Jason Fader

Jason Fader is an American medical missionary who serves in the nation of Burundi. In 2016, Fader was the inaugural winner of the L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Christian Medical Missionary Service. Fader has worked in Kenya. He currently serves as the assistant medical director for Kibuye Hope Hospital. With the 2016 L'Chaim Prize, Fader intends to build a new ward in the hospital, expand its current laboratories, and buy orthopedic equipment.

Early life and education Jason Fader was born in Kenya to Tim and Patti Fader, both medical missionaries. a school in Kenya for both local children and children whose parents are medical missionaries. The Rift Valley Academy was founded in 1906. Fader got his MD from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in 2003 and did his general surgery residency at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the time, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital had 529 beds and was an independently run academic medical center. The Tenwek Hospital, at the time, had 308 beds and served roughly 600,000 people in Kenya. In Burundi, Fader works as a clinical faculty member at the Hope Africa University's Medical School. In addition to working as a teacher, Fader also serves as the assistant medical director at Kibuye Hope Hospital.

L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Medical Missionary Service The L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Medical Missionary Service was founded by Jewish philanthropist and businessman, Marc Gerson and his wife Erica Gerson, a rabbi. In 2015, the Kibuye Hope Hospital had a total operating budget of $526,000, which is almost the same price as the overall L'Chaim Prize. In 2015, the hospital took care of 25,000 outpatients, 10,000 inpatients, 1,200 surgeries, and 800 cataract cases.

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