Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun
Enfermeira pediátrica, Nigéria
Membro do conselho da Iniciativa Global de Cirurgia Infantil

Larissa Gutierres,
Chefe de enfermagem
SOBECC (Sociedade de Enfermagem Cirúrgica, Brasil)

Augustine Ndaimani ,
Professor assistente do Centro de Enfermagem e Obstetrícia
University of Global Health Equity, Ruanda

Vinitha Ravindran,
Professora de enfermagem
Christian Medical College Vellore, India

Gilles Eloi Rwibuka,
Enfermeira anestesista, Burundi
Presidente da ATSARPS (Associação de Anestesia, Burundi)

Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun is a pediatric nursing leader with over 20 years of nursing experience. Olubunmi founded the Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, Child Health (MARCH) Care Initiative in Nigeria where she is also responsible for implementing the nursing component of Nigeria’s National Surgical, Obstetric, Anesthesia, and Nursing Plan (NSOANP). Olubunmi serves as a Board member of the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) and as a Nursing Advisor to the nonprofit Lifebox.

Larissa Gutierres, Chief Nursing Officer, Santa Catarina, Brazil, SOBECC (Sociedade Brasileira de Enfermeiros de Centro Cirúrgico)

Larissa has over 15 years of nursing experience and currently works as a Chief Nursing Officer overseeing a team of 150 people. She has a Master’s Degree in Management of Nursing Care with expertise developed in the surgical area. Larissa is a member of Brazil’s surgical nursing society – SOBECC. 

Augustine Ndaimani 

Augustine is a registered nurse with 16 years of experience as a Nurse and Health Professions Educator in Zimbabwe. Augustine currently serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Global Health Equity, Centre for Nursing and Midwifery in Rwanda. He holds a BSc (Hons), MSc and Ph.D. in Nursing Science from the University of Zimbabwe. He has held various roles including peer review of scientific manuscripts, mentoring young scientists and curriculum review for Post Graduate Diplomas, Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees in Nursing Science, Medical Analytics & Informatics and Biomedical Engineering.

Vinitha Ravindran

Vinitha is a Professor of Nursing at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore, India. Vinitha has a MSc in nursing from CMC, Vellore, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University and a PhD in nursing from the University of Alberta, Canada. Vinitha has broad experience across academic and clinical sites and has published more than 35 papers. She is currently Head of the Continuing Nursing Education and Research at the Nursing College at CMC Vellore. 

Gilles Eloi Rwibuka

Gilles is a nurse anesthetist from Burundi. He is the founder and chair of the Anesthesia Association of Burundi – ATSARPS (Agora des techniciens supérieurs anesthésistes réanimateurs pour la promotion de la santé). He has an MSc in Critical Care and Emergency Nursing from Alexandria University. Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun – pediatric Nurse, Nigeria, Board Member of the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery

CHAIR

Professor Emmanuel Ameh is Chief Consultant of Pediatric Surgery at the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria. Professor Ameh is Chair of the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) and Vice Chair for the West African College of Surgeons Surgical Plan Committee. He is co-editor of “Pediatric Surgery: A Comprehensive Text for Africa,” and is Chair of the National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anaesthesia Plan Committee for Nigeria. He has worked as the lead of the workforce, training, and education working group for the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery.

Dr. Juan Cuéllar is a plastic surgeon trained at the Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital in Mexico City. After his plastic surgery training, he dedicated two additional years in a micro surgery and craniofacial surgery fellowships at the University of California in Los Angeles. Dr. Cuéllar co-founder of “La Fuerza de Mi Sonrisa” (“The Power of a Smile”), a non-governmental and non-profit organization focused on the multidisciplinary treatment of indigenous children with cleft lip and palate and other congenital disorders in Chiapas, Mexico.

Desmond Jumbam is a Cameroonian health policy consultant based in Accra, Ghana currently working for the cleft NGO Operation Smile where he leads on health systems strengthening programs and health policy and advocacy engagements. He also leads research projects specifically focused on implementation science and health financing for surgical care in LMICs. Mr. Jumbam was previously a health policy analyst with the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School where he led and advised on the development of National Surgical Obstetric, Obstetric and Anesthesia Plans in several countries. Mr. Jumbam holds a Master of Science in Global Health from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences from Taylor University.

Professor Nobhojit Roy is a General and Trauma surgeon in Mumbai, India and the U.K. and is currently a Health Systems Advisor to the Government. He holds a MPH from John Hopkins University and a PhD from the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Professor Nobhojit was a Lancet commissioner for Global Surgery (2013-2015) and is currently a Lancet commissioner for NCD and Injuries in the poorest billion and sits on the Lifebox Global Governance Council.

Dr. Justina Seyi-Olajide is a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon and currently works at the Department of Surgery, Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Justina’s research is focused on Paediatric General Surgery, Paediatric Urology, Global Surgery, Neonatal Surgery and medical education.

Dr. Omolara Modupe Williams is a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon at Lagos State University College of Medicine, Nigeria. Dr. Williams has an MSc in Global Health with Global Surgery from King’s College London. She is keen on addressing access barriers to surgical care, improving surgical outcomes, and advocacy for children’s surgery. Dr. Williams’ research interests include neonatal and paediatric surgery, pediatric urology, and global surgery and epidemiology.