Extending Trauma Training Internationally
Jameel Ali
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Dr. Jameel Ali, Professor of Surgery and Director of the University of Toronto Advanced
Trauma Life Support Training Program for residents is a member of the Division of
General Surgery at St. Michael's Hospital and part of the International Trauma Education
Faculty of the American College of Surgeons.
On October 19th - 20th, 2007, Dr. Ali conducted an Advanced Trauma Life Support
Instructor Course for physicians in Costa Rica under the auspices of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Costa Rica. This program is an extension of the Trauma
Outreach Program which originated at St. Michael's Hospital last year when physicians
from Costa Rica were trained in Advanced Trauma Life Support.
Faculty and Coordinators of the ATLS Course
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Participants of the Costa Rica Course
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Following this program, Dr. Ali conducted Trauma Evaluation and Management (TEAM)
Programs for 400 medical students at St. George's University in Grenada.
Dr. Ali was part of the American College of Surgeons international ATLS promulgation
faculty at their annual meeting and the Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor
Course in Karachi, Pakistan. These were the inaugural courses sponsored by the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan. Dr. Ali will train other educators together
with ATLS instructors so that Pakistan will have a self sustaining Training Program
in Trauma Care similar to those in 46 other countries where the program has previously
been introduced. Since its inception, over 750,000 physicians have been trained
internationally through the Advanced Trauma Life Support Program in the concepts
of care of severely injured victims.
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