Collaboration Platforms | Surgery Research | Michigan Medicine

Ethiopia

Partner Institution: St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College

The Center for Global Surgery has established a long-lasting relationship with St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We worked with them to establish the first kidney transplant program in the country, and we continue to conduct kidney transplants with the institution. Our faculty have also worked with St. Paul's to create a fellowship for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction surgery, as well as to conduct research around breast reconstruction while working towards establishing a breast reconstruction program.

Focus Areas:

Kidney Transplantation
Breast Reconstruction

Activities:

Capacity Building
Research
Surgical Technique Training

Project Leads

Dr. Jeffrey Punch

Kidney Transplant Lead

jpunch@med.umich.edu

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Dr. Adeyiza Momoh

Breast Reconstruction Lead

amomoh@med.umich.edu

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Ghana

Partner Institution: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)

As part of the Center for Global Surgery's ongoing relationship with the KATH in Kumasi, Ghana, we collaborate with KATH to conduct surveys and semi-structured interviews with physicians and patients in Ghana to better understand the barriers to colorectal cancer screening. Our surgeons, along with faculty from Henry Ford Health System and Cornell, also partnered with KATH to establish a comprehensive breast clinic, and we continue to collaborate on increasing access to breast reconstruction.

Focus Areas:

Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Breast Reconstruction

Activities:

Capacity Building
Research
Surgical Technique Training

Project Leads

Dr. Gifty Kwakye

Colorectal Screening Lead

gkwakye@med.umich.edu

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Dr. Adeyiza Momoh

Breast Reconstruction Lead

amomoh@med.umich.edu

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India

Partner Institutions: All India Institutes of Medical Science (AIIMS), CMC Vellore, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research

The Center for Global Surgery has a history of collaboration with AIIMS in New Delhi, Delhi, India, with the first projects starting in 2011. We currently work with them to develop trauma and surgical critical care programs, research training, and educational training. An example of our work with AIIMS includes research focusing on optic nerve ultrasounds in patients with traumatic brain injury.

Focus Areas:

Trauma & Critical Care
Emergency Response Training
Fellowship

Activities:

Capacity Building
Research
Protocol & Training Development

Project Lead

Dr. Krishnan Raghavendran

Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Response Lead

kraghave@med.umich.edu

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Sierra Leone

Partner Institution: First Responder Coalition of Sierra Leone (FRCSL)

The Michigan Center for Global Surgery began its collaboration with the FRCSL (including the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society, the University of Makeni, the Holy Spirit Hospital, LFR International, and the Agency for Rural Community Transformation) in 2019, focusing on lay first responder training for prehospital emergency medical services development. Initial trainings deployed more than 4,500 lay first responders, providing care to more than 2,000 documented patient encounters and an opportunity to study first responder knowledge improvement and retention, skill decay, patient impact, local trainer efficacy, and prehospital transport. Current initiatives involve studying the application of mobile technologies to coordinate and optimize prehospital response for improved emergency care coverage and outcomes.

Focus Area:

Prehospital Trauma Care

Activities:

Capacity Building
Research
Protocol & Training development

Project Leads

Zach Eisner

Medical Student Lead

Dr. Krisnan Raghavendran

Faculty Lead

kraghave@med.umich.edu

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Taiwan

Partner Institution: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

The partnership with Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan began in 2016, and it has continued to grow and evolve. The collaboration supports joint research projects between the institutions and opportunities for trainees to participate in elective clinical rotations at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. We have worked with Chang Gung Memorial Hospital on emergency planning, and we collaborate to conduct morphomics analysis of patients treated using vascularized lymph node transfer.