We have been holding a series of events called “Find-Your-Role-Model” Session to provide students with opportunities to interact with TMDU alumni and worldwide leaders in health sciences. Through this roundtable-type, relaxed atmosphere event, we hope students will be able to find their role models in order to facilitate their career development in becoming future global leaders.

We will host Professor Mark G. Shrime, the O’Brien Chair of Global Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr. Shrime graduated from Princeton University, received his MD from the University of Texas, completed his residency training in otolaryngology at the joint Columbia/Cornell program, and two fellowships at the University of Toronto. He was the first to identify a novel independent prognostic indicator in head and neck cancer. He later received an MPH in global health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a PhD in health policy from Harvard University, with a concentration in decision science. His academic pursuits focus on surgical delivery in low- and middle-income countries, where he has a specific interest in the intersection of health and impoverishment. He served as a co-author on the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, and has competed on the American popular TV program “American Ninja Warrior”.

This session will be carried out in a round-table discussion format, and will cover the following points. Everyone is welcome to join us in a hearty discussion.

Topics

• Career and personal background:Career history, previous failures and successes, personal mission, future vision, role-models, and career path
• What is Global Surgery?: What led to the shift from cancer to global health, and what is global surgery?
• Advice for students: What TMDU students should do to prepare for working globally