Background: Worldwide, the number of refugees continues to increase. By the end of 2017, there were an estimated 68.5 million individuals forcibly displaced worldwide due to persecution, conflict, or generalized violence. Refugees have unique and complex health care conditions and needs. Most physicians receive limited, if any, training on providing medical care to refugees. The aim [...]

Background: Imaging diagnostics such as CT and MRI are practically inaccessible to many of this developing nation’s 42 million citizens. Ultrasound, however, is more readily available but primarily limited to use in obstetrics. With proper training, the diagnostic utility of ultrasonography may be expanded to non-obstetric point-of-care examinations. In this study, we aimed to evaluate [...]

Background: This presentation will describe a novel study started during a sabbatical year in Colombia. It will briefly cover logistics of taking a sabbatical year and then discuss the ongoing project and preliminary results. Dengue, a neglected tropical viral disease transmitted by the Aedes egypti mosquito, is endemic in Colombia and serves as an ideal [...]