Fire and Wire podcast: Oxford women making a global impact
25 March 2024
This International Women's Day (8 March), Professor Irene Tracey sat down with women from across the University who are making a global impact with their work.
OUGSG members attend 5th Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery Conference
13 March 2024
Members of the Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG) attended the 5th Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) Conference in Manila, Philippines held in February this year.
Training course in Ethiopia for treating older children with clubfoot
29 January 2024
A training course on Principles of Management for Delayed Presenting Clubfoot (DPC) took place 11 to 12 December 2023 at CURE Children’s Hospital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.
Professor Chris Lavy awarded honorary fellowship from the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa
7 December 2023
Professor Chris Lavy has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).
Providing high-quality training to anaesthetists wishing to work overseas
30 November 2023
A training course on the clinical aspects of working in resource-poor settings and other challenges that the overseas anaesthetist may face, took place from 13 to 17 November 2023 at the Mt Elgon Hotel in Mbale, Uganda.
Mihir Sheth named Young Engineer of the Year by Royal Academy of Engineering
28 July 2023
Mihir Sheth from the Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG) has been recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering with a Young Engineer of the Year award.
Work on paediatric preoperative anaemia in low- and middle-income countries presented at BAPS Congress
18 July 2023
Oxford University Global Surgery Group's (OUGSG) work on the pertinent subject of paediatric anaemia in the context of surgery in low- and middle-income countries was recently presented at the 69th British Association of Paediatric Surgery (BAPS) Congress in Bruges, Belgium on 23 June 2023.
MSc student wins first prize at NDS Student Symposium Day
11 July 2023
Philomena Leahy, an MSc by Research student within the Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG), has won Best 1st Year Presentation during the recent Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) Student Symposium Day.
Collaborative event held with OUGSG and GASOC
6 July 2023
In June 2023, a successful collaborative event between Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG) and GASOC (the Global Anaesthesia, Surgery and Obstetric Collaboration, a UK and Ireland-based trainee organisation with a wide international membership), was held at Osler House in Oxford.
GICS surgical delegation contributes to international conference on birth defects and disabilities
4 April 2023
Representatives of the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS), including Professor Kokila Lakhoo from Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG), were invited to discuss the surveillance, management and diagnosis of birth defects at the 2023 International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World (ICBD). This followed two years of negotiations by Professor Lakhoo and Professor Tahmina Banu, GICS Chair-Elect.
Six African hospital teams receive training in children's surgery
31 March 2023
Six African hospital teams from Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana and Malawi were recently invited to Vellore in India to train up as trainers for the Oxford-Vellore Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) Project, which is to be implemented in Africa.
OUGSG members lead paediatric surgery course at COSECSA conference
10 March 2023
Professor Kokila Lakhoo and Mr Noel Peter of Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG), along with a team from the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), ran a pre-conference paediatric surgery course at the 2022 COSECSA Scientific Conference.
Study shows pre-operative bathing with soap reduces surgical site infection in children
17 January 2023
Preoperative bathing with soap significantly reduces surgical site infections (SSIs) in paediatric surgical patients, reveal researchers from Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG), Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science, and Muhimbili National Hospital.
Medical student paper accepted for publication in World Neurosurgery
28 July 2022
Ryan Gidda, a graduate medical student at the University of Oxford, has had a paper accepted for publication in World Neurosurgery.
Literature review on global small bowel atresia awarded high grade
27 July 2022
Graduate medical student Louisa Woolley has written a literature review 'Intestinal atresia in neonates across the globe' with the supervision of Professor Kokila Lakhoo from the Oxford University Global Surgery Group.
Study finds higher risk of all-cause mortality among paediatric cancer patients in LMICs during the pandemic
13 April 2022
During the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, paediatric cancer patients from lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) faced a higher risk of all-cause mortality than those in high-income countries, according to an international study led by the Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG).
Total joint replacement training course in Zimbabwe a success
5 April 2022
Professor Chris Lavy from Oxford University Global Surgery Group and Professor Hemant Pandit from the University of Leeds recently led a two-day total joint replacement training course in Harare, Zimbabwe, in partnership with Zimbabwe Orthopaedic Association.
Magdalena Chmura awarded ASiT WinS Equality & Diversity Prize
10 March 2022
Congratulations to Magdalena Chmura, fifth year medical student and OUGSG Student Rep, who has received the WinS Equality & Diversity Prize at the 2022 Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) Annual Conference.
Oxford entrepreneur wins Young Innovators Award to develop non-invasive medical device to wean patients off ventilators quicker
16 February 2022
Former Oxford Global Insight Fellow Mihir Sheth has been announced as one of this year’s Innovate UK Young Innovators.
Oxford Global Surgery Course makes an impact
21 October 2021
This year's Oxford Global Surgery Course has just ended, with great enthusiasm and involvement from participants and faculty alike. We were excited and challenged to provide a rich, interactive and enjoyable five-day course entirely online this year as a result of the pandemic.
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Global Surgery Stories
The ethical impacts of international medical electives on local students and patient care
Magdalena Chmura, a former Student Rep of OUGSG and current Foundation Year doctor shares a paper recently published with Dr Shobhana Nagraj.
Supporting exams and training in Ethiopia
Professor Kokila Lakhoo was recently invited to the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) as an external examiner for the Paediatric Surgery Fellowship Exams. In addition to the exams contribution, Professor Lakhoo and colleagues ran the BAPS HG neonatal skills course and a research seminar for beginners and advance participants. Read the full report below.
Our contribution to the Francophone Africa meeting in Cameroon
Professor Kokila Lakhoo reports on the Francophone Africa meeting in Cameroon from 25 to 30 November 2023, which was represented by 10 central African countries. As well as giving a keynote speech and various talks, Professor Lakhoo and colleagues ran the BAPS HG neonatal skills course, Oxford Global Surgery research seminar and a BAPS-Oxford laparoscopic course.
Children’s Surgical Course for regional hospitals in Tanzania
Professor Kokila Lakhoo reports on her latest visit to Tanzania, the first country in Africa chosen by Oxford University Global Surgery Group to host its new Children's Surgical Course.
Women as a driver to address gaps in the global surgical workforce
Isabella Busa, a medical student at the University of Oxford, shares her recently published article written with Dr Shobhana Nagraj as part of the Global Surgery Special Study Theme.
OUGSG members run OX5 for Oxford Children's Hospital
Two of our Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG) members, Professor Chris Lavy and Dr Shobhana Nagraj, completed the OX5 Run on Sunday 20 March 2022 for the Children’s Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital.