International Rotation Site Options
2017
These options listed are in addition to the annual RVU sponsored trips to Africa, Nepal, Central and South America. All of these are organizations, individuals and/or opportunities, are recommendedby RVU students. You can also set up your own international rotation, with appropriate approval. Approval forms and further information for International Rotation Requests can be found on the RVU website under the Global Medicinetab. If you have additional questions, please contact Dr. Bentley at .
This list is not in any particular order, be sure to review the entire list.
- Project C.U.R.E.
Specialty: General Medicine
Locations: Central and South America, Africa, India
Contact:Jennifer Manhoff Ph.
- Dr. Scott Smith (Sponsor of RVU annual trip to Kenya in January)
Specialty: General Medicine
Location: Kimanu, Kenya (about 3 hours south of Nairobi, adjacent to Mt. Kilimanjaro)
Contact: Dr. Scott Smith,
- DOCARE International
Specialty: General Medicine
Locations: Guatemala, Uganda, Nicaragua, Peru, etc.
*Must be a member of DOCARE.
- Dr. Rudy Obregon
Specialty: GI (2 weeks)Mixed Hospital/Clinic
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Contact: Dr. Rudy Obregon,
- Dr. Terry Dunn
Specialty:OB/GYN
Location: Western Kenya, Africa (2 weeks)
Contact: Dr. Terry Dunn,
- CGC Health
Specialty: Primary Care & Health Education
Location: Amazon River Villages
Dates: Every June and July
*President of the organization is RVUCOM Student Chase Hamilton, Class of 2018. All volunteers are welcome, regardless of experience.
Specialty: Varies, offers many of them. Excellent program, work in teaching hospitals and clinics. You can choose you specialty, recommended for 2-4 weeks rotations, or more! Location: Africa, Asia, and South America
- In India, Ghana and Honduras. General Medicine or Ophtholmology
- Mammoth Medical Missions
Specialty: Clinical Rotations with Surgical Emphasis
Location: Chiapas, Mexico
- Medical outreach in Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua.
Volunteers shadow local and foreign health professionals as they provide pro-bono consultations and medications to patients in rural communities. Volunteers assist with in-take, triage, medication packing, and health education.
- Global Health Initiatives - Centura Health
Specialty: Various Specialties
Locations: Nepal, Peru, Rwanda
Contact: Greg Hodgson, Director,
- Dr. Peter Schmid
Specialty: General Ear Nose & Throat Surgery
Location: Haiti
Contact: Dr. Peter Schmid,
- Common Ground International
Specialty: General Medicine/Spanish Immersion
Location: Costa Rica
Contact: Rory Foster,
- Loma Linda University Global Health Institute - Adventist Health Services
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Location: Haiti
Contact: Amy Lindsey
- Heavenly Hope Ministries
Specialty: General Medicine
Location: Myungsung Christian Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Contact: Dr. Chul Soo Kim,
*Note: This is a Christian affiliated program.
- Health Teams International
Specialty: General Medicine
Location: General Clinic Healthcare, Myanmar/Burma
Contact: Richard Charlick, DDS
*Note: This is a Christian affiliated program.
- Roca Blanca
Specialty: General Medicine
Location: Corban Clinic in Oaxaca, Mexico
Contact: Marcie Smith, 620-793-0698
*Note: This is a Christian affiliated program.
- Medical Spanish Immersion and clinical work near the Mexican border in Texas through UHS Texas. Contact Dr. Jorge Duchicela, MD at
- Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative
Specialty: General Medicine
Location: Botswana, Africa
Contact: Patricia Dorman
- Centre Dentaire et d’Implantologie
Specialty: Oral-Maxillary –Facial Surgery
Location: Chicoutimi, Canada
Contact: Dr. Marc Desautels,
- Friedrich Christian Reiss, MD
Specialty: Cardiology
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Contact: Friedrich Christian Reiss, MD,
Albertinen Heart Center, Suente4lstrasse 11A, Hamburg, Germany 22457
Phone: 49-40-5588-2445
Fax: 49-40-5588-2421
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Location: Santiago, Chile
Specialty: Pediatrics
Contact: Dr. Carlos Castillo Duran, Director of Pediatrics,
*Spanish speaker may be preferred.
- AMSA (American Medical Student Association)
Clinical and Research Opportunities
Location: Varies
- SOMA (Student Osteopathic Medical Association)
Multiple Opportunities
Location: Varies
*Scholarship opportunities.
- Global Health Education Consortium
Multiple Opportunities
Location: Varies
*Scholarship opportunities.
*Check on language requirements.
- Child Family Health International
Specialty: Pediatrics
Location: Varies
*Scholarship opportunities.
- Jeremiah’s Hope - Christian Medical Ministry Cambodia
Specialty: General Medicine with Surgical Emphasis
Location: Cambodia
303-726-7482
*Note: This is a Christian affiliated program.
- HusmanPlascensia ,
Specialty: OB/GYN
Location: Guadalajara, Mexico (OB/GYN)
Contact: Dr. Alejandra,
*Must Speak and Understand Spanish
*Recommended by: Erin Philpott, RVU Class of 2014
- Africa Inland Missions
Specialty: General Medicine (Rural hospital with outreach clinics)
Location: Kenya, Africa
Contact:
Note: This is a Christian oriented program, which includesbible study and other related religious programs.
- Himalayan Health Exchange
Specialty: General Medicine
Location: India
Contact:
- Rasin Foundation
Specialty: General Medicine with lots of Dermatology
Location: Haiti
Contact: Dr. Arielle Adrien, Tufts University SOM,
Please note: This rotation is for 4th year students only, near graduation, as it includes a lot of unsupervised work.We recommend that you review skin lesions prior to departure and alsorecommend the following readings:
*Recommended by: Janie Luong, RVU Class of 2014
- New Frontiers Health Force
Specialty: Primary Care in multiple small clinics
Location: Narok, Kenya
Contact: Dr. Tonya Hawthorne, DO, or
*Dr. Hawthorn lives and works there 10 months out of the year and is happy to work with clinical osteopathic students.
- International Clinical Research Fellowship Opportunities
ICRF is administered through six U.S. medical schools with established programs in global health research. Each school is responsible for overseeing the selection of applicants and providing the mentored research experience. Each institution will offer three fellowships per year that begin in the summer of each year. The applications are due by November or the previous year.
Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Global Health Institute
Harvard Medical School
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine duke-icrf-program/
Yale University School of Medicine
- Internship Nepal. Elective placement organization based out of Kathmandu, Nepal. Offers many opportunities of specific medical elective placement with some of the most prominent hospitals in Kathmandu. Contact them at
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International Site Rotation Options
Revised 05/2017