Webinars

GW GCCA Talks

In honor of the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Bicentennial celebrations, the GCCA has launched its new webinar series.

Doing More With Less: Innovation and Impact in Global Health Research

November 18, 2025

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Featuring:

Meredith Wells
MD Program | Class of 2026 | GW SMHS
Fulbright–Fogarty Fellow, 2024-2025

Learn about Meredith Wells

Meredith Wells is a fourth-year medical student at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and a previous Fulbright–Fogarty Fellow in Public Health based in Puno, Peru.

Her work focuses on the intersection of global health, environmental exposures, and vision loss. As part of the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) study, Meredith leads an ancillary eye-health project investigating the impact of biomass fuel exposure, ultraviolet radiation, and nutritional factors on anterior segment disease among rural Andean women.

She has been deeply involved in global surgery and global ophthalmology advocacy through the Global Coalition for Global Surgery (GCCA), the G4 Alliance, and participation at the World Health Assembly, where she has championed the role of sustainable surgical systems and equitable eye-care delivery in resource-limited settings. Her broader research portfolio spans household air pollution, surgical workforce disparities, portable ophthalmic diagnostics, and case reports on rare ocular disease.

Meredith is passionate about medical education, culturally informed care, and strengthening local research capacity. She has previously conducted health systems research in Brazil as part of earlier Fulbright work and intends to build a career integrating clinical practice, global health research, and health-equity advocacy across the Americas.

Moderated by:

 

Gail Rosseau, MD ’85

Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery

 

Katherine Douglass, MD, MPH ’07

Professor of Emergency Medicine, and of Global Health

About GCCA Talks

The GCCA Talks series is designed to be a series of 60-minute webinars with distinguished speakers from the GW academic medical enterprise, as well as the broader GW community, GW alumni and friends, and renowned global health leaders from around the world.

Watch prior GCCA Talks from 2024-25 here:

Watch the Video: Experiences with Radiology Capacity Development in Low Income Countries

Experiences with Radiology Capacity Development in Low Income Countries

June 10, 2025

The GW Global Clinical Care Alliance (GCCA) seeks to forge connections, synergies, and opportunities for partnership among clinicians from across GW pursuing all aspects of global health and representing the full spectrum medical specialties, to lead projects ranging from educational capacity-building, to clinical service delivery, and traditional research partnerships.

 

Featuring:

Berndt P. Schmit, MD, MBOE 
Associate Professor of Radiology
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Yamilé Blain, MD
Assistant Professor in Clinical Radiology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
 

Emily Calabria, MD
Diagnostic Radiology Resident
Boston Medical Center

Watch the Video: Learning Locally, Thinking Globally: Educational Opportunities in Refugee Health at GW - March 18, 2025

Learning Locally, Thinking Globally: Educational Opportunities in Refugee Health at GW

March 18, 2025

Featuring:

Gavin Truong, MD (Host / Moderator)
Assistant Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine

Sonal Batra MD, MST, FACEP 
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
 

 

Tanuja Devaraj, MD

Marwah Shuaib, MS3
GW SMHS

Amy Yi, MS4
GW SMHS

Shurthi Voleti, MS4
GW SMHS

Avery League, MS1
GW SMHS

Watch the Video: Global Acute & Emergency Care Systems Development: Lessons From Around the Globe - Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 

Featuring:

Kate Douglass, MD, MPH  (Host / Moderator) 
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, and of Global Health

Tania Ahluwalia, MD, MPH 
Director of Global Pediatrics at RRIEM:

Jinesh Veetilakath, MBBS, MEM 
Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine
Aster MIMS Kannur
Kerala, India

Camilo E. Gutierrez, MD
Director of Global Health Programs
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s National Hospital
Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, GW SMHS

Adriana Yock, MD, MSc 
Clinical Chief of the Emergency Department
Hospital Nacional de Niños “Dr. Carlos Saenz Herrera” - Costa Rica

Watch The Video: Innovations in Global Surgical Education - September 18, 2024 - Noon (EDT)

Featuring:

Host / Moderator
Gail Rosseau, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, GW
Adj. Professor of Global Neurosurgery, BNI

Dan Donoho, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Children’s National Medical Center

Timothy Singer, MD
PGY-3, Department of Neurosurgery
George Washington University

Hamisi Shabani, MD, PhD
Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute
Consulting Neurosurgeon

Othman Wanin, MD
Neurosurgeon, Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute
President, Tanzanian Neurosurgical Society

About GCCA Talks

GCCA Talks is designed to be a series of 60-minute webinars with distinguished speakers from the GW academic medical enterprise and broader GW community, GW alumni and friends, as well as renowned global health care leaders.

We aim to produce a new webinar four times per year (once each quarter).