ETSU SEAL Global Surgery Fellowship

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

East Tennessee State University's Quillen College of Medicine was founded to increase access to care for rural Appalachia. ETSU understands that access to care is the biggest determinant of health outcomes. In that same paradigm, ETSU has created the Surgical, Education, Access to care and Leadership (SEAL) Global Surgery Fellowship. It is based on the same military paradigm of the Navy SEALs, that cross training makes you a more effective, agile team. The SEAL fellowship is a one-year clinical fellowship based at one of our international sites. As a SEAL fellow, you will be a staff surgeon responsible for covering clinical duties at the hospital including emergency surgery, clinic based practice, elective surgery, and in-patient rounds. It will also include resident and medical student education. The General Surgery practice covers all aspects of surgery from pediatric to plastics to thoracic to general surgery.

Message from the Program Director

Thank you for your interest in our program. Currently, 5 billion people lack access to surgical care. The proportion of the population without access varies widely when stratified by region. More than 95% of the population in south Asia and central, eastern, and western sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to care, whereas less than 5% of the population in Australasia, high-income North America, and western Europe lack access. 143 million additional surgeries are required each year to meet the need. Many global surgery programs are trying to reduce this gap, and we are honored to help assist in this endeavor. If you want to be on the front lines of the health equity battle, please contact us.