News and Events
Upcoming events
Surgical Grand Rounds - Dr Soren Kudsk-Iversen and Dr SanYuMay Tun
Friday, 16 May 2025, 8am to 9am @ Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, and also online via Microsoft Teams
'Sustainable Healthcare - Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions'
Global Surgery Course 2025
Monday, 15 September 2025 to Friday, 19 September 2025 @ Kellogg College, 60-62 Banbury Road, Park Town, Oxford, OX2 6PN
Working towards universal access to safe, affordable surgical, anaesthesia and obstetric care.
What's new
Professor Kokila Lakhoo shortlisted for a Vice-Chancellor’s Award
19 March 2025
The University has announced the shortlist for the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025, and we are thrilled to share that Professor Kokila Lakhoo has been nominated in the Making a Difference Globally Award category.
New Oxford women researchers’ network launched
7 March 2025
A new network to support women and gender non-conforming researchers and staff in mid- and senior-level positions to develop as research leaders has been launched.
ENT skills course for senior house officers delivered for the first time in Ghana
9 February 2025
Oxford Global Surgery DPhil Student Mama Ntiriwa Sekyi-Djan together with Dr Kafui Searyoh, a Consultant Rhinology surgeon and senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School, organised an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) skills course for trainee doctors in Accra on 8 and 9 January 2025.
Blog posts
From Oxford to South Africa: A global effort to strengthen paediatric surgery
Professor Kokila Lakhoo was recently invited by Dr Elliot Motloung to visit Sefako Makghato University (SMU) in the North West Province of South Africa. The purpose of this visit was to develop neonatal skills and to discuss and support the development of paediatric surgery within the province.
Our activities at the COSECSA conference in Zimbabwe
Professor Kokila Lakhoo reports on her research group's attendance at the 2024 College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Conference in Zimbabwe. As well as joining a team of examiners, members from the Oxford University Global Surgery Group ran the BAPS HG neonatal skills course, a research seminar, and a point of care ultrasound course during their trip from 29 November to 8 December 2024.
The ethical impacts of international medical electives on local students and patient care
Magdalena Chmura, a former Student Rep of Oxford University Global Surgery Group and current Foundation Year doctor shares a paper recently published with Dr Shobhana Nagraj.