UCSF Celebrates 15 Years Teaching Surgeons to Treat Global

UCSF Celebrates 15 Years Teaching Surgeons to Treat Global Orthopedic Trauma Patients

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Founded in 2006 by the UCSF Department of Orthopedic Surgery faculty and residents, the Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, or IGOT, is celebrating 15 years of addressing global disparities in orthopaedic trauma care. This video highlights IGOT's incredible team and the programs that are dramatically changing surgical outcomes. Validating IGOT's global impact, the Wyss Medical Foundation - a long-time supporter of IGOT - renewed its commitment to our organization in 2021 with a five-year grant. To help support our mission or to learn more please click on igotglobal.org. Series: "Orthopaedic Trauma Institute (OTI) Functional Limb Service Tutorial Video Series" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 37736]

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