Michael McGlynn OAM

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Burma Program 2000 - 2007
Michael McGlynn OAM Vice President
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Introduction

• What is Interplast
• What Interplast does
• Where Interplast does it
• Who is Interplast
• How Interplast does it

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ULTIMATE GOAL
Alleviate poverty By reconstructing
deformities And educating others to do the same
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INTERPLAST
Interplast sends teams of VOLUNTEER plastic
reconstructive surgeons, anesthetists and nurses
to the Asia Pacific region to deliver programs of
aid and development.
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PROGRAMS
Service / Aid

• 2 weeks
• Volunteer Medical Team of 6
• All equipment and supplies
• Budget approx. 40K

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PROGRAMS
Development / Education

• Lectures
• Demonstrations
• Mentoring
• Fellowships in Australia
• Sponsorship to meetings
• Equipment
• Organisation

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WHERE WE WORK
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30 PROGRAMS A YEAR

• Tanzania, Dar es Salaam July 06
• Tanzania, Mwanza July 06
• Vietnam, Cho Ray Hospital July 06
• Sri Lanka, Galle July 06
• Fiji, Labasa August 06
• Samoa, Apia August 06
• Bangladesh September 06
• Nepal (Needs Assessment) September 06
• Kiribati, Tarawa September 06
• Tonga, Nukualofa Vavau September 06
• PNG, Goroka October 06

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30 PROGRAMS A YEAR

• Philippines, Baguio City November 06
• Philippines, Cagayan De Oro January 07
• Laos, Xam Nua February 07
• PNG, Madang March 07
• Fiji, Suva March 07
• Sri Lanka, Galle March 07
• Indonesia, Sumba April 07
• Nepal, Kathmandu April 07
• Bangladesh, Dhaka May 07
• Indonesia PERAPI May 07

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30 PROGRAMS A YEAR

• Indonesia, East Kalimantan May 07
• Sri Lanka, Colombo June 07
• Vanuatu June 07
• Myanmar June 07
• Tanzania Jun 07
• Vietnam Jun 07
• Sponsored for further training in Australia/NZ
• Dr Moe Moe from Myanmar
• Dr Keutmy from Laos
• Dr Lobredia from Indonesia

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IN SUMMARY

• Founded in 1983
• Training of hundreds of doctors nurses in the
  Asia Pacific
• Sponsored 60 doctors nurses to continue their
  training in Australia
• Sent over 600 volunteers on over 400 programs in
  22 countries for
• 28,000 consultations and 17,000 operations

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TRAINING/DEVELOPMENT

• Invited over by the Ministry of Health
• Contribute to the development and training PRS
• Meet the needs of the country

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Burma Program 1

• Responded to a request
• November 2000
• Needs assessment visit
• Plan - service team to Yangon

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Burma Program 2

• June 2001, YGH
• Service / Aid team of 6
• 52 consultations
• 43 operations
• 5 lectures

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Burma Program 3

• June 2002
• Team of 6
• 75 consultations
• 68 operations
• 8 lectures

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SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

• Prof. Khin Maung Lwin, Nov 2002
• Head of PRS MFOS Yangon GH
• Inspection of training at SCH POWH
• Planning of training curriculum in PRS for
  Myanmar surgeons

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Burma Program 4

• November 2003
• Team of 6
• Consultations 76
• Operations 65
• Consultations with Ministry Health
• Consultations with Institute Medicine 1

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Burma Plan

• Select 6 local surgeons
• 12 Months training in Australia
• RACS Certificate of Training
• Mentor Support in Myanmar
• Promote development of specific skills
• Develop Myanmar training program
• Train the Trainers - self-sufficiency

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Burma Program 5

• August 2004, YGH
• Team of 4
• Consultations 48
• Operations 47
• Teaching - half of every day lectures
• University of Nursing included

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SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

• Dr. Htar Htar Aung, Yangon 2004, 12 months
• Sydney Childrens Hospital, Randwick
• Cleft lip palate surgery
• Paediatric reconstructive surgery
• Micro Vascular surgery

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Burma Program 6

• May 2005, YGH
• Team of 4
• Consultations 7
• Operations 6 - MICROVASCULAR
• Teaching - 1 all day lecture session

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SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

• Dr. Win Htun, Yangon 2005, 12 months
• Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
• Micro Vascular surgery
• Head Neck cancer surgery
• General reconstructive surgery
• Anesthetist 2 Nurses for six weeks
• Aim to develop Microsurgery team

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Burma Program 7

• June 2006, YGH
• Team of 4
• Consultations 8 (3 for staged ops)
• Operations 11 MICROVASCULAR
• Teaching - 4 lectures 1 technique session

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SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

• Dr. Tun Tun Tan, Mandalay 2006, 12 months
• Royal Melbourne Hospital
• St. Vincents Hospital, Vic
• Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
• Micro Vascular surgery
• Head Neck cancer surgery
• General reconstructive surgery

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Burma Program

• November 2006 YGH
• Team of 6
• Consultations 90
• Operations 62
• Teaching in-theatre mentoring

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SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

• Dr. Moe Moe, Yangon 2007, 12 months
• Concord Hospital, Sydney
• Micro Vascular surgery
• Burns - Acute and Reconstructive
• General Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
• Anesthetist 2 Nurses for six weeks
• Aim to develop Burn team

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Burma Program 9

• June 2007, YGH
• Team of 5
• Consultations 10
• Operations 9 MICROVASCULAR
• Teaching - 8 lectures

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Burma Program10

• September 2007, Yangon Mandalay
• Team of 2 - surgeon nurse
• Needs Assessment Review
• Visit to Yangon Mandalay
• Lectures Uni Med 1, Uni Nursing Yangon General
  Hospital
• Donation of teaching microscope YGH

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SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

• Dr. ? ? , Mandalay 2008, 12 months
• Melbourne
• General Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
• Anesthetist 2 Nurses for six weeks
• Aim to develop PRS team

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SPONSORED FOR TRAINING

• Dr. Htar Htar Aung, Yangon 2004
• Dr. Win Htun, Yangon 2005
• Dr. Tun Tun, Mandalay 2006
• Dr. Moe Moe from Yangon 2007
• Dr. ??, Mandalay 2008

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Future 2008

• Shift to mentoring teams
• Support post-graduate program
• Curriculum
• Teaching
• Examination
• Self-sufficiency

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FUNDING

• AusAID
• Public Donations (Merlion)
• Australian New Zealand Rotary Clubs
• Corporate Sponsorship

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We restore, repair, and make whole those parts
of the face which nature has not given or which
fortune has taken away not so much that they
may delight the eye, but that we should buoy up
the spirit and help the mind of the afflicted.
Gaspare Tagliacozzi 1589 (1545-1599) Renaissance
Surgeon of Bologna, Italy Author of first book on
facial reconstruction
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• your interest
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