CSC Founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Gollogly, a British-American surgeon, first came to Cambodia in 1992 for a 6-month assignment with the American Red Cross. After 30 years of war and genocide by the Pol Pot regime, in which educated citizens were targeted for execution, the medical system had suffered tremendously. Upon arriving to Cambodia, Dr. Jim found that war and landmine injuries were rampant, and disabilities were neglected. Having made a few contacts during his assignment, he returned to Cambodia in 1998 and CSC started as a small project to help victims of landmine injuries, many of whom were children. Since then, it has grown into what it is today - a tertiary teaching hospital with 80 Cambodian staff performing free and low-cost surgery in numerous specialties for economically disadvantaged patients. In 2025, CSC’s Khmer doctors and staff provided patients with over 20,000 consultations and 2,045 surgical procedures. In addition, CSC has a campaign to improve our physical plant to continue our mission of rehabilitative surgery for the underprivileged.  We provide a wide range of life-changing treatments to Cambodia’s disabled, as well as continued training of local surgeons.

We are committed to ethical medical practices, behaviors, and values. Our mission is to offer all Cambodians access to life-changing surgery. We are guided by the needs of our patients and strive to help them achieve health and meaningful change in their lives.

We offer free or low-cost surgery to all disabled Cambodians. Due to the loss of donors during the COVID pandemic, we may ask patients if they can give a small donation toward their care. If the patients cannot pay, we still give them care, just as before.

We offer our Khmer surgeons and staff the opportunity to work with international surgeons and other volunteers from all over the world.  We are grateful to the many teams who have developed our skills in spine surgery, brachial plexus injury repair, total joint replacement, limb lengthening procedures, retinal surgery, and complex ear surgery, among others. Our Khmer surgeons now operate at a high level and are teaching surgery internationally, an amazing accomplishment which would not have been possible without the dedication of our CEO, our surgical fellows, many volunteers, and, most importantly, our generous donors.

We empower our CSC staff to develop skills and knowledge that contribute to long-term improvements in healthcare across the country, ensuring that the impact extends beyond our center and supports a sustainable healthcare system.