Our mission

Viet Cal strives to improve the treatment of orthopaedic trauma patients through the collaborative exchange of information between American and international physicians/surgeons.

Our team

• Emily Benson, MD

Orthopaedic Residency Associate Program Director

• Collin May, MD
• Serge Kaska, MD

Viet Cal Co-Founder

• Thomas Golden, MD, MPH

Orthopaedic Residency Program Director

• Petros Frousiakis, DO

Orthopaedic Surgeon

• Ross Burge, DO

Orthopaedic Surgeon

• Casey Pyle, DO

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Our work

• The Viet Cal non-profit program has been connecting California-based orthopaedic surgeons with Vietnam-based hospitals since 2015. Our annual trips consist of a team of US surgeons, residents, medical students, and pre-medical students. We collaborate with the orthopaedic surgery department and residency program at the Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi on complex malunions, nonunions, and challenging elective surgeries, frequently traveling together as a combined team to more remote parts of the country. Our program also sponsors 2 Vietnamese surgeons per year to travel to the United States for additional training and observerships.