SRS Global Outreach Program Lunch Time Symposium Edinburgh, Scotland 090507

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SRS Global Outreach Program Lunch Time
SymposiumEdinburgh, Scotland09-05-07

• Moderator Steven Mardjetko M.D.
• Participants Oheneba Boachie-Adjei M.D.
• James Ogilvie M.D.
• Richard Gross M.D
• HB Calder Ph.D

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Meeting Agenda

• A) Introduction/Summary of SRS GOP Activities
  2006-07 Mardjetko (5 min)
• B) SRS GOP Database Systematic Data Collection
  allows Critical Evaluation of SRS GOP Sites
  (Boachie-Adjei) (10 minutes)
• C) Effective Communication in International
  Medical Education Overcoming Language Barriers
  (Ogilvie) (10 minutes)
• D) Innovative Instrumentation Techniques
  Applicable for GOP Operating Theatres (Gross) (10
  minutes)
• E) Spinal cord monitoring what it takes to get a
  SRS GOP site Spinal Neuromonitoring Program Going
  (HB Calder) (10 minutes)
• F) Discussion and Q/A- Moderator Mardjetko (10
  minutes)

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SRS Global Outreach Program

• Concept Conceived by Past Presidents Dennis
  Drummond and James Ogilvie M.D. in 2003 to
  fulfill the Mandate of Globalization set forth by
  the SRS Leadership
• Michael OBrien M.D. chosen as the Inaugural
  Chairman 2003-2006
• Committee members, Advisory Board
• Program built From Scratch with help from a lot
  of SRS Members and SRS Staff (Amy Miller/Tressa
  Goulding), POSNA members
• Relationships with other Service Organizations
  Health Volunteers Overseas, Orthopedics Overseas,
  numerous charitable foundations

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SRS Global Outreach Program Mission Statement

• SRS Global Outreach Program (SRS GOP) will
  provide education to those providing care to
  pediatric and adult patients in underserved
  regions of the world with any disorder that
  affects the shape, alignment, and function of the
  spine.
• SRS GOP will foster the development of regional,
  self-sufficient spine centers staffed by local
  physicians capable of providing continuing care
  to patients with complex spinal deformities.

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SRS GOP Committee Members2006-2007

• Steven M. Mardjetko, MD, FAAP, Chair (2007)
• Michael F. O'Brien, MD, Past Chair (2007)
• Munish Chandra Gupta, MD, Chair-Elect (2008)
• Oheneba Boachie-Adjei M.D. Board Liaison
• Richard H. Gross, MD (2009)
• Kamal N. Ibrahim, MD FRCS(C) (2007)
• Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC (2009)
• Baron S. Lonner, MD (2007)
• David C. Mann, MD (2007)
• Michael J. Mendelow, MD (2007)
• Francisco Javier Sanchez Perez-Grueso, MD (2009)
• Ellen M. Raney, MD (2008)
• Richard M. Schwend, MD (2008)
• Dilip K. Sengupta, MD, Dr. Med. (2007)

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SRS GOP Endorsed Mission Sites

• Active SRS GOP sites (2007)
• Ghana- Boachie-Adjei- FOCOS Foundation
• Barbados-Boachie-Adjei- FOCOS Foundation
• Nicaragua- OBrien- HVO/SRS Foundation
• Dominican Republic- Andrew Moulton-Butterfly
  Foundation
• Uganda- Leiberman- HVO
• Cali,Co- Mardjetko- Silver Service Foundation
• Wenzhou, China- Ogilvie- HVO
• Shanghai, China-Mehlmann- Healing the Children
• Prospective SRS GOP sites (2007)
• Bulgaria- Boachie-Adjei- SRS GOP
• Trinidad- Arlet-FOCOS
• Guayaquil, Ecuador- Schwend-Perfect World

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Notable Committee Work in 2007

• SRS GOP Business Plan
• SRS GOP Budget
• Objective Grading system for Educational
  Scholarship Program
• Establish Definition of and Criteria for GOP
  service programs
• Establish Lecture/Textbook/Journal Depository
• Website Updates being prepared
• Critical Evaluation of surgically treated
  patients with uniform data collection tool
  (FOCOS)
• First Research initiative- Evaluation of Neural
  Injury Rates identified with Spinal Cord
  Monitoring from 3 SRS GOP Sites results in
  abstract (H.B. Calder)

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Scholarships, Fellowships and Research
Opportunities

• SRS GOP Educational Initiatives
• Annual Meeting Luncthime Symposium
• Educational Scholarship Program allows surgeons
  from developing nations to attend the Annual SRS
  Meeting, IMAST, or a Regional Meeting.
• Aid in planning/procurement of GOP
  visitorship/fellowships
• Initiate Research Activities collection of
  outcome data with SRS 22 and FOCOS Database,
  Comparison of complication rates between
  international and US sites.
• Answer Specific Research questions to address
  problems unique to each Regions population
• The goal is to have the Host surgeons seek
  active SRS membership, establish self sustaining
  local clinical programs, establish their centers
  as regional centers of excellence, Become
  Active Contributing Members/leaders in SRS

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SRS GOP Educational Scholarship Program14
Scholarships granted in 2007

• Educational Scholarship Fund recipients for 2007
• 1) Carrico de Oliveria, Gustavo(18)-
  Florianapolis, Brazil
• 2) Tangente, Ronald (20) Davao City, Phillipines
• 3) Petrenko, Dmytro (21)- Kharkiv, Ukraine
  (abstract submitted)
• 4) Mezentsev, Andriv (21)- Kharkiv, Ukraine
  (abstract submitted)
• 5) Levytskyi, Anatolii (21)- Kiev, Ukraine
  (abstract submitted)
• 6) Yan wu Lie (19)- Xijing, China
• 7) Lee, Jae-Joon (19) Gwangju, Korea
• 8) Vo, Thanh (22) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• 9) Chandhary, Kshitij (18) Mumbai, India
• 10) Trevidi, Vikas (18) Meerut, India (abstract
  submitted)
• 11) Arogis, Alaric (20) Mumbai, India
• 12) Ahmad, Alaeeldin (18) Ramallah, Palestine
• 13) Dunn, Robert (20) South Africa
• 14) Dr. Xu, (20) Wenzhou, China

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SRS GOP Visitorship Program

• 6 month Visitorships for international Surgeons
  associated with GOP Sites interested in expanding
  their educational experience. Supported through
  Medtronics Educational Grant.
• Recipients
• M. Gonzalez M.D. Cali, Colombia. 2005
• Chicago, Miami
• R. Ramirez Torres M.D. Guayaquil, Ecuador 2007
• New York

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SRS GOP Financial Support

• Program Support through Charitable Grants
  provided by Medtronic, DePuy, Synthes, Stryker,
  and many others!!
• Consider making a donation to SRS GOP at the SRS
  GOP Table!
• We take Cash, Checks, and Credit Cards!!
• Consider Sponsoring a SRS GOP Educational
  Scholarship Recipient
• Get on Board and donate your expertise and time!
  It will be the most rewarding professional
  experience of your life!

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The Success of this Program can be Measured by
the Smiles of those whose lives you change!
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If you have any Interest in Participating in any
of the SRS-GOP Spine Missions, or Donating to the
SRS GOP Please contact Amy Miller, or any
SRS-GOP Committee Member THANK YOU!