Surgical Grand Rounds - Professor Chris Lavy
Professor of Orthopaedic and Tropical Surgery and Consultant Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon
Clinical Research Surgical Grand Rounds
Friday, 08 November 2019, 8am to 9am
Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
'Setting up a public-private partnership in elective surgery in Zimbabwe'
Biography
Professor Chris Lavy is Consultant Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedic and Tropical Surgery within the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences at the University of Oxford. He is a council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and chair of the international committee. He worked in Malawi for ten years, where he helped to set up orthopaedic surgical training, children’s hospitals, and the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa. He leads the COSECSA Oxford Orthopaedic Link and Africa Clubfoot Training projects funded by the UK Department for International Development. He was awarded an OBE in 2007 for services to orthopaedics.
Introduced by Mrs Grace Le
Chair: Professor Kokila Lakhoo
The talk is organised by the Oxford University Global Surgery Group
All members of the University and NHS clinical staff are welcome.