Global Health
Transforming Global Healthcare Through Collaboration
For over 20 years, our Global Health Program has trained the next generation of healthcare leaders in resource-limited countries — and residents have been at the heart of this work from the start. Rather than traditional "medical missions," our trainees help empower local providers with the skills to care for their own communities, gaining hands-on leadership experience while making a lasting impact.
We build sustainable, education-focused programs developed by and for local practitioners, combining in-person teaching with remote learning to create lasting international partnerships — with residents playing an active role at every stage.
Our Mission
To improve health care capacity through longitudinal collaborations with medical providers via bi-directional education, quality improvement, and research efforts.
"We were able to facilitate hands-on training on ultrasound guided peripheral vascular access and some basic nerve blocks (which they are often currently doing blind) to not only broaden their skills and accuracy of certain procedures, but also improve patient safety with proper/informed use of these ultrasound tools."
Partnerships
Learn how our department collaborates with partners in The Gambia, Honduras, and Cambodia to build lasting, education-focused programs.
Resident Involvement
See how residents, fellows, and medical students take part in global health work — from project proposals to international travel.
Expanding Global Health Through Collaboration
We build sustainable, education-focused partnerships that address community-specific needs. Our efforts began with a long-standing collaboration with Ghanaian anesthesiologists and have grown to include:
- A decade-long partnership in The Gambia, focused on quality improvement, crisis resource management, and simulation-based education
- Ultrasound and anesthesia training in Cambodia, alongside the Center for Global Surgery
- Cardiothoracic anesthesia services recently launched at a teaching hospital in Honduras
We also partner closely with the University of Utah's Office of Global Health to advance both our Gambian initiatives and broader university-wide global health efforts.
Global Health In Action
Dr. Andrew Dobrowski teaching ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block at Kanifing General Hospital.
Dr. Andrew Dobrowski teaching ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block at Ndemban Clinic.
Dr. Sierra Mastrantonio teaching ultrasound-guided vascular access at Kanifing General Hospital.
Dr. Maegan Tupinio delivering a lecture at the 2024 Gambian National Anesthesia Review Course.
Mariama Janneh, USAID country program manager for The Gambia; Gustavo da Silva from the University of Utah Office of Global Health; Dr. Scott Junkins; Dr. Candace Chang; Her Excellency Sharon Cromer, U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia; Dr. Dinesh Shukla, chancellor of AIUWA; Prof. Momodou Mousa Baro, head of the AIUWA College of Nursing; and Dr. Arran Seiler. (2025)
Dr. Bott and two team members in an operating room in Honduras.
Prof. Momodou Mousa Baro, head of the AIUWA College of Nursing, during his visit to Salt Lake checking out the Center for Patient Simulation. (2024)
Dr. Junkins, Dr. Tupinio, Dr. Seiler, Dr. Mastrantonio, Dr. Agarwala, Dr. Chang, and Dr. Liu with Ousman Ceesay (chief nurse anesthetist at Kanifing General Hospital) and Prof. Momodou Mousa Baro. (2024)
Dr. Junkins presenting at the Gambian National Anesthesia Review Course. (2019)
