 2.00 0 SECHERRE MICHAELIS CRNA OPERATIONS D 2.00 0 SAVANNAH BROCK BSNRNOCN TREASURER 1.00 0 CELINA ORTIZ CRNA DIRECTOR 0.40 0 BING YI DIRECTOR 3.00 0 false false false false false false false false false DR SERGIO HUERTA 6704 NORTHWOOD RD DALLAS TX 75225 2148570971 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 53622 53622 53622 53622 53622 53622 476 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES PROMOTIONAL COSTS 214 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 8,798 MEDICAL MISSION TRIPS 6,840 MEDICAL MISSION SUPPLIES 4,195 TOTAL 20,047 FORM 990-EZ, PART III TO HELP DELIVER CARE TO GUATEMALAN PEOPLE AND MINIMIZE DISPARITIES IN SURGICAL CARE BETWEEN LOW-INCOME AND HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES. THE SPECIFIC MISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE AT SPECIFIC SITES IN NORTHERN GUATEMALA SUCH THAT LOCAL PHYSICIANS CAN PROVIDE CARE TO THE GUATEMALAN PEOPLE WITH COMPETENCE AND COMPASSION. SPECIFICALLY: TO ASSIST WITH MEDICAL NEEDS OF COUNTY HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN GUATEMALA BY DONATING EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATING ROOM INITIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON LAPAROSCOPIC EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST WITH SURGEONS AND ANESTHESIOLOGIST AS WELL AS ANCILLARY STAFF TO ASSIST WITH SPECIALIZED OPERATIONS TO STRENGTHEN A BI-DIRECTIONAL EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE BY SENDING MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE US TO GUATEMALA BY SENDING RESIDENTS FROM THE US TO GUATEMALA RECEIVING STUDENT FROM GUATEMALA TO THE UNITED STATES TO ENRICH THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WITH THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF GUATEMALAN INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE IN A CAREER IN HEALTH CAR FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 AID VIA ACTION SHORT MISSION TRIPS PARTICIPATION IN THE AID VIA ACTION MISSION TRIPS IS CURRENTLY SELF-FUNDED FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS; HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SEVERAL KEY COMPONENTS TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE ORIENTATION DINNER, A GUIDED CULTURAL VISIT TO TIKAL WITH TRANSPORTATION AND LUNCH, AND A CLOSING DINNER WITH CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION. THE CLINICAL MISSION IS FOCUSED ON DELIVERING HIGH-IMPACT SURGICAL CARE WHILE FOSTERING EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION. CORE SURGICAL PRIORITIES INCLUDE GENERAL SURGERY PROCEDURES SUCH AS INGUINAL AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIRS, LIPOMA EXCISIONS, VENTRAL HERNIAS, CHOLECYSTECTOMIES (OPEN AND LAPAROSCOPIC), AND AMPUTATIONS, AS WELL AS PEDIATRIC SURGICAL CASES OF SIMILAR SCOPE. ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPY, PARTICULARLY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, IS A GROWING AREA OF EMPHASIS. IN ADDITION, A RAPIDLY EXPANDING UROLOGY PROGRAM AT HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE SAN BENITO IS ADDRESSING CRITICAL UNMET NEEDS, WITH PARTICULAR DEMAND FOR TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP) PROCEDURES AND INCREASING PROCEDURAL COMPLEXITY OVER TIME. MISSION TRIPS ARE HELD THREE TIMES ANNUALLYLATE JANUARY, MID-JUNE, AND THE WEEK PRECEDING THANKSGIVINGWITH DATES TYPICALLY ANNOUNCED UP TO TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. VOLUNTEERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPRESS INTEREST EARLY TO FACILITATE PLANNING. THE STANDARD SCHEDULE INCLUDES ARRIVAL IN FLORES OVER THE WEEKEND, FOLLOWED BY ORIENTATION ON SUNDAY EVENING AT LA CASONA DEL LAGO, OPERATIVE DAYS ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND OCCASIONALLY FRIDAY (PRIMARILY FOR UROLOGY), AND A MIDWEEK CULTURAL EXCURSION TO TIKAL. SURGICAL OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED ACROSS THREE OPERATING ROOMS WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY, TYPICALLY ACCOMMODATING FOUR TO FIVE CASES PER ROOM PER DAY, REFLECTING A STRUCTURED, HIGH-VOLUME CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT WITH MINIMAL DOWNTIME BETWEEN CASES. FOR 2025, WE HAD 11 UROLOGY VOLUNTEERS, 10 ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS, TWO GENERAL SURGERY PROVIDERS AND RESIDENTS, ONE MEDICAL STUDENT, AND 3 OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.