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X-WR-CALNAME:GCCA Webinar: Sustainability in Global Surgery: Lessons Learne
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DESCRIPTION:The GW Global Clinical Care Alliance (GCCA) seeks to forge conn
 ections\, synergies\, and opportunities for partnership among clinicians f
 rom across GW pursuing all aspects of global health and representing the f
 ull spectrum medical specialties\, to lead projects ranging from education
 al capacity-building\, to clinical service delivery\, and traditional rese
 arch partnerships.\n\nSustainability in Global Surgery: Lessons Learned by
  Partnerships for Global Surgery (PGS) \n\nFeaturing:                     
    Joshua Wiedermann\, MD \n \n\nLearn about Joshua Wiedermann\, MD Josh W
 iedermann\, MD\, a board-certified pediatric otolaryngology head and neck 
 surgeon\, moved to Mekelle\, Ethiopia\, in 2018 after completing his pedia
 tric otolaryngology fellowship. His decision to work abroad was deeply roo
 ted in two pivotal experiences during medical school and residency. His pa
 ssion for teaching blossomed during a formative summer in Botswana working
  with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative between his first
  and second years of medical school. Then\, in his 4th year of residency\,
  a good friend joined a volunteer medical organization and moved to Liberi
 a. Deeply inspired by these events\, Wiedermann moved to Ethiopia with the
  primary mission of helping the local team establish an otolaryngology res
 idency training program. Through this challenging experience\, he develope
 d a deep passion for global surgery\, emphasizing the importance of clinic
 al education\, collaborative relationships\, and sustainable partnerships.
  Following his time abroad\, he earned a Master’s in Global Surgical Car
 e\, further expanding his passion for addressing healthcare challenges in 
 underserved regions.\n\n                        Myra Zaheer\, MD Candidate
 \n \n\nLearn about Myra Zaheer\, MD CandidateMyra Zaheer\, originally from
  the Midwest\, is a fourth-year medical student at the George Washington U
 niversity School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is passionate about 
 otolaryngology\, with research interests in gender disparities in academic
  medicine\, improving healthcare access for underserved populations\, and 
 developing innovative hearing care models in rural communities. She serves
  as Co-Director of Partnerships for Global Surgery\, where she leads effor
 ts to develop curricula that expand research and medical training in resou
 rce-limited settings and advance capacity-building through bidirectional p
 artnerships in Ethiopia. \n\n                        Cody Messick\, MD Can
 didate\n \n\nLearn about Cody Messick\, MD CandidateCody Messick\, BS\, is
  a third-year medical student at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – A
 rizona Campus with interests in otolaryngology\, global surgery\, and medi
 cal innovation. He is involved in research aimed at expanding surgical tra
 ining capacity and developing low-cost\, high-fidelity procedural simulato
 rs for airway foreign body removal in low-resource settings. He is also co
 mpleting a certification program in tissue engineering through Carnegie Me
 llon University\, with a growing interest in regenerative approaches to ai
 rway pathology.\n\n                        Evani Patel\, MD Candidate\n\nL
 earn about Evani Patel\, MD CandidateEvani Patel\, BS\, is a second-year m
 edical student at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. She is originally f
 rom Atlanta\, Georgia and attended the Georgia Institute of Technology for
  her undergraduate education. She is interested in otolaryngology with res
 earch interests in low costs medical devices in low-resource settings and 
 host microbiology of the airway. She serves as the co-leader of the Otolar
 yngology Interest Group and has cultivated a community garden with the med
 ical school to foster community and support food insecurity.\n\nModerated 
 by:                        Katherine Douglass\, MD\, MPH ’07 \nProfessor
  of Emergency Medicine\, and of Global Health\n\n  About GCCA TalksThe GCC
 A Talks series is designed to be a series of 60-minute webinars with disti
 nguished speakers from the GW academic medical enterprise\, as well as the
  broader GW community\, GW alumni and friends\, and renowned global health
  leaders from around the world.\n\nWhereVirtual
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SUMMARY:GCCA Webinar: Sustainability in Global Surgery: Lessons Learned by 
 Partnerships for Global Surgery (PGS)
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