Medical Makers is a global community of innovators, patients and healthcare providers who use our hearts, hands, and minds to make healthcare better. Medical Makers is a social enterprise that uses a private sector approach to innovate solutions to fill critical gaps that cannot otherwise be addressed by the traditional humanitarian or non-profit sector, while adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence. Proceeds from our products and services support our social impact projects. Medical Makers welcomes collaborations with partners that align with our mission to apply sustainable technologies to further the human rights principles of participation, inclusion, equity, transparency, and accountability.
Colostomy in Newborns[edit | edit source]
Team Members[edit | edit source]
- Emmanuel Ameh, Team Lead, Professor & Chief Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
- Chisom Udeigwe-Okeke, Senior Pediatric Surgical Trainee, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
- John Sekabira, Senior Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
- Nasser Kakembo, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda,
- Phyllis Kisa, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
- Paul Ssempebwa, Medical Officer, Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi, Uganda
- June Madjete, Coordinator, African Biomedical Engineering Consortium, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
- Jason Tumusiime, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kampala, Uganda
- Jude Barnabas, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kampala, Uganda
- Owen Botelho, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Timothy Caudle, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, St. John's, NL, Canada
- Julielynn Wong, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Bob Dolan, Principal, Diverse Learners Consulting, Leverett, MA, United States
- William Fraser, Biostatistician, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Filip Vukcevic, Videographer, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Jaz Randhawa, Project Manager, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Saif Ali, Project Co-Manager, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
Tibial Fracture Fixation[edit | edit source]
Team Members[edit | edit source]
- Habila Umaru, Team Co-Lead, Reader & Chief Consultant Orthopaedics/Trauma Surgeon, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
- Julielynn Wong, Team Co-Lead, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- John Sekabira, Senior Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
- Nasser Kakembo, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Paul Ssempebwa, Medical Officer, Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi, Uganda
- Lucky Stephen, Videographer, Medical Makers, Abuja, Nigeria
- Filip Vukcevic, Videographer, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Jason Tumusiime, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kampala, Uganda
- Jaz Randhawa, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Josh Capogna, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Annie Yao, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Matthew Wong, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Matthew Wilker, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Lauren Choi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Jack Fujita, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Huda Hashmi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Angela Wang, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Jocelyn Xu, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Alex Colville-Reeves, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Mathusha Karunakaran, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Katerina Panzica, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Sara Gobrail, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Shuvam Prasai, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Aryan Derodra, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Reeana Tazreean, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Nidhi Kotikalapudi, Researcher, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Kashaf Amir, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Christopher Rivers, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hartford, CT, United States
- Alicyn Grete, Researcher, Medical Makers, West Point, NY, United States
- Solveig Viren, Researcher, Medical Makers, Seattle, WA, United States
- Rebecca Anderson, Researcher, Medical Makers, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
- Jennifer Austen, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Alessandro De Simone, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kingston, ON, Canada
- William Fraser, Biostatistician, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Andrew D'Elia, Project Manager, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 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]
- Nkeiruka Ameh, Team Co-Lead, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Rogers Kajabwangu, Team Co-Lead, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda
- Paul Ssempebwa, Medical Officer, Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi, Uganda
- Esther Uchenna Oganiru, RN, RM, Nurse-Midwife, Medical Makers, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria
- Erin Austen, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Huda Hashmi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Jocelyn Xu, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Angela Wang, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Jadyn Wall, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Sara Gobrail, Educator, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Reeana Tazreean, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Shuvam Prasai, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hussain Naqvi, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Jaz Randhawa, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Daniel Habila, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Rebecca Anderson, Researcher, Medical Makers, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
- William Fraser, Biostatistician, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Julielynn Wong, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
Emergency Craniotomy[edit | edit source]
Team Members[edit | edit source]
- Lydia Nanjula, Team Co-Lead, Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Mengo Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
- Nasser Kakembo, Pediatric Surgeon, Mulago Hospital, Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Uthman Uthman, Neurosurgery Senior Resident, National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria
- Julielynn Wong, Team Co-Lead, Founder & CEO, Medical Makers, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Jennifer Austen, Technical Expert, Medical Makers, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Land Acknowledgement[edit | edit source]
Medical Makers acknowledges that our global headquarters located in Toronto, Canada is on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.