For Residents:
The Division of General Surgery offers an ACGME-approved rotation during the third year of residency at the University of Harare in Zimbabwe. Expansive training and skills curricula that address and are sensitive to global surgical needs, resources, and capacities, including a dedicated rotation in Ob/Gyn for general surgery trainees
Plastic Surgery residents may apply for the Donald R. Laub Fellowship during their professional development time, which entails one year of intensive work in clinical research, advocacy, and organization to further Global Reconstructive Surgery. Previous Laub Fellows have traveled to Vietnam, Bhutan, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nepal, and India
The Division of Vascular Surgery offers an ACGME-approved residency rotation in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada at McMaster University during the PGY-4. There are also opportunities for residents to rotate at San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy (PGY-5) and for fellows to rotate in Changsa, PRC.
Through formalized partnerships with renown NGOs ReSurge International (focused on global reconstructive surgery) and Lifebox (focused on improving surgical and anesthetic safety and teamwork), residents can gain experience in systems improvement, quality improvement, advocacy, and scholarship that is locally and globally relevant.
Funding is available through the (Independent Away Program) to Stanford residents who have made their arrangements for international rotations. For more information, please visit: https://globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/stanford-global-scholars-program/
Fellowships:
a. A second year humanitarian surgery fellowship for Surgical Critical Care fellows.
b. Acute Care Surgery (ACS) Postdoctoral Fellowship: The Division of General Surgery, Section of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual (post-residency or inter-residency) to join the section as a full-time Acute Care Surgery (ACS) Postdoctoral Researcher.
For Faculty:
Dr. Sherry Wren hosts an annual International Humanitarian Surgical Skills Course. The two-day intensive is designed to teach pshycicians how to practice in low resource settings. Originally produced for surgeons, Wren now teaches medical practitioners from a variety of specialties and subspecialties including family medicine, pediatrics, OB-GYN, internal medicine, anesthesia. The course is also open to nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants.