Due to the pandemic, we are unfortunately unable to meet in person this year, but we are holding a webinar so that we can connect with our colleagues and hear about updates in the many GICS activities. We plan to meet each day for 3 hours, followed by breakout sessions. Click here to register for the 2-day event.
Day 1: 19 February
- Introduction: Emmanuel Ameh, GICS Chair
- Updates from the Executive Committee
- Working Group Updates: Lightning Presentations
- Vaccine Equity
- Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Surgery: Panel Discussion
- National Surgical, Obstetrics, and Anesthesia Plans
- Breakout sessions: Specialty Working Groups:
● General Surgery (Basil Leodoro)
● Pediatric Surgery (Soji Ademuyiwa)
● Anesthesia (Zipporah Gathuya/Faye Evans)
● Neurosurgery (Anthony Figaji)
● Orthopedic Surgery (Vrisha Madhuri)
● Cardiac Surgery (Bistra Zheleva)
● Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (Joanne Czechowicz/Shazia Peer)
● Urology (Bankole Rouma/Paddy Dewan)
● Plastic Surgery (Peter Nthumba)
● Nursing (Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun)
● Nursing (Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun)
Day 2: 20 February
- Selected areas of research/Member projects
- Training collaborations: Panel discussion
- NGO Updates
- Tributes to people we have lost during the pandemic
- Breakout sessions: Committees and Focus Areas
● Trauma (Ali Abdelbasit)
● Tumors (Hafeez Abdelhafeez)
● Congenital Anomalies (Tahmina Banu)
● Training/Education (Sabina Siddiqui/Phyllis Kisa)
● Research (Dan Poenaru/Vrisha Madhuri)
● Family Advocacy (Corne de Vos)
● Organizations and NGOs
● Social gathering
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