March 2019
Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference
The CUGH 10th annual conference will include a global surgery satellite session on March 7. The theme is Translation and Implementation for Impact in Global Health. The meeting will bring together leaders across a broad range of areas to share with us what we can do to overcome the knowledge-needs gap, scale up evidence-based solutions and impact public policies so we can effectively address the pressing global challenges we face. Attendees will have many opportunities to engage, learn, contribute and…
Find out more »Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons
PAPS sponsors 1-2 pediatric surgeons from LMICs to attend its annual meeting, as Global Alliance Partnership (GAP) Fellows. Several past recipients of the GAP Fellowship are active members of GICS.
Find out more »April 2019
WFSA Safe-T (Safe Anesthesia for Everyone Today) Summit
Co-hosted by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), the second SAFE-T (Safe Anaesthesia for Everybody - Today) Summit will build on the success of the inaugural summit to advance the global patient safety agenda. Bringing together leaders from within and outside the perioperative team the SAFE-T Summit will highlight the importance of equity and teamwork in anaesthesia and surgical care, with a focus on perioperative safety through equity, ethics, gender, diversity and…
Find out more »May 2019
American Pediatric Surgical Association
For the first time, this year's 50th Anniversary meeting will feature a session on Global Surgery in its main schedule.
Find out more »June 2019
Bethune Round Table: Ethics in Global Surgery
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,…
Find out more »July 2019
British Association of Paediatric Surgeons
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.
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