Course Co-Directors

Wale Adisa, MD

Professor of Surgery at the Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Muktar Ahmad, MD

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Lead Clinician for Colorectal Surgery, University Hospitals Dorset, UK

Akwi W. Asombang, MD, MPH

Director, Global Health Programs for Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Lanre Balogun, MD

Surgeon, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Segun Komolafe, MD

General & Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Wishaw;
Clinical Lead for Colorectal Cancer, NHS Lanarkshire

Ganiyat Oyeleke, MD

Consultant Physician, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
Coordinator, World Gastroenterology Organization - Lagos Training Center
Co-Director, Lagos Viral Hepatitis ECHO (Sub-Saharan Project ECHO)

Speakers

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Lewis Banda, MD

Physician, Cancer Disease Hospital, Zambia

Carol Burke, MD

Faculty Member, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio

David Epstein, MD

South Africa

Leolin Katsidzira, MBChB, FRCP, PhD

University of Zimbabwe - College of Health Sciences
Parirenyatwa Cenral Hospital, Zimbabwe

Meir Mizrahi, MD, FASGE

Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program, Florida Center for Gastroenterology

Abdi Hakin Mohamed, MD

Kenya

Christian Ntizimira, MD

Founder/Executive Director, African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL)

Emeka Ray-Offor, MD

Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center Cleveland Clinic, Florida, USA
Consultant Surgeon, Colorectal & Minimal Access Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital Port Harcourt Rivers State - Nigeria
Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery Faculty of Clinical Sciences - University of Port Harcourt Choba
CEO/ Principal Consultant, Oak Endoscopy and Radiodiagnostics - Centre Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Harlan Rich, MD, FACP, AGAF

Medical Director, Endoscopy Unit;
Clinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology,
Quality Director, Gastroenterology Division
Brown Medicine;
Director, GI Clinic, Rhode Island Hospital;

Sandie Thomson, ChM, FRCS(Eng&Ed), FRCP(Ed) MBChB

University of Natal, South Africa;
Past Chair of Medical Gastroenterology in Cape Town

Moderator

Pharidah Rajan Ibrahim Omar Sundi

Medical Student, Lusaka Apex Medical University - Zambia
2023 Pan-African Organization for Health, Education & Research Scholar (POHER)