Education

Global Health

MAKING THE ROUNDS

In keeping with our commitment to help those in areas of greatest need, our residents, fellows, and attending physicians make trips every year to developing countries. We are currently developing relationships with hospitals in Cambodia and Zimbabwe.

Faculty

Anna Messner, MD

Lisa Orloff, MD

Sam Most, MD

Vasu Divi, MD

Peter Koltai, MD

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Harare, Zimbabwe

Our department has had a long history of international outreach, pioneered by Dr. Anna Messner, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology. Dr. Messner has had an enduring interest in medical care in developing countries, having spent time in Peru and Ecuador. As is the recipient of the 2011 Humanitarian Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology for her work in South America, she was asked in 2012 to participate in an NIH-funded program through Stanford University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH). In partnership with the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), the program seeks to transform medical education in Zimbabwe.

There are seven otolaryngologists for Zimbabwe’s 14 million people. Dr. Clemence Chidziva established an ENT residency program at UZ in the capital, Harare, in 2011. Dr. Messner was one of the first international faculty recruited by Dr. Chidziva to help nurture the new residency and establish a mutually fruitful relationship that continues to grow.

Since Dr. Messner’s first visit, a number of faculty have followed, including Drs. Vasu Divi (head & neck), Eduardo Corrales (otology), Peter Koltai (pediatric otolaryngology) and Lisa Orloff (head & neck). Our residents have also spent time at UZ gaining invaluable experiences unique to global health.

In spring of 2016, we had the pleasure of hosting our first UZ residents at Stanford.

Anna Messner, MD operating in Zimbabwe.

Harare, Zimbabwe

University of Zimbabwe ENT Program

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital staff with Stanford's Department of Otolaryngology's Sam Most, MD

From the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Sam Most leads a team to Phnom Penh, Cambodia each year.  There, he and a team of physicians from Stanford, the University of Washington, and around the country perform reconstructive procedures on children and adults with congenital and acquired facial deformities.  In addition, the team is involved in the development of a new plastic surgery training program for residents at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital.  This includes didactic and hands-on training in the operating room.

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