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AOFAS Overseas Outreach Project to Vietnam
Application Deadline: December 1, 2010 for 2011 Project
Step up to a challenging experience! You have heard of interesting vacations in Europe, boat cruises through Alaskan waters, mountain climbing, and kayaking in scenic places, however, the AOFAS has an even better adventure in mind for its members. It offers beautiful scenery, foreign language and unusual foods, and involves stepping out of your comfort zone -- both clinically and personally. It also affords the opportunity to do something truly special for others and return home with memories that will last a lifetime. Consider volunteering for the Vietnam project!
Each surgeon spends two weeks working side-by-side with Vietnamese orthopaedic surgeons, seeing patients with deformities and disabilities, performing surgery, and each presents at an annual orthopaedic educational conference in Hanoi. The annual project , scheduled over a four week period in May-early June, provides surgical care in four areas of northern Vietnam and in Hanoi.
The project is open to Active Members, Associate Members - Osteopathic, Candidate Members, and International Members. Surgeons volunteer for two weeks and pay for their own travel to Vietnam. In-country expenses for food, lodging, travel, and logistics support for the AOFAS project are covered by a grant to AOFAS from the Outreach & Education Fund (OEF), the charitable arm of the AOFAS. It is a separate 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with the AOFAS that raises funds to support the Society's mission in advancing education, research, and humanitarian endeavors. It is supported by generous contributions from individuals and corporations.
AOFAS volunteers in the 2009 AOFAS Overseas Outreach Project to Vietnam, 8th successful project
Two teams each spent two weeks volunteering their services. Team one -- Mark Slovenkai, MD, Ruth Thomas, MD, and Zan Lofgren, AOFAS Executive Director – spent their time in Ba Vi, a village town north of Hanoi, and Hai Phong, a port city located east of Hanoi. Team two – João de Carvalho Neto, MD and Pierce Scranton, MD – spent their time in Vinh, a coastal town south of Hanoi, and Dr. Neto and Naomi Shields, MD spent time in Thai Nguyen, a village located northwest west of Hanoi. Both teams also participated in clinics and operated at Viet Duc Hospital, the large training institution in Hanoi, and visited the orthopaedic departments at local hospitals. The AOFAS surgeons presented at the AOFAS co-sponsored seminar on Surgery of the Lower Extremity in Hanoi.
Click here to read the Outreach Project to Vietnam article from the 2009 Summer In~Stride
Click here to read the Outreach Project to Vietnam article from the 2008 Summer In~Stride
The following AOFAS members have participated in the Overseas Outreach Project to Vietnam. Ask them about their experience!
Robert S. Adelaar, MD (Richmond, VA)
R. Dale Blasier, MD (Little Rock, AR)
Loretta B. Chou, MD (Stanford, CA)
R. Richard Coughlin, MD (San Francisco, CA)
Greta E. Dereymaeker, MD (Leuven, Belgium)
William H. Gondring, MD (St. Joseph, MO)
Paul J. Hecht, MD (Lebanon, NH)
Thomas H. Lee, MD (Columbus, OH)
Lowell D. Lutter, MD (St. Paul, MN)
Francis X. McGuigan, MD (Washington, DC)
João de Carvalho Neto, MD (São Paulo, Brazil)
Meir Nyska, MD (Sde-Nitzan, Israel) |
E. Greer Richardson, MD (Memphis, TN)
Michael M. Romash, MD (Chesapeake, VA)
Nimrod Ron, MD (Caesarea, Israel)
Pierce E. Scranton, MD (Kirkland, WA)
Steven C. Sheskier, MD (New York, NY)
Naomi N. Shields, MD (Wichita, KS)
Mark P. Slovenkai, MD (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Ruth L. Thomas, MD (Little Rock, AR)
J. Loch Trimingham, MD (Bellingham, WA)
Robert G. Veith, MD (Renton, WA)
Keith L. Wapner, MD (Philadelphia, PA)
Zan Lofgren, CAE, AOFAS Executive Director |
How You Can Participate
To apply for a future trip, please complete the application form below. The application is a fillable Word form. Save a copy to your computer before and after you have entered your information. Click the shaded area above the first line to enter data, and use the tab key to advance to the next field. Submission instructions are included on the application. The application deadline is December 1 for the following year's trip.
Vietnam Application Form - fillable |
