10 Questions with Joe Serra  Buy This Photo Joe Serra has many
items in his home from humanitarian trips to Africa, including
11 visits to Malawi.CRAIG SANDERS/The Record Lori Gilbert  Joe
Serra has lost track of the number of humanitarian trips he's
made. The retired orthopedic surgeon began his mercy treks in
1981 when he went to Malawi to operate on polio victims. When
his beloved Rotary International took on eradication of the
disease as its cause shortly after that, his travels only
increased.  "The number of trips to Malawi is 11," Serra said.
"I've also been involved in trips to fit children in wheelchairs
in Antigua, Guatemala and Guadalajara."  There also have been
polio immunization jaunts to Ethiopia, Liberia, India and Kenya.
In addition, he's spent 25 years teaching wilderness medicine
courses, which have taken him to Kilimanjaro and K-2.  Serra and
Dorothy, his wife of 55 years, are home, at least for the time
being, but at 81, Serra shows no signs of slowing down. He keeps
up his active schedu