Hue University Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy: 3rd Online Webinar on Reconstructive Surgery

Attending the Webinar, on the side of Hue University Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy, there were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Khoa Hung, Director of the University Hospital; Dr. Le Hong Phuc, Deputy Head of the Department of Trauma - Orthopedic - Thoracic Surgery; Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Unit, and more than 80 doctors and students from the Department of Trauma - Orthopedic - Thoracic Surgery, Otolaryngology - Ophthalmology - Odonto-Stomatology. The webinar also welcomes the attendance of Assoc. Prof. Le Nghi Thanh Nhan, Chief of Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery and the staffs from the relating departments.

From the Korean side, there were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lim So Young, Department of Plastic Surgery, Sunghyungkwan University Hospital, Samsung Medical Center, Korea and professors from Injee Club.

The webinar received presentation from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lim So Young on cleft lip and palate surgery; presentation and sharing of Dr. Le Hong Phuc on perforator flaps in reconstructive surgery;...

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Khoa Hung said that this was an opportunity for the participants to update and improve their professional knowledge as well as gaining valuable treatment experiences from leading experts in the field of plastic surgery. In the complicated pandemic situation, in addition to the medical examination and treatment along with COVID-19 prevention and control, the hospital still updated and maintained specialized international cooperation through online activities.

Global Care has been a partner of Hue University Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy for many years with projects, training support, free cleft lip and palate surgery for patients in the Central – Central Highlands region. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts from Korea could not come to work directly with the doctors at Hue University Hospital. Therefore, Hue University Hospital and Global Care organized a series of online webinars on reconstructive surgery. This webinar was the 3rd one held following the two previous successful webinars.

By Ngoc Ha