Yale University
Description: Senior residents have the opportunity to conduct an international elective wherein lessons about capacity-building as well as lessons about equitable care are learned.
Global
The subspecialty/area is led by 3 faculty members:
Dr. Ninani Kombo, MD
Excerpt from program website (link below): Dr. Kombo “…volunteered in Nassau, Bahamas, at Princess Margaret Hospital for 6 years, providing resident teaching and helping in the care of the underinsured and underserved Bahamian population. She hopes to continue working in other international settings and is currently working with Drs. Martone and Alden Mead to secure a partnership with LV Prasad Institute in Hyderabad, India.”
Dr. James Martone, MD MPH
Excerpt from program website (link below): Dr. Martone “…He was Medical Director of ORBIS International, a global nongovernmental organization dedicated to fighting blindness worldwide, and, through this, oversaw teaching of clinical and surgical ophthalmology in countries around the world. He has personally worked in over 100 locations in more than eighty countries. He has worked extensively in countries such as China, Cuba, Cameroon, India, and Mongolia. He was also Director of the Eye Clinic, Victoria Hospital, Castries, St. Lucia and Consultant Ophthalmologist to the Ministry of Health, St Lucia.”
Dr. Alden Mead, JD
Excerpt from program website (link below): Dr. Mead “…has a diverse and comprehensive background in the international and business arenas of ophthalmology. He served as the Director of Technology Resources and Clinical Engineering of ORBIS International, a global nongovernmental organization dedicated to fighting blindness worldwide, working with numerous ophthalmologists, organizations, and governments around the globe. He has significant on-the-ground ophthalmology-related experience in countries that include Myanmar, Mongolia, India, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Cuba, El Salvador, China, among others…He was also the United States Guest Scientist to the International Whaling Commission serving in Albany, Australia and on the Southern Ocean. As an intern during law school, he personally handling numerous refugee and immigration cases for the Chairman (Bruce Morrison) of the Immigration Committee of the United States House of Representatives.”
Local care:
Cornell-Scott Hill Health Center: Provides comprehensive and specialty care for low-income and underserved populations.
Length: 4 weeks