Off The Table: A Global Surgery Podcast
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -We are a diverse group of people who deeply care about improving access to surgical care worldwide and believe that those solutions come from the ground up. Our mission is to create an environment to have safe conversations about equitable surgical care globally. To give a voice to surgical providers on the ground to express the challenges of delivering surgical care in their contexts. To highlight equitable global surgical partnerships, free from neocolonialism. To offer evidence-based approaches to building capacity in surgical care and to be impactful by sending a call to action after each conversation.
Contact:
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twitter: OFFTHETABLE_POD
email: [email protected]
patreon: https://www.patreon.com/offthetablepodcast
Contributors (On Behalf of the Global Surgery Lab):
Founders: Dr. Emilie Joos, Dr. Shahrzad Joharifard, Dr. Alreem Al Hinai
Hosts: Dr. Emilie Joos, Dr. Alreem Al Hinai, Paul Rakoczy, Amuna Ma
Editor: Dr. Cara Weessies
Social Media Team: Bita Mojtahedzadeh, Selina Park, Sheila Lam, Catherine Binda, Lydia Feng, Noah Boroditsky
Guest Research Team: Mariah Moti, Mathilde Bilau, Muntha Shoaib, Rachel Livergant, James Kennedy
Show Notes: James Kennedy
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Episodes
7: Empowering Medical Autonomy – Healthcare Has No Beneficiaries
May 15, 2022 19:46 - 1 hour - 55 MBWelcome to our seventh episode, featuring the inspiring husband and wife duo, Dr. Nandakumar Menon and Dr. Shylaja (Shyla) Devi. In this episode we welcome two extraordinary individuals who have made an enormous impact on improving healthcare accessibility and delivery for indigenous populations in rural India. Shyla, a gynecologist, and Nandakumar, a surgeon, selflessly dropped a successful practice and comfortable lifestyle in the United States to follow their dreams of starting a hospita...
6: Train, Train, Train! – Dr. Bekele’s Guide to the Improvement of Surgical Care
March 04, 2022 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBThis episode we welcome the man who wears many hats; Dr. Abebe Bekele, founding Dean of the School of Medicine and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Global Health and Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda. Dr. Bekele is a renowned thoracic Surgeon and a Professor of Surgery at Addis Ababa University, School of Medicine in Ethiopia. He is a fellow of the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA), the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the University of Washington, as we...
5: Barriers to Care – The Importance of Accessible Knowledge and Training in Low Resource Settings
January 28, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBWe are delighted to be joined by the incredible Dr. Brian Madison, president of South Sudan Orthopaedics and Trauma Society. Dr. Madison is an orthopaedic surgeon with a passion for global surgery. He is a dedicated advocate for the improvement of surgical systems in Africa. Born in Eastern Equatoria, before South Sudan was even recognized as an independent country, he comes from humble beginnings. After medical school in Khartoum, Sudan, Brian returned home to Torit; a no-man’s land of heal...
4: Really Rural Revolution – The Future of Remote Learning and Surgical Care
December 31, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBWelcome to our fourth episode, featuring special guest Dr. Bret Batchelor. Dr. Batchelor is a renowned Family Practitioner and Chief of Surgery at Queen Victoria Hospital in Revelstoke, B.C. He completed his medical degree at the University of Calgary before undertaking Rural Family Medicine training at the University of British Columbia and an Enhanced Surgical Skills residency at the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Batchelor is the provincial lead for remo...
3: PAACS – COSECSA Partnership and Working in Sub-Saharan Africa
December 03, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week we are ecstatic to be joined by the renowned Dr. Dieudonne Lemfuka, a general surgeon from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dr. Lemfuka is passionately involved in surgery, surgical education, global surgery advocacy, and Christian SIM missionary work. Dieudonne received his medical training from the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) out of the Bongolo Hospital program in Gabon. He is a certified Fellow by the College of Surgeons of the East, Central, and South...
2: Being a Surgeon and a Feminist in Sierra Leone - a Winning Combination
October 29, 2021 08:30 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBIntroducing the awe-inspiring doctor and feminist extraodinaire, Dr. Marcella Ryan-Coker. Born, raised, and currently practicing in Sierra Leone, Dr. Ryan-Coker is an esteemed physician and global surgery advocate at the forefront of the inspirative humanitarian movement to improve surgical care in West Africa. She completed her MSc in Global Health and Development in 2018 at the University College London, and is currently completing another MSc in Surgical Sciences at the University of Edin...
1: Re-humanizing Global Surgery - an intimate conversation with Emmanuel Makasa
September 23, 2021 03:45 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBDr. Emmanuel Makasa does not require an introduction, and he tells his story and career path better than anyone else. In short, he is an orthopaedics and trauma surgeon turned global health diplomat with senior management experience at the Zambian Ministry of Health as Deputy Director responsible for Emergency Health Services. He was Secretary General of the Zambia Medical Association (2007-2008) and Secretary General of the Surgical Society of Zambia (2006-2007). He is a counsellor for the ...