Center for Equity in Global Surgery Launch - Full Ceremony

On February 8th, 2022, at Butaro Campus, UGHE officially launched the Center for Equity in Global Surgery (CEGS). Prof. Abebe Bekele, UGHE’s Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and Research Affairs, Dean of the School of Medicine said that the main objective of the newly launched Center for Equity in Global Surgery is to contribute to building a strong, resilient surgical system that can provide consistent, affordable, high-quality care. “UGHE is establishes this center as a solution to this global imbalance in access to delivery of surgical service” - Prof. Agnes Binagwaho, UGHE Vice Chancellor.

Timecodes
0:00 - Opening remarks by Dr. Barnabas Alayande, Global Surgery Fellow, UGHE
0:40 - Dr Robert Riviello, Head, Department of Surgery, UGHE
4:37 - Opening Remarks, Prof. Agnes Binagwaho, MD, PhD Vice Chancellor, UGHE
12:04 - Infomercial video premiere
16:59 - Introduction to CEGS, Prof. Abebe Bekele: Academic and Research Affairs Dean: School of Medicine UGHE
32:00 - Video Messages of Support:
Dr. Daniel Ngamije, MBBS, MPH Rwanda Minister for Health

Professor John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA
Kletjian Professor of Global Surgery, Director of the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change

Prof. Godfrey Ignatius Muguti MS(Syd) FCS(ECSA) FRCS(Edin) Hon.FRCS(Eng)
President, College of Surgeons of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa

4. Professor Mark G. Shrime, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS
O’Brien Chair of Global Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
40:34 - Keynote ‘discussion’ Beyond the OR - 15 years on:
reflections on Global Surgery
Professor Paul Farmer, Chancellor, UGHE, Professor Jim Y. Kim
58:30 - Panel discussion. Topic: Equity in Global Surgery
Education
Panelists:
Prof. Emmanuel Makasa, FCS ECSA, MPH, MMed(Orth), MBChB, BSc.HB Member, World Health Organisations Expert Advisory Panel on Surgical Care and Anaesthesia,
Founding Director, University of Witwatersrand Regional Collaboration Centre for Surgical Healthcare Improvement,
Prof. Emmanuel Makasa, FCS ECSA, MPH, MMed(Orth), MBChB, BSc.HB Member, World Health Organisations Expert Advisory Panel on Surgical Care and Anaesthesia,
Founding Director, University of Witwatersrand Regional Collaboration Centre for Surgical Healthcare Improvement,

Judy Khanyola, BSc, MSc Chair of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) Center for Nursing and Midwifery, Africa Representative for Nursing Now
Dr. Claire Karekazi, MD, MBChB(UR), M.Med Neurosurg, Neurosurg Onco & Skull Base Surgery, MSCS Neurosurg (ECSA)
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Rwanda Military Hospital

Prof. Mark Newton, MD Pediatric Anesthesiology
Director Vanderbilt International Anesthesia

Isioma Okolo, MBChB, MRCOG, DTMH
Obstetric/Gynecology Registrar NHS Scotland
Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Fellow, Harvard.
Moderators:
Prof. Kathryn Chu MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS

Desmond Jumbam, MSGH Health Policy Consultant, Operation Smile
1:59:29 - Message of Support: Lina Sayed, CEO, Gradian Health Systems
2:2:20 - Video Messages of Solidarity:
Prof. Walt Johnson, MD, MBA, MPH Professorship of Surgery, Neurosurgery,
and Public Health, Loma Linda University Former Director, Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Programme, World Health Organization

Dr. Ruben Ayala, MD, MSc Chief Medical Officer, Operation Smile

Dr Thomas G. Weiser, MD, MPH Director, Program for Global Engagement, Stanford University

4. Prof. Kathryn Chu, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS Director,
Stellenbosch University Center for Global Surgery
2:7:31 - Video Messages of Solidarity:
Prof. Sherry M. Wren, MD, FACS, FCS
Vice Chair and Professor of Surgery Director of Global Surgery, Center for Global Health and Innovation, Stanford University

Miliard Derbew, MD, FRCS, FACS, FCS-ECSA, CEO, King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda

Prof. Adrian Gelb, MD, MBChB, FRCPC, President, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

Prof. Henry Rice, MD Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Global Health; Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Global Health Institute
2:12:36 - Video Messages of Support
Dr. Robert Riviello, MD, MPH Director of Global Surgery Programs Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center For Surgery and Public Health

Dr. Negussie Tihitena Mammo Global Clinical Director, Lifebox

Geoff Ibbotson, Executive lead at Global Surgery Foundation and senior consultant at United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Switzerland

Professor Mack Cheney, Director Kletjian Foundation.
2:17:28 - Vote of Thanks
Dr. Geoff Anderson, MD, MPH, Trauma Surgeon, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Faculty Program in Global Surgery and Social Change.