Speakers

Tim Beacon

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CEO of MedAid International

Kit Chalmers

Head of Policy and Learning, THET; former doctor in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia

Lesley Hunt

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Consultant colorectal and general surgeon in Sheffield, UK

Kee B. Park

MD, MPH

Director of Policy and Advocacy, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change,
Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Surgical Systems Lead,
Global Neurosurgery Harvard Medical School Chair, Global Neurosurgery Committee,
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

Prof. Mark G. Shrime

MD, MPH, PhD, FACS

International Chief Medical Officer at Mercy Ships,
Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School

Prof. Mahmood Bhutta

Inaugural Chair in ENT Surgery and Professor of Sustainable Healthcare at Brighton and Sussex Medical School,
Honorary Consultant and Clinical Green Lead for University Hospitals Sussex

Jenny Dankelman

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Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Interventional Techniques at the Delft University of Technology.

Fleur Kitsell

PhD, MSc, MCSP, PGCE

Senior Lead for Global Learning Opportunities in the Global Health Partnerships Directorate of Health Education England

Jaideep Prabhu

Professor of Marketing, Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise,
Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Mark Szymankiewicz

Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon based at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, UK,
Founder and trustee of the charity SWIFTSS

Katie Boag

Academic Clinical Fellow in General Surgery, Yorkshire

Richard Hixson

FRCA, FFICM

Consultant in Critical Care Medicine,
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Exeter,
Co-founder of Healthcare Ocean

Phil McElnay

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CEO at MedAll, previous NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Global Medical Director at GlaxoSmithKline.

Lina Roa

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Resident in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Alberta in Canada