Mr. Di Chiara is currently a consultant thoracic surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals. In this episode he talks about his career path and gives students some helpful advice regarding applying to such an incredibly competitive pathway.
Mr. Di Chiara trained in Italy in cardiothoracic transplantation and cardiac surgery before coming to the UK. He has been a visiting fellow twice at the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital and Chengdu Thoracic Surgery Centre.
Most notably, Mr. Di Chiara is known for introducing unilateral VATS surgery at Oxford, where he now performs complex thoracic operations. These include sleeve lobectomies, chest wall resections and segmectomies. He also has an interest in research and has managed to include Oxford University Thoracic Surgery in a national randomised controlled trial on the management of rib fractures, funded by the NIHR.
InciSioN UK bring you a podcast with Mr Magnus Arnander a consultant Orthopaedic surgeon at St. George's Hospital London. In this episode, he talks about his career, journey through medical school and talks about how students can engage with surgery early on in their career. He also talks about his sub-speciality in hand, elbow and shoulder surgery.
InciSioN UK brings you a podcast with Mr Alex Trompeter for the month of November. Our theme this month is Global Orthopaedic surgery. Mr Trompeter is a Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon at St. George’s University Hospital, London and holds the position of Honorary Reader in Orthopaedic Surgery at St George’s University of London. In this episode, he talks about his career, journey through medical education and his interests in global orthopaedic surgery.
Dr Beryl Sawyer - advocacy lead, Miss Katya Marks - webmaster, Miss Natasha Dougland - social media lead and Ines Ongenda - education lead brings you this conversation where they share about their experience as part of InciSioN UK committee and all that they go out of it. We thank you again for joining us this year and we hope you will enjoy what the next committee is preparing for you.
In this final episode of the 2019-2020 committee of InciSioN UK, Ines Ongenda chats with Aimee from InciSioN Burundi about their work in Burundi, the big successes and some of the challenges they are facing on the path of providing surgical care to Burundians and forging strong relationships with the local population.
Dr Beryl Sawyer chats with Shahnur Shah from InciSioN Kenya about. how he got interested in Global Surgery along with the work he has been doing as part of the group.
Dr Beryl Sawyer from InciSioN UK chats with Davina, Chair at InciSioN Australasia about her interest Global Surgery and her work as part of InciSioN Australasia.
Dr Beryl Sawyer chats with Dr Patel from InciSioN Zambia about how they got interested in Global Surgery along with the work they have been doing as part of the group.
In the final series of the 2019-2020 committee at InciSioN UK, Dr Beryl Sawyer speaks to members from InciSioN Bosnia-Herzegovina about their interest in Global Surgery and the work they have been doing and hope to be doing with their organisation.
Professor Wanjiku Mathenge is a professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Rwanda, the director of training and research and the current medical advisor for Orbis International in Africa. In this episode, she talks to Ines Ongenda about her career and passion for ophthalmology, her work with Orbis, her organisation the Association of Woman Ophthalmologist and what she hopes for the next generation of African ophthalmologists.
Dr Lola Solebo is an NIHR academic paediatric ophthalmologist in London. In this episode, she talks to Ines Ongenda and shares some insight into her career as an ophthalmologist scientist, her current research in paediatric ophthalmology epidemiology and what how it sits within the Global Health landscape. She also shares some advice for current surgeon academic trainee and medical students.
Ms Anna Maino is a consultant ophthalmologist in the UK with a special interest in paediatric ophthalmology. In this episode, she chats with Madalina Pasca is an incoming 3rd-year medical student at the Keele University and current InciSioN UK student representative. Together they discuss Ms Maino career, interest in ophthalmology, education and research and share some advice for the next generation.
Mr Charlie Steel is the Chief Financial Officer at Babylon Health, AI-driven, out-of-hospital care technology businesses focusing on the US, UK and South-East Asia. In this episode, Mr Steel chats with Ines Ongenda about his background in finance, his transition to the healthcare industry and the work of Babylon Health in Global Health and particularly in Rwanda.
Dr Alice Choi is the Chief Operating Officer of McCann Health UK. In this episode, she tells us about her career, the work of McCann Health and much more. McCann Health, an advertising and communication agency provides consultancy services, medical communications, healthcare marketing and many other services to healthcare organisations from NGO to government and private companies. Dr Choi who has a background in cancer research currently runs the operations of the company in the UK.
Dr Katherine Semrau is the Better Birth programme director at Ariadne Lab in Boston, USA. A senior epidemiologist, she shares with Ines Ongenda her journey starting with work in HIV to leading a maternal health programme in a one-of a kind lab focused on designing and implemented research idea. Her work brings her at the nexus of Global Health, Health Research and Health Policy.
Miss Patricia Monthé is the Founder and CEO of MEDx.CARE. In this episode, she talks to Ines Ongenda about her journey from growing up in Cameroon to emigrating to the Netherlands, working in the private sector and creating her own company. Ms Monthe provides in-depth analysis of the different steps she took in order to birth MedxCare.
Dr Jaishree Naidoo, a paediatric radiologist, is the founder and CEO of Envisionit Deep AI a company which uses AI to aid diagnostics in Africa. In this episode, she shares with Ines Ongenda her story: from serving her country as the very first South African born and trained paediatric radiologist to creating a company which uses technology and innovation to improve patients' access and quality of care.
