Friends of Be an Angel’s Post

Right after the summit in Brussels, it was straight off to #Kyiv for the International #Healthcare Summit organized by August Mission, MedGlobal, Ukrainian Medical Association of North America-UMANA and supported by Be an Angel e.V. and Friends of Be an Angel at the Shupyk National Healthcare University. This was an incredible two-day session with the some of the best #surgeons, #prosthetic engineers, #mentalhealth specialists and medical researchers in the country, all united with one mission: to save lives in this horrible war. This conference gave us the opportunity to share our research, experiences and to synergize and partner where needed. There are some exciting projects that came out of this, but more on that soon. The conference was divided into two sections. ⚕ Orthopedics, Trauma & Rehab: ⦿ Col. Konstantyn Humeniyuk, Chief Surgeon of the AFU: on the topic of critical aspects of current combat trauma and the role of stabilization points ⦿ Dr. Dmytro Beshley, live from the front-line, on the topic of tourniquet syndrome and how 41% of amputations are a result from prolonged use of tourniquest ⦿ Dr. B. Hudson Berrey and Hailie Uren: incredible talk about infection and rehabilitation challenges ⦿The prosthetics engineers of Superhumans Center and Aether Biomedical on the topic of rehabilitation and firsthand prosthetics experience in Ukraine. Currently, there an estimated >100,000 amputees in Ukraine, presenting a significant challenge on supply chain and rehabilitation. ⦿ much, much more! 🧠 Mental Health: ⦿ Viacheslav Mishiyev, on the topic of providing psychological & psychiatric care in war conditions ⦿ Ksenia Vosnitsyna , on the current legal situation, implementation and status of psychadelic-assisted trauma therapy for veterans in Ukraine ⦿ Anton Volosovets, on emergency psychological care and prevention of PTSD ⦿ again, much much more. I will post more to these topics individually in the next coming days (still running around the country!) Thank you to all of my old, and new friends for the chance to be a part of this! Douglas Davis, MD, PhD , Megan Laughlin Williams, LCPC from USAID, Bruce Roberts , Craig Bryan , AnnaBelle Bryan, Oleg Shevchenko, Eric Ramcharran , Taras Mahlay, Roxolana Horbowyj, Michael Samotowka, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM , Nick Cartwright, David Edgel, Alan L., Lina Belei, Olga Maihutiak, MD , Dr. Brenden Borrowman , B. Hudson Berrey , Uliana Pidvalna, Jarvis Mak