Residents
Featured McGovern Faculty Project Opportunities for Residents
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Missions
McGovern Faculty contact:Phuong D. Nguyen, MD, FACS, FAAP
Hanoi, Vietnam
Annual education and hands-on reconstructive mission to Hanoi, Vietnam, distributed over several hospitals throughout the city with distinct areas of focus. Trips are each Spring, in March. The mission has historically been a part of the Reconstructive International Cooperation Exchange (R.I.C.E.) which is now re-branded as Nuoy Reconstructive International. With over 20 years of mission trips, we have performed and taught complex craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, breast reconstruction and microsurgery. The goal of these trips is to build relationships and increase surgical expertise and capacity in Vietnam with our partners and hosts, as well as offering care for complex patients who have reduced access. Our partner institutions have include Vietnam National Children’s Hospital (the only tertiary children’s hospital in northern Vietnam), Viet Duc Hospital (the largest trauma hospital in northern Vietnam), Hong Ngoc Hospital, Hanoi Medical University, and Saint Paul Hospital. There are abundant opportunities for research and clinical participation dependent on experience and training level. All activity are supervised by attending board-certified faculty.
Reducing Musculoskeletal Infections
猫herine G Ambrose, PhD: Catherine.G.Ambrose@uth.tmc.edu
Host: University of Texas Health Science Center at McGovern Medical School
MSB
Our lab is interested in accessible and inexpensive methods to prevent and treat musculoskeletal infections. We are investigating antimicrobials that are cheap, readily available and shelf-stable (do not require refrigeration). We are investigating methods for eliminating biofilm infections on orthopedic implants that do not require expensive processes. We have developed biodegradable drug delivery systems that reduce the number of surgeries required to treat existing infections.
Additional Opportunities for Residents
Annual Resident International Trip
MD:埃里克•克罗威尔Eric.L.Crowell@uth.tmc.edu
Host: Vision Care
Typically Central/South America (varies)
This trip allows residents to experience ophthalmic surgery and broaden their skill set through difficult cases in a resource poor setting.
Development of Safety Guidelines for Non-Traditional use of Portable X-ray Units
Charles W Beasley, PhD:charles.w.beasley@uth.tmc.edu
Moiz Ahmad, PhD:moiz.u.ahmad@uth.tmc.edu
Host: WHO World Association of Disaster Emergency Medicine MinXray, Inc
Nigeria, USA, Angola, Haiti, Mongolia
Set of safety guide for portable x-ray machines created by MinXray that can be used outside of medical facilities all over the world. Guide uses large pictures and easy-to-read shapes and diagrams to show where patients, doctors, and other people who may be in the room should stand to go with the text, especially for non-English speaking users.
Faith in Practice Village Team
John W Riggs, MD, MS:john.w.riggs@uth.tmc.edu
主持人:在实践中信仰
Guatemala
With ~30 other providers and logistical people we visited small towns and setup temporary clinics for IM, Ob/Gyn, Pedi, Derm, Ortho, PM&R and treated >2000 people each week.
Mission Trip
Omonele Nwokolo博士:Omonele.o.nwokolo@uth.tmc.edu
Host: Smiles Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Yearly mission trip for cleft lip/palate repair
Mission Trip with Pediatric Neurosurgery
Maria Matuszczak, MD:maria.matuszczak@uth.tmc.edu
Host: Medi Share
Port au Prince Haiti
Provide anesthesia for babies with hydrocephalus in the poorest country of the western hemisphere
Rad-Aid UTHealth McGovern Chapter Mission in Morocco
Latifa Sanhaji博士:latifa.gharbaoui@uth.tmc.edu
University Mohamed V School of Medicine (Rabat); Depts. Emergency Radiology & General Radiology at Ibn Sina Hospital; Moroccan Association for the Protection of Health (AMPS)
Rabat & Marrakech, Morocco
Education and hands-on training of Moroccan radiology residents, workflow optimization and quality improvement, assessment of clinical and technical needs for local mobile outreach
Volunteer Surgeon
Ken B. Mathis, MD:kenneth.mathis@uth.tmc.edu
Host: Operation Walk Utah Chapter
San Salvador, El Salvador
Perform free surgeries on patients crippled by arthritis