Our team and partners
Our people
As part of the School of Population Health at RCSI, the Institute of Global Surgery is a multidisciplinary team led by the O’Brien Chair of Global Surgery. The team includes surgeons, doctors, researchers, programme managers, educationalists and communications specialists.
O'Brien Chair of Global Surgery
Programme Directors
- Jakub Gajewski (Research)
- Eric O’Flynn (Education, Training and Advocacy)
RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme Manager
Education Project Manager
Education Programme Officer
- Méabh Hennelly
Research Fellows
Research Assistants
Communications Officer
- Antonio Jaén Osuna
Operations Coordinator
We draw on experts in all aspects of health, medicine and surgery from across RCSI to support our work. We also draw on the expertise, technology and skills available through a wide external network of organisations in Ireland and abroad. We acknowledge and thank all our partners for their support.
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Our implementation partners
- Agency for Scientific Research and Training (ASRT)
- Appropedia
- College of Anaesthesiologists for East, Central and Southern Africa (CANECSA)
- College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (CAI)
- College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA)
- East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON)
- East, Central and Southern Africa College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ECSACOG)
- East, Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC)
- Global Surgery Foundation
- Hanoi Medical University
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS)
- Malawi Paediatric Trust
- MIT Solve
- Nesta Challenges
- Royal College of Physicians in Ireland Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- West African College of Surgeons (WACS)