Equity in Global Healthcare: Accessing Resources for Change
The George Washington University Equity Institute Initiative invites you to join us for the Spring 2023 Global Equity Research Workshop. This workshop will present funded and groundbreaking research that identifies the effects of prior colonization and current neocolonialism on the training structures of surgical education in Africa, which directly impact the delivery of and access to quality and timely healthcare in the region.
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Abebe Bekele, Professor of Thoracic Surgery and the Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda
Dr. Bekele has a dedicated interest in surgical education and health equity in Africa. Dr. Bekele also co-chairs the joint Leaders for Health Equity Fellowship Washington, a fellowship established by the George Washington University and hosted at the University of Global Health Equity University.
Dr. Beverly Jebet Cheserem, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi
Dr. Cheserem is the Decolonization Lead in the Global Neurosurgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. She has completed fellowships in Skull Base Surgery at the University Hospital of Wales and in Global Health in the Weill Cornell-Muhumbili Orthopaedic Institute Program in Tanzania.
Andrea Klein, Senior MD/MPH student at George Washington University and an Integra Graduate Fellow within the Society for Research on Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Ms. Klein is the recipient of the 2022 Integra Global Surgery Graduate Fellowship and has authored nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications. She and Dr. Rosseau are collaborating on several ongoing projects with local research partners which will provide contextual information regarding the history and current practice of neurosurgery in various countries in Africa.
Dr. Muhammad Raji Mahmud (MD), Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Dr. Mahmud is Associate Professor and Director of Neurosurgical Training, as well as Director of Grants, Collaborations and Linkages of the Department of Surgery at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He is a Member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Africa 100 Committee and of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of International Education in Neurosurgery, is involved in research, and has published in a number of books and journals. Dr. Mahmud is a recipient of a Commendation by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Dr. Gail Rosseau, Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at George Washington University
Dr. Rosseau is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the G4 Alliance, the major advocacy organization for Global Surgery. She holds a number of domestic and international leadership positions in global surgery, and is the editor of the global neurosurgery section of Neurosurgery, the profession’s highest-impact journal.
Dr. Nqobile Thango, Faculty member of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Cape Town
Dr. Nqobile Thango is a pediatric neurosurgeon and lecturer in neurosurgery at the University of Cape Town. In addition, Dr. Thango is a researcher at the UCT-Neuroscience institute. Her research interests include neurosurgical research education and capacity building,along with understanding how the brain responds to injury at a cellular level. Dr. Thango is Chairman of the Young African Neurosurgeons Forum, an organization which has been instrumental in conducting research and educational activities on the African continent. She is research co-lead in the WFNS Global neurosurgery committee and the WFNS Young Neurosurgeons Forum. Dr. Thango is also on the editorial board of the prestigious journal Neurosurgery (Global Neurosurgery).