The Bethune Round Table (BRT) is an annual interdisciplinary meeting aimed at addressing the challenges of providing accessible, high-quality surgical care to marginalized patients in low-resource settings. By bringing health professionals across a variety of disciplines together, we are able to share strategies and create solutions for improving surgical care to these under-serviced regions. The University of Alberta is honoured to host the Bethune Round Table in 2019 at the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA), located on campus at 11405,…

The BAPS International Affairs Committee sponsors the fellowships to bring LMIC surgeons to the UK for the BAPS meeting and for observing surgery in tertiary centres.

As part of the annual meeting of ASAP (Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence), several GICS members are presenting at the World Congress of Surgery.  Three of the sessions pertinent to children's surgery are summarized here.

The 14th ASPS Congress is expected to welcome over 300 delegates from Southeast Asian countries as well as hospitals from all over Vietnam, together with the leaders of Ha Noi People's Committee, leaders of the Ministry of Health, Hanoi Department of Health and media agencies. The main theme of the Congress is "Multidisciplinary approach in pediatric surgery for better result". In particular, the Congress will focus on the following areas: Minimally invasive surgery, liver and bile surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, urology…

GICS will be planning an afternoon session at the meeting, with topics to be determined.  As hosts for the meeting, WOFAPS (World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgery) sponsors LMIC surgeons to attend.  Full details coming soon.