
UFglobalsurg
@ufglobalsurg
Official Twitter account for the University of Florida Global Surgery and Health Equity Program in the Department of Surgery
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https://surgery.med.ufl.edu/education/global-surgery/ 24-05-2021 01:28:36
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Shoutout to UF Surgery Residents Angel Charles, who is now a member of Society of Black Academic Surgeons Medical Student Committee! In this role, she'll focus on addressing mentorship needs in surgery for medical students & provide helpful information/ guidance to those interested in surgical careers.



A must-read for anyone from the global North doing a global health rotation and a call to action for more equity in bidirectional international education opportunities! UFglobalsurg

Exposure, partnership, and ongoing collaboration are important in building global surgical capacity Association of Academic Global Surgery Assoc4AcademicSurgery GlobalSurgStudents UFpedsurg University of Florida International Center UF Surgery


Looking for 2 talented postdoctoral fellows (PhDs) to take up Injury fellowship with SU Global Surgery in Cape Town, South Africa starting Nov 2022. docs.google.com/document/d/1XX… #Globalsurgery


Excellent presentation by Tom Diehl UW-Madison Department of Surgery Fogarty at NIH on antimicrobial resistance in surgical neonates in Rwanda University Teaching Hospital of Kigali/CHUK Edntaganda UFpedsurg CAPS Surgeons


A belated #thanksgiving post of gratitude for the wonderful surgical staff at CHUK in Rwanda and Robin Petroze for making this incredible experience possible! 🙏🏼 🇷🇼 UF Surgery UFglobalsurg UF Surgery Residents


📣Join us: Gender disparities in global surgery Please click here to register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Harvard Global Surgery Lotta Velin Gender Equity Initiative in Global Surgery African Scientists for Gender Equity Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia SU Global Surgery The Global Surgery Foundation UCT Global Surgery InciSioN


University of Michigan is hosting the GSSA symposium this year---in person and virtually! Registration will begin this Thursday! Be on the look out for it! GlobalSurgStudents #umichGSSAsymposium2023 #surgicalinnovation #globalsurgery

Congratulations to UFpedsurg Robin Petroze for induction as a fellow in the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa UF Surgery Residents UF Center for African Studies

The American College of Surgeons WomenSurgeons & COSECSA have developed a scholarship program to support women in surgical residency (enrolling &/or sitting FCS exams), help them complete their training, & encourage others to consider surgery as a profession. Link: bit.ly/3IJd7mb


National Burn Awareness Week is February 5-11, 2023! Join our UF Peds Burn team and our wonderful UF Health Kids unit 44 nurses in the NT Atrium Feb 7, 8, & 9 from 8-12:30. Here’s just a sample of the event! UF Surgery Residents UF Surgery UF Health


I’m so thankful for the opportunity to work w/ the team at CHUK & for UF Surgery UFglobalsurg Robin Petroze Gilbert Upchurch + Dr. Sarosi for their efforts to prioritize #GlobalSurgery & provide this experience for trainees. Looking forward to welcoming a Rwandan trainee here soon!

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate Andrea A. Hayes, MD, the first Black female pediatric surgeon and Dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University, and Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FRCS(Eng), FAAP, Dean and chief academic officer of the University of Miami.

Mistake to separate public health from medicine. Medicine is NOT just about treating 1 patient at a time. See book Global Surgery and Public Health: A new paradigm! Should strengthen the health system together, not apart!! Kee Park HarvardGlobalSurgery John G Meara 🇲🇹🇦🇺🇺🇸 Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 Center for Global Surgery



It's a privilege to be part of Cohort 5 of the Global scholars programme with St. Jude Research. Its amazing how the group such a beautiful blend of people from all over the world. Because every child matters. #Globalchildhealth .

