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CAMBODIA PROGRAM FOR TRAINING EAR SURGEONS LAUNCHED
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia- Ravaged by the Khmer Rough from 1975-1979, Cambodia lost 90% of their physicians and now after 30 years is recovering and rebuilding its infrastructure and capacity to support the countries needs. In a joint project with IMPACT UK, GEO will be providing teaching to the ENT community with special attention to 7 doctors in training. The program is a 3-5 year program with 4 visiting teams a year, monthly journal club, and a temporal bone lab.
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ETHIOPIA-TANZANIA WITH ZANZIBAR OUTREACH PROGRAM
EAST AFRICA - Coordinated through the GEO Europe office, GEO will be participating with both IMPACK UK in Tanzania and CBM in Ethiopia to provide teaching in Ethiopia and humanitarian surgical services on the Island of Zanzibar off of Tanzania. GEO-USA team will consist of members from Stanford University, Spain, Italy, who will collaborate with their counterparts in Ethiopia and Zanzibar to improve the care being delivered for those suffering from ear disease.
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ENT RESOURCES IN LATIN AMERICA / ORL RECURSOS EN AMERICA LATINA
COUPEVILLE, Washington-GEO is conducting a surgery of Otolaryngology services in Latin America, and would value your assistance in completing this questionnaire. The questionnaire will assess the ENT services available in Latin America, help plan interventions to improve ORL service in the future, help to channel resources such as equipment and supplies in the future, and assist organizers of the next IFOS and PAHO meetings to select appropriate topics and speakers.
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EL SALVADOR - Click on image to watch the video
SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador - In Central America, GEO works with doctors in the seguro social system and as well the Hospital Bloom advancing skills and providing much needed surgical services. GEO doctors have also mentored Dr. Wilfredo Ramos, MD, who is doing a one year fellowship in Mexico City in Otology and who will return to El Salvador as a staff physician in the ISSH in San Salvador practicing otologic surgery. Our recent trip in February 2010 included Dr. Eric Wilkinson from the House Ear Clinic and Dr. Joe Ursick House Ear Fellow.
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CBM - GEO PARTNER PROGRAM-TRAINING PERUVIAN DOCTORS
LIMA,Peru - The temporal bone lab was established in 2007 and continues to provide ear surgery courses to interested ENT from South America. To date doctors from Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, and El Salvador have attended the course. GEO also has established a training course in Chiclayo, Peru for those doctors from Northern Peru as well.
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