May 5, 2025
Originally reported by Emily Maher on WCVB. Full article linked here. The Ukraine Invisible Wounds Program is a joint project between GRM and Home Base.
BOSTON — A group of doctors and clinicians from Ukraine are visiting Boston this week, learning from some of the best medical professionals in the U.S., on how to better heal the invisible wounds of war.
As a part of their trip, they were able to visit Boston’s Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox.
For the last three years, the physicians have been treating the physical and invisible wounds of those fighting in Ukraine.
“All people who actually care about veterans and active duty and care for their welfare and wellbeing during the war and after the war, are united under the same goal,” said Ukrainian Dr. Taras Kushnir.
Now, a new initiative through Home Base, a nonprofit founded by the Red Sox and Mass General Hospital, is hoping doctors in Ukraine and those in the U.S. can learn from each other.
“Our experience with the 20-year war in Afghanistan and Iraq prepares you in some ways, unfortunately, prepares you, and you also learn from your mistakes,” said Ron Hirschberg of Home Base.
Earlier in 2025, five members from Home Base traveled to Ukraine as part of the initiative.
On Sunday, Home Base hosted those from Ukraine at Fenway, where they met Red Sox pitcher and Ukrainian supporter, Liam Hendriks.
“It’s incredible how these terrible and inhumane things can unite people,” Hendriks said. “With them now coming over here, we can kind of merge processes together, which is always something that can be good.”
Global Response Medicine will host a concert Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Cambridge in honor of Ukraine’s service members, veterans and families.
Photo credit: GRM