Webinar: Global Medical Student Contributions to the COVID-19 Response

The Global Surgery Foundation is pleased to highlight and recommend a webinar by Operation Smile on “Global Medical Student Contributions to the COVID-19 Response”, scheduled for Tuesday, May 12 | 9:00AM - 10:30AM (EDT).

The event will feature speakers from the International Surgical Students Network (InciSioN), the Federation of African Medical Students Associations (FAMSA), the European Medical Student’s Association (EMSA), and Students4COVID (S4C), as they discuss the effects of COVID- 19 pandemic on students and trainees globally, student and trainee led COVID-19 initiatives, and contributions of medical students around the world in response to COVID-19.

Moderator:

Dr. Kate Tulenko, Operation Smile Consultant

Panelists:

Kapil Narain, FAMSA, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Ornella Pokam Feunou, FAMSA, Buea University, Cameroon

Xiya Ma (MSc MD), InciSioN, Universite de Montreal Canada

Katayoun Madani (MS MD), InciSioN, Students4COVID, Northwestern Trauma and Surgical Initiative

Nick Xifaras, EMSA, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Ali Kaduhm, EMSA, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany