International Surgery Desk

Institutional Partnerships

• Canadian Network for International Surgery

  
  The Canadian Network for International Surgery is an organization. In addition to sending surgical tools and training to Africa, the CNIS teaches kids conflict resolution, builds labs and sends books and information. The goal of the CNIS is empowering low-income countries to create an environment where the risk from injuries is minimal and all people receive adequate surgical care. 
  
  For more on the recent work of the CNIS, click here to view their most recent newsletter. 

• MacOrtho Global Outreach

  
  The Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at McMaster University is currently conducting a number of research studies globally, as well as helping local orthopaedic surgery residents extend their medical training experience to global outreach.

• McMaster Global Health Office
  

• St. Joseph's International Outreach Program

  

  The St. Joseph's Health System International Outreach Program (IOP) has worked for the past 20 years to build healthcare capacity in the developing world.
  • St. Joseph's International Outreach Program

• Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR)

  
  The Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) is a not-for-profit organization with an orientation towards health research challenges
  in low- and middle-income countries. The Coalition includes global health researchers, organizations interested in funding health research, and those
  actively engaged in applying research to improve global health.

International Partnerships

Guyana

The lead commentary in the February 2015 issue of the Canadian Journal of Surgery is about the longstanding surgical partnership between Guyana, CAGS, and the McMaster Department of Surgery.

Over the past several years, McMaster has hosted clinical fellows Dr. Ravi Motilall, Dr. Carlos Martin, and Dr. Cheestanand Mahadeo. Numerous McMaster faculty and alumni have visited Guyana, resulted in many successful collaborative research projects and educational activities. Just recently, one of the first graduates of the Guyana program, Dr. Navindra Rambaran (who visited here as part of our 2010 CIHR funded research workshop) has been appointed a hospital Consultant and Department of Surgery Coordinator. Many thanks to all who have been and continue to be involved in Guyana.

Recent activity

• Help raise funds for the new Pediatric Ward at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. A link to the organization's website is below. 
  
  Guyana Help the Kids
  
  
  

Uganda

McMaster has a longstanding partnership with Uganda through the St. Joseph's International Outreach Program (SJIOP). In 2011, Dr. Cameron visited Kampala, Makerere and Gulu with the SJIOP team (March 2011 newsletter). Since then we have welcomed Ugandan surgical visitors to Hamilton including Dr. Sam Kaggwa (Sept 2011 newsletter), Dr. Sister Margaret Ajiko (June 2012 newsletter), Dr. John Sekabira (Fall 2013 newsletter), and a large group at the 2012 Side By Side conference (Winter 2013 newsletter). Kampala hepatobiliary surgeon Dr. Olivia Kituuka spent a month in June-July 2014 at the Juravinski Hospital and attended a CMAS course. (Dr. Kituuka's report here). Dr. Phyllis Kisa visited here in June 2015. Dr. Marcaccio and Dr. Cameron will be visiting Uganda in September 2015.

Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brad Petrisor and the MacOrtho group are now regular visitors to Kampala, and a number of our surgical residents have done electives in Uganda over the past several years.

Our future plans include further development of surgical training collaborations at Makerere and Gulu. Stay tuned and contact Dr. Brian Cameron if you would like to be involved.

Recent Activity

• The MacOrtho group is affiliated with the Uganda Sustainable Trauma Orthopaedic Program (USTOP), a formal partnership between the UBC and Makerere University to "reduce the human suffering, disability and poverty caused by traumatic injuries in Uganda" 
  
  Click here to read a report by Dr. Macleod on his trip to Uganda in April 2015.

• Dr. Jean Chamberlain, an obstetrician/gynecologist at McMaster, founded Save the Mothers in 2005. Save the Mothers is an international organiztion that equips professionals from a wide array of disciplines in developing countries to improve the health of mothers and babies.
  
  
  
  

Haiti

Dr. Alez Dauphin, a native Haitian and anesthesiologist at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, and Dr. Brad Petrisor, an orthopedic surgeon at Hamilton General Hospital, lead the Hamilton Health Sciences connection with surgeons in Haiti as members of the St. Joseph's International Outreach Program (SJIOP).