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Project TVD is proud to host Dr. Ngoc Tran to study in the US for the next 4 months. She will start at Mayo Clinic Florida on Feb 28, 2022.  During her 3 months in Jacksonville, Dr. Ngoc will rotate through gynecologic oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, radiology and pathology. As part of her study,… Continue reading Project TVD is proud to host Dr. Ngoc Tran to study in the US for the next 4 months.

More news from our IGCS fellowship, we are excited to welcome the 3rd gyn oncology fellow into the IGCS Global Curriculum fellowship at Da Nang Oncology Hospital. Welcome Dr. Dung Nguyen! Please also see the IGCS 2021 Global Curriculum Progress report.

We’ve obviously not done any travelling, but we still did work to help and train our colleagues in Da Nang We continued partnering with the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) to train gynecologic oncology physicians in Da Nang. This is part of the IGCS Global Curriculum and Mentorship Program. https://igcs.org/mentorship-and-training-vietnam/. Throughout the year, via the IGCS,… Continue reading We’ve been busy during the pandemic.

Please join us to work along side your Vietnamese colleagues. We ask that you email Tri Dinh if you plan to come at dinh.tri@mayo.edu. Please arrive in Da Nang by Sunday July 17, 2022. Prepare to work hard during the day and have an amazing time in the evening with new and old friends. The food… Continue reading Project TVD will return to Da Nang July 18-22, 2022.

Project TVD is paying tuition for 2 physicians from Da Nang Oncology Hospital (Benh Vien Ung Buou Da Nang) to learn English from instructors who are native speakers. We feel that this is an invaluable skill for a physician similar to learning how to do surgery or auscultating heart sounds. With a command of English,… Continue reading Project TVD Pays for English tuition

With heavy hearts, but not seeing any other reasonable option, we are cancelling the Project TVD trip to Da Nang, Vietnam this year. Our work week, scheduled for August 10-14, is coming up fast; thus, we feel the need to make a decision early given the many responsibilities that we all have to our family… Continue reading TVD trip for August 2020 cancelled due to pandemic

The date for project TVD 2020 work week is August 10-14, 2020 . We ask that our volunteers arrive in Da Nang by Sunday August 9, 2020 for a meeting. We are tentatively scheduled to stay at the Pullman Resort on beautiful China Beach again!

Our work was recently featured in the magazine of Monmouth University. Thank you to Dean Robin Mama for being the person who got us linked up with the great volunteers from Monmouth U. Read about us at Project TVD

The dates for the 2018 Project TVD work week in Da Nang are May 28-June 1, 2018 (Monday – Friday). This includes Memorial Day. We ask that you arrive in Da Nang by Sunday, May 27th. Hotels and other details TBD. See you in Da Nang!

We were in Da Nang from July 3-7, 2017 working at all 3 hospitals. There were 10 physicians total working at Da Nang General Hospital, Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children, and the Da Nang Oncology Hospital. At the General Hospital, we had physicians working in Cardiology, Plastics Surgery/ Dermatology, and Radiology. Gary Goble,… Continue reading 2017 wrap-ups