A NOTE FROM JOHN SUTTER AS HE BEGINS
WITH GRATITUDE FOR HIS EXPERIENCE ABROAD
AND SUPPORT FOR DUMISANI AS PEDIATRICS RESIDENT
APPLICANT
From: Glenn Geelhoed
To: John Sutter
Date:
Subject: Re: Hi Glen
Thanks for your wonderful note!
As long as you (whatever repairs may have been necessary for your car!) did not have to spend the overnight in the iron lung, it is a good experience for historic reference only!
I will forward this to see what I can hear from the pediatric group within correspondence range, but I have heard nothing at all from the peds residents since their return after all the efforts to get them a quality experience in Ekwandeni.
We are setting up a "show and tell" presentation for September when the students return to be headed up by Kevin and Amy, with many others who will participate and quite a number of "wannabes" who are eager to join.
I
am sending you a summary of my recent experinces in
I have good pictures of you and your parents and sister and her husband from the graduation reception and have distributed the other photos to your other preceptor in family medicine.
Say hello to Rusty from me, and be sure to keep me informed on your activities! I leave soon for the three- part treks in India- - including the one on which you got your start as the opening salvo in Ladakh!
GWG
>>> John Sutter <jpsutter@yahoo.com> 06/16/03 08:24PM >>>
Dr. Geelhoed,
Good to hear from you and from and Dumasani. I
suggest Dumasani get in contact with the peds
residents from Children's. I will try to get their
contact info, if you still have it, maybe we could
facilitate communication with them. Its a GWU and now
a Howard Univ residency. Both institutions may be
open to a foreign grad, particularly one that has
already trained their residents!
I
have arrived in
that served up its own unique adventures. I now have
friends
in
places where my car broke down. You would have
reallyliked the Deming museum. They had two iron
lungs - adult and pediatric.
Dr. Geelhoed, thank you very much for all you have
done for me over the last four years. It was an honor
and important for me to have you as my hooder, and it
really capped off correctly my medical school
experience. I chose to go to GWU on the hunch that it
would provide more international options, and thanks
to you, that promise was fulfilled. I appreciate your
enthusiasm and example for providing care for those
who most need it, and hope that I can imitate your
dedication and the things you have accomplished.
Thanks.
John
- - - Glenn Geelhoed <msdgwg@gwumc.edu> wrote:
> Good to hear from you! Did you receive a big
> package of itmes tha include pictures and inormation
> tah I had forwarded through the Dimmocks?
>
> I will send you Kevin's address (above) and he will
> forward the things he has mentioned. I will
> also add Amy Hayes address.
>
> I will try to get the letters etc you had requested
> when I have further data.
>
> I just returned late last night from Haiti- - the very
> poor Central Plateau: all I have to do is
>
close my eyes and re- open to be in
>
> Cheers!
>
> GWG
>
>
> >>> dumisani kamwana <gimud@yahoo.com> 06/15/03
> 10:47AM >>>
>
> Glen,
> I hope you are well..and travelled well.
> I am really hopig you would forward this to Kevin
> Bergman as he needed my e- mail address to be able
> to send me stuff about residency for foreign medical
> graduates. If it's not alot of pages he could
> use the embangweni.hospital@super- hub.com address,
> of course with the option to send to this yahoo
> address and then Mary could print and send to me, or
> indeed to send to the ccaphealth@malawi.net
> address.
> I really seek information about what exams must be
> studied for and sat, as well as places where I
> could apply for residency. I also hope thta after we
> work together again next year, you would be in
> a position to write a reference for me. I kind of
> anticipate to start January 2005, and I would sort
> of prefer a slow start (if you know of any such
> ''rural'' medical centers with paediatrics.
> Will let you know if we hear of any containers being
>
shipped out of the
> Please send the stuff for council registration..and
> your application should be addressed to The
>
Registrar, Medical Council of
>
Box 30787,
> with your certificates et al, then we could forward
> to them. I shall communicate to you about the
> fees.
> Looking forward to hearing from you ,
> regards,
> Dumisani Kamwana.
>
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