We’re passionate about

making an impact

Our Mission

Training healers to bring transforming wholeness to the world.

Our Values

Authentic Community

We serve together in an authentic community seeking to spur one another on toward love and good deeds.  We love one another unselfishly, looking not only to our own interests, but also to the interests of others. 

We choose our personal and organizational plans, thoughts and actions based on our principles rather than for any personal or organizational gain. 

Integrity

We will be most effective when local leaders who are experts in their own culture set our organizational direction. Multi-generation sustainability is possible when we develop and empower local leaders. 

Indigenization

Who We Are

Our Focus

Established in 2003 as a platform for training East Asian physicians in family medicine, LIGHT aims to transform lives and communities throughout the region. Through training physicians and other allied health workers, we envision multiplying impact in marginalized populations.

Team members training and serving with LIGHT form the backbone of community outreach to vulnerable children and adults living in nursing homes, orphanages, and rural villages as well as within the urban landscape of East Asia.

Holistic Care

Experienced faculty guide trainees in practicing evidence based health care and addressing the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients. Our social work team helps link resources with needs and provides follow up with local partners. LIGHT’s programs addressing the needs of children living in the community centers around the Loving Laughter Day Center, a day program for disabled children. The center aims to increase connectedness and hope while empowering and strengthening families.

Meet the Team

  • Hongmei Gao

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    I have worked with LIGHT since 2003, and later become the CEO, overseeing all of LIGHT’s plans and activities locally and regionally. I graduated from LN College of Finance, and am a nationally certified accountant. I obtained my national social work certification in 2020, and in 2022 I helped start the Loving Laughter Children’s Day Center. I hope to lead our entire team into holistic community transformation and let our Father’s light shine in hidden places.

  • Dr. Jason Pang

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    I am the CEO of H’Image Doctor International Clinic, and the residency program director. I graduated from SY Medical College with my medical degree, and completed the In His Image Family Medicine Residency in SY. I also attended the Global Response program at Massachusetts General Hospital and have complete a Certificate in Public and Community Health with Institute for International Medicine (INMED). I am passionate about family medicine training and elder care support. I am Certified by the Ministry of Health for this province.

  • Brian Holsinger, D.O.

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    I have lived in East Asia since 2009 with my wife Eva and our family. I graduated from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio, and completed a one-year internship at Grandview Hospital and Medical Center in Dayton Ohio before training at In His IMAGE family medicine residency in Tulsa OK from 1996-1999. I then worked for a family medicine group practice for ten years before arriving in Asia. My clinical interests include using osteopathic manual medicine treatments (bone and spinal manipulation) to help relieve pain and discomfort. I am also learning to use point-of-care ultrasound in the international clinic and other community outreach settings. I have an active Ohio medical license, am board certified with the American Board of Family Medicine, and have my medical licence for this province as well.

  • Eva Holsinger, M.D.

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    I moved to East Asia in 2009 with my husband Brian and our family. I was born in Norway and settled in Oklahoma as a teen, where I attended University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. I completed my pediatric residency in Akron, Ohio in 2002, and a fellowship in Global Child Health in 2006 at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. I am especially interested in serving holistic medical and psychosocial needs of high risk children who have limited access to medical care, including orphans and children with disabilities, and help increase the quality of life for these children and their families. I have an active Ohio medical license, am board certified with the American Board of Pediatrics, and have my medical license for this province as well.

  • Kimberly Sorensen, MS, OTR/L

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    I have a M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Husson University in the USA, and a B.A. in Linguistics: Speech and Language Science from the University of Southern Maine with a minor in Deaf Studies. I have worked with individuals with special needs since 2008, and have 4 years of experience teaching English to Chinese children. As an occupational therapist, I have experience working in a school system, hospital, clinic, rehabilitation facility, home health and free-lance. I am a member of the World Federation of Occupational Therapist, and am also Board certifed in occupational therapy by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.

  • April Gong, R.N.

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    I graduated from Dalian Medical University with my nursing degree, and have many years of experience in international outpatient nursing care and patient advocacy. In addition to working as a nurse at H’Image Doctor International Clinic, I am also the marketing coordinator. I am certified as a Registered Nurse.

  • Dr. Sophie Guo

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    I am the director of Functional Medicine at the H’Image Doctor International Clinic. I graduated from China Medical University and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. I enjoy counseling patients in experiencing complete physical wellness using natural processes. I have my certification with the Ministry of Health for this province.

  • Jane Jiang

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    I have worked with LIGHT since 2007, and obtained my social work license in 2020. My role includes helping foreign short and long term visitors, as well as at the Day Center where I provide educational support and other help as needed with the children. I studied at Liaoning Polytechnical University for 4 years, majoring in interior design. I feel that working with disabled children is very rewarding work.

  • Elim Jiang

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    I have worked at Loving Laughter Children’s Day Center since 2023. My duties include teaching and assisting my co-workers. I want to have a job that can help people in need and that’s why I like to work here.

  • Bailing Tang

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  • Dr. Yang Qi

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    I completed my training at China Medical University, and am a certifed as a national Level 2 Counselor of Psychology. I have also completed post-traumatic intervention certification with CLS Academy, Austria, and am nationally certified as a Level 3 Health Manager. I offer individual, family, and group counseling, and sand tray therapy for children and adults.

  • Christina Xu, R.N.

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    I received my nursing degree at SY Medical College, and have worked as a nurse in China and in Saudi Arabia. I completed the INMED certificate in International and Public Health, and work in the H’Image Doctor International Clinic as the nursing director, and am also the insurance coordinator. I am certified as a Registered Nurse.

  • Hongbin Yu

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    I graduated from SY Institute of Physical Education, majoring in sports rehabilitation. University with a degree in Exercise Rehabilitation, and after graduation worked for ten years specializing in pediatric cerebral palsy before joining LIGHT and later the Loving Laughter Children’s Day Center as a physical therapist and staff member. I came to work at H’Image Doctor in 2021 and the Loving Laughter Day Center in 2022. My role at the day center is as a special education instructor, mainly responsible for leading the children’s daily activities.

  • Dr. Kelly Zhang

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    I completed my medical training at China Medical University with a Masters of Science in Neurology, and later graduated from the In His Image Family Medicine Residency in SY, where I have worked since then as a family medicine staff physician. I also completed a Certificate in Public and Community Health with Institute for International Medicine (INMED). I enjoy pediatric and women’s health care in the outpatient setting. I have my certification with the Ministry of Health for this proince.

  • Linda Zhang

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    I have been working at the Loving Laughter Day Center since 2023. I am working one on one with children at the Day Center, and I am also responsible for translation and video editing. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education administration. I love my job and am happy to work with special kids, which is great way to show love and help the families.

  • Dr. Yang Zhao

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    I completed my degree at LN University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and have served as front desk manager of Global Doctor Clinic previouly, and then at H’Image Doctor International Clinic.