{"id":6270,"date":"2021-09-23T14:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2021-10-05T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T18:16:04","slug":"senior-receives-acs-pfizer-international-surgical-volunteerism-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/senior-receives-acs-pfizer-international-surgical-volunteerism-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Receives ACS\/Pfizer International Surgical Volunteerism Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6271 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/494\/2021\/10\/Untitled-400-x-400-px-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/494\/2021\/10\/Untitled-400-x-400-px-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/494\/2021\/10\/Untitled-400-x-400-px-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/494\/2021\/10\/Untitled-400-x-400-px-5.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/directory\/brent-a-senior-md-facs-fars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brent A. Senior, MD, FACS, FARS<\/a>\u2014Vice Chair of Outreach and Academics and Chief of the Division of Rhinology, Allergy, and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery\u2014will receive the competitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facs.org\/publications\/bulletin-brief\/083121\/announcements#top_pfizer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American College of Surgeons (ACS)\/Pfizer International Surgical Volunteerism Award<\/a> for his over two decades of work in providing otolaryngologic surgery services and education to local surgeons in Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam. The ACS\/Pfizer Surgical Volunteerism Awards recognize ACS Fellows and members who are committed to giving back to society through significant contributions to surgical care as volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 years, he has led 22 trips to Vietnam, including approximately<br \/>\n300 otolarygnologists from several countries and nearly 30 residents and fellows. His team has also donated nearly $3 million in equipment, textbooks, and journals.<\/p>\n<p>While in Vietnam, the team performs surgeries, evaluates patients in clinics, and educates Vietnamese otolaryngologists on modern healthcare best practices. He has also coordinated the sponsorship of 50 mini-fellowships for Vietnamese otolaryngologists to come to the US for training, including 25 to UNC. Several fellows have become institutional leaders, chairs, deans, and government leaders in healthcare.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/2021\/09\/senior-receives-acs-pfizer-international-surgical-volunteerism-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent A. 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