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Emergency & Critical Care · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Focus: Critical CareDr Said Kilindimo is Cardiac Intensivist and Emergency Medicine Specialist, motivated to enhance and further grow professional in an exciting and engaging medical and academic environment. Currently he is working as Head of Emergency Medicine Department – MUHAS, Consultant Emergency Physician at Emergency Medicine Department of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Intensivist at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI). He is also clinical instructor for various life support short course e.g. BLS, ACLS, PTC, ITLS, Disaster Medicine, Airway management, Emergency Ultrasound etc.
Nephrology Crical Care · Melbourne Australia
Prof Botha completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He subsequently completed further training at the Hammersmith Hospital in Nephrology and a Critical Care Fellowship at the Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia. He has been working in Australia since 1996 and was Director of ICU at Peninsula Health from 1999 to 2000. He has diverse interests including medical education, nephrology, clinical research, and global health. He has been a site investigator for numerous pharmaceutical and CTG trials and has published on a wide range of topics including critical care nephrology, sedative practice, ventilation, and futility of care. He is an examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine and has delivered numerous BASIC and beyond BASIC mechanical ventilation courses. He currently serves on the Board of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) and is the Executive Chair of the ANZICS Global Intensive Care Initiative.
Emergency Physician · North Carolina, USA
Focus: Leadership DevelopmentA full biography will be added soon.
Emergency Physician · Nairobi Kenya
Prof. Benjamin W. Wachira is a distinguished Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine with a deep commitment to improving emergency care in Kenya. He currently serves as the Emergency Medicine Program Director at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, where he trains future emergency care providers and plays a crucial role in shaping the direction of emergency medicine in Kenya. Dr Wachira's extensive experience and expertise have made him a valuable member of the National Emergency Medical Care Steering Committee in the Ministry of Health. In this capacity, he contributes to developing policies and oversees the implementation of emergency medical care across Kenya. He is passionate about advocacy for emergency care and has been instrumental in developing policies that have improved emergency care services in Kenya. As the Founder and Executive Director of the Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation, Dr Wachira has devoted his time and resources to support emergency healthcare providers across Kenya. The organization is focused on capacity building, knowledge development, advocacy, and research to strengthen the emergency healthcare system in Kenya and save lives. Through his leadership and vision, Dr Wachira has helped create an organization that has significantly impacted the delivery of emergency care in Kenya. Dr Wachira is a past president of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine, where he has worked tirelessly to advance emergency care throughout the African continent. He is a prolific writer and has published widely on emergency care, and his research has led to significant improvements in emergency care in Kenya. Dr Benjamin W. Wachira's contributions to the field of emergency medicine have earned him tremendous respect and admiration in Kenya and internationally. His dedication and commitment to improving emergency care services have saved countless lives, and he continues to be a valuable asset to the emergency care community.
Emergency Physician · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Dr. Shari (MD, MMed) is an emergency physician and the United States Embassy Physician in Tanzania. She is an honorary lecturer at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), NIH-Fogarty Global Health Alumni under University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Shari graduated MUHAS Emergency medicine residency program and served as the Head of Emergency Medicine department at the MUHAS Academic Medical Centre. Prior to joining the U.S. Mission, she worked with the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at MUHAS Academic Medical Centre for 6 years helping with coordination and as a faculty. Her research interests include pediatric global health, trauma, and health education.
Pediatric Emergency Physician · Atlanta USA
Focus: Pediatric EmergenciesBrittany Murray, MD, MPhil Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine Director, Global Health and Equity Office Emory University School of Medicine Education • Medical school: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA • Residency: Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA • Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA • MPhil in Health Professions Education: Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Dr. Murray is a board-certified emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine physician with an academic focus in global health education and improving care for underserved populations. She is an associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine where she is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and the director for the Global Health and Equity Office. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory, she lived and worked full-time in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where she partnered with local Tanzanian physicians to build sustainable education systems in emergency care and help patients get to those services. Dr. Murray’s academic and research interests focus on strengthening of healthcare systems for emergency care, the education of healthcare providers, and empowering underserved patients both locally and overseas. To achieve these goals, she has worked with several international organizations, including the World Health Organization, Africa CDC, African Federation for Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania.
Emergency Physician · Minnesota, USA
Dr. Stephen Dunlop is an attending physician at Hennepin County Medical Center, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Director of the Fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine with an appointment as an ASTMH certified Global Health Course Co-Director focusing on education in Ultrasound, Trauma and Simulation in resource poor settings. He has years of on the ground experience in East Africa focusing on education, research and systems development of Acute Care systems.
Emergency Physician · San Diego USA
Dr. Erin Noste is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services and an Associate Clinical Professor within the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of California San Diego. Dr. Noste completed her B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Barbara and her medical degree at the University of California Davis. She then continued her medical training with residency in Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center. Following her residency training, Dr. Noste completed fellowships in Operational and Disaster Medicine and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Dr. Noste's academic interests include disaster management and response, global emergency medicine, development of EMS systems and disaster response teams in low resource areas, innovation in disaster response, and fellow, resident, medical student, and paramedic education. Dr. Noste has worked on EMS development projects in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with her Tanzanian partners. She is the Medical Director for NYCMedics, a global disaster response organization. She served as the Deputy Medical Director for Team Rubicon, a disaster relief, non-profit organization from 2016 - 2021. She led the organization to become North America’s first classified Emergency Medical Team by the World Health Organization (WHO). She has served as a consultant in the Western Pacific Region for countries developing national Emergency Medical Teams.
Emergency Physician · Mwanza Tanzania
Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania Member, Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania (EMAT) Member, Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) Interest: Sepsis, Cardiac Emergencies, EM Leadership, and Teaching.
Emergency Physician · MOH, Tanzania
A full biography will be added soon.
Emergency Physician · San Francisco USA
Focus: ResearchEllen Weber MD is Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Editor-in-Chief of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Her academic interests include ED utilization, crowding and flow, quality of care, and peer review in publication. For the past 10 years, she has served as research teacher/mentor for nurses, trainees and faculty at Muhimbili National Hospital and other sites in Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa and is one of the co-creators of the AFEM research course.
President · Academy of Nursing of SA
Focus: Emergency Skills Refresher Workshop for NursesShe is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, president of the Academy of Nursing of South Africa and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. As a founding member, Petra remains actively involved in the African Federation for Emergency Medicine. She has worked with research and education of health professionals, primarily nurses, in South Africa and Africa for over 25 years, predominately in the area of acute/emergency care. Petra is the editor-in-chief of the International Emergency Nursing Journal.
Emergency Physician · Minnesota USA
Focus: EMS/OHEC/Disaster ManagementTim Kummer is an Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine Physician for Hennepin Healthcare. His first career in healthcare was as a Registered Nurse. He then changed his career and went into medicine, obtaining his M.D. from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He then completed his Emergency Medicine Residency Training at Hennepin Healthcare. He then worked at Abbot Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, before returning to Hennepin Healthcare to complete a Fellowship in Emergency Medical Services. He is married with 5 children, a large dog and lives in Minneapolis.
Emergency & Critical Care · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Focus: Critical CareDr Said Kilindimo is Cardiac Intensivist and Emergency Medicine Specialist, motivated to enhance and further grow professional in an exciting and engaging medical and academic environment. Currently he is working as Head of Emergency Medicine Department – MUHAS, Consultant Emergency Physician at Emergency Medicine Department of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Intensivist at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI). He is also clinical instructor for various life support short course e.g. BLS, ACLS, PTC, ITLS, Disaster Medicine, Airway management, Emergency Ultrasound etc.
Nephrology Crical Care · Melbourne Australia
Prof Botha completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He subsequently completed further training at the Hammersmith Hospital in Nephrology and a Critical Care Fellowship at the Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia. He has been working in Australia since 1996 and was Director of ICU at Peninsula Health from 1999 to 2000. He has diverse interests including medical education, nephrology, clinical research, and global health. He has been a site investigator for numerous pharmaceutical and CTG trials and has published on a wide range of topics including critical care nephrology, sedative practice, ventilation, and futility of care. He is an examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine and has delivered numerous BASIC and beyond BASIC mechanical ventilation courses. He currently serves on the Board of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) and is the Executive Chair of the ANZICS Global Intensive Care Initiative.
Emergency Physician · North Carolina, USA
Focus: Leadership DevelopmentA full biography will be added soon.
Emergency Physician · Nairobi Kenya
Prof. Benjamin W. Wachira is a distinguished Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine with a deep commitment to improving emergency care in Kenya. He currently serves as the Emergency Medicine Program Director at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, where he trains future emergency care providers and plays a crucial role in shaping the direction of emergency medicine in Kenya. Dr Wachira's extensive experience and expertise have made him a valuable member of the National Emergency Medical Care Steering Committee in the Ministry of Health. In this capacity, he contributes to developing policies and oversees the implementation of emergency medical care across Kenya. He is passionate about advocacy for emergency care and has been instrumental in developing policies that have improved emergency care services in Kenya. As the Founder and Executive Director of the Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation, Dr Wachira has devoted his time and resources to support emergency healthcare providers across Kenya. The organization is focused on capacity building, knowledge development, advocacy, and research to strengthen the emergency healthcare system in Kenya and save lives. Through his leadership and vision, Dr Wachira has helped create an organization that has significantly impacted the delivery of emergency care in Kenya. Dr Wachira is a past president of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine, where he has worked tirelessly to advance emergency care throughout the African continent. He is a prolific writer and has published widely on emergency care, and his research has led to significant improvements in emergency care in Kenya. Dr Benjamin W. Wachira's contributions to the field of emergency medicine have earned him tremendous respect and admiration in Kenya and internationally. His dedication and commitment to improving emergency care services have saved countless lives, and he continues to be a valuable asset to the emergency care community.
Emergency Physician · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Dr. Shari (MD, MMed) is an emergency physician and the United States Embassy Physician in Tanzania. She is an honorary lecturer at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), NIH-Fogarty Global Health Alumni under University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Shari graduated MUHAS Emergency medicine residency program and served as the Head of Emergency Medicine department at the MUHAS Academic Medical Centre. Prior to joining the U.S. Mission, she worked with the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at MUHAS Academic Medical Centre for 6 years helping with coordination and as a faculty. Her research interests include pediatric global health, trauma, and health education.
Pediatric Emergency Physician · Atlanta USA
Focus: Pediatric EmergenciesBrittany Murray, MD, MPhil Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine Director, Global Health and Equity Office Emory University School of Medicine Education • Medical school: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA • Residency: Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA • Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA • MPhil in Health Professions Education: Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Dr. Murray is a board-certified emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine physician with an academic focus in global health education and improving care for underserved populations. She is an associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine where she is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and the director for the Global Health and Equity Office. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory, she lived and worked full-time in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where she partnered with local Tanzanian physicians to build sustainable education systems in emergency care and help patients get to those services. Dr. Murray’s academic and research interests focus on strengthening of healthcare systems for emergency care, the education of healthcare providers, and empowering underserved patients both locally and overseas. To achieve these goals, she has worked with several international organizations, including the World Health Organization, Africa CDC, African Federation for Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania.
Emergency Physician · Minnesota, USA
Dr. Stephen Dunlop is an attending physician at Hennepin County Medical Center, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Director of the Fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine with an appointment as an ASTMH certified Global Health Course Co-Director focusing on education in Ultrasound, Trauma and Simulation in resource poor settings. He has years of on the ground experience in East Africa focusing on education, research and systems development of Acute Care systems.
Emergency Physician · San Diego USA
Dr. Erin Noste is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services and an Associate Clinical Professor within the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of California San Diego. Dr. Noste completed her B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Barbara and her medical degree at the University of California Davis. She then continued her medical training with residency in Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center. Following her residency training, Dr. Noste completed fellowships in Operational and Disaster Medicine and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Dr. Noste's academic interests include disaster management and response, global emergency medicine, development of EMS systems and disaster response teams in low resource areas, innovation in disaster response, and fellow, resident, medical student, and paramedic education. Dr. Noste has worked on EMS development projects in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with her Tanzanian partners. She is the Medical Director for NYCMedics, a global disaster response organization. She served as the Deputy Medical Director for Team Rubicon, a disaster relief, non-profit organization from 2016 - 2021. She led the organization to become North America’s first classified Emergency Medical Team by the World Health Organization (WHO). She has served as a consultant in the Western Pacific Region for countries developing national Emergency Medical Teams.
Emergency Physician · MOH, Tanzania
A full biography will be added soon.
Emergency Physician · San Francisco USA
Focus: ResearchEllen Weber MD is Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Editor-in-Chief of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Her academic interests include ED utilization, crowding and flow, quality of care, and peer review in publication. For the past 10 years, she has served as research teacher/mentor for nurses, trainees and faculty at Muhimbili National Hospital and other sites in Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa and is one of the co-creators of the AFEM research course.
President · Academy of Nursing of SA
Focus: Emergency Skills Refresher Workshop for NursesShe is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, president of the Academy of Nursing of South Africa and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. As a founding member, Petra remains actively involved in the African Federation for Emergency Medicine. She has worked with research and education of health professionals, primarily nurses, in South Africa and Africa for over 25 years, predominately in the area of acute/emergency care. Petra is the editor-in-chief of the International Emergency Nursing Journal.
Internal Medicine Physician · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jesse Abelson is an internal medicine physician from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He completed his internal medicine residency at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. He has been teaching point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at the University of Minnesota Medical School for several years and in his role as chief resident, he regularly teaches resident physicians in point-of-care ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures.
Emergency Physician · Minnesota USA
Focus: EMS/OHEC/Disaster ManagementTim Kummer is an Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine Physician for Hennepin Healthcare. His first career in healthcare was as a Registered Nurse. He then changed his career and went into medicine, obtaining his M.D. from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He then completed his Emergency Medicine Residency Training at Hennepin Healthcare. He then worked at Abbot Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, before returning to Hennepin Healthcare to complete a Fellowship in Emergency Medical Services. He is married with 5 children, a large dog and lives in Minneapolis.
Emergency Physician · Mwanza Tanzania
Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania Member, Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania (EMAT) Member, Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) Interest: Sepsis, Cardiac Emergencies, EM Leadership, and Teaching.
Emergency Physician · KOPI, USA
Dr. Koranda is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of KOPI Medical, a nongovernmental organization headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is an international mental health educator and works in the Twin Cities providing psychiatric care for adolescents and adults. As a former paramedic he founded KOPI in order to work on public health programs that live at the intersection of emergency medicine and mental health. Dr. Koranda is responsible for managing KOPI's operations and carrying out its mission according to the strategic direction of its board of directors. In January 2024, he will be responsible for project management and oversight of EMS, mental health, and program evaluation work in Arusha, Tanzania.
Emergency Physician · Zanzibar
MBBS-China, Senior Emergency Medicine Resident MUHAS Tanzania. 1st Female locally trained emergency medicine resident from Zanzibar,Passionate about emergency medicine and expanding emergency medicine services in the islands of Zanzibar where emergency medicine is relatively new and still expanding.
Pediatric Emergency Physician · Philadelphia USA
Katherine Gupta is a pediatric emergency medicine physician in the United States. She completed her training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she now works as an attending physician in their emergency department. Her domestic research is focused on improving disparities in care for non-English speaking patients in US medical settings. She has also spent significant time over the past two decades working in clinical and public health settings in Tanzania, Kenya, and Botswana and has an interest in furthering the field of pediatric emergency medicine in East Africa.
Emergency Physician · Mbeya Tanzania
Dr. Prosper Bashaka, Emergency Specialist and Head of Emergency Department at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital. Lecturer at University of Dar-es-salaam-Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences. Graduated medical school at Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences in 2010. Under went Master in Emergency Medicine at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Interested in Trauma,Disaster Medicine and research.
Internal Medicine Physician · Rochester USA
Focus: Ultrasound & Ultrasound guided BlocksI am a general internal medicine physician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. My primary patient care responsibilities include the assessment of complex, serious, or medically unexplained disease in patients from across the United States. I also provide care for our international patients and teach residents in the inpatient environment. I am also leading our internal medicine residency point-of-care ultrasound curriculum. I have travelled to Haiti multiple times in the past to teach point of care ultrasound to physicians.
Pediatric Emergency Physican · USA
David Greenky, MD, FAAP – Dr. Greenky is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and an Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine where he is an expert in global pediatric preparedness. At Emory he is the principal investigator for the Gulf 7-Pediatric Disaster Network and a co-investigator for the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers. He has conducted multidisciplinary preparedness research collaborating with colleagues from infectious disease, adult emergency medicine, and the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and completed international work in Tanzania, Israel, and Japan. He is chair of the Communications Subcommittee for American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Children and Disasters and has spent time working at the Children’s Preparedness Unit at the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to his medical career he was a research analyst at a company dealing with global resiliency.
Emergency Physician · Zanzibar Tanzania
Dr. Gulshan Khimji is an Emergency physician, Primary trauma care and BLS instructor, and an emergency ultrasound enthusiast
Emergency Physician · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Emergency Physician & Intensivist practicing at Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital for past 10 years. I am the head of department of Critical Care Unit that comes in Emergency department, HDU & ICU. I have been honorary lecturer at MUHAS EMD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physician · Cyprus
Stylianos A Kakoullis, MD is an associate professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine of the European University of Cyprus. He is the coordinator of pulmonary and critical care medicine and the OSCE, as well as, the chair of the clinical training committee. He is a practicing consultant of pulmonary and critical care medicine and the medical director of CARE medical institute a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic. He graduated from Pecs University in Hungary in 1995 and then followed his residency and fellowship in the United States (CCM at UPMC in Pittsburgh, Pulm at Presbyterian Columbia New York and a late fellowship in 2019 in lung transplantation at Duke, North Carolina). He has previously served as the president of the Cyprus Medical Council and participated in the Boards of pulmonary and critical care societies of Cyprus in different positions including that of the president (PULM) and vice president (CCM). His current interest is clinical medical education and how to bridge the gap of disparities between countries. He wants to start an exchange clinical education program and further more incorporate AI in the training of health care professionals. He is married and has 2 young children; lives for now in Nicosia.
Founder & President Global FICCS · Chicago USA
Interventional cardiologist
Founder and President
Foundation for cardiac and community services.
Emergency Physician · Chicago Illinois, Tanzania
Focus: Management of Acute Cardiac EmergenciesDr. Erin Nasrallah is an emergency medicine physician located in Chicago, Illinois, with a special interest in medical education, simulation training, and global health. As an attending physician at Lutheran General Hospital ED, she not only fulfills clinical responsibilities but also serves as a resident mentor and holds the position of Director of ED Simulation Education. Beyond her clinical roles, Dr. Nasrallah actively engages in global health initiatives and is presently the Medical Director at Global FICCS, a nonprofit committed to advancing medical education and accessibility in East Africa.
Paramedic · Minnesota, USA
Gabriel Keller is an accomplished NREMT-certified paramedic with Hennepin EMS
(HEMS), one of the leading urban EMS services in the United States. As a member of HEMS’s elite advanced care team, Gabriel is trained in cutting-edge pre-hospital interventions, including point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), rapid sequence intubation/airway (RSI/RSA), and finger thoracostomies, enabling him to provide life-saving care in critical situations.
Gabriel’s journey to the medical field is marked by a unique and diverse
professional background. Before transitioning to emergency medicine, he built a successful career in architecture. After attending Cornell University’s prestigious architecture school, Gabriel honed his craft in New York City and Philadelphia before returning to Minneapolis to co-found PKA Architecture. Under his leadership, PKA Architecture became a nationally recognized firm specializing in innovative residential design.
Emergency Physician · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Alphonce Nsabi Simbila is a practicing emergency physician in the Emergency Medicine Department of Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He currently heads the critical care and resuscitation unit at the department. He is also an honorary lecturer and supports the training of residents, medical students and junior doctors affiliated with Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. He is a coordinator of dissertation and research projects for the Emergency Medicine residency program at MUHAS.
Interventional Cardiologist · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Focus: Management of Acute Cardiac EmergenciesDr. Khanbhai is interventional cardiologist at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Hospital (JKCI). He has expertise in all echocardiographic modalities and cardiac catherization procedures including coronary angiography and angioplasty, peripheral interventions device implantations. He mentors cardiology fellows, internal medicine residents, medical students, and undergraduate students working on projects in the coronary care unit. He is involved in conducting research focused on addressing the care of acute coronary syndrome from multiple perspectives and has contributed several publications on the diagnosis and management of patients with acute coronary syndrome. In addition, he is one of few interventional-trained cardiologists in the nation. He oversees the National Registry for Cardiovascular Disease(NCDR) registry, which is affiliated of the American College of Cardiology, and serves as a member of the ethics committee at JKCI. He is also A honorary lecturer at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)
Emergency Medicine Specialist · Zanzibar
Emergency Medicine Specialist graduate from Alexandria University in Egypt in 2024
Currently working at Lumumba Hospital in Zanzibar
Neonatologist · Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital, Tanzania
Dr. Rehema Marando is a Certified Neonatologist with over 14 years of experience in neonatal care. She is currently a full-time employee at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital in Tanzania, where she leads the neonatal unit. Dr. Marando is also an Honorary Lecturer and chairs the Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC) while serving on the Hospital Research Committee (HRC). On the international front, she is an active member of the Membership Committee of the Newborn Brain Society (NBS), USA. Her expertise extends to training healthcare professionals, coordinating mentorship programs, and playing a key role in the development of newborn care and nutrition guidelines in Tanzania.
Paediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow · EM- MUHAS, Tanzania
Paediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow-MUHAS
Honorary Lecturer-EM- MUHAS
Emergency Medicine Department
Muhimbili National Hospital
SQF EMS Coordinator · Arusha, Tanzania
Bahati is a professional bachelor-level nurse with over 10 years of experience in Emergency and Trauma Care, working in hospital emergency departments and on construction sites as an ER Nurse and Paramedic.
He has completed advanced instructor courses including Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Basic Emergency Care (BEC), Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST USS), and an Intermediate Paramedic Course.
Trained at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and the Aga Khan University (AKU), Bahati has served as a paramedic on both road and air ambulance services, delivering high-quality pre-hospital emergency care and patient stabilization in critical situations. He currently works as the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Coordinator with The Same Qualities Foundation (SQF), overseeing emergency response operations, training, and coordination of pre-hospital care services, including ambulance dispatch.
Associate Professor · University of Minnesota Medical School, USA
Dr. Stephen Swanson is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics who trained in pediatric infectious diseases, tropical medicine, and public health/epidemiology. Since 2013, Dr. Swanson has lived in Tanzania, working at Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre (ALMC) and Selian Lutheran Hospital. He was the founder of the ALMC NICU… and indisputable proof that you don’t have to be a neonatologist to learn how care for preterm and sick babies and teach others! He now works for the Institute for Child Healthcare Africa (ICHA).
Dr Swanson has long been active in developing neonatology protocols and training physicians and nurses in Africa. In 2021, Dr Swanson coauthored “Every Breath Counts: Manual of Neonatal Care & Drug Doses” for African hospitals, coinciding with launching of an annual African neonatology training conference. Now in its 7th year, Tiny Feet, Big Steps Advancing Care of Critically Ill and Premature Babies in Africa uniquely co-trains nurses and doctors together in practical, low technology, evidence-based skills and protocols to help advance NICUs in their home countries. Since 2021, it has trained over 1,200 African doctors and nurses across 22 African countries.
Assistant Professor · Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Ha is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and attending physician at Emory University School of Medicine. Her scholarly interests are focused on global medical education and disaster preparedness. She regularly delivers workshops on pediatric trauma and mass casualty readiness, including annual lectures in Vietnam and Guatemala alongside prior work in Japan. Active in international leadership, she serves as a liaison for both the International Federation for Emergency Medicine's Pediatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group and the European Society for Emergency Medicine's Pediatric Branch. Additionally, she is one of the visiting faculty members for the pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Muhimbili University in Tanzania.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine · University of Utah, USA
Dr. Cassidy Huun is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health fellow at the University of Utah. She first came to Tanzania in 2012 and has returned many times since to participate in public health and pediatric care initiatives. She completed her medical school training at Oregon Health& Science University and her pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota, where she also worked for a year as a global pediatrics instructor. Her current research and clinical work center on improving care for pediatric injury patients in Northern Tanzania, in collaboration with colleagues at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. In recognition of her ongoing global health work, Dr. Huun was recently selected as a Fellow Representative to the Academic Pediatric Association's Global Health Program Advisory Committee for a two-year term. Her broader academic interests include simulation-based medical education, including cross-cultural training curricula for first responders. In August 2026, she joined KOPI to help develop pediatric lectures aimed at training first responders in basic, lifesaving skills. Dr. Huun is committed to building sustainable, collaborative research partnerships that strengthen pediatric emergency care systems globally.
Emergency Physician · Hennepin County Medical Center, Minnesota USA
Speaker from Hennepin County Medical Center, Minnesota USA
Internal Medicine Physician · Rochester USA
Workshop: Ultrasound & Ultrasound guided BlocksI am a general internal medicine physician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. My primary patient care responsibilities include the assessment of complex, serious, or medically unexplained disease in patients from across the United States. I also provide care for our international patients and teach residents in the inpatient environment. I am also leading our internal medicine residency point-of-care ultrasound curriculum. I have travelled to Haiti multiple times in the past to teach point of care ultrasound to physicians.
Emergency Physician · Minnesota USA
Workshop: EMS/OHEC/Disaster ManagementTim Kummer is an Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine Physician for Hennepin Healthcare. His first career in healthcare was as a Registered Nurse. He then changed his career and went into medicine, obtaining his M.D. from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He then completed his Emergency Medicine Residency Training at Hennepin Healthcare. He then worked at Abbot Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, before returning to Hennepin Healthcare to complete a Fellowship in Emergency Medical Services. He is married with 5 children, a large dog and lives in Minneapolis.
Paramedic · Minnesota, USA
Gabriel Keller is an accomplished NREMT-certified paramedic with Hennepin EMS
(HEMS), one of the leading urban EMS services in the United States. As a member of HEMS’s elite advanced care team, Gabriel is trained in cutting-edge pre-hospital interventions, including point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), rapid sequence intubation/airway (RSI/RSA), and finger thoracostomies, enabling him to provide life-saving care in critical situations.
Gabriel’s journey to the medical field is marked by a unique and diverse
professional background. Before transitioning to emergency medicine, he built a successful career in architecture. After attending Cornell University’s prestigious architecture school, Gabriel honed his craft in New York City and Philadelphia before returning to Minneapolis to co-found PKA Architecture. Under his leadership, PKA Architecture became a nationally recognized firm specializing in innovative residential design.
Founder & President Global FICCS · Chicago USA
Interventional cardiologist
Founder and President
Foundation for cardiac and community services.
Emergency Physician · Chicago Illinois, Tanzania
Workshop: Management of Acute Cardiac EmergenciesDr. Erin Nasrallah is an emergency medicine physician located in Chicago, Illinois, with a special interest in medical education, simulation training, and global health. As an attending physician at Lutheran General Hospital ED, she not only fulfills clinical responsibilities but also serves as a resident mentor and holds the position of Director of ED Simulation Education. Beyond her clinical roles, Dr. Nasrallah actively engages in global health initiatives and is presently the Medical Director at Global FICCS, a nonprofit committed to advancing medical education and accessibility in East Africa.
Pediatric Emergency Physician · Atlanta USA
Workshop: Pediatric EmergenciesBrittany Murray, MD, MPhil Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine Director, Global Health and Equity Office Emory University School of Medicine Education • Medical school: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA • Residency: Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA • Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA • MPhil in Health Professions Education: Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Dr. Murray is a board-certified emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine physician with an academic focus in global health education and improving care for underserved populations. She is an associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine where she is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and the director for the Global Health and Equity Office. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory, she lived and worked full-time in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where she partnered with local Tanzanian physicians to build sustainable education systems in emergency care and help patients get to those services. Dr. Murray’s academic and research interests focus on strengthening of healthcare systems for emergency care, the education of healthcare providers, and empowering underserved patients both locally and overseas. To achieve these goals, she has worked with several international organizations, including the World Health Organization, Africa CDC, African Federation for Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania.
Emergency Physician · Minnesota USA
Workshop: BLS/PALS/ACLSI am a recently retired Emergency Medicine Physician from Minneapolis, Minnesota in the USA. I spent my entire Emergency medicine career at Abbott Northwestern hospital in Minneapolis. Abbott Northwestern is a level 3 trauma center, and is also one of the leading cardiac and Neurology centers in the midwest region of the United States. In addition, I have spent many years teaching Health care providers and caring for patients in Haiti. I have done this through an organization called Project Medishare, which is affiliated with the University of Miami Medical School. I am also an instructor for PALS (Pediatric Advances Life support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) through the American Heart Association, as well as a part time instructor for the University of Minnesota Medical school.
Emergency & Critical Care · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Workshop: Critical CareDr Said Kilindimo is Cardiac Intensivist and Emergency Medicine Specialist, motivated to enhance and further grow professional in an exciting and engaging medical and academic environment. Currently he is working as Head of Emergency Medicine Department – MUHAS, Consultant Emergency Physician at Emergency Medicine Department of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Intensivist at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI). He is also clinical instructor for various life support short course e.g. BLS, ACLS, PTC, ITLS, Disaster Medicine, Airway management, Emergency Ultrasound etc.
Internal Medicine Physician · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jesse Abelson is an internal medicine physician from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He completed his internal medicine residency at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. He has been teaching point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at the University of Minnesota Medical School for several years and in his role as chief resident, he regularly teaches resident physicians in point-of-care ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures.
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Emergency Physician · Arusha Tanzania
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Emergency Physician · Arusha Tanzania
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Medical Doctor · Bariadi Tanzania
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Emergency Physician · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Alphonce Nsabi Simbila is a practicing emergency physician in the Emergency Medicine Department of Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He currently heads the critical care and resuscitation unit at the department. He is also an honorary lecturer and supports the training of residents, medical students and junior doctors affiliated with Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. He is a coordinator of dissertation and research projects for the Emergency Medicine residency program at MUHAS.
Emergency & Critical Care · Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Focus: Critical CareDr Said Kilindimo is Cardiac Intensivist and Emergency Medicine Specialist, motivated to enhance and further grow professional in an exciting and engaging medical and academic environment. Currently he is working as Head of Emergency Medicine Department – MUHAS, Consultant Emergency Physician at Emergency Medicine Department of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Intensivist at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI). He is also clinical instructor for various life support short course e.g. BLS, ACLS, PTC, ITLS, Disaster Medicine, Airway management, Emergency Ultrasound etc.
Emergency Physician · Mwanza Tanzania
Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania Member, Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania (EMAT) Member, Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) Interest: Sepsis, Cardiac Emergencies, EM Leadership, and Teaching.
Emergency Physician · Zanzibar Tanzania
Dr. Gulshan Khimji is an Emergency physician, Primary trauma care and BLS instructor, and an emergency ultrasound enthusiast
Emergency Physician · Mbeya Tanzania
Dr. Prosper Bashaka, Emergency Specialist and Head of Emergency Department at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital. Lecturer at University of Dar-es-salaam-Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences. Graduated medical school at Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences in 2010. Under went Master in Emergency Medicine at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Interested in Trauma,Disaster Medicine and research.
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