Iaoms foundation@work april 2016 final
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THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FROMTHE IAOMS FOUNDATION
FELLOWSHIPINTERVIEWS
Larry W . Nissen
APRIL 2016
Changing the World...One Face at a Time!
2015-16 FELLOWS
FOUNDATIONCHAIRMAN
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03 Fellowship Stories- Dr. Gokavarapu
05 Fellowship Stories- Dr. Misra
07 The FoundationTriade
08 Laskin LegacySociety
09 Amazon SmileProgram
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DR. SANDHYAGOKAVARAPUKLS Mar t i n Group Fe l l owsh ip i nOnco logy and Recons t ruc t i ve Su rge ry
2 0 1 5 - 1 6 F E L L OW S H I PR E C I P I E N T
I reported to Ninth Peoples Hospital onDecember 14th. The department of oral andmaxillofacial head and neck surgery is veryhospitable. The department is very big withspecialized units for every sub-speciality in thespectrum of OMS. The wards are sophisticatedand the system of education is extremelysystematic for learning, growth andopportunities for young surgeons. Whatamazes me is that they are enthusiastic inresearch, in basic and clinical sciences, alongwith skill development for surgery.
Language is certainly a barrier; however; everyone is warm and extremely helpful tooutsiders. Culturally, Indians and Chinese aresimilar in many ways, and I can say that I feelat home here. I have made great friends, nativeof different continents, along with Chinesecolleagues providing me with an opportunityfor global insight.
My training guide, Prof Tong Ji, took us to aConfucian Temple at Jiading over one of theweekends. The temple is the relic of system ofeducation and merit based selection process forbureaucratic posts in China, which was a verysuccessful model for hundreds of years.This temple shows the insight of the studentteacher relationships, commitment of scholars and reward to virtues in medieval Chinawhich explains the prosperity and unity of thecountry for thousands of years.
My experiences here have been wonderful. The teachers are dedicatedtrainers teaching their best. The colleaguesare fun loving and helpful, and all of it hasbeen much better than my expectations.Moreover, they encourage and provide mewith the resources for clinical research forour team and so far we have beenproductive in many clinical studies in thefield of head and oncology.
My focus of learning from this fellowshipis micro-vascular reconstructive surgery.My previous work experience of 4 years inthe head and neck oncology surgery, priorto this fellowship, prepares me to receivethe best of reconstructive surgery trainingin this period of one year. I am providedwith ample opportunities and training tolearn. The department performs 4 to 5 freeflaps every week and they are one of thelarge volume centers in the world whichgives me a unique opportunity of numberswith quality training.
I am confident of accomplishing the goalby the end of this year at the current paceof learning and opportunities.
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DR. GYANENDRAMISRAFe l l owsh ip i n Onco logy andRecons t ruc t i ve Su rge ry
2 0 1 5 - 1 6 F E L L OW S H I PR E C I P I E N T
It is my pleasure to share my experience of theongoing fellowship at this center. I joined thedepartment on September 18, 2015.Peking University Hospital of Stomatology isthe center of excellence for reconstruction thatI expected it to be.
It was definitely a very difficult first fewweeks as everything around me had changed.Be it the language, food or the culture, butwith a lot of people trying to help, it sure startsfeeling like a family.
It does take some time to make friends due tothe inability to speak a common language butit's fun and I did manage to make a few friendswho help a lot in understanding the proceduresgoing on. Faculty members are also veryapproachable and helpful which makes it mucheasier. Beijing is a beautiful city and so isChina. I found some time during the springbreak to go all around Beijing.
The great wall, Forbidden City and thesummer palace and my visit to Harbin wasreally refreshing (ice and snow exhibition).
The center has so much to teach that in mypersonal opinion, I wish this fellowshiplasted longer than one year. But for my lastsix months here, I hope to learn at a greaterpace than before as now we are used toeach other and I do understand a bit moreof the language.
As far as surgeries are concerned, it's theplace one would want to be! A lot ofpathological resections with microvascularreconstruction is routine. As was myinterest, I have been an active member ofthe reconstructive team and am learning toperform those procedures all by myself.Their techniques are a little different thanones I know and also time tested so surelyI'm trying my best to pick them up.
The encouragement from the faculty isvery motivating and I hope the next sixmonths will be great for learning. I'mlooking forward to working at my Centerback home with more precision andsuccessful reconstruction for my patients.
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T H E N EW I A O M S F O U N D A T I O NI S L I V E !
The IAOMS Foundation is excited to announce the release of our
new website, designed with a fresh new look and userfriendly
navigation. Updated with the latest information about our
foundation, this site was designed with you in mind. We hope you
will enjoy learning more about what we do and how we are
changing the world, one face at a time.
THE FOUNDATIONTRIADEBY LARRY W . NISSEN
IAOMS FOUNDAT ION CHA IRMAN
These principles can be referred to as the Foundation
Triade and even though they may be separate, they all
are interdependent. These principles are Talent, Time
and Treasure. Without understanding the importance of
these three, it is difficult to maintain continual growth of
the organization.
The first principle, Talent, is easy to explain – it refers to
the people who are available to present the many
programs that our Foundation provides. Fortunately, the
IAOMS is blessed with many exceptionally gifted Fellows
who understand that sharing knowledge is critical in
achieving the mission of the Foundation and Association.
The willingness to provide expertise in the various areas
of the specialty is universal to our specialty and allows a
variety of speakers that are able to present in all areas of
the world.
Time is the second principle, and relates directly to the
first. Not only do we have talented individuals to present,
they are willing to take the Time to prepare lectures,
travel to various venues, often in remote locations, and
provide educational experiences that will be invaluable
to the attendees. Many of us who do not lecture may not
readily understand the commitment that our speakers
have or the number of hours required to provide these
outstanding programs.
The third principle, Treasure, can be interpreted to have
two parts. The first part, encompasses the first two
principles. To have a cadre of knowledgeable Fellows that
are willing to share their expertise and time to provide
exceptional educational experiences is truly a major
portion of the IAOMS Treasure. The second part of our
Treasure is - of course - the financial resources that our
Fellows and corporate partners provide. The past two
years have been the best in the history of our Foundation
with the KLS Martin Group Challenge Grant and our
Fellows and friends giving over $100,000 per year in
donations. The generous pledges to the Laskin Legacy
Society will also help to better solidify future donations.
As we have discussed in the past, building the corpus of
our Foundation allows the Board to predictably budget for
future programs. Even though we have had great
successes in the past two years, it is somewhat troubling
that these donations came from less than 10% of our
membership. If we were to triple or quadruple the number
of donors, iwe could see an even greater impact on the
corpus of our Foundation, and provide further educational
experiences around the world.
Looking forward in 2016, I ask that each member commit
to the Foundation Triade. We need your Talent, your Time
and your Treasure, in order to meet the educational
challenges of the world and better achieve the mission of
the IAOMS Foundation.
After two eventful years at the IAOMS Foundation, I thought it would be helpful to review the
three cornerstones of a foundation.
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DANIEL LASKINLEGACY SOCIETY
Become a charter member of the The Daniel Laskin LegacySociety. Through a minimum gift of $5,000 in a will orrevocable living trust, or by making the IAOMSFoundation the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, aretirement plan or a charitable trust, they will have setaside a part of their estates to be placed in the IAOMSFoundation’s permanent endowment fund – a fund thatwill support our mission for generations to come.
Charter members of the Laskin Legacy Society will behonored at the upcoming meeting at ICOMS. For moreinformation, please contact the IAOMS Foundation at224-232-8737 or via email to [email protected].
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