Speakers List
Dr. Lewis Wall
Prof. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Washington University
Dr. Wall is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University, and is actively involved in international projects aimed at improving reproductive health in developing countries. Dr. Wall's projects range from capacity-building in the treatment of obstetric complications to improving access to menstrual hygiene products for youth in Ethiopia. Dr. Wall is especially interested in the intersections of medicine, ethics, and anthropology.
Prof. Pankaj Jani
President
College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (CO-SECSA)
Prof. Pankaj Jani is the current President of the College of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) and a professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Nairobi. Dr. Jani's expertise is in Hepato-Pancreatico-Billiary and Laparoscopy Surgery, as well as therapeutic GI Endoscopy. Dr. Jani has been extensively involved with surgical training and health systems strengthening in 17 countries in the East, Central, and Southern Africa region.
Dr. Prem Yohannan
Chair, Centre for Global Surgery,
College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA)
Dr. Yohannan is an orthopaedic surgeon currently working for the Ministry of Health under the Government of Mozambique and chairs the Centre for Global Surgery at the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). Dr. Yohannan completed his medical specialist training in India and holds interests in joint replacements and trauma surgery.
Dr. John Guilfoyle
Family Physician
Ontario, Canada
Dr. Guilfoyle is a family physician practising in rural communities in Northern Ontario. Dr. Guilfoyle has extensive experience in the provision of primary care for remote and marginalized communities around the world, and holds keen interests in anthropology, ethics, and social justice as it relates to medicine and community welfare.
Dr. Soren Otieno
Medical Superintendent
National Spinal Injury Hospital
Dr. Otieno is the medical superintendent for the National Spinal Injury Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. He has extensive clinical experience as a surgeon in Kenya.
Dr. Lydia Aziato
Dean of Nursing
University of Ghana
Dr. Aziato has extensive teaching experience in undergraduate and graduate-level nursing. Her research interests are in pain management, cancer nursing, surgical nursing, and nursing education curriculum development.
Dr. Ambereen Sleemi
Urogynecologist
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Dr. Sleemi has extensive experience working on pelvic floor disorders and obstetric fistulas across low and middle-income countries. She trained as a fistula surgeon and has worked with the U.N. Population Fund as well as Ministries of Health in Eritrea and Liberia.
Dr. Christopher Charles
Resident Physician, Anesthesiology
University of Toronto
Dr. Charles is the inventor of the "Lucky Iron Fish" project. The project uses a fish-shaped iron ingot as an innovative home-based food fortification method to improve nutritional health of iron-deficient farmers living in rural Cambodia.
Dr. Pengda Sun
Chief Surgeon, GI Nutrition and Hernia Surgery
Norman Bethune Medical College, Jilin University
Changchun, China
Dr. Sun is an expert in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. He currently practises in China, is involved in multiple national and international professional GI associations, and has previously trained at the University of Manitoba.
Dr. Deirdre Nunan
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Dr. Nunan is a Canadian-trained orthopaedic surgeon currently working with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), an international medical humanitarian organization that provides treatment, including surgical care, in areas of conflict, disaster, and crisis, as well as to neglected patient populations.
Dr. Edward Masson
Orthopaedic Surgeon
University of Alberta
Dr. Masson is an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Alberta and is experienced in collaboration and partnerships of surgical initiatives in low-resource settings.