2011 July - December - nuhcs

We had the pleasure and privilege of hosting Professor BauerE Sumpio from Yale University School of Medicine as the 2011MOH Overseas Expert in Vascular Surgery from the 29 th Aug to 2 ndSept 2011. Professor Bauer Sumpio is a world renowned expert andkey opinion leader in this field of lower limb preservation, havingdeveloped a multidisciplinary lower limb preservation program atthe Centre for Vascular Disease and Diabetic Limb Preservation,Yale University School of Medicine. He has published widely inthis field and has numerous publications and grants on basic scienceand clinical trial research in limb preservation.Professor Sumpio is currently the Associate Director, GraduateMedical Education and previously the Program director of theGeneral Surgery Residency program at Yale University Schoolof Medicine.He holds joint appointments in Vascular surgery andRadiology and is Chief of the Section for Vascular Surgery at YaleMedical School. Prof Sumpio is a key opinion leader in the fieldof diabetic limb salvage. He has experience in starting one of thefirst multidisciplinary programs for limb salvage in an academicmedical centre. He is a regular keynote speaker at internationalmeetings on diabetic limb salvage and has numerous publicationsin this field including national guidelines for standards of care andpractice. He has an excellent track record for academic teachinghaving run a successful research laboratory and training residentsand fellows for the last 22 yearsDuring his visit to NUHS, we arranged for him to speak to ourresidents in general surgery and the University Surgical Clusteron the development of the Yale Residency training program. Healso gave a talk on the multidisciplinary limb preservation servicespecifically protocol driven clinical pathway development and keyperformance indicators to the Dept of Medicine at NUHS and atthe Hospital Grand Round at Jurong General Hospital.He has expertise in running a successful multidisciplinary teamfor limb salvage. I had the opportunity to visit his centre in Yaleduring a team HMDP funded visit to the US in 2009 for vascularmedicine. We have since adapted some of the practices at Yale intoour own program which is in its early stages at NUHCS. Duringhis visit he did a multidisciplinary ward round at NUH. His inputswere invaluable in the assessment and management of the patientwith diabetic foot disease.He also visited SGH and JGH to meet with the vascularsurgeons and interventional radiologists looking after limb salvage.An evening dinner and talk on “Aggressive MultidisciplinaryStrategies To Salvage A Functional Foot “ was open to all thehospitals and allied healthcare.The visit was rounded off by a grand round at NUH on how “Ittakes a whole village to do limb salvage”. This was well attendedand well received. The team here learnt a lot and forged newacquaintances during his memorable visit to Singapore.NUHCS PULSE | 11