Join us for a panel hosted by UCLA Global Surgery Student Alliance designed to shed light on how to incorporate global surgery into residency! Date: Tuesday May 31 5-6pm PST RSVP form: forms.gle/ijG3uKHYTG5kWT…

Excited to have Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity faculty Dr. Betelehem Asnake be one of three speakers for tomorrow's UCLA Anesthesiology grand rounds titled "New Models for Academic Global Health Equity in Anesthesia" #healthequity #globalhealth David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

New World Journal of Surgery pub by Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity trainee Savannah Starr et al identifies potential targets for interventions to decrease delays in surgical care at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda 🇺🇬. Marissa Boeck MD MPH FACS Catherine Juillard Dr. Ajiko Rochelle A. Dicker #GlobalSurgery link.springer.com/article/10.100…

UCLA is seeking a new Director for the Global Health Program at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA! See recruitment posting below! #globalhealth #healthequity recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF07375

Cameroonian students interested in public health, health disparities, surgery, and trauma. Check out the STREaM Fellowship! It covers full tuition for an MPH or PhD in Public Health from University of Buea in collaboration with UCLA. Application instructions here: uclahealth.org/departments/su…

Please help get the word out about this amazing scholarship for Cameroonian students interested in public health, surgery, and trauma. Check out the STREaM Fellowship! Full tuition for an MPH or PhD in Public Health from University of Buea in collaboration with UCLA. uclahealth.org/departments/su…

Congrats Dennis Zheng on your presentation at the World's Congress of Surgery #ISW2022Vienna. Dennis is a UCLA General Surgery Residency Program resident who spent his last year in Cameroon working with University of Buea and @chichomefire researching trauma quality improvement. Congrats! International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC)

Proud of our PASE trainees, UCLA General Surgery Residency Program resident Dennis Zheng and @Pitthealthsci med student Matt Driban for their presentations at the World's Congress of Surgery #ISW2022Vienna #bethechange

Check out this awesome paper by UCLA General Surgery Residency Program resident KJ Blair, MD MSc. Dr. Blair's work focuses on disparities and potential interventions to improve trauma care in Cameroon. Big thx to co-authors Catherine Juillard Rochelle A. Dicker Ariane Christie @chichomefire sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join your Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity team this Wednesday at 5pm for the Assoc4AcademicSurgery #AASChat! Catherine Juillard Ariane Christie and Jordan Rook will be answering questions on Global Surgery.

Thanks Assoc4AcademicSurgery for highlighting Global Surgery with this #AASChat

So proud of our PASE trainees Matthew Driban, Shannon Richardson, & KJ Blair, MD MSc for their presentations at #ACSCC22. Great work! #GlobalSurgery #Healthequity

Loved watching Matt and Kathleen, our Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity medical student researchers, present at #ASC23 #GlobalSurgery Assoc4AcademicSurgery.

Congratulations to Sr. Dr. Margret Ajiko, a Surgeon Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, upon the successful completion of a her PhD Karolinska Institutet. Her thesis examined “Pediatric Surgery in Uganda: The burden of disease and barriers to quality care.” The Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU) is so proud of you.

Check out this World Journal of Surgery paper by Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity trainee, McKayla Poppens. 60% of Ugandan women experienced delays in obstetric surgical care. The leading causes for the delays: Insufficient ORs and supplies. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Rochelle A. Dicker Marissa Boeck MD MPH FACS Link: rdcu.be/c7H5q

Props to soon-to-be cardiac surgeon Obieze "Obi" Nwanna-Nzewunwa 🇳🇬 on his Health Services Research at BMC pub assessing cost-effectiveness of surgical care in Uganda! Femur fractures were the most expensive surgical condition with IMN the most cost-effective treatment! Rochelle A. Dicker bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…