The Centre for Global Surgery and the Montreal General Hospital Foundation, a collaborative effort between the student body of McGill University’s faculty of Medicine and surgeons from the McGill University Health Centre has created the Global Surgery Conference.

The Conference brings together professionals and students from different health science backgrounds including medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, across multiple North American universities to stimulate research, discuss high-impact action plans and to promote action in global surgery.

Our goal is to provide a forum for students and healthcare professionals of various streams to discuss the different challenges and approaches to the field of global surgery, all while exposing students and health professionals to various experiences and opportunities in the field of surgical global health.

Our vision is to promote and strengthen a community of globally conscious students and professionals.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Dickens Saint-Vil, MD, FACS, FRCSC

Chief of Surgery – CHU Ste-Justine

"Challenges in building local capacities in a low resource country:
The experience of the integrated health program in Haiti"

CONFERENCE THEME: Student Involvement in Global Surgery

SPEAKERS:

Natasha Caminsky - medical student, McGill University: The Role of the Trainee in Global Surgery

Chantal Damas - Physical Therapy, McGill University: rehabilitation missions in Haiti.

Elizabeth Hinton - Nursing, MUHC: community in hospital settings in Southern and Western Africa, as well as Latin America, in association with Médecins du monde, MSF, and the Red Cross.

Ben Li - medical student, University of Toronto: Surgical Impact of MSF.

Léamarie Meloche-Dumas - medical student, Université de Montréal: surgical humanitarian mission in Haïti

Tiffany Paradis - medical student, McGill University: Measuring surgical outcomes in low-middle income countries.

Étienne St-Louis - Resident, General Surgery, MUHC: Development and validation of the Pediatric Resuscitation and Trauma Outcomes (PRESTO) model for resource-limited settings

Xin Xu - BSc Candidate, University of Ottawa: Surgical Impact of MSF

Anudari Zorigtbaatar - medical student, McGill University: Economic Burden of Trauma Care in Mongolia