Welcome to an evening of global health networking! This collaborative event run by GASOC and OUGSG will give insight into the speakers' experience in global surgery and research followed by drinks and networking. We aim to bring like minded, proactive individuals together to inspire the next generation of health professionals and help you find ways to get involved in global surgery.
GASOC (Global Anaesthesia, Surgery and Obstetric Collaboration) was established in 2015 to encourage trainees and sub-consultant grades (SCGs) to engage responsibly and impactfully in global surgery. This collaboration acts as an entry-level platform to signpost trainees and SCGs to information and resources that will enable them to further their knowledge and experience in this field. The goal is to increase trainee engagement in global surgery activity during their training and to facilitate career-long leadership commitment post qualification.
OUGSG is Oxford University Global Surgery Group is a multi-disciplinary team made up of clinicians and researchers striving to improve access and provision of high quality surgical care in low and middle income countries.
This event will bring together these two organisations and attendees will hear talks from clinicians about their global surgery experiences and research followed by drinks and networking providing the opportunity to ask questions and find out how you can get involved.
This is a hybrid event, running both in person at Osler house at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and also streaming online via Medall from 7:30pm. Both ticket types are available on registration.
We have an incredible line up of speakers with unique experiences and covering the spectrum of global surgery (Anaesthesia, Obstetrics and Surgery.
Dr Søren Kudsk-Iversen (Consultant Anaesthesiologist)
Soren is based in Oxford having recently been appointed as Consultant at OUH, he has an interest and increasing experience in practical and academic global anaesthesia, with a particular focus on humanitarian surgical systems and planetary health. He has completed an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) in Global Anaesthesia through University of Oxford. Since the ACF, he has collaborated with a variety of leading aid organisations and academic institutions to undertake pragmatic research looking to quantify the role of non-governmental surgical care in humanitarian settings, and the quality of the care provided
Dr Isioma Okolo (ST8 in Obstetrics & Gynaecology) - Virtual
Isioma is a graduate of Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, the University of Edinburgh and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Originally from Nigeria, Isioma is a global citizen, having lived and worked in Nigeria, Tanzania, Brazil, Uganda, the UK and USA. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology( MRCOG). In 2021 she was selected to join the UN Women UK as a delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women( CSW 66)- the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. In 2022 she completed the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC). Her research was funded by Connor’s Centre Global Women’s Health Fellowship grant.
Miss Gerlin Naidoo (ST6 in Paediatric & Neonatal Surgery and current DPhil candidate)
Gerlin is a graduate of University of Edinburgh, member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a higher surgical trainee in Paediatric & neonatal surgery (Scotland) and current DPhil student in the Oxford Global Surgery Group under the supervision of Professor Lakhoo at the University of Oxford. She has previous experience in South Africa, USA (Brigham & Womens Hospital, Harvard) and at the WHO in Geneva working on maternal and children's health policy. She is currently undertaking an OOPR to pursue a DPhil, working on implementation science in relation to technology in the LMIC setting within her research project related to Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training in Tanzania for surgical care providers.
Dr Gabriella Hyman (South Africa - MRC Clinician-Scientist Scholar, interested in Paediatric Surgery)
Gaby is currently, a general surgery medical officer at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is the first ever surgical SAMRC Clinician Scientist to be appointed, has extensive Global Surgery experience, including having attended the 2019 OUGSG short course and been involved in the Namibia NSOAP process from start to finish and is currently pursuing a PhD in Global surgery supervised between Wits (SA) and the University of Lund. She is also an incoming member of the Harvard PGSSC and will be undertaking an MPH at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health