Rebecca E. Ward, MD
Associate Scholar
- Diagnostic Radiology Resident | University of Pennsylvania
- Botswana | Nepal
- Diagnostic Imaging | Global Radiology | Radiology
Languages: English (Native), French (Proficient)
Bio statement
Rebecca E. Ward, MD is a PGY-4 UPenn Diagnostic Radiology resident. She is a current member of the Diagnostic Radiology Global Health Equity Track. Dr. Ward has worked within the radiology department at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana, interpreting diagnostic images and performing basic procedures. She has traveled to Nepal where she and colleagues performed portable ultrasound exams in high-risk pregnancy patients in remote rural villages. Dr. Ward completed the Rad-Aid Proficiency in Global Health Radiology course in 2023.
Recent global health projects
Botswana: I spent time in the Princess Marina Hospital Radiology department helping the radiology staff by reading multiple outside hospital x-rays and CTs that had accumulated over several weeks.
Nepal: I worked with a renowned Nepalese internal medicine physician named Dr. Mingmar Sherpa in addition to UPenn colleagues performing ultrasound exams on high-risk pregnancy patients. We traveled to remote villages with portable ultrasounds and set up pop-up pregnancy clinics. While scanning, we found many urgent findings, such as low fetal heart rate, placenta previa, poyhydramnios, and oligohydramnios. During the Nepal trip, I also visited Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and Mediciti Hospital where I learned from Nepalese physicians about the resources and infrastructure needed to improve their respective radiology departments.
Last Updated: 21 November 2023