Global ENT Outreach
Restoring Hearing
Empowering Surgeons
Transforming Lives Globally
Our Mission
The GEO mission is to save lives, prevent avoidable deafness caused by ear diseases for individuals impacted by poverty and inadequate care, and enable them to achieve 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
Temporal Bone Labs Development
Cambodia
From the ground up, Global ENT outreach helps design, develop, and build temporal bone labs for teaching purposes in both academic and non-academic settings throughout the world
Teaching Surgical Skills
Peru
From the temporal bone lab where the anatomy of the middle ear is learned to the operating theater where techniques are refined, GEO is helping to advance surgical skills in Otology
Providing Humanitarian Surgical Services
American Samoa
Many communities are underserved and when it comes to ear disease, Global ENT has provided surgery pro bono for those who lack access to care or the needed resources to have surgery
Educational Program Development
Ukraine
The GEO advisory board helps build and structure the curriculum for academic training programs in Otolog
Post Graduate Training Opportunity
Ethiopia
GEO assists ENT who have finished their formal training with opportunities to receive advanced training overseas and at the sane time helping to support underserved communities which lack specialist to provide Otologic surgical services
Core Programs and Projects
USA
International
Temporal Bone Course
Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Los Angeles, is co-hosting GEO the 8th International T Bone Course for foreign and US based residents and ENT. The course is in March 19-21, 2027. To register click here.
Paraguay
Otology Conference and Bone Course
GEO along with Paraguay FORL foundation host an annual temporal bone course in Asunción, Paraguay, in August The course is a two day event open to residents from all Latin countries, and takes place at the Hospital Escuela.
Ethiopia
African Ear Foundation
Ethiopia
AEF
RAMA ENT Hospital,
Adama, Ethiopia are partners with GEO in The African Ear Institute, providing ENT training to all of Africa in the new t bone lab and operating room to needy and underserved.
Click here to see more.
Honduras
Honduras Ear Outreach with Idaho Ear Foundation
GEO along with Dr. Eric Wilkinson from the Idaho ear foundation have collaborated with colleagues in San Pedro Sula Honduras, to provide Otologic surgeries in the public hospital which lacks these services.
Latin America
Grupo Otologico
Latin America
GOLATAM
GEO hosts on a monthly basis zoom webinars for designed for colleagues in Spanish throughout all of Latin America, focusing on Otologic diseases and treatments. Click here for further information.
Ukraine
War Hampers GEO Efforts in Western Ukraine
Global ENT Outreach has worked in Ukraine for the last 10 years, mostly in the Western portion in the City of Ivano Frankivsk State. Collaborations, due to the War, currently consist of monthly webinars in English in Otology with colleagues from Ethiopia and McGill University ENT Department in Montreal, Canada. GEO plans in the middle of 2027 to return to Ternopil and host an Otology seminar.
Once the war is over GEO will resume its full time efforts in Ukraine.
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Honduras; Webinar AEF/GOLATAM
Webinar AEF/GOLATAM
Honduras; Webinar AEF/GOLATAM
Webinar Webinar AEF/GOLATAM
Ethiopia; Webinar AEF/GOLATAM
