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Building diagnostic and treatment capacity.
HVO hematology volunteers work with local clinicians and laboratories to strengthen diagnosis and management of blood disorders.
HVO’s Role
Local providers and educators lead. HVO volunteers teach alongside them.
Partner with hematology departments
HVO works with hospitals, universities and hematology departments that set their own education priorities.
Teach, mentor and co-develop curricula
Volunteers deliver continuing education, clinical instruction, and one-on-one mentoring, in person and online.
Build local teaching capacity
Courses are designed so local providers can carry the training forward to colleagues across their own health systems.
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I hope HVO will continue to build education and support me…Thanks to my own training, I now feel confident training other people. I do not feel alone.
Ms. Chantha Hou
Partner — Hematology
Hematology Volunteer Opportunities
Find a project that fits your expertise.
Placement takes several months and often requires more than one approval. Review the projects below, then submit an application and CV to begin.
Click on a project below to view more details.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh – Calmette Hospital and the National Cancer Center
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Cambodia
Phnom Penh – Calmette Hospital and the National Cancer Center
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Working with local staff, HVO volunteers will support the development and advancement of patient and operational protocols and procedures at Calmette Hospital and the National Cancer Center. Additionally, volunteers will improve the knowledge and skills of pediatric and adult hematologists, oncologists, nurses and other personnel through clinical and didactic training.
Qualifications
Board-certified in hematology and/or blood banking (clinicians or lab-based scientists); individuals with PhD must be certified in hematopathology or pathology with demonstrated experience in hematopathology; current license to practice (active or retired) for clinical training; retired without current license can provide didactic training. Volunteers must have at least three years of post-fellowship experience.
Companions Allowed
Adults and minors.
Housing
Volunteer responsible for housing; information on nearby facilities provided.
Cambodia
Siem Reap – Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Cambodia
Siem Reap – Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Volunteers with expertise in clinical laboratory hematology assist in optimizing the functioning of the laboratory through a systems-based approach. Volunteers provide lectures on benign hematology and pediatric oncology to trainee physicians at the AHC and help staff at AHC implement treatment for patients with retinoblastoma and leukemia at the hospital. Volunteers are needed at specific times to provide training as part of the hematology/oncology module offered to pediatric residents.
Qualifications
Board eligible/certified; current license to practice; prior international health experience preferred. No opportunities for those-in-training.
Companions Allowed
Adults and minors.
Housing
Volunteer responsible for housing; information on nearby facilities provided.
Peru
Arequipa – Catholic University of Santa Maria (CU) and Carlos Alberto Seguin Escobedo National Hospital (HNCASE)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Peru
Arequipa – Catholic University of Santa Maria (CU) and Carlos Alberto Seguin Escobedo National Hospital (HNCASE)
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
HVO volunteers will work with students, residents and clinicians at CU and its partner hospital, HNCASE, to improve their knowledge in the study, diagnosis, and management of hematologic disease and improve their care of patients diagnosed with hematologic disease.
Qualifications
Board-certified in hematology and/or blood banking (clinicians or lab-based scientists); individuals with PhD must be certified in hematopathology or pathology with demonstrated experience in hematopathology; current license to practice (active or retired) for clinical training; retired without current license can provide didactic training; previous international experience recommended. Final year fellows accepted if paired with an appropriate preceptor.
Companions Allowed
Adults and minors.
Housing
Volunteer responsible for housing; information on nearby facilities provided.
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam – Muhimbili National Hospital & Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
1-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam – Muhimbili National Hospital & Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
1-4 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Volunteers provide training and staff development for physicians, nurses, residents, students, and laboratory technicians in the field of hematology. Specific training goals include hematopathology, sickle cell disease, transfusion medicine, laboratory hematology, hemato-oncology, bleeding and thrombosis, anemia, acute leukemia, bone marrow transplant, aplastic anemia and other bone marrow failures.
Qualifications
Board certified in hematology and/or oncology (clinicians & lab-based scientists); previous international travel preferred. Senior fellows accepted.
Companions Allowed
Adults only, no minors.
Housing
Volunteer responsible for housing; information on nearby facilities provided.
Zambia
Lusaka – University Teaching Hospitals and its affiliates
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-3 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
Zambia
Lusaka – University Teaching Hospitals and its affiliates
Format
Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Length
2-3 weeks in-person; variable for virtual
The goals of the project are to help establish childhood ALL diagnosis and treatment of low-risk cases and develop and implement training modules on sickle cell disease, transfusion, and coagulopathies. Volunteer activities include providing informal continuing education; didactic, clinical, and combination instruction methods; ward and clinic rounds; and building short-term focused hematology modules. Trainees include internal medicine faculty, pediatric faculty, hematologists, lab scientists, nurses, pharmacy staff, and postgraduate students at University Teaching Hospital and its affiliates, including the UTHs-Adult and Emergency Hospital (UTHs-AEH), UTHs-Children’s Hospital (UTHs-CH), UTHs-Pediatric Center of Excellence UTHs-PCOE), Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH), UTHs-Maternal and Newborn Health Hospital (UTHs-WNH), and Zambian National Blood Transfusion Hospital (ZNBTS).
Qualifications
Volunteers must be qualified hematologists, hematopathologists, lab scientists, obstetricians, or oncology nurses. They must be members in good standing of either the American Society of Hematology or the British Society of Haematology but may be retired. Residents are not eligible.
Companions Allowed
Adults and minors.
Housing
Volunteer responsible for housing; assistance and information on nearby facilities provided.
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