Support IVU's Urologic Oncology Workshop in Ghana - August 2025

You can help make quality surgical care more accessible in Ghana.  Our urologic oncology team will be working with our partners in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana to serve those in need of life-changing care while training the local providers. Your support will help the community for years to come. 

The team will be in Ghana from August 15-23, 2025 and consists of: 

Team leaders:

Michael Poch, MD at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL

Sunil Patel, MD at Johns Hopkins

Team:

Yaw Nyame, MD from the University of Washington

Hannah Thomas, MD, IVU Resident Scholar from the University of Toronto

Logan Galansky, MD Urology resident at Johns Hopkins

Adnan Fazili, MD Urology fellow at Moffitt Cancer Center

Joon Kyung Kim, MD IVU Resident Scholar from the University of Kentucky

International Volunteers in Urology (IVU or IVUmed) is dedicated to making quality urological care available worldwide. We provide medical and surgical training to local doctors and nurses and care to thousands of children and adults in underserved communities worldwide.

Since 1995, IVU has partnered with teaching hospitals in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to equip local doctors and nurses with the skills they need to serve their communities. Specialized urologic care is extremely limited in low-resource areas of the world. IVU organizes surgical workshops led by experts in their fields, such as pediatric and reconstructive urology, women’s health, and oncology, who volunteer their time and funds to train their host colleagues and serve hundreds of children and adults each year.