Health Podcast Library
Season 6Episode 8

The ReSurgence of Global Safe & Affordable Surgical Care

Mar 29, 2023
53:18

Episode Description

Coinciding with the launch of a new global campaign by ReSurge International to promote greater awareness & funding for local surgical teams to provide life-changing reconstructive care, we meet Jim Chang and Natalie Meyers of ReSurge, along with ground-breaking Zimbabwean surgeon, Godfrey Muguti, to ask why 18 million die every year from surgically preventable diseases - and what can be done about it. 


Guests:

  • Professor Jim Chang, Chief of Plastic Surgery, Stanford University & Consulting Medical Officer, ReSurge International
  • Professor Godfrey Muguti, Chair Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe
  • Natalie Meyers, Chief Program Officer, ReSurge International


Links:

https://resurge.org

https://www.uz.ac.zw/index.php/chs-departments/355-dept-of-surgery

https://www.globalsurgeryfoundation.org

https://plasticsurgery.stanford.edu/Team.html

https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com


Watch the ReSurge Gala:

https://www.youtube.com/@resurgeinternational


Donate to ReSurge

https://resurge.org/donate


ReSurge on Social:

Twitter: @ReSurge

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resurgeinternational


#cleftpalate #burns #travelaccidents #reconstructivesurgery #trauma #congenitalconditions #cancer #genderequity #globalsolidarity

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YouTube Link

https://youtu.be/OY9RverDeug

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