Inaugural Pan-African Surgical Conference
Speakers
Keynote Speakers, Experts, Leaders and Policymakers
Keynote Speakers
This list is being updated as speakers are confirmed. More information to be shared soon.
Dr. Hanna Getachew
Consultant General and Pediatric Surgeon, Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Chair examination and Credentials’ committee, College of Surgeons of Eastern, Central and Southern
Africa
Prof. Salome Maswime
Professor and the Head of the Global Surgery Division at the
University of Cape Town
Prof. Afua A. J. Hesse
Professor and Paediatric Surgeon, Medical Educator and Hospital
Administrator
Prof. Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS (ECSA), FACS, FRCS(Ed), MAMSE
Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and Research Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda
Panelists
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Dr. Glory Sibongile Dlamini
President of ECSACONM and Chief Nursing Officer at the Ministry of Health, Eswatini
Dr. Mpoki Ulisubisya
President of the College of Anaesthesiologists for East Central and Southern Africa (CANECSA)
Dr. Nicole Shilkofski
Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital
Dr. Metasebia Worku Abebe
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Educator,
Global Health Advocate
Prof. Bruce Biccard
Professor and Second Chair in the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at
Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town
Dr. Kwesi Asabir
Substantive Director of the Human Resources for Health Directorate (HRHD) of
the Ministry of Health, Ghana
Dr. Adebusola Adenike Owokole
Founder & CEO of The Operating Room Global (TORG) and Adebusola Owokole Training & Consulting
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