Seventh Annual CUGH Conference
 
 
Satellite Events | Graduate Achievement of a Medical Global Health Curriculum: A Symposium of the Medical School for International Health

Friday April 8th, 2016
Hilton Union Square Hotel in San Francisco
Room Continental 9

MSIH Satellite Symposium at CUGH: Graduate Achievement of a Medical Global Health Curriculum: A Symposium of the Medical School for International Health

Friday, April 8, 2016 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 

The Medical School for International Health (MSIH) is an English language track medical school that begins in Beer Sheva, Israel, allows students to complete clinical electives in the United States, and culminates with a global health clerkship in a resource-poor environment with a partner site, usually located in an underdeveloped country. The MSIH satellite symposium is hosted by the Alumni of the Medical School for International Health who have completed the four-year global medicine-focused MD program. Through multiple sessions during the day, attendees will hear from a co-founder of MSIH, president of the alumni association, and a collection of alumni who use their training every day in their work domestically, while investigating research, and during short and long term international assignments. Alumni who have worked in the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and South America will present on their experiences.


REGISTRATION:
Registration is free but required (separate from the registration for the 2016 CUGH Conference sessions of April 9 - 11, 2016).

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP at http://goo.gl/forms/Eac5fnB4xR

AGENDA:
Start Time Topic and Speaker
10:00am

Welcome and Introduction

- Brian Neese, MD, MPH, Lieutenant Colonel of the 628th Medical Operations Squadron at US Air Force

- Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, Director of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research (CIDER) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

10:15am Presentation: Advantages of a Global Health Curriculum in Preparation for a Career in Global Health 

- Richard Deckelbaum, MD, CM, FRCP(C), co-founder of MSIH and Director of Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University Medical Center


10:45am

Panel 1: Cross-Cultural Experiences: Migrants, Refugees, and Medicine in Resource Poor Settings

MSIH Alumni will speak about their cross-cultural experiences in various clinical settings, beginning during their medical education through to their professional work.

Melissa Dawalt-Klein, MD (moderator), internal medicine at Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center in Cleveland, OH

- Jordann Loehr, MD, MPH, obstetrics and gynecology at Watsonville Community Hospital

- Joe Sakran, MD, MPH, MPA, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Global Disaster Preparedness for the Department of Surgery at Medical University of South Carolina

- Ryan Carroll, MD, MPH, pediatrics at Mass General Hospital (MGH) for Children and Program Director for MGH-MUST Research Collaboration in Mbarara, Uganda

12:15pm LUNCH on own
MSIH will keep the room open during this time and all speakers will be available for questions and mini-mentorship
2:00pm

Panel 2: Expanding the Scope of Global Health Practice

MSIH Alumni will speak about both clinical and non-clinical work that their medical education has prepared them to accomplish. Alumni have managed virus and disease outbreaks, addressed food scarcity, and implemented emergency preparedness plans through academic institutions, government agencies, and specialized international agencies.

Erica Spatz, MD, MHS (moderator), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, at Yale School of Medicine

- Noele Nelson, MD, PhD, MPH, pediatrics at Dekalb County BOH Refugee Pediatric Clinic, Medical Officer for Division of Viral Hepatitis at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Lieutenant Commander in the US Public Health Service

- Patrick O’Connor, MD, MPH, Medical Officer for Global Immunization Division at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

- Brian Neese, MD, MPH, Lieutenant Colonel of the 628th Medical Operations Squadron at US Air Force

3:30pm Closing Remarks