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Our Vision and Mission
Together, we can improve surgical care everywhere for everyone.
Our mission is to improve surgical access, care, and outcomes for patients globally through innovative education and training programs for surgeons and other healthcare professionals, pioneering research to advance standards of care, and building healthcare capacity in underserved regions through health system partnerships.
Global Surgery: Stories & Updates
We would like to introduce our inaugural Global Surgery Fellow, Dr. Ton Chi Doan, MD!
He was born in a small mountain town in Vietnam and immigrated early in his childhood to the United States. He was raised in Chicago, IL and attended Northwestern University where he worked for several years as a basic science researcher for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, using animal models to study effects of matrix protein components in hematopoiesis. He later obtained his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where he worked with Dr. Margaret Schwarze on shared surgical decision making in high-stakes surgeries and Dr. Samuel Poore on the safety of gender-nonconforming patients undergoing gender affirmation surgery. During his time, he also co-founded What Brings You In Today?, a narrative medicine podcast showcasing the medical humanities, art, and the perspectives of those in the medical field. He is currently undergoing general surgery training at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Having recently completed his second year of residency, he will join us for the next two years serving to grow our global surgery program.
Please welcome our Fellow, Dr. Doan!
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Meet Our Leadership Team
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Phuong Nguyen, MD
Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery
Dr. Nguyen has been actively engaged in global surgery since 2004 and has led and participated in surgical capacity building and clinical trips in more than 12 countries and three continents. In his role as AVP of Global Surgery, his goal is to create an organized framework for the department to build the three pillars of education, research, and clinical expertise with international partners in a bidirectional format. Additionally, he will oversee program development, facilitate credible and sustainable partnerships, and increase opportunities for faculty, residents and students in global surgery with defined scope and metrics for success. With these endeavors his goal is to develop CU’s global surgery program into a national leader in this forum.
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Cameron Gibson, MD
Global Surgery Education
Dr. Gibson has been involved in global surgery as a general, trauma, and burn surgeon since 2019. His areas of expertise include critical care, burn and complex wound management, and minimally invasive trauma surgery. He has worked in multiple African countries focusing on education and capacity building for better burn and surgical care.
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Andrea Bischoff, MD
Global Surgery Research
Dr. Bischoff is a pediatric colorectal surgeon and has travelled to operate and teach courses with live surgical demonstration in 18 different countries. She has been a visiting professor in more than 35 different countries and is committed to improve pediatric colorectal care everywhere for everyone. For more than 10 years she has led the International Colorectal Web Meeting through the Hendren project to allow pediatric surgeons from around the world to share their cases and discuss best approaches. She intends to promote the CU global surgery research network based on collaboration and quality improvement projects to elevate surgery around the world and decrease disparities in care.