About WiSA keyboard_arrow_down
Women in Surgery Africa (WiSA) is a membership group which provides support to female surgeons, surgeons in training and medical students in the 14 member countries of the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). Further details can be found on this webpage: http://www.womeninsurgeryafrica.org/


Current secretariat:

Chair - Dr. Agneta Odera

Vice chair - Dr. Mumba Chalwe

Secretary Gen. - Dr. Patricia Shinondo

Treasurer - Dr. Wairimu Ndegwa

Conference and education Officer - Dr. Busi Mlambo

Administration officer - Dr. Lydia Nanjula


Faculty keyboard_arrow_down
Prof. Abebe Bekele MD, FCS (ECSA), FACS, MAMSE, Dean, School of Medicine at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE); Full Professor of Surgery, UGHE/Addis Ababa University/University of Rwanda, Ethiopia Cardiothoracic Surgery
Prof. Salome Maswime MBCHB, FCOG(SA), MMED, PhD, Head of the Global Surgery Division, Obstetrician and Gynaecology, Global Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Gynecology
Ms. Fortunate Matinatsa Mudede-Moffat MBBS (MW), MCS-ECSA, FCS (Orthopaedics)- ECSA, ChM Trauma and Orthopaedics, Chairperson, Women in Surgery Africa (WiSA); Senior Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedics and Trauma, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Sompwe L. Mwansa MD, FPATA (WFSA), MMed. ANAES (UNZA), MBChB (WITS), President, Society of Anaesthetists of Zambia; Anaesthesiologist and Critical Care Specialist, Adult and Paediatrics, Ndola Teaching Hospital, Zambia Anesthesiology