CHESA Grand Rounds, featuring Lifebox
CHESA Grand Rounds: Surgical quality improvement in low-income environments: sustaining, adapting and scaling the Lifebox Clean Cut program
CHESA Grand Rounds featuring Lifebox
August 26, 7 – 8:30 am Pacific, 5 – 6:30 pm East Africa.
Presented in English with simultaneous French and Spanish interpretation.
Surgical site infections (SSIs) occur after surgery in the part of the body where the surgery took place. SSIs are the leading hospital acquired infection in low- and middle-income countries and can lead to serious complications.
Reducing surgical site infections is one of Lifebox’s three core pillars of Safer Surgery. Clean Cut – based on the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – is a three to six month program that works to strengthen a hospital’s perioperative infection prevention practices and save lives.
Join CHESA as we host the Lifebox team in Grand Rounds to discuss the development, implementation, and scale of Clean Cut across surgical subspecialties and geographies.
CHESA Director Dr. Doruk Ozgediz will host this Grand Rounds along with UCSF MS4 Ruth Laverde.
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AetyF9HfSgmltrpjYvHNpQ
Panelists:
Dr. Sedera Arimino, General Surgeon, Regional Hospital of Reference of Vakinankaratra, Antsirabe, Madagascar
Dr. Sedera Arimino is a general surgeon in Madagascar. Dr. Arimino studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Antananarivo, Madagascar with a surgery internship at the University Hospital Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona (CHU-JRA) in Madagascar, the Hospital Center of Gonesse in France, and the University Hospital Analankinina Toamasina in Madagascar. Currently Dr. Arimino works as a general surgeon at the Regional Hospital of Reference of Vakinankaratra Antsirabe as well as working as a joint Surgical Fellow for Operation Smile and Lifebox implementing Lifebox’s surgical site infection reduction program, Clean Cut.
Dr. Samuel Negash, Resident in Pediatric Surgery, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Dr. Samuel Negash is a Medical Doctor, based in Ethiopia. Samuel is a final year resident in pediatric surgery at Addis Ababa University. As a Lifebox Fellow, Samuel is supporting the implementation of safe surgery programs in Ethiopia. Samuel worked previously with Lifebox as a McCaskey Fellow, the Lifebox mentoring fellowship program on quality improvement and research skills.
Dr. Tihitena Negussie, Global Clinical Director, Lifebox. Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Consultant General and Pediatric Surgeon, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dr. Tihitena Negussie is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery and a Consultant General and Pediatric Surgeon. As Global Clinical Director, Tihitena provides clinical leadership across Lifebox’s programmatic work. Tihitena has worked at the Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital for more than 14 years and has served as the hospital’s Operation Room Theatre Director. Tihitena was part of the clinical team implementing Lifebox’s Clean Cut Program in Ethiopia and is part of Lifebox’s Clinical team.
Tihitena has served in different leadership positions – including as Chair of the national Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Ethiopia, Coordinator of the CPD centers at Addis Ababa University’s College of Health Sciences, and the Ethiopian Medical Association (EMA). Tihitena has also been a member of EMA’s Executive Board, as well as the Surgical Society of Ethiopia.
Dr. Nichole Starr, Resident in General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, United States
Dr. Nichole Starr is a Resident in General Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Nichole was instrumental in the development of the Lifebox Clean Cut Program and was a Lifebox Fellow based in Addis Ababa for three years. Nichole has an interest in global health and surgery, cost-effectiveness analyses, and trauma care. She completed an MPH with emphasis in International Studies from Boston University and served in Peace Corps/Ethiopia from 2007-2008 where her work focused on HIV/AIDS services; economic empowerment of women, and community home-based palliative care for patients with HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Tom Weiser, general and trauma surgeon, a surgical intensivist, and an Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, United States. Consulting Medical Officer, Lifebox
Thomas Weiser is a general and trauma surgeon, a surgical intensivist, and an Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center. His research is focused on evaluating the role surgical care plays in the delivery of health services in resource-poor settings. From 2006-2009 he was part of the World Health Organization’s Safe Surgery Saves Lives program which developed the Surgical Safety Checklist. Tom leads the Lifebox Clinical team and has previously served on the Lifebox Global Governance Council.
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