Dr. Catherine DeVries

The pediatric surgeons don't have as much experience with scopes as we do in urology. but they have a lot of experience with newborns and newborn physiology and managing sick babies, especially sick babies in their low-resource countries. Urologists, on the other hand, have experience with stones, and as it turns out, stones are getting much more prevalent in kids than they ever were.

The pediatric surgeons don't have as much experience with scopes as we do in urology. but they have a lot of experience with newborns and newborn physiology and managing sick babies, especially sick babies in their low-resource countries. Urologists, on the other hand, have experience with stones, and as it turns out, stones are getting much more prevalent in kids than they ever were.

And so, scopes of all sorts. nephroscopes, cystoscopes, all the scopes we use are not familiar to most pediatric surgeons. And there really aren't any training programs at all in that region, in the eastern region, actually, or the west. And so newly, this is very exciting for me.

And so, scopes of all sorts. nephroscopes, cystoscopes, all the scopes we use are not familiar to most pediatric surgeons. And there really aren't any training programs at all in that region, in the eastern region, actually, or the west. And so newly, this is very exciting for me.

And so, scopes of all sorts. nephroscopes, cystoscopes, all the scopes we use are not familiar to most pediatric surgeons. And there really aren't any training programs at all in that region, in the eastern region, actually, or the west. And so newly, this is very exciting for me.

The West African College of Surgeons, as well as the East, Central, and Southern region, are starting to recognize that they need to build in their own training centers. It's been wonderful that IVU and other nonprofits have been going for many years to these places. But it's not sufficient. I mean, they really need to train their own, and we can help support that in good ways.

The West African College of Surgeons, as well as the East, Central, and Southern region, are starting to recognize that they need to build in their own training centers. It's been wonderful that IVU and other nonprofits have been going for many years to these places. But it's not sufficient. I mean, they really need to train their own, and we can help support that in good ways.

The West African College of Surgeons, as well as the East, Central, and Southern region, are starting to recognize that they need to build in their own training centers. It's been wonderful that IVU and other nonprofits have been going for many years to these places. But it's not sufficient. I mean, they really need to train their own, and we can help support that in good ways.

So we put on the first ever course. It was really well attended. It was a multidisciplinary course, and it spanned not just...

So we put on the first ever course. It was really well attended. It was a multidisciplinary course, and it spanned not just...

So we put on the first ever course. It was really well attended. It was a multidisciplinary course, and it spanned not just...

pediatric urology, but transitional urology to adulthood, because God willing, all of these kids will become adults, and they will transition through adolescence, but they still have problems they were born with, and they'll have to navigate adulthood, and sexuality, and for some of them, motherhood or paternity. These are problems that adult urologists deal with.

pediatric urology, but transitional urology to adulthood, because God willing, all of these kids will become adults, and they will transition through adolescence, but they still have problems they were born with, and they'll have to navigate adulthood, and sexuality, and for some of them, motherhood or paternity. These are problems that adult urologists deal with.

pediatric urology, but transitional urology to adulthood, because God willing, all of these kids will become adults, and they will transition through adolescence, but they still have problems they were born with, and they'll have to navigate adulthood, and sexuality, and for some of them, motherhood or paternity. These are problems that adult urologists deal with.

The people who care for them as babies need to look forward to them as adults and plan forward. And so now we're starting to integrate these communities and this I think is really the most exciting and most fun thing. I mean, I had a terrific time. I came home from Zimbabwe, you know, kind of walking on air because there are now a critical number of people

The people who care for them as babies need to look forward to them as adults and plan forward. And so now we're starting to integrate these communities and this I think is really the most exciting and most fun thing. I mean, I had a terrific time. I came home from Zimbabwe, you know, kind of walking on air because there are now a critical number of people

The people who care for them as babies need to look forward to them as adults and plan forward. And so now we're starting to integrate these communities and this I think is really the most exciting and most fun thing. I mean, I had a terrific time. I came home from Zimbabwe, you know, kind of walking on air because there are now a critical number of people

in the region who are trained, who are interested in training, and who I think are going to carry this forward so I can retire and hang out at the cattle ranch here in Wyoming.

in the region who are trained, who are interested in training, and who I think are going to carry this forward so I can retire and hang out at the cattle ranch here in Wyoming.

in the region who are trained, who are interested in training, and who I think are going to carry this forward so I can retire and hang out at the cattle ranch here in Wyoming.