Dr Phi observation at Shriners Galveston Texas

In January 2022, Ms. Thao Vo, founder of Ket Noi Yeu Thuong organization, contacted Mr. Lee, Administrator of Shriners Hospital, expressing her goal how to help the children in Vietnam to receive medical treatment. She thinks a better way to help these children is connecting doctors of the US and Vietnam which to bring Vietnamese doctors to the US to observe/learn from doctors at Shriners hospital. Mr. Lee helped connected Thao to another Administrator of Shriners Hospital in Boston, MA. This Administrator connected Thao with Dr. Sheridan, head of burn department at Shriners hospital in Boston. The first meeting was held in February 2022. After 3 months, Thao was introduced to Laura, executive director international strategy at Shriners hospital in Florida.

After many months in January 2023, Dr. Phi was accepted to come to Shriners hospital in Galveston Texas for observation. Dr. Phi arrived in early June and stayed for one month at a place close by. During his time at the hospital, Dr. Phi learned a lot about expertise, working methods, and work experience. Dr. Phi was very impressed how burn patients are treated, how skin is created, and prosthetic legs are made within the hospital facilities. Dr. Phi was allowed to visit the facility used to make artificial skin from the amniotic membrane of pregnant women, how to make prosthetic legs from start to finish, etc. After this trip, Dr. Phi learned a lot of knowledge to pass on to his colleagues in Vietnam. Thank you all who helped making Dr. Phi’s trip a success.