In case you wondered what we did in Ethiopia...

-We cared for 113 orphaned children with treated HIV and arranged follow-up for those with newly discovered hearing loss at Mother Teresa Orphanage.

-Supported the Makinissa School for the Deaf, fitted hearing aids and addressed their medical needs.

-Provided audiology support for a clinic in Butajira, Ethiopia, several hours outside of Addis Ababa

-Provided audiology evaluation for 43 patients at Cure and Makinissa.

- Supplied CURE-Ethiopia with more than 14 thousand dollars of surgical and anesthesia supplies to carry on their mission.

- Supplied Black Lion Hospital / AAU School of Medicine with the first temporal bone laboratory in Ethiopia

- Led 5 temporal bone drilling session for residents and young attending from AAU and regional hospitals.
- Gave 3 hours of lecture to AAU otolaryngology staff and residents.

- Administered Board examinations to 2 graduating ENT chief residents

- Supervised 16 ENT operations and procedures performed by Ethiopian attending and residents and helped provide anesthesia care for the ENT cases and 30 orthopedic and plastic surgery cases

- Supported the CURE cleft palate program with otologic care for their children

- Provided ENT consultation for 120 children and adults at CURE-Ethiopia

- Supported the new ENT residency at St. Paul's Millennial Medical School

- Provided clinical education for students in the masters of nurse anesthesia program of AAU

- Provided 3 hours of lectures and anesthesia texts to the masters of nurse anesthesia students at AAU

-Worked to support a new research effort for emergency treatment of shock/trauma in Ethiopia

- Conducted a major prospective study of the prevalence of hearing loss among treated children with HIV with coordination between AAU School of Medicine, Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh

- Tried a newly designed, reusable operating microscope draping system

- Furthered the relationship with the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa

- Advanced the relationship between HTC and Ear Drop foundation of the Netherlands

Ethiopia Dec 2-5, 2015

Home sweet home!

Summary and photos to follow!

Heading home!

In Frankfurt about to board for home! The flight from Addis was fine just long. We enjoyed a little trip outside the airport for a walk, coffee and fresh air. Home soon!

Our week is done !

We are headed to the airport - hard to believe our week is done.
More to come when the Internet is better!

December 3, 2015

It is time for bed!
We had a full day: Cure, Mother Teresa, St. Paul's.
Hard to believe that tomorrow is our last day!
It has been a great day!

December 2, 2015

December 2, 2015

We had lots of activity today.  Our audiologists continued their evaluation of patients at Mother Teresa, and one journeyed to an out-patient clinic 2+ hours away to see patients who needed help with hearing aids and other audiology needs.

The ENT surgeons saw several patients in clinic at Cure and St. Paul's.  We did 6 ENT cases and 2 plastic surgery cases in the OR.  Dr. Kelly and I went to a meeting at Black Lion hospital, and she toured two other local hospitals evaluating their facilities.  Dr. Miriam has been teaching in a lab all week with the Ethiopian ENT surgeons and residents and she and Dr. Glenn will be giving them board exams.

We saw a few patients that have very sad medical issues – primarily severe neurologic diseases for which there is no cure.  It is always hard to accept that there is nothing we can do to really help them.

I had time for a swim again this evening.  Several of us went to the Italian restaurant in the hotel, and most of the team went to the local cultural center for traditional Ethiopian dinner and dancing.

Photos Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2015