Three Radiologists Travel To Brazil Through International Education Program

Radiologists Donna G. Blankenbaker, M.D., from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison (UWSMPH), Erik K. Paulson, M.D., from Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) in Durham and Robert W. Hurst, M.D., from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (HUP) will bring their medical expertise to Brazil as part of the International Visiting Professor Program offered by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The program fosters international relations among radiology societies to assist with medical education in developing and newly developed nations.


Dr. Blankenbaker, associate professor of radiology at UWSMPH, Dr. Paulson, vice chair of clinical operations and chief of abdominal imaging at DUMC and Dr. Hurst, professor of radiology, neurosurgery and neurology at HUP will embark October 7 on the 12-day trip. They will spend their visit giving presentations and teaching intensive seminars to members of Brazilian radiology societies and hospital radiology departments.


The program is mutually beneficial. The visiting team of radiologists informs local doctors and hospitals about the latest advances in diagnostic and therapeutic radiology. In turn, the visiting professors experience firsthand the obstacles faced by medical professionals in the host countries.


"The RSNA International Visiting Professor Program provides an exciting opportunity to develop and grow long-term relationships with radiologists from other countries," Dr. Blankenbaker said. "I look forward to learning about the practice of radiology in Brazil and sharing my expertise and experience as a musculoskeletal specialist in the United States."



"The RSNA International Visiting Professor Program reinforces to me that priority afforded to medical care in a society reflects the priority given to human values in that society," Dr. Hurst said. "Because medical education is the major mechanism by which medical knowledge is transmitted and advanced, the visiting professor program reflects well on all participating countries. Consequently, I consider it an honor as well as a pleasure to participate."



"The International Visiting Professor team is truly honored to represent RSNA in Brazil," Dr. Paulson said. "We look forward to the exchange of ideas, to understand and experience a different practice and teaching model, to contrast our practice environment with others and to develop new friendships."



The three radiologists will attend the Brazilian Congress of Radiology at Rio Centro in Rio de Janeiro, visit Clinica da Imagem de Goiania in Goiania, then travel to Belem where they will visit Hospital Ofir Loiola and Clinica Lobo.


The International Visiting Professor Program was founded in 1986 and is administered by RSNA's Committee on International Relations and Education. This program is supported by Agfa Healthcare.


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