SURGERY NEWS
SUMMER 2020
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
DRS. HUANG AND WEATHERALL TRAVELED TO HONDURAS
MEMPHIS SURGEON’S PARTNERSHIPS CREATE BETTER HEALTH, BETTER DOCTORS
Eunice Huang, MD, professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, and Ying Weatherall, MD, assistant professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras in February. They performed complex anorectal and colorectal and laparoscopic surgeries in children. They performed 10 surgeries in five days.
AS SEEN IN THE DAILY MEMPHIAN
The Global Surgery Institute, which was founded in 2017, showcases medical mission trips. Denis Foretia, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Surgery, Section of Acute Surgery, assistant director, Global Surgery Institute, was interviewed for this comprehensive story. To read the full article: Daily Memphian
Additionally, they visited Point Honduras and performed annual physical exams, body measurements, cavity screenings, fluoride treatments, and parasite treatments for about 400 children. The next trip to Honduras is scheduled for February, 2021.
AMERICAN SURGEON URGES HAFTER AND SERRAJ TO FIND PEACEFUL SOLUTION SO THAT LIBYAN CHILDREN HAVE A FUTURE AS SEEN IN THE LIBYA HERALD
William Novick, MD, a physician in the Global Surgery Institute, wrote an article about his organization’s, Novick Cardiac Alliance, past trips to several countries and asks for peaceful solutions. To read the full article: Libya Herald
GLOBAL SURGERY INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH LEVY MWANAWSA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Denis Foretia, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Surgery, led the charge for an official partnership between UTHSC and Levy Mwanawsa Medical University in Zambia. This partnership will contune for the next three years.
NIA ZALAMEA, MD, NAMED TO SEVERAL GLOBAL SURGERY COMMITTEES Nia Zalamea, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Surgery, director, Global Surgery Institute, was named chair of the Association of Academic Global Surgeons Rules/ Regulations Committee and chair of the Shainberg-Lazarov Scholars Development Committee, working under Dean Scott Strome, MD. The Shainberg-Lazarov Scholars Development Committee is an exchange program between Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel and UTHSC, launching in May 2021. 9
Photos of Drs. Eunice Huang and Ying Weatherall during their surgeries in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
