Teaching neurosurgical suturing, student to student, worldwide
Mission:BRAIN chapters host Suturing Symposiums in medical schools that don't have access to surgical simulation training. Each symposium leaves the next generation ready to teach the one after.
What the model has done so far
What started at one symposium in Milan now reaches medical students across four countries — and counting. 🇮🇳 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇵🇰
Countries hosting symposiums
Italy, Spain, India, and Pakistan.
Medical students reached
Across symposiums in Milan, Spain, India, and Pakistan.
Surgical simulators in use
Donated by UpSurgeOn, used by hundreds of students at every symposium.
It Started in Milan
The Suturing Mission began at the Humanitas University Chapter of Mission:BRAIN in Milan, Italy, through a collaboration with UpSurgeOn — a surgical simulation company that donated ten simulators to the chapter.
From the start, it was conceived as a global, replicable model — not a one-time event. The first symposium drew over 200 medical students and raised more than $6,000.
What we're building toward
The Suturing Mission is not a program that ends. It is a movement that compounds.
50 Countries Involved
Most medical students never touch a surgical simulator before residency. We ship donated simulators to host chapters and run symposiums where students get hands-on practice.
Student Led Growth
Senior students teach the techniques to first- and second-years. Those students go on to teach the next cohort. The training compounds with every symposium.
Longstanding Capacity Established
When a chapter hosts a symposium, they learn to run the whole program. By the next year, they can mentor a different chapter through their first one.
People behind the mission
A program only goes as far as its people to choose to take it.
