Medicine Beyond Borders: Reflections on the State of International Emergency Medicine and Building a Career in Global Health.  

After years of focusing first on the management of infectious diseases and later on chronic conditions, COVID galvanized attention on the poor state of access to emergency care in many low- and middle-income countries.  Join me for a conversation on the exciting developments in global emergency medicine, some of the recent challenges, and how residency did and didn't prepare me for a career in global health.

Edward Chu, MD

With a background in anthropology, public health, and emergency medicine, Edward has spent the last decade focused on humanitarian emergencies and delivering emergency care in austere environments.  He is currently the leader of the Emergency Care Platform in MSF, former Emergency Medicine Advisor based in Berlin, and currently the medical content coordinator for the MSF Paediatric Days conference, a forum that brings together MSF staff, local and international partners as well as researchers to discuss common challenges and solutions to improving pediatric care in low-resource and conflict-affected settings.  Edward is passionate about the FOAMed movement and bringing the spirit of this approach to the humanitarian space.

• Date: Friday, May 29th
• Time: 6:00 PM
• Location: TBD based on the number of attendees, but will be in Salt Lake City Proper.

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