“I chose a rotation that was technically hard and advanced, laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery, I didn’t expect to be able to give a hand since it is very technical and way beyond my level. But I was taught a lot about those procedures and techniques. I was able to train through simulation in the lab and residents were always there to help and give me tips. They taught me some tricks on how to perform those procedures even though I couldn’t do them on real patients, which is what I was prepared for from the beginning.”
— Patrick Cherfan, American University of Beirut (Lebanon)

“The diseases are so new and so complex in this elective. For example, UNC is giving patients treatment that is not provided anywhere else. I felt that this was the forefront of treatment and UNC is using cutting edge technology. I’ve never seen this type of patient care before, it’s very up to date. These are things I never would have experienced anywhere else.”

— Rukhsaar Khanam, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (India)

Melissa Culp, MEd, RT(R)(MR)
Chief Operating Officer, RAD-AID International
Assistant Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences

Steven Weinberg, MD
Resident Physician, UNC Pediatrics

Former OIA Global Health Scholar, Ross Boyce, MD, MSC draws on his military experience to provide care and help overcome access issues in rural Uganda. He has been awarded a Challenge Grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support his work.

Mirriam Munthali, who is in her fourth year at the Malawi College of Medicine, spent the summer in Chapel Hill as a part of the UNC Partner Site Student Scholarship, sponsored by the UNC School of Medicine’s Office of International Activities.

Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc
Professor, Global Women’s Health

UNC MD Candidates, Shannon Herndon and Lauren Ellis presented their  poster “A qualitative case study of the Austral Institute in Neuquen, Argentina: A community healthcare model in Latin America” at the AAFP Global Health Summit this past week in Jacksonville, FL.  

By Dr. Kandace McGuire and Apoorve Nayyar

Alan Rosenbaum, MD
Fellow, Global Women’s Health

OIA Global Health Scholar, Erica Bjornstad, MD, and third-year pediatric nephrology fellow is studying the epidemiology of acute kidney injury in Malawi.