What CAMTA Leaves Behind

/in /by CAMTA
Marni Wesner (Family Physician) presents, assisted by Francisco Gallardo (Logistics)
 
During the CAMTA Mission, every individual patient leaves the hospital with hope for a better future. Treating individual patients, however, is not all that CAMTA does during our time in Ecuador. On Saturday, February 23rd, CAMTA hosted the 5thAnnual Orthopedic Meeting. There, CAMTA physicians presented on a variety of topics to the Orthopedic Surgery residents from the hospital. 
 
Dr. Wesner started off presenting about non-surgical management of Osteoarthritis.
 
She was followed by Dr. Secretan, who spoke about the life of a Rural Orthopod. His very interactive case-based presentation was extremely well received by the local residents, who were eager to engage in discussion about challenging hip replacements.
Charlie Secretan (Adult Surgeon) presents, assisted by Francisco Gallardo (Logistics)
 
Next, Dr. Stampe spoke about scoliosis and its management. This included a lot of new information on operations beyond what CAMTA does during their missions, as well as beyond what is normally done in Ecuador for children with scoliosis. As a result, the residents had a lot of interesting questions!
Kyle Stampe (Pediatric Surgeon)