O. Abdrakhmanov: ESPGHAN in Kazakhstan

Dr. Alex Knisely is talking to Dr. Olzhas Abdrakhmanov of the Scientific Centre of Pediatrics and Children’s Surgery, Almaty, Kazakhstan, until recently the nation’s capital (and still her premier city), about the hurdles and satisfactions of working as a paediatrician passionate about hepatogastroenterology who lacks the benefits of formal training in that discipline.  His motto as he progressed through his twenties — he’s not yet into his fourth decade — has necessarily been “Learn from your patients”.  Yes, from his patients, but not only them :  From the resources, from the expertise, that ESPGHAN makes available world-wide.  His good humour and determination to succeed in his goal to bring paediatric-gastroenterology care in Kazakhstan to the standards set in North America, in western Europe, are impressively worth a listener’s while.