Global Anesthesiology and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: Report from a Sustainable Collaboration

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Committee News| January 2023 Global Anesthesiology and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: Report from a Sustainable Collaboration Julio C. Montejano, MD; Julio C. Montejano, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Betty Nantongo, MBChB, MMed; Betty Nantongo, MBChB, MMed Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Teguo Daniel Djoyum, MPH, CNIM, R.EEG.T; Teguo Daniel Djoyum, MPH, CNIM, R.EEG.T Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Colby G. Simmons, DO, MBA Colby G. Simmons, DO, MBA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 32–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000911812.56399.8f Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Julio C. Montejano, Betty Nantongo, Teguo Daniel Djoyum, Colby G. Simmons; Global Anesthesiology and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: Report from a Sustainable Collaboration. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:32–33 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000911812.56399.8f Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, uganda, neurosurgical procedures The stated mission of the ASA Committee on Global Health is to enhance, support, educate, represent and collaborate for safe anesthesia practice worldwide. As an ASA Committee on Global Health scholarship recipient, Dr. Simmons traveled to CURE Uganda in 2017 and fully felt the pull of that mission. It was during this trip, and subsequent visits thereafter, that the framework was set for the creation of an educational and clinical program that would significantly improve surgical and anesthesia care, support economic development with job creation, and improve career satisfaction of clinicians via the implementation of the first intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) program in Uganda. At the University of Colorado Hospital, where Drs. Simmons and Montejano practice, the Section of Neuroanesthesia supervises and directs the IONM program. Utilizing these unique skills and recognizing the need for this technology and its ability to enhance patient outcomes, work began toward training and educating both... You do not currently have access to this content.