Goals and Objectives

ETSU SEAL Global Surgery Fellowship

Our Mission


The SEAL global surgery program at ETSU is to improve surgical care delivery in countries with limited resources by partnering with and improving local capacities. We bring together a collaborative network of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, researchers, and partners. We aim to provide enough support to our partners to improve delivery of quality surgery in low- and middle-income countries through our four strategic pillars: 

  • Delivering direct surgical care
  • Assisting in long-term capacity building
  • Improving access to care by providing appropriate support
  • Strengthening team leadership

What We Do

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Surgery

In collaboration with ETSU, the Global Surgery Program provides a staff surgeon for a one year tenure to help provide access to high-quality surgical care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to all who need it.
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Capacity Building

SEAL fellowship prioritizes sustainability by integrating training for physicians, residents, and medical students. Training sessions are done at our global sites as well as observership in our facilities in the United States.
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Research

Fellows are expected to participate in clinical research and are encouraged to submit 1-2 manuscripts for publication in peer reviewed journals. Fellows are encouraged to come up with their own research projects or they can collaborate with ongoing projects.

Where We Workmonze

Monze Mission Hospital (MMH) is in Monze, which is a town in the Southern province of Zambia, about 180 km south-west of Lusaka. MMH is a 200 bed-capacity hospital with three operating theaters. In 2021, 36,346 patients visited the hospital, and 1,913 surgical cases were performed. For the health system in Zambia, MMH is categorized as a provincial hospital.

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Sufyan Ibrahim, M.D.

CHIEF SURGEON AT MONZE MISSION'S HOSPITAL

Sufyan Ahmed Ibrahim completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor in Surgery in 2013 from University of Zambia School of Medicine. He is self-motivated, hardworking and an excellent team player. He has extensive work experience at University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Kalomo District Hospital and Monze Mission Hospital in Zambia where he’s worked as an intern, senior resident medical officer and general medical officer from 2013 to 2022.

He has served as the acting head of the Department of Surgery at Monze Mission Hospital since 2022. In 2018, he was awarded the prize of the most hard-working medical officer at Monze Mission Hospital.

His career interests include complex abdominal surgery, colorectal, urological surgery and vesico-vaginal fistula surgery. Hismain hope is to bring specialized surgical care to rural Zambia.