Global ENT
Outreach
Our Mission
GEO mission is to saves lives and prevents avoidable deafness from ear disease for those affected by poverty and lack of care so they can reach their full human potential!
Our Vision
GEO vision is to provide access to quality ear healthcare for all, especially those affected by poverty and lack of care, by providing humanitarian ear surgery and training in country doctors.
Our Approach
Designing Bone Labs
Teaching surgical skills
Program
development
GEO from the ground up helps design, develop, and build temporal bone labs for teaching purposes in both academic and non academic settings.
From the temporal bone lab where the anatomy of the middle ear is learned to the operating theater where technique is refined, GEO is helping to advance surgical skills.
The GEO advisory network helps build and structure the curriculum for academic training programs in both Otology and Otolaryngology.
Post Doctorate
Fellowships
GEO helps support underserved communities lacking specialists by connecting experienced ENT and otology fellows in needed communities.
Humanitarian surgery
Many communities are underserved and when it comes to ear disease GEO has provided surgery pro bono for those who lack access and funds for care.
Global News
USA
6th International Bone Course
Los Angeles
Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Los Angeles, is co-hosting GEO the 6th International T Bone Course for foreign and US based residents and ENT. The course is in April 12-14, 2025.To register click here.
Central America
Idaho Ear Foundation and GEO In Honduras
GEO along with Idaho Ear Foundation and Dr. Eric Wilkinson will in June 2025 be collaborating with Dr. Daniel Pazzetti in providing needed surgeries at the public hospital in San Pedro Sula. Contact us if interested.
London
British Partnership Update
Misha Verkerk, GEO representative in the UK, along with Otologist Jeremy Levy, will be directing the TB Lab and educational program in Northern Ethiopia. The program was on hold due to political unrest, however all is back to normal.
Ukraine
Wars in Ukraine
Wars in Ukraine has halted GEO's outreach program. We will resume our programs once the situation has stabilized. Stay tuned.
Paraguay
Paraguay Otology Teaching
GEO along with FORL host a temporal bone course in Asunción, Paraguay, in August of each year. Following the course there is the National ENT Congress.
Calendar 2025
February • Bolivia
March • Zoom
April • Bone Course-Los Angeles, Ca
May • Uruguay
June • Honduras and Ethiopia
August • Paraguay
September • Zoom
October • Zoom