Clinic care, hospital care, and medical education in Myanmar and the United States
Dr. Gelsdorf currently practices medicine in both Myanmar and the United States. He provides outpatient clinic care in Yangon at International SOS, and works with the Myanmar Academy of Family Physicians to develop medical training programs for primary care doctors in Myanmar. In California he is a hospital attending physician for the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency. At the Boston University Global Health Collaborative he helps oversee strategic planning, program delivery, and funding in the Southeast Asia region
Dr. Gelsdorf is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, trained in Family Medicine at the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency program in California, received his M.D from the University of California, San Francisco, and received a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College.
Dr. Gelsdorf has been involved in health capacity development in Southeast Asia since 2005, primarily in Myanmar where he has collaborated on various public health projects in rural, urban, and international border locations. He was a participant in the establishment of the Myanmar Academy of Family Physicians in 2014, and continues to work with the organization on a daily basis to achieve its mission of establishing Family Medicine in Myanmar. He also serves as a technical resource to the University of Health Sciences in Vientiane in its delivery of a Masters in Family Medicine.
Consulting Physician – International SOS, Yangon, Myanamr
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine – University of California, San Francisco
Southeast Asia Regional Director – Boston University Global Health Collaborative
Advisor – Myanmar Academy of Family Physicians