Alumni Spotlight

During her fellowship, Dr. Wong worked in Uganda with the International Rescue Committee to assess the quality of healthcare at health facilities that served South Sudanese refugees. Following this assessment, she worked with health staff on the ground to set up, test, and implement a quality improvement system. She also worked in Rwanda with sidHARTe – Strengthening Emergency Systems to train front line provides on acute care through 5-day training courses.

During his fellowship, Dr. Lee worked with worked in Ghana under the Ghana Health Service with the Dr. Moresky in the Columbia University - sidHARTe - Strengthening Emergency Systems to conduct ESRAT assessments of emergency services in health facilities. During his MPH practicum, he worked in Cairo at the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) on the development of the NCD emergency health kit, a supply of medications and equipment meant to provide for the NCD healthcare needs of 10,000 people over 3 months in emergency settings. Later he returned to work for the WHO and served as the Mosul Trauma Referral Coordination. This work was conducted during the battle for Mosul and involved coordinating clinical services, designing and implementing a referral system, evaluating data, and creating a tele-medical advisory of optimal patient care. Finally, Dr. Lee is currently in Cox’s Bazar district with MSF providing clinical services to Rohingya refugees and the local community.

After her fellowship, Dr. Choi worked as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University and served as Community Case Management Survey Specialist at the IRC. There she led a joint childhood mortality survey with Save the Children. She also developed and led a child mortality survey in Sierra Leone with IRC and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She was subsequently selected for the prestigious CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently serves as a medical officer with the CDC Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.