Since medical school, Dr. Talbot has participated in volunteer trips to promote global healthcare and provide clinical and surgical care.
2000 Mauke Hospital; Mauke Island, Cook Islands One month working in independent primary care in a developing island nation of 500 people. 2009 Tungaru Central Hospital; South Tarawa, Kiribati One month as a plastic surgical volunteer in a developing country hospital, with independent operating privileges focusing on hand surgery and wound care. 2013 Viet Duc Hospital; Hanoi, Vietnam One week volunteer work for complex microsurgical reconstruction in local Vietnamese patients. 2013 VinMec Hospital; Hanoi, Vietnam One week volunteer work for complex surgical reconstruction in local Vietnamese patients and lecturing to local surgeons. 2014 Nkhoma Mission Hospital; Nkhoma, Malawi Two week volunteer surgery for burns and secondary burn reconstruction and teaching to local clinical officers. 2016 Kigali Hospital; Kigali, Rwanda - Dr. Talbot and Sarah Kinsley Two week volunteer surgery and teaching for surgical residents.