Penn Global Surgery Group

21/03/2018

Our colleagues in the PCOM Global Surgery Group are hosting a speaker series over the next 2 Fridays featuring PGSG's faculty advisors! Check out the flyer athttps://www.med.upenn.edu/pennglobalsurgerygroup/pcom-event.pdf for more information!

26/02/2018

We have a twitter! Follow us to keep up to date on our journal clubs, events, and work being done by Penn physicians around the world!

The latest Tweets from Penn Global Surgery Group (). PGSG aims to facilitates the exchange of knowledge, opportunities, and research happening in the field of global surgery. Philadelphia, PA

23/02/2018

At our lunch talk yesterday on February 22, we heard Dr. David Spiegel, pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at CHOP, discuss his work treating clubfoot in Nepal. He has worked there for the past 20 years as a consultant at the Hospital & Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children in Banepa, Nepal. Specifically, he shared his experience on adapting a more the Ponseti Method, which does not require invasive surgery, in this low-income setting. The Ponseti method is a manipulative technique which involves correcting clubfoot by gradually reducing the deformity using serial casting. This method has involved the training of healthcare workers to perform this casting in satellite clinics in the region, in order to improve follow-up. Check out our website to learn more about Dr. Spiegel's work and research!

https://www.med.upenn.edu/pennglobalsurgerygroup/past-lectures.html

20/02/2018

Thank you so much to Dr. Claudio Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Healthcare Management at the Wharton School of Business, who spoke with us last Tuesday April 13th about the healthcare system in Chile and the role played by public and private insurance.

08/01/2018

On December 9, 2017 we hosted our 3rd Annual Fall Global Surgery Symposium, where an incredible group of physicians shared their perspectives on surgical education for residents and medical students in a global setting. Thank you to all our speakers for giving their time and knowledge, to our sponsors at the Center for Global Health, Penn OB/GYN, Penn Surgery, Penn Orthopaedics, CHOP Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Perry World House, and our fellow classmates from the Agnew Surgical Society.

To listen to the talks given by our inspiring speakers, follow this link: http://mediasite.med.upenn.edu/mediasite/Play/c9d2210f1c984f458c4858432aea1c8c1d

06/12/2017

Here is the link to watch the Dr. Geoff Tabin Lecture, worldwide mountaineer adventurer and cataract surgeon trail blazer!

04/12/2017

Our co-director Berryhill McCarty was featured on Humans of UPenn! Check it out below:

"So I am a second year medical student at Penn and I'm part of Penn's Global Surgery Group. Every year, we have a symposium that highlights some aspects of global surgery. This year, it’s going to be pretty amazing because we are bringing in these two speakers that are going to be talking about international surgical education and some of the ethics associated with it. They will talk about training physicians and surgeons in other countries, which is really spectacular and that needs to be more widely known. One of our speakers is Dr. John Tarpley. He is from Vanderbilt, program director of general surgery, but he retired a few years ago to go to Africa to start up surgical programs to train surgeons. So it will be an incredible talk.

Free open bar. Free sit down dinner. And of course an amazing chance to engage with educators and surgeons. It will not only be for medical students, but for everyone. Come through this Saturday from 2 to 7 at the Law Auditorium. "

27/11/2017

Dr. Geoff Tabin, Co-Founder of the Himalayan Cataract Project, came to speak with us on Nov 15th about the trials and successes of developing affordable and mobile cataract surgery and helping countries like Bhutan establish their own ophthalmology training programs. It was such a pleasure learning from his experiences mountaineering and eradicating cataract blindness from the Himalayans and now Sub-Saharan Africa!

10/01/2017

On December 2nd, 2016, we hosted our 2nd Annual Fall Global Surgery Symposium where an inspiring group of physicians spoke on topics regarding multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable global surgery. Thank you to all our speakers for giving their time and knowledge, and to the Center for Global Health, CHOP Orthopedics, Penn Surgery, Penn Orthopaedics, Penn Anesthesia, and our fellow classmates from the Agnew Surgical Society.

18/11/2016

Happy Friday!

Quick reminder: PGSG is hosting its Fall Symposium on Friday, December 2nd, at 4:30pm in Law Auditorium of the Jordan Medical Education Building! It will feature Dr. Mark G. Shrime, ENT surgeon and Research Director for Harvard's Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, as well as of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. We'll also have a diverse line-up of speakers from Penn with substantial combined experience in global surgery and anesthesia. The theme of the event is around how acedemic and other institutions can contribute to sustainable inter-disciplinary solutions to global surgery challenges. Food and drinks will be provided, and it's totally FREE!

Be sure to RSVP and come!
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/jq4e9yz

16/11/2016

Hi everyone,

The Penn Global Surgery Group is excited to host its Fall Symposium on Friday, December 2nd, at 4:30pm in Law Auditorium of the Jordan Medical Education Building! It will feature Dr. Mark G. Shrime, ENT surgeon and Research Director for Harvard's Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, as well as of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. We'll also have a diverse line-up of speakers from Penn with substantial combined experience in global surgery and anesthesia. The theme of the event is around how acedemic and other institutions can contribute to sustainable inter-disciplinary solutions to global surgery challenges. Be sure to RSVP and come!
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/jq4e9yz

11/10/2016

Be sure to come to PGSG's lunch talk TOMORROW, 1-2pm, in the Jordan Medical Education Center on the 5th floor of the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine! Dr. Sergio Martínez-Siekavizza, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala, will be discussing his work with the Guatemala-Penn Partnership to develop high quality science, education, and service in Guatemala. Generously sponsored by the Center for Global Health (http://www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/)!