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What is the UN Global Surgery Learning Hub?

Development of the existing and future surgical care workforce is a key component –perhaps the key component– in the provision of safe surgical care worldwide. There is currently no effective bridge between learners’ needs and appropriate education and training content.

The United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub provides appropriate in-service and pre-service education and training opportunities to all cadres involved in the delivery of surgical care as well as relevant stakeholders in research, policy, academia, and industry.

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Who is behind it?

SURGhub is an initiative of

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

UNITAR is the principal training arm of the United Nations system, providing training and capacity development activities to assist mainly developing countries. It has become a leading institute in the provision of customized and creative learning solutions to institutions and individuals from both public and private sectors.
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The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF)

The GSF exists to accelerate and expand the provision of surgical care for attaining better health for all. The GSF is a foundation under Swiss law and serves as a common platform for all global surgery stakeholders.
Content curation process led by

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

RCSI Institute of Global Surgery was established to address the global surgery crisis, bringing together and building on RCSI’s track record of research, training and educational partnerships in low-resource contexts. The Institute works in long-term collaborative partnerships to create patient-centred, outcomes-based, global surgery research and education.

The Project Team

Francesca Vitucci

Sebastian Hofbauer

Léa Simon

Michelle Odonkor

Eric O'Flynn

Ines Perić

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Who chooses the courses?

3 committees have been created to ensure that the courses offered on SURGhub are of high quality and correspond to the needs of the learners. Every effort has been made to ensure that committee members are representative of the broad spectrum of cadres of target user: they come from varied geographical regions and professional backgrounds and have been chosen through an open-consultative process.

Project scope committee
content committee
technical committee
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Project Scope Committee

The purpose of this committee is to ensure that the content addresses the expected learning needs of all identified cadres of target users.

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JEAN O'SULLIVAN

Emergency Medicine Consultant
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SARA MOHAN

Gynaecologist
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EMILIE JOOS

Trauma Surgeon
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DHANAJAYA SHARMA

General Surgeon
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ANA MARIA CRAWFORD

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
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AINHOA COSTAS CHAVARRI 

General Surgeon
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PAULINE WAKE

Anaesthetist

KARINA OLIVO

Senior Perioperative Nurse

Content Committee

The purpose of this committee is to decide on the appropriateness and quality of the contents.

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ANDREA PARKER

General Surgeon
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JACKIE ROWLES

Nurse Anaesthetist
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LUBNA KAHN

General Surgeon
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MUSLIU ADETOLA TOLANI

Urological Surgeon
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SABINA SIDDIQUI

Paediatric Surgeon
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ADOLFO LEVYA-ALVIZO

General Surgeon
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RICK GARDNER

Orthopaedic Surgeon
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RAHEL NARDOS

Gynaecologist
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LUIZ FERNANDO DOS REIS FALCAO

Anaesthetist
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CLAUDE MARTIN JR.

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Technical Committee

The purpose of this committee is to advise on the technical appropriateness of content and material for the target users to ensure a best in class learner experience.

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SOMPRAKAS BASU

General Surgeon
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EMILIO VELIS

Educationalist
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ANNA DARELLI-ANDERSON

Educationalist
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VINCENZO PALATELLA

Information Specialist

USHA GUNESS

Tech & Intellectual Property Lawyer
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REBECCA SILVERS

Pediatric Neurosurgery & Critial Care Nurse Practitioner
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THOMAS CONNOLLY

Instructional Designer
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ADVAIT GANDHE

E-learning Expert
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MATTIA FANTINATI

Management Engineer
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SERGIO NAVARRO

Surgical Trainee and Resident Physician

Positioning

Content Review Panel

To support the work of the committees and particularly the review process, a content review panel has been created. We are very grateful to all the panel members for their collaboration:

  • Aaron Berger - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Abdelrahman Elsayid - Anaesthesia
  • Allyson Alfonso - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Amol Kulkarni - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Basma Tamasas - Orthodontist 
  • Berthe Barhayiga - Anaesthesia
  • Bisola Onajin-Obembe - Anaesthesia
  • Busola Alagbe-Briggs – Anaesthesia
  • Carmelo Loinaz - General Surgery
  • Carmen Gerber – Anaesthesia
  • Chad Perlyn - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 
  • Chihena Banda - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 
  • Chris Dodgion - Critical Care / Trauma and Acute Care
  • Daniel Josef Lindegger - Ophthalmology
  • David Tang - General Dentist 
  • Dheera Ananthakrishnan - Orthopaedic Spine Surgery
  • Dhruva Nath Ghosh - Paediatric Urologist
  • Drew Huang - Plastic & Reconstructive surgery
  • Dolorence Wakida - Perioperative Nursing 
  • Emily C. Sturm - Surgical Oncology
  • Fady Balaa - General & Hepatobiliary surgery
  • Fiona Linton - Anaesthetic Registrar
  • Fridah Bosire - General Surgery 
  • George Duke Mukoro - General Surgery
  • Getachew Desta - Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology
  • Grace Nambozi - Perioperative Nursing
  • Gumbi Hauwa Sanusi - Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Hamad Al Jaber - Plastic & Reconstructive surgery
  • Ibironke Desalu - Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Irene Tosetti - Anaesthesia
  • James Bernstein - Thoracic, Vascular, Transplantation Surgery
  • James Geraghty - General & Breast, Endocrine Surgery
  • Jan Wynands - Plastic & Reconstructive surgery
  • Jennifer Aunspaugh - Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Jennifer Hui Ju Yang - Nursing Anaesthesia 
  • Jeremy Dressler - Colorectal Surgery
  • John Varallo - Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Juan Carlos Puyana -  Trauma Surgery
  • Judith Stoltz - Visceral Surgeon
  • Katantazi Abdulsalam - General Surgery 
  • Kelsey Stewart - Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Kerry A. Vaughan - Neurosurgery
  • Kingsley Ufuoma Tobi - Anaesthesia
  • Kristen Yee - Plastic & Reconstructive surgery
  • Lawal-Aiyedun Olubunmi - Paediatric Nursing
  • Lovenish Bains - General Surgery
  • Manda Dunne - Nursing Anaesthesia
  • Marisa Seepersaud - Paediatric Surgery
  • Matt Kynes - Paediatric Anaesthesiology
  • Marcus Hoffman - Trauma Surgery
  • Matthieu Belin – Anaesthesia
  • Meena Amlani - Radiology
  • Mgoo Ibrahim – Perioperative Nursing
  • Michael Eamon Kelly - Colorectal Surgery
  • Mike Mwachiro - General & Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Mohamed Badran - Neurosurgery
  • Morgan P. McMonagle - Vascular & Trauma Surgery
  • Mugadza Fadzai - Anaesthesia
  • Nebiyou Bayleyegn – General surgery
  • Rachel W. Davis - General Surgery
  • Randa Elsheikh - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Rami Kantar - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 
  • Richard Henker - Nursing Anaesthesia
  • Samson Adera - Cardiac Anaesthesia
  • Sotonye Fyneface-Ogan - Obstetric Anaesthesia
  • Tunde Talib Sholadoye - Paediatric Surgery 
  • Valerie Brueton - Perioperative Nursing
  • Violet Otoki - General Surgery 

Technical Review Panel

To support the work of the committees and particularly the review process, a technical review panel has been created. We are very grateful to all the panel members for their collaboration:

  • Charoo Piplani - Research Fellow
  • Frank-Awat Abaiweh - Medical Student
  • Godfred Owusu - General Surgery
  • Kibret Melkamu - General Surgery
  • Poorvaprabha Patil - Ophthalmology
  • Ramitha E. Ruwanpathirana – Primary Care Medicine
  • Tamilarasy Vasanthakumaran - Bachelor of Surgery

Our partners

SURGhub proudly features learning content and contributions from leading organisations globally. Please get in touch to explore how we can work together to elevate your training today.
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