November 2010 E-bulletin
Dear Colleagues, Eid Mubarak
A. Abdalla Zarroug joins SAMA Executive Committee
It is our pleasure to announce that Abdalla Zaroug, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota has joined SAMA’s Executive Committee as administrator in charge of Educational Activities.
Abdalla graduated from Cornell University Medical College in New York, and trained in General Surgery in Mayo Clinic and Pediatric Surgery in Emory University. He frequently visits Sudan to perform surgical operations, and has been a valuable supporter of SAMA since it’s’ inception in July 2009.
B. SAMA Humanitarian Activities
Supporting the Sudanese National Society for the Deaf (SNSD)
Ezzeldin Salih, SAMA Secretary and Pediatrician in La Crosse, WI has successfully managed to acquire donated equipment (2 Hearing Aid Analyzers and 1 Audiometer) of a value of more than $15,000 be delivered on to SNSD in Sudan.
The Sudanese National Society for the Deaf was established in 1971 as a charitable nongovernmental organization in Khartoum, Sudan. It is led by Prof. Taha Talaat and has a well established successful track record in providing much needed charitable services to those with hearing and speech disabilities in Sudan.
We are in the process of collecting further equipment and will work soon on raising money to transport it to Khartoum.
C. SAMA E-clinic November 2010 Edition (Cardiology Theme)
Case of the month is written by Salah Abusin, MD, MRCP, Cardiology Fellow in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL. It is reviewed by Sulafa Ali, FRCPCH, FACC, Pediatric Cardiologist in Sudan Heart Centre, Khartoum, Sudan, Omer Elamin, MD, FACC, Adult Cardiologist, Yakima, WA, USA & Farouk Belal, MD, FACC, Adult Cardiologist, Florida, USA.
Image of the month is an ECG also written by Salah Abusin. It is reviewed by Anas Albadawi Babiker, Cardiologist in Alzaytouna Specialized Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan & Khidir Osman, Cardiologist, Yuma, AZ, USA.
We are both thrilled and excited by the caliber of our reviewers, and the rich educational content of the cases, and welcome all contributions to this educational project. So please email your clinical cases, and educational images to admin@sama-sd.org.
D. SAMA program for supporting Residency Match Applicants
1. Observerships: If you can sponsor an observorship, please email us admin@sama-sd.org
2. Overnight accommodation/Airport transportation: Residency match applicants going for interview; please click here for more information.
E. Membership fees & contributions (online payment available)
If you completed the application form but haven’t paid your membership fees ($50), please click here to pay via credit card or paypal account.
If you haven’t completed the application form, then please click here and follow the online instructions
Alternatively you can mail a check for $50 to “SAMA”, to the following address:
SAMA,
P.O. Box 38 ,
La Crosse, WI,
54602-0038