During his six week stay in Rwanda, Dr. Bruce Friedman brought decades of experience as a physician and educator in cardiology to an audience with a very different background from that of his students at Geisel and DHMC.
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Wrapping Up Surgery
Dr. Nick Perencevich (Dartmouth ’69) was the first American surgeon on the ground in Rwanda when the Human Resources for Health program got underway this past summer. He has been a trailblazer here and reflects on his time there as he prepares to leave.
![Dr. Dorey Glenn, MD, uses a tablet to show some of the medical students and residents at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda how bilitool.com can help quickly assess the health of a jaundiced newborn under their care.]](https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/cghe/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/12/glenn_bilirubin-feature-650x320.jpg)
Changes and Checkboxes in Kigali
Instituting major changes at King Faisel Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda can be a slow and sometimes frustrating process. But Dartmouth’s Dr. Dorey Glenn, who’s working in the hospital’s pediatric department as a faculty member with the HRH program, is learning how to get things done.
Dorey Glenn, MD and The Kid That Coded
This never happens. Pediatric patients don’t get airlifted anywhere in Rwanda, but nevertheless: there’s the Air Force helicopter, idling behind King Faisal Hospital in the heart of Kigali after its trip from Butare Hospital, about 75 miles south of the capital.
What Do You Make of This?
Together with her first-year resident, Theoneste, and fourth-year medical student, Felix, Geisel School of Medicine Professor Lisa Adams, MD, works up a newly arrived patient on the infectious disease ward at the University Teaching Hospital (CHUK) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Hurry, call the imbangukiragutabara!
Undying Dedication to Students and Health Equity
Getting medical students into the community is Shawn O’Leary’s passion. As director of Multicultural Affairs and academic advisor to the Urban Health Scholars program at Geisel, O’Leary keeps students connected to community service.
Video: Kosovo Minister of Health on Collaboration with Dartmouth
Kosovo Minister of Health Dr. Ferid Agani is on campus this week giving lectures, meeting with faculty and students, and touring Dartmouth facilities. Agani, Kosovo’s Minister of Health since 2011, gave two lectures this week on “Rebuilding Medical Systems in a Post-Conflict Nation.” In this video posted on Dartmouth Now, […]
How Peru changed the game on MDR-TB treatment
Geisel’s Jaime Bayona recently spoke at the Salzberg Global Seminar about his experiences fighting multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru. His innovative efforts focused on building partnerships to overcome what some people believed were impossible odds.
Dartmouth and Peru Partnering to Improve Lives
Guided by Dartmouth’s tradition of developing global citizens, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is forging new partnerships in Peru to create educational opportunities and improve lives