Global Health Lecture Series
Upcoming Lecture
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The Office of International Affairs (OIA) invites you to attend an ongoing lecture series on issues impacting global health. The lectures will be held every first and third Wednesday of the month at 12:00 noon CT. Invited guest speakers will share their personal stories and experiences. Everyone is invited to attend. Free lunch will be provided to the first 40 attendees. |
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K. M. Cherian is a leading Indian heart surgeon who has pioneered new treatments, founded new hospitals, and earned an international reputation. He is the founding chairman of Frontier Lifeline based in Chennai, and the Dr K M Cherian Heart Foundation. Dr. Cherian performed the first coronary artery bypass surgery in India in 1975. He also performed the country's second heart transplant, first infant cardiac surgery, and the first heart and lung transplant (1999). He is also a pioneer in India having performed heart surgeries using tissue engineered conduits and used autologous stem cells in heart diseases. Pioneering pediatric cardiac surgery in India, Dr. Cherian has performed more than 32,000 operations, a unique record in itself. With a passion to save lives, Dr. Cherian pioneered the first coronary artery bypass surgery in India as well as the first heart transplant after the legislation of Brain Death in India; the first bilateral lung transplant; the first Pediatric Heart transplant; the first Auto transplant; and the first Heart and Lung transplant(1999). He is the first Indian member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London, and an honorary member of the Malaysian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, just to mention a few of his affiliations. |
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For suggestions regarding future lectures please contact us at Office of International Affairs.
Previous Lectures
Spring 2013
January 2013- 22-Ambassador Tibor Nagy, State of the World 2013: Predictions and Reflections
- 06-Yan Zhang,PhD, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture
- 11-Intro to Global Health: Milton Jones, President/CEO, Christian Relief Fund
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13-Chris Hobart, P3 and Julianne Yeary, P2, International Experiences through FIMRC-Costa Rica and Peru
- power point
- recorded presentation
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20-Cynthia Hester, BSED, RN, Medical Mission to Zambia
- power point
- recorded presentation
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9-Dan Kelly, MD, Wellbody Alliance - Sierra Leone
- power point
- power point
- recorded presentation
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17-Marie Leiner, PhD, Children's Mental Health and Collective Violence on the US/Mexico Border
- power point
- recorded presentation
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1-Michael Parsa, MD, Short Term Medical Missions: Organizing and Getting Involved in Trips That Have a Lasting Impact
- power point
- recorded presentation
Fall 2012
August 2012- 21-Devendra K Gupta of King George Medical University, Lucknow, India, The Health Burden in the Developing World: Future Strategies
- 19-Jason Morton, PC Support, Single Jingles: Living with Testicular Cancer
- 28-David McRay, MD, John Peter Smith Hospital, Global Health in US Medical Education: A Focus on Israel and Palestine
- 3-Greg Hannabas, School of Medicine, Class of 2015, Sustainability: A Perspective from West Texas, East Africa, and Spain
- 17-Jane Nagy, MA, Women's Health in Africa
- 7-Sheon Montgomery, MS, Combat Nurses of Vietnam: What's an angel doin' here in hell?
- 19-Miriam Nakalembe, MD, Maternal and Reproductive Health Issues in Uganda
Spring 2012
January 2012- 18-Kweku Hazel, SOM, Class of 2012, From West Africa to West Texas
- 08-Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., 2012 International Predictions
- 07-Kim Peck, MD, Medical Mission Trips in Kenya
- 21-Mubariz Naqvi, MD, Global Neonatology: A Report from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 28-Special Edition: Enrique Oracion, PhD of Silliman University, Toward an Integrative & Collaborative Research Program: Responding to the Complex Challenges & Potentials in the Tropics
- 03-Robert Casanova, MD, Cuba: A Second Look
- 18-Frank Agullo, MD, Cleft Lip & Palate Surgical Missions: Peru & Honduras
- 02-Honduras 2012 participants including Scott Grant (2013), Grace Ng (2013), and Michael Parsa, MD, Mission Honduras 2012: Reflections and Lessons Learned
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14-Special Edition: Michael Cappello, MD of Yale School of Medicine, From Bench to Bush, and Back Again: The Molecular Pathogenesis of Pediatric Tropical Diseases
- to view this recorded presentation, contact OIA
Fall 2011
September 2011- 21-Randy Gallaway, Hope and Courage in China and Beyond
- 05-Reed Flora, Bangladesh Through the Eyes of a Medical Student
- 19-Sergio Alvarado, MD, Honduras Mission Trip: A new approach to global health
- 02-Bolanle Olaniran, PhD, Sickle Cell Anemia: Living, Learning, and Managing the Disease
- 16-Tom McGovern, EdD, Spirituality and Health: Worldview Perspectives
- 07-SNMA Panel Presentation, Journeys into Medicine
Spring 2011
January 2011- 19-Jack Rudd, DDS, FAGD, Teethsavers International: teach a few to teach many
- 2-Kelly Bennett, MD, ABFP, Homelessness
- 16-Ambassador Tibor Nagy, Vice Provost for International Affairs, TTU, What's Wrong with Africa - And How Can We Fix It?
- 2-Thomas F. McGovern, EdD, Alcohol Problems: An International Perspective
- 16-Mauricio Pinto, MD, Rural Medicine in Bolivia
- 5-John Thomas, MD, Operation Hope
- 6-Pauline Mills, CLC, ICCE, CD (DONA), The Benefits of a Birth Doula
- 13-Tom Xu, PhD, Yan Zhang, PhD, LAc, and Weimin Gao, PhD, Medicine in China: An Introduction
- 20-Meredith Aikman, MPH, The Heart of Tibet: Improving Public Health and Education in Rural Tibet
- 4-Nicole Hines, RN, MSN, CIC, Purpose Medical Mission: Building Healthcare Infrastructure in Cameroon
Fall 2010
September 2010- 1-Desirae McKee, M.D., Pediatric Hand Surgery in Guatemala: One Surgeon's Perspective
- 15-Barbara Pence, Ph.D. and Christina Esperat, Ph.D., RN, Linking Community-Based Participatory Research with Revitalized Primary Care in the Philippines
- 6-Jennifer Roh, SOM, Class of 2013, Encountering "The Hermit Kingdom": A Medical Student's Reflections on Visiting Pyongyang, North Korea
- 20-Michael Parsa, MD, Healthcare Challenges in Resource Poor Settings: The Papua New Guinea Experience
- 17-Andres Pedroza, Mobile Health Unit Coordinator, Community Health Center of Lubbock, Health Issues of the Highly Mobile
- 1-Yolanda Flores, Legalization/Immigration Outreach Coordinator, Catholic Family Services, Inc., Illegal Immigration and Public Health
Summer Seminar Series on Health Disparities
- June 16-Fiona Prabhu, M.D., Health Disparities and Asthma
- July 7-Marjorie Jenkins, M.D., Gender Health Disparities Overview of Issues and Clinical Implications
- July 21-Everardo Cobos, M.D., Sickle Cell Anemia and Health Disparities
- August 4-Brian K. Irons, PharmD, Healthcare Disparities in Hypertension
Spring 2010
January 2010- 20-Donald Meier, M.D., Hardships are Inevitable; Misery is Optional: Pediatric Surgery in Under-served Areas
- 3-Revathi Ravi, SOM 2012, Dr. Binayak Sen and Human Rights in India
- 17-John C. Baldwin, M.D., Haiti
- 3-Candice Allen, SOM 2010, Malnutrition in Ethiopia
- 17-Miguel Pirela-Cruz, MD, Volunteerism; Guatemala Hand Project
- 31-J Taylor Harden, RN, PhD, Assistant to the Director for Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, Opportunities for Nursing Research at the National Institute of Health
- 7-Chandice Covington, PhD, RN, Maisha Mabibi: Life Grandmothers of Kenya
- 5-Sara Brouse, PharmD, Pharmacy Practice in Japan and Thailand: Experiences as a Visiting Professor
- 19-Katie Chung, SOM Class of 2010, The Necessity of Multi-Disciplinary Teams in Global Health Projects