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Please find below a list of the international projects that I had the
privilege of participating, in reverse chronological order. This
list does not include visits, presentations and
workshops that are found elsewhere on this site. This is
an incomplete list and I will try to add the older ones as I find time.
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Invited by Taiwan FDA and
Chung Yuan Christian University to make 4 presentations in
Taipei (2), Changhua, and Tainan to clinical engineers and regulatory
authorities in July 2016
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Coordinator of American speakers, "Flying Over the Hump"
clinical engineering and supply chain management series in China, 2015 and
2016
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Invited member of the World Health Organization's (WHO)
Technical Advisory Group on Health Technology, 2009
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Assistance in the development of the Saudi Food and Drug
Administration's Medical Device Division, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
Oct-Dec, 2005
- Appraisal
of an equipment loan project presented by the General Hospital of Thanh Hoa
province, Vietnam, to the Finland government, July 14-17, 2003
- Appraisal
of an equipment loan project presented by the General Hospital of Cao Bang
province, Vietnam, to the Finland government, July 7-11, 2003
- International
Forum for Promoting Safe and Affordable Medical Technologies in Developing
Countries, The World Bank,
Washington, D.C., May 19 – 20, 2003 (plenary speaker and discussion session
leader)
- Appraisal of an equipment loan project presented by the
Central Alashan Hospital, Bayanhot, Inner Mongolia - China, to the
Finland
government, Dec. 8-9, 2002
- Appraisal of an equipment loan project presented by 4
Fuzhou City hospitals, Fujian - China, to the
Finland
government, Dec. 4-6,
2002
- Technology Policy, Planning & Procurement module,
Flagship Program,
World Bank Institute, Washington, DC, Nov. 14, 2001 (together with Joseph P.
Welsh)
- Evaluation of 3 technology sub-projects contracted by the Instituto
Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) with funds provided by The World Bank.
Mexico City, July - Nov. 2000
- Organization of a life-support equipment training program for Eastern
European engineers, Carelift International, Levoca, Slovakia, Sept. 22 -
Oct. 2, 1996
- Mejoramiento de los servicios de salud en Colombia, consultant to the
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB/BID) loan to Colombian government (Fondo
Nacional Hospitalario), Bogotá, Colombia, Nov. 15-30, 1991
- Development of a framework for the management of health technology,
Ministry of Health - Jamaica/Pan-American Health Organization, Kingston,
Jamaica, Oct. 16-19, 1990
- Desarrollo del Proyecto Convergencia - Cooperación técnica entre países para el
desarrollo tecnológico en salud, Pan-American Health Organization,
Washington, DC, July 1990
- Seminario "Taller sobre Equipamiento," Ministerio de Salud
de Perú/Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Lima, Peru, Oct. 17-19,
1984
- Segunda Reunión de Arquitectura e Ingenieria de Servicios de Salud,
Ministerio de Salud de Perú/Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Lima,
Peru, Oct. 22-26, 1984
I would like to acknowledge all the persons with whom I had the privilege of
working on these projects. I apologize for not naming each one, as the
list would be very long. I have learned a great deal from them on these
projects, often more than I manage to contribute. In addition to the
successes they achieved, I find particularly useful to learn first hand the
problems, failures, and mistakes they made, so I can tell others (and myself) to
avoid them in the future. I also enjoy the challenges of understanding the
cultural differences that make certain approaches work well in a country, but
not in others.
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