The Michigan Center for Global Surgery connects our faculty and trainees to communities around the world. Through education, surgical care, and research initiatives, we create an international footprint by giving our faculty and trainees the opportunity to make a sustainable difference in the global health arena.
The Center for Global Surgery has established long-lasting collaborations with international partners in order to promote capacity building and research across a wide range of global surgery topics. These collaboration platforms and partner institutions are located Ethiopia, Ghana, India, and Taiwan. The number of projects we are involved in is continuously growing, and many of our current projects are continuing to develop and expand.
Global Surgery Fellowship
The Global Surgery Fellowship at the Michigan Medicine Center for Global Surgery offers a one to two year fellowship focused on training future leaders in academic global surgery. The fellowship is designed for residents in the Department of Surgery to work on during the course of their Academic Development Time (ADT).
NIH Fogarty Global Health Research Training Grant
With the recent NIH Fogarty Global Health Research Training Grant funding, there exists a unique opportunity for surgical residents. Typically, post-docs and more senior learners (e.g. residents/fellows/Ph.D. students) in the latter half of their programs can compete to be funded for 11 months of overseas research in Ghana, India, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Thailand, and Peru through our consortium with three other universities. India has been included for the very first time because of our collaborative involvement with All India Institute of Medical sciences, New Delhi. This is an excellent opportunity for residents who are looking for opportunities to pursue research in these global settings. The Center’s responsibilities include helping with identification of mentors and developing suitable strategies aimed at creating competitive proposals in target areas.
International Surgical Training Missions
Funding for international surgical training missions can leverage the experience and knowledge we have gained by increasing the number of surgeons who can perform advanced surgical procedures across the world. In return, we are in a unique position to learn about newer and economic alternative surgical therapies being performed around the globe. This program is responsible for funding to send our faculty to teach in underdeveloped countries and for bringing international surgeons to the University of Michigan Medical school to learn optimal specialty surgical care techniques. The Center supports the creation of sustainable teaching programs by teaching the teachers, in addition to the promotion of research interests to further extramural funding.
