Ukrainian Professionals for the Children's Hospital of the Future to Be Trained at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center

April 10, 2008, representatives of Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation took part in the second teleconference between Ukrainian professionals and the Cedars Sinai Medical Center representatives (USA).

Among the participants of the event hosted by Ukraine 3000 Foundation were Chief Research Fellow with the Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology at the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Yuliya Davydova, Leading Research Fellow with IPOG, neonatologist, Ph.D. in Medicine Boris Sheyman, Head of the Board of Directors of the Children's Hospital of the Future Charitable Foundation Vira Pavliuk, and Expert with the Medical Programs Department of the Ukraine 3000 Foundation Taras Tkachuk. The Cedars Sinai was represented by Dr. Charles F. Simmons, Jr., Chairman of the Department of Pediatric, Dr. Kimberly Gregory, Vice Chair, Women’s Health Care, Dr. Oxana Tcherniantchouk, Clinical Coagulation Consultant, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dr. Christopher Zarembinski, Head of the Pain Center, Dr. Olena Reganyuk, Facilitator, Dr. Halleh Mir, Neonatologist and Medical Simulators Consultant, Rom Riley, Telemedicine Technology Director, Carlos Castellon, Executive Assistant to Dr. Charles F. Simmons, Jr., and Dan Malaniak, liaison between Ukraine 3000 & CSMC.

The subject of the conference was pilot model of the International Healthcare Cooperation Program presented by Cedars Sinai. The participants of the conference described the model’s major aspects, tasks, and expected results.

They also discussed plans for training Ukrainian professionals for the All-Ukrainian Center to Protect Mother's and Children's Health, a.k.a. Children's Hospital of the Future: one-three weeks trainings for multidiscipline teams of pediatricians, neonatologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, IC specialists, and managers.

The participants agreed to conduct more conferences to discuss concrete training schedules and the date of the first Ukrainian team’s trip to CSMC.

The Cedars Sinai Medical Center is one of the biggest and oldest patient care institutions in the US West. Its staff is over 12,000 people, providing treatment to over 300,000 patients per year.

This was the second teleconference between Ukrainian professionals and the Cedars Sinai Medical Center representatives. The first was held July 18, 2007.