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Mark Asperilla, M.D.
Port Charlotte, Florida
United States |
"Life is meant to be shared with those who are less fortunate. It should be about family, community, and God." |
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Mark thinks that we're all part of an extended family under God. He picked up this belief as a boy, and it stayed with him as he finished medical school, studied infectious diseases in Chicago, and began practicing in Port Charlotte, a Florida county filled with seniors, disabled, and uninsured. They're "all God's children," Mark says, and he's honored the ties that bind us by founding drug stores and clinics that provide free care to thousands in towns throughout Port Charlotte. He's headed disaster response efforts, set up a disability group, and led teams of volunteer doctors to poor areas in Central and South America. He's also helped his homeland of the Philippines by building a village that now bears his name. Mark doesn't give the honor much thought because everything he's learned has taught him the importance of giving. "Life," he says, "is meant to be shared with those who are less fortunate. It should be about family, community, and God."
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