Thanks to your generous support, IVU teams are hard at work in partner hospitals throughout the world. Our volunteers share their time, expertise, and passion for service with equally dedicated host physicians and nurses. Our Teach One, Reach Many approach focuses on building access to quality urological care worldwide.

We ask you to make a new tax-deductible donation to IVU to help advance this important work.

IVU workshop nurses providing expert care in Mongolia

Your donation makes our work possible in Rwanda, Ghana, Mongolia, and more places in need of urological training and care. When you support IVU and the work of our many volunteers, you build upon a tradition that has endured for over 25 years and features:

Community

IVU connects medical professionals worldwide uniting them in a common purpose.

A Long-term approach

Our Teach One, Reach Many model emphasizes training doctors in advanced urologic surgery to serve patients in their communities for years to come.

Cumulative impact

Each IVU volunteer builds upon the efforts of others. Our volunteers combine efforts to build lasting solutions to global healthcare challenges.

Updates

Introducing New IVU Board Members!

We are excited to welcome Dr. Chad Ritch and Laura Caba to the IVUmed Board of Directors. Dr. Ritch is an Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Ms. Caba has over 20 years of experience in the urology and oncology space, specifically in prostate and bladder cancer.

We are thrilled to welcome such dynamic and expert voices to IVU’s leadership.

Want to volunteer with IVU and provide training to doctors and nurses throughout the world without traveling? We are looking for Virtual Visiting Professors to provide training in a variety of topics. Virtual lectures serve as an important complement to our onsite hands-on training. Requested lecture topics include:

• Urologic oncology topics, including bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer
• Endourology equipment training for nurses
• Pediatric urology
• Reconstructive urology
• And more

To learn more about volunteering as an IVU VVP and to schedule a lecture, contact Josh Wood at josh.wood@ivumed.org.



Ghana Workshop Recap

Dr. Patrick Probst, right, in Kumasi as an

 IVU Traveling Resident Scholar.

OUR WORK IN GHANA:

In addition to celebrating his 50th birthday by raising funds for IVU’s mission, Dr. Ben Davies led a urologic oncology workshop in Kumasi, Ghana. Dr. Davies was joined by Dr. Keith Kowalczyk of Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Daisy Obiora of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Dr. Patrick Probst of Kansas City Urology Care, and Dr. Bradley Mason of Georgetown University Medical Center.

Dr. Ben Davies, right, led a successful

urologic oncology workshop in Kumasi.

The workshop was hosted and organized by Dr. Arhin Addai of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, a long-time partner of IVU. During the workshop, the team served eight patients, performed six complex surgeries, and trained 10 local doctors.

NOTES FROM THE TEAM:

“It was an incredible experience!”

Dr. Patrick Probst

“Overall fantastic time and

great people,” Dr. Keith Kowalczyk

Thank You For Attending Our DC Event

Board Member Dr. Ben Davies and others celebrated his 50th birthday during the SUO Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on Thursday, November 30. While the party is over, there's still time to help him mark this milestone by donating to support the IVU programs that mean so much to him.

Want to help make quality urological care available worldwide? You can support IVU’s mission with a

 tax-deductible donation.

Your support helps us provide more training and care in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

Each dollar donated provides over $10 in services.

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