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Upstate bioethicist James Dwyer PhD, talks about his recent year spent as a Fulbright scholar teaching medical ethics in Taiwan.

Dr. Mark Polhemus, director of The Center for Global Health & Translational Science at Upstate Medical University, talks about the research center that focuses on diseases of the developing world. This Center has partnerships with industry, academic institutions, and philanthropists; raises research funds; conducts novel research and develops new diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.

Dr. Bradley Olson and 4th year medical student Connie Vernetti talk about Upstate’s Global Health Clinic, which provides vital medical care to the local refugee population as they start out in our community.

Medical student represents Upstate at national meeting

Family Nurse Practitioner Geralyn Hall talks about her passion for “cross-cultural” health care, and the work she does with the refugee population at Upstate’s University Health Care Center outpatient clinic. She also speaks about a recent trip that she and her daughter took to El Salvadore, and the relief work she does on her own time.

Dr. Timothy Damron is one of a team of orthopedic surgeons who recently returned from a medical mission in Nepal. He will speak about his role in Nepal, the surgeries they conducted and the patients whom they helped through ‘Operation Walk Syracuse’.

Read more about:
Operation Walk Syracuse
Syracuse doctors to give free care in Nepal, the Post-Standard, August 1, 2011