🔈 ICYMI 🔈We’re awarding more scholarships to women who apply for The Matolase Mtonga Scholarship. $2,500 (USD) will be awarded to 7 women training in reconstructive surgery from a low- or middle-income country. Apply now 🔗 sprout.link/resurgeinterna…

Meet Dr. Chihena Banda 👋 The first Zambian plastic surgeon in the country 🇿🇲 Read about his experience training in Japan, plans to help address Zambia’s boom in cancer cases, and create a coalition of microsurgeons in East, Central, and Southern Africa 🌍 bit.ly/3tXfrk9

Happy to share our very first letter about the potential utility of large language models in diagnosing skin tumors. academic.oup.com/ced/article-ab…

Great time in #Ethiopia 🇪🇹! Got an award sharing our research findings on the surgeon #Gender gap in Africa. Special thanks to Intuitive COSECSA RCSI COSECSA RCSI RCSI-COSECSA-GASOC Collaborative Workforce Study Mumba c.k MD

The Gerald O’Sullivan medal is awarded every year to the Fellow who graduates top of the class at the annual COSECSA exams. Congratulations to Dr Peter Mushenya from Zambia on this amazing achievement & we look forward to welcoming him RCSI for Charter 2024! #globalsurgery

Thrilled to share our 2nd article (1st Original) related to generative AI. Informed consent documents generated by the generative AI were evaluated by professional surgeons and non-medical staffs. journals.lww.com/op-rs/abstract…

I am very happy to share the recent review paper from our team . The topic is focused on the microsurgical treatment options for hand Arteriovenous Malformations. Huge congrats my mentors, Dr. Narushima, Dr. Ishiura, and Dr. Banda Chihena Banda M.D., PhD sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to share our Makoto SHIRAISHI, MD, PhD. first publication of the new year 2024🤩🤩🤩! Microsurgical Treatment for Arteriovenous Malformations in the Hand #microsurgery sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our recent paper on the biggest #keloid we've treated. A massive 3Kg #keloid on the face!🤯🤯🤯There's a largely ignored growing global disparity in access to #keloid #scar treatment ☢️in #Africa where they're most prevalent - urgent #action needed✊ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thrilled to congratulate Dr. Peter Mushenya, a neurosurgeon from Zambia, on winning the Prof. Sean Tierney Training Fellowship Grant! 🎉🏆👏

Awesome day! Official opening of The University of Zambia #Microsurgery Training Center🇿🇲🇯🇵. Big thanks to Rotary International 文部科学省　MEXT 三重大学 for recognizing the massive burden of reconstructive surgery in #Africa and the need to train more surgeons locally. Thankyou ありがとう🩷

Congratulations to Dr Edgar Mumba from Ethiopia our very first visiting #PlasticSurgery and #Microsurgery training fellow🥇! Completed his 1-month fellowship and assisted with 3 ALT free flaps for the very first time😃. Thanks to Smile Train Smile Train Africa for the support🙏

Thrilled to share our recent review article related to chronic pain following breast reconstruction. Thank you very much for giving me a grateful opportunity to make this manuscript, Dr. Sowa!! journals.lww.com/annalsplastics…

Excited to share our new #Microsurgery publication - Immediate foot reconstruction and revascularization of toes using an interposition superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flow‐through flap onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mi…

This team. 👏 🇿🇲 In 2021, we installed 3 state-of-the-art pediatric operating rooms at Lusaka University Training Hospital, bringing safe surgical care to children in Zambia's capital for the first time. The incredible staff's dedication is saving lives every day. 💙

Happy to share our latest paper published in the World Journal of Surgery exploring the changes in the surgical workforce in Africa 😀- The Evolution of the Specialist Surgeon Workforce in East, Central and Southern Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

All roads lead to Lusaka! We are excited to welcome participants and faculty from all around the world to the International Basic Microsurgery Course for July🔬🤩🤩🤩

Happy to share that our latest article has been published in J Hand and Micro related to cold intolerance after finger replantation. Check out the article from the link below!! doi.org/10.1016/j.jham… Chihena Banda M.D., PhD KOHEI MITSUI/三井康平

#Microsurgery finger replantation 🤚🖐️ is life changing, check out our latest paper investigating a common long-term challenge 😷- Cold intolerance following microsurgical replantation of finger amputations: A retrospective cohort study Makoto SHIRAISHI, MD, PhD. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Glad to have hosted our first ever University of Zambia Basic #Microsurgery Course with a great mix of participants and faculty from 9 different countries 🇿🇲🇲🇼🇺🇬🇷🇼🇪🇹🇿🇼🇰🇪🇯🇵🇺🇸. Thanks to everyone who made this possible🙏🙏. Next up is Advanced Microsurgery Course in November