Da Nang Oncology Hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam was the first pilot site for the IGCS Global Curriculum and Mentorship Program. The first fellow, Dr. Nhu Quynh Tran Thi began training in July 2017.
International mentors travel to Da Nang quarterly to oversee Dr. Tran’s training. This includes quarterly hands-on surgical tutorials, monthly quizzes, and tumor board sessions facilitated by the Project ECHO platform with participation from radiation oncologists, pathologists, and gynecologic oncologists from around the world.
The international mentors to Vietnam (Dr. Linda Van Le, Dr. Tri Dinh, and Dr. Joseph Ng) have donated textbooks and other learning resources to support the program in Da Nang. Specifically, Dr. Van Le has donated the following texts:
Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology 12th Ed.
Te Linde’s Atlas of Surgical Gynecology
Textbook of Radiation Oncology
Local Supervisor
Dr. Tu Quy Tran
International Mentors
Dr. Tri Dinh is an Assistant Professor of Medical and Surgical Gynecology at the Mayo Clinic Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Dr. Dinh completed his Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Dinh has been coordinating trips to Vietnam through his organization, Project Team of Volunteer Doctors (TVD), since 1999. Project TVD is dedicated to provide educational outreach and direct patient care to Vietnam. More information about TVD can be found at ProjectTVD.org
Dr. Joseph Ng Soon Yau is a Senior Consultant of Gynecologic Oncology at the National University Cancer Institute in Singapore (NCIS). Dr. Ng has special interests in preinvasive diseases of the female genital tract, zero-impact surgical treatment of endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer therapeutics. He is a founding member and Chairman of the GRACES gynecologic robotic surgery program at National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore.
Dr. Ng completed his basic medical training at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California, USA and his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, in Pennsylvania, USA.
Dr. Linda Van Le is the Leonard Palumbo Distinguished Professor in the Division of Gyn Oncology at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a member of Lineberger Cancer Center. She served on the Editorial Board for Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Gynecologic Oncology, was a Board examiner for the American Board of Ob/Gyn, SGO liaison to American Society of Clinical Oncology, NRG Principal Investigator for clinical trials, and is the new Co-Editor for TeLinde’s Operative Gynecology, 12th Edition.
Dr. Van Le went to Stanford University, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, then University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship. Dr. Van Le’s family is from Vietnam.
Fellow
Dr. Nhu Quynh Tran Thi is the 2017-2019 fellow at Da Nang Oncology Hospital. She is an OB/GYN and received her M.D. from Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University in 2015. Dr. Quynh has a special interest in gynecologic oncology and wants to improve the knowledge and skills of gynecologists in Vietnam to help more women with gynecologic cancer.
Publications
In the April 2019 edition of International Journal of Gynecological Cancer’s Corners of the World, Central Vietnam Needs You! – Dr. Joseph Ng shares the scores from pre- and post-didactic quizzes to demonstrate the potential impact that basic didactic training can have on provider knowledge and practice.
Photos from Joseph Ng’s Site Visit
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- The Operating Theatres at Da Nang Oncology Hospital
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- On-Site Housing for Married Physician Staff of the Da Nang Oncology Hospital. Visible proof of the commitment of the government to cancer care in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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- The physician staff just like the population of Vietnam is young, energetic, and hungry for progress. Dr Tran (far left), IGCS Fellow, and Dr Joe Ng (far right), IGCS International Mentor.
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- The health leadership and valued colleagues in Da Nang, Vietnam. Dr Ngo (far left), vice-director, Center for Reproductive Health, Dr Tran (in green), IGCS Fellow, Dr Nguyen (2nd from right), then Director of Da Nang Oncology Hospital, and Dr Tran (far right), vice-director of Da Nang Oncology Hospital and Local Supervisor of the IGCS Global Curriculum program in Da Nang.
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- Dr Joe Ng, IGCS International Mentor, listening to clinical presentation by Dr Hai (in green), one of the staff physicians at the Da Nang Oncology Hospital, during a teaching clinic with Staff Physicians, Nurses, Medical Students and our Fellow, Dr Tran.
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- Dr Ida Ismail-Pratt, visiting professor, IGCS Global Curriculum program, leads the preinvasive and cancer prevention programs at the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS). Here instructing participants at the Inaugural Workshop on Cervical Cancer Screening and Preinvasive Disease Management.
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- Using the colposcopy simulator developed by Dr Ida Ismail-Pratt, visiting professor, IGCS Global Curriculum program, to help health providers get hands-on training in the surgical management of preinvasive disease.
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- Professor Phil Castle (right) and Dr Ngo, vice-director of the Center for Reproductive Health in Da Nang, with whom the IGCS has a collaborative relationship in providing training for cervical cancer screening, and treatment of pre-invasive disease.
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- Professor Phil Castle lecturing at an HPV and cervical cancer prevention workshop organized by the Center for Reproductive Health of Da Nang and the IGCS.
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- Ms Joyce Er (left in white top) Gyn Oncology Nurse Practitioner, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) speaking with patients about the importance of nutrition in cancer care recovery. Ms Er will help to lead nursing initiatives to level up nursing practice, training, and education at Da Nang Oncology Hospital.
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- Dr Pearl Tong (left), IGCS member and IGCS faculty at the Global Curriculum Da Nang site is a gynecologic oncologist at the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), seen here doing surgical teaching with IGCS Fellow, Dr Tran.
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- Dr Tran, operating with Professor Jeffrey Low, IGCS Member and visiting professor of the IGCS Global Curriculum program, at the Da Nang Oncology Hospital, Da Nang, Vietnam.
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- Dr Tran and the Nurse Manager of the Operating Theatre going over basic inventory of the gift of a set of retractors from the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS).
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- Ms Joyce Er (far right), Gyn Oncology Nurse Practitioner, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) with nursing leadership of the Da Nang Oncology Hospital. The IGCS can also help level up cancer care through nursing education and training.
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- Professor Jeffrey Low with Dr Tran. Professor Low is Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS). NCIS and Mayo Jacksonville are the sponsoring institutions for the IGCS Global Curriculum in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Photos from Linda Van Le’s Site Visit May 2018
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- DOH Workshop
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- Dr. Tri Dinh speaking to DOH staff
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- Annkathryn Goodman, Joseph Lucci, Linda Van Le and Tri Dinh with DOH staff at tumor board
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- Annekathryn Goodman, Joseph Lucci and Quynh Tran Thi in OR
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- Joseph Lucci, Linda Van Le, Quynh Tran Thi perform radical hysterectomy
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- DOH Surgical Staff
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- Da Nang Oncology Ward (photo taken with patient permission)
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- Linda Van Le and patient (photo taken with patient permission)
Photos from Dr. Tri Dinh’s Site Visit July 2017
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- Dr. Tri Dinh in the Da Nang Oncology Hospital conference room in from of a banner reading “Ceremony to inaugurate the fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Da Nang Oncology Hospital.”
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- Dr. Dinh and others review patient images.
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- From R to L: Dr. Ellen Baker (MD Anderson), Dr. Long Nguyen (DOH), Dr. Quynh Tran (DOH), Dr. UT Nguyen (DOH), Dr. Tri Dinh (Mayo Clinic), Dr. Quy Tran (DOH)
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- Dr. Tri Dinh (mentor) with Global Curriculum Fellow, Dr. Quynh Tran.
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- Dr. Tri Dinh and participants from Da Hang Oncology Hospital participate in a case discussion during the first Project ECHO video conference.
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- Project ECHO video conference
