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Leading International Initiatives in the Middle East
On August 24, 2008, in the first reception to be held in the Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare since the building’s opening, President Judy Genshaft, Dean Stephen Klasko, Provost Ralph Wilcox, Associate Vice President of Global Strategies and International Affairs Linda Whiteford, Associate Dean of International Affairs for the College of Medicine, John Sinnott and a team of faculty from USF Health met with Ashraf El-Ghamrawy, CEO and Managing Director of the Egyptian Saudi Finance Bank, Cairo, Egypt and Dr. Ashley Ansara, CEO of Regency Holding, Florida, and other Egyptian dignitaries.
Left to right, Dr. Linda Whiteford, Dr. John Sinnott, Dr. Ashley Ansara, President Judy Genshaft, and Provost Ralph Wilcox
Under the auspices of a new exploratory initiative, USF Health and Regency Holding are in discussions to initiate a collaborative health project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Ashraf Al-Ghamrawy and Dr. Ansara toured the Morsani Center. Mr. Ghamrawy was impressed by the state-of-art Morsani Center and said that it would be valuable to replicate parts of this model in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Richard Green conducting the tour of the Morsani Center
Faculty from several departments including the department of obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, neurosurgery, infectious disease, allergy and immunology and orthopedics, were on hand to represent USF Health’s investment and leadership in state-of-the-art healthcare. Dr. Ansara’s leadership and experience in clinical research, healthcare, and real estate development will add tremendous value to the proposed program.
Collaborative Projects with Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
In a separate project, discussions for the development of an international medical student exchange are underway with Ain Shams University, in Cairo, Egypt. Discussions were led by Dr. John Sinnott, and Dr. Lynette Menezes, Director of International Affairs for the College of Medicine, with Dr. Ashley Ansara, CEO of Regency Holding and Dr. Magdy Osman, Professor of Neurosurgery, Ain Shams. Dr. Ansara and Dr. Osman pledged $50,000 each from the Ansara and Osman Foundations respectively to establish this exchange program for medical students from Ain Shams University. As an initial step a collaborative agreement has been signed between Ain Shams and USF.
In a separate project, discussions for the development of an international medical student exchange are underway with Ain Shams University, in Cairo, Egypt. Discussions were led by Dr. John Sinnott, and Dr. Lynette Menezes, Director of International Affairs for the College of Medicine, with Dr. Ashley Ansara, CEO of Regency Holding and Dr. Magdy Osman, Professor of Neurosurgery, Ain Shams. Dr. Ansara and Dr. Osman pledged $50,000 each from the Ansara and Osman Foundations respectively to establish this exchange program for medical students from Ain Shams University. As an initial step a collaborative agreement has been signed between Ain Shams and USF.
The collaboration proposal includes:
- Establishing an International Student Exchange Center for students from a developing country participating in a clinical rotation at USF
- An online medical curriculum certificate program
- Two 4th year medical students/interns visiting USF for one month of clinical rotation with approximately 10 – 12 students per year
- Collaborative interdisciplinary research projects between faculty from USF and Ain Shams
- Exchange of faculty, faculty training in research
- Training of nurses, laboratory personnel, and other technicians
- Hospital infection control protocol
President Judy Genshaft and Dr. Madgy Osman
Dr. Ashley Ansara, Mr. Medhat and Mr. Ashraf El Ghamrawy
Dr. Nagwa El-Badri (Dajani) and Dr. Ashley Ansara
For more information about international programs at the College of Medicine, please visit: www.health.usf.edu/medicine/ia
To learn about USF Health’s advances in world class healthcare at the Morsani Center:
http://health.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/advancedhealthcare/CAHC_morsani.htm
To learn about USF Health’s advances in world class healthcare at the Morsani Center:
http://health.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/advancedhealthcare/CAHC_morsani.htm
Newsbrief: Julian Corvin, Division of Infectious Disease & International Medicine
Photos: Julian Corvin, Karina D’Souza, Office of International Affairs, College of Medicine
Photos: Julian Corvin, Karina D’Souza, Office of International Affairs, College of Medicine