Jerome D. Waye, MD, third from left; Berhane Redae, MD, Vice Provost of St. Paul’s Millennium Medical School, in white coat; Hailemichael Desalegn, MD, Director of Gastroenterology, far right; and fellows.
Jerome D. Waye, MD, Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, recently traveled to St. Paul’s Millennium Medical School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with three colleagues from Canada, Italy, and Norway, where they taught local physicians the latest techniques of upper and lower endoscopy. This was the first live endoscopy teaching project in Ethiopia. The mission was sponsored by the nonprofit World Endoscopy Organization, which promotes high standards and quality in endoscopy, as well as access to the procedures in underserved parts of the world. During the mission, all of the procedures went well, and there were no complications, according to Dr. Waye.