Barrow Global Medical Scholar end of year report

Introduction

First of all I would like to thank the Barrow Global department for giving me the opportunity to be the scholar for the past year. I want to specially thank Cyrus who has been mentoring me for many years know and proposed my name for this oportunity. Moreover, I want to thank Dr. Lawton for providing the funds for my year and I want to thank Dr. Rosseau for her constant guidance and support.

Outcomes: excutive summary

• Scrubbed in and assited >40 cases

• Papers published, submitted and drafted: 11

• Ongoing projects: 8

• Grants submission: 2

• Abstracts submitted to international conferences: 8

• Neurosurgery registry data entry: >150 patients

The Trail

I am an Argentine physician pursuing a NSGY residency in the US. Over the past three years, I have worked with the Barrow Global team on a variety of projects.

During the last year, I worked remotely from Argentina on several research initiatives, including the development of an economic model to evaluate the costs of clipping and coiling for unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) in LMICs, as well as projects on brain drain, among others.

In December, I traveled to Phoenix to spend a month with the team prior to my trip to KCMC. During that time, I accelerated ongoing projects, shadowed in the operating room, and worked closely with mentors and colleagues. In mid-January, I traveled with Cyrus to Moshi, where my work at KCMC began.

As of now, my formal role with Barrow Global has concluded, although I continue to collaborate on ongoing projects.

Research, Education and Clinical Activites

My year as a Barrow Global Scholar—and its outcomes—was structured around three main pillars: research, education, and clinical activities.

1. Research

• 11 manuscripts published, submitted, or in preparation
• 8 ongoing projects within Barrow Global
• Rounding checklist project: grant submission, implementation at KCMC, and data collection
• 5 abstracts submitted to the ISGNS conference with KCMC residents as co-authors
• 3 abstracts submitted to the ISPN conference with KCMC residents as co-authors
• Led economic model development, including data collection and manuscript preparation
• Participated in the ISGNS conference and presented two Barrow Global pledges
• Provided research support for neurosurgery and general surgery resident projects at KCMC
• Uploaded and cleaned data for over 150 patients in the REDCap database at KCMC

## [1] "ISGNS conference with residents"

2. Education

• Led Medical Student Monthly Meetings

• Provided educational lectures on research to KCMC residents

• Developed with Cyrus two day anatomy dissection course

• Learned Swahili to basic level

## [1] "Anatomy course with residents"

3. Clinical Activities

• Scrubbed and assisted in 46 cases performing wide range of intraoperative tasks. (skin inscion and opening, dura opening and closure, craniotomies)

22 trauma, 2 tumor, 4 spine, 18 pediatric

## [1] "Craniotmy with Sengua"

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