Médecins Sans Frontières: The Role of Humanitarian Aid in Global Surgery
Kathryn Chu received her undergraduate degree at Stanford University. She graduated from the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine where she also completed her general surgery residency. She was a colorectal fellow at the Lahey Clinic then joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution as a colorectal surgeon. In 2007, she left academic practice to join Medecins Sans Frontieres as a surgeon and advisor where she worked for 4 years. She currently serves on the board of directors of MSF-Southern Africa. From 2012-4 she worked for Harvard Medical School in Rwanda training surgeons under the Human Resources for Health Program. Since 2014 she has worked in South Africa and is an associate professor at the University of Cape Town. Her research interests are in global surgery, in particular surgical delivery during humanitarian disasters and equitable access to surgical care.
Date: 3 November 2017, 8:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Speaker: Professor Kathryn Chu (Unviersity of Cape Town)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Host: Professor Freddie Hamdy (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Part of: Surgical Grand Rounds
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Louise King