Surgeon Among Inaugural Cohort of SASH Scholars
September 20, 2024
One of the inaugural Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH) scholars is a surgeon from the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA). Dr. Kimutai Sylvester, chief of surgery of Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, will visit Stanford in January and February for six weeks.
Dr. Cara Liebert, a clinical assistant professor in the Division of General Surgery, will serve as his mentor in surgical education during his visit and over the course of the ensuing year where he will implement his proposed project in Kenya.
Dr. Sylvester is interested is developing additional expertise in surgical education, simulation, education innovation, and further expanding and implementing the ENTRUST Learning Platform longitudinally in the COSECSA region to improve surgical training.
SASH launched in the fall of 2023 to address a deficit of bilateral global exchange programs in the US and improve health outcomes on the African continent. Open to mid-career physicians in senior leadership roles in low- or middle-income countries, SASH seeks to promote health equity, capacity-strengthening, and shared learning between African medical institutions and Stanford. Throughout 2025, SASH will host 24 African medical scholars over four cohorts at Stanford.
The program is run by CIGH and supported by the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education and an independent educational grant from Pfizer.
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