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Colostomy in Newborns[edit | edit source]

Team Members[edit | edit source]

  1. Emmanuel Ameh, Team Lead, Professor & Chief Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
  2. Chisom Udeigwe-Okeke, Senior Pediatric Surgical Trainee, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
  3. John Sekabira, Senior Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
  4. Nasser Kakembo, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda,
  5. Phyllis Kisa, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
  6. Paul Ssempebwa, Medical Officer, Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi, Uganda
  7. June Madjete, Coordinator, African Biomedical Engineering Consortium, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
  8. Jason Tumusiime, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kampala, Uganda
  9. Jude Barnabas, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kampala, Uganda
  10. Owen Botelho, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  11. Timothy Caudle, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, St. John's, NL, Canada
  12. Julielynn Wong, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  13. Bob Dolan, Principal, Diverse Learners Consulting, Leverett, MA, United States
  14. William Fraser, Biostatistician, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  15. Filip Vukcevic, Videographer, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  16. Jaz Randhawa, Project Manager, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  17. Saif Ali, Project Co-Manager, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada

Tibial Fracture Fixation[edit | edit source]

Team Members[edit | edit source]

  1. Habila Umaru, Team Co-Lead, Reader & Chief Consultant Orthopaedics/Trauma Surgeon, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
  2. Julielynn Wong, Team Co-Lead, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  3. John Sekabira, Senior Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
  4. Nasser Kakembo, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
  5. Paul Ssempebwa, Medical Officer, Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi, Uganda
  6. Lucky Stephen, Videographer, Medical Makers, Abuja, Nigeria
  7. Filip Vukcevic, Videographer, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  8. Jason Tumusiime, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kampala, Uganda
  9. Jaz Randhawa, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  10. Josh Capogna, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Mississauga, ON, Canada
  11. Annie Yao, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  12. Matthew Wong, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada
  13. Matthew Wilker, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  14. Lauren Choi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  15. Jack Fujita, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  16. Huda Hashmi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  17. Angela Wang, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  18. Jocelyn Xu, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  19. Alex Colville-Reeves, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  20. Mathusha Karunakaran, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  21. Katerina Panzica, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  22. Sara Gobrail, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  23. Shuvam Prasai, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  24. Aryan Derodra, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  25. Reeana Tazreean, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  26. Kashaf Amir, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  27. Christopher Rivers, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hartford, CT, United States
  28. Alicyn Grete, Researcher, Medical Makers, West Point, NY, United States
  29. Solveig Viren, Researcher, Medical Makers, Seattle, WA, United States
  30. Rebecca Anderson, Researcher, Medical Makers, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
  31. Jennifer Austen, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  32. William Fraser, Biostatistician, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  33. Andrew D'Elia, Project Manager, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  34. Shubh Patel, Project Co-Manager, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada

STARS (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights)[edit | edit source]

Team Members[edit | edit source]

  1. Nkeiruka Ameh, Team Co-Lead, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
  2. Rogers Kajabwangu, Team Co-Lead, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda
  3. Paul Ssempebwa, Medical Officer, Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi, Uganda
  4. Esther Uchenna Oganiru, RN, RM, Nurse-Midwife, Medical Makers, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria
  5. Erin Austen, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  6. Huda Hashmi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  7. Jocelyn Xu, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  8. Angela Wang, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  9. Sara Gobrail, Educator, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  10. Reeana Tazreean, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  11. Shuvam Prasai, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
  12. Hussain Naqvi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada
  13. Jaz Randhawa, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  14. Rebecca Anderson, Researcher, Medical Makers, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
  15. William Fraser, Biostatistician, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  16. Julielynn Wong, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada

Emergency Craniotomy[edit | edit source]

Team Members[edit | edit source]

  1. Lydia Nanjula, Team Co-Lead, Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Mengo Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
  2. Nasser Kakembo, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
  3. Uthman Uthman, Neurosurgery Senior Resident, National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria
  4. Julielynn Wong, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
  5. Jennifer Austen, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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