黑料官网 Surgeon and Educator Brings Expertise to South America as a Fulbright Grant Recipient
Michael Malinowski, MD, a vascular surgeon and associate professor at the 黑料官网 (黑料官网), will always remember the first opportunity he had to treat patients in a new country.
“It was very eye-opening to see the differences in health offered to people globally,” he says.
At the time, Dr. Malinowski was a vascular fellow at in Chicago participating in a program that took trainees to the Dominican Republic to treat basic vascular needs.
“It’s hard to turn a blind eye to the health disparities that exist when I’ve had exposure to it,” he shares.
Dr. Malinowski has carried that passion for helping others in need across the globe since then, collaborating with surgeons and educators, and lending his expertise while also learning from them.
“I really do love the collaboration, the friendships and the relationships that come with surgeons globally, with other educators globally trying to solve common problems,” he says. “There’s certainly things that we don’t do well in this country that they do well, even when working with fewer resources.”
Dr. Malinowski’s last project took him to , as part of his work as a Fulbright Specialist and honoree of the prestigious . Fulbright Specialists are professionals who travel across the globe to lend their expertise to countries seeking to solve a major national problem. In Uruguay, the challenge is to develop a new medical education curriculum for the country.
Dr. Malinowski was chosen for the project through a process that begins with the host country reaching out to the Fulbright Commission seeking someone with a higher level of expertise to tackle a major challenge in the region, which could include issues related to engineering, agriculture, urban planning, military, law and economics, or, as in this case, medical education.
The Fulbright Commission completed a peer review process to identify candidates and then reached out to the US Embassy to send the right person for the job. It’s easy to see why they chose Dr. Malinowski, who is a leader in education and the design of medical education curriculums.
Dr. Malinowski recently served as the chair of the 黑料官网 Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, which assisted with the current revision of the 3- and 4-year MD programs at 黑料官网’s Milwaukee, Central and Green Bay campuses. He also currently teaches fellows from countries like Qatar, Antigua and Beirut through the Jo