Training Physicians Worldwide
The Center for Human Appearance (CHA) trains
physicians worldwide in surgical and medical
procedures, both reconstructive and cosmetic.
To date, CHA members have led educational
training programs, clinical conferences and symposia
in China, Japan, Kenya, Poland and Russia.
Similarly, physicians
from those countries have also studied here
at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Such joint projects, in combination with the
expertise of CHA faculty, help to advance the
work of the Center worldwide.
See below to learn more about the interaction
of the Center for Human Appearance and countries
around the world:
China |
Chinese physicians participated
in Center for Human Appearance training
programs at Penn for many years. Most recently
in 2001, the Center helped train the chief
of plastic surgery at 301 Hospital in Beijing,
the largest plastic surgery hospital in
China. In addition to learning plastic
surgery techniques, he also observed department
administration. Center physicians will
continue to provide postgraduate education
in China. |
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Japan |
The Center
hosted several leading Japanese plastic
surgeons, including one who sought to understand
the three dimensional structure of the
face, the importance of shadow and dimension
of the face and the significance of
facial expression as an element of attractiveness.
In addition, a team of aestheticians from
Japan visited the Center for advice on
creating a comparable Center for Human
Appearance in Tokyo.
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Kenya |
James
A. Katowitz, MD, traveled to Kenya with
two University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine ophthalmology fellows. Their aim
was to teach surgeons from East Africa
oculoplastic procedures and to perform
oculoplastic surgery on patients from the
region. As a part of their visit, Dr. Katowitz
presented a digital camera to Kenyan physicians.
With this equipment, they will be able
to do consultations via the internet and
further assist training. |
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Poland |
Scott
P. Bartlett, MD, travels to Poland
at least once each year. Since 1986,
he has been teaching Polish surgeons
about facial reconstruction and treating
patients with craniofacial anomalies.
These craniofacial anomalies include
a diverse group of deformities in the
growth of the head and facial bones.
One of his goals is to train Polish surgeons
in the techniques used in the U.S. that
bring function and appearance that is more
normal to patients with craniofacial problems.
As a result, Polish surgeons travel to
Penn to receive additional training to
help them build a program in craniofacial
surgery in Poland. Peter
D. Quinn, DMD, MD, also participates
in this program.
Because of CHA training focused on the
needs of patients in Poland, a new organization
emerged to raise funds and donate equipment
to hospitals in Krakow and Warsaw. Dr.
Bartlett co-founded the Children’s
Medical Foundation of Central and Eastern
Europe, a nonprofit organization to help
bring medical resources to pediatric patients
in that area. |
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Russia |
For more than a decade,
physicians from the Pavlov Institute in
St. Petersburg, Russia have participated
in Center for Human Appearance training
programs in Russia. Through a partnership
arrangement, the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine provides resources and
medical educational opportunities for the
Russian school and its students.
Although Pavlov is considered the one
of the best medical training program
in Russia, it has no financial support
from the government and welcomes support
from physicians in this country. Scott
P. Bartlett, MD, James A. Katowitz,
MD, James
J. Leyden, MD, Peter
D. Quinn, DMD, MD, and Linton
A. Whitaker, MD, conducted CHA symposiums
in St. Petersburg. |
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