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Enjoy these pictures from our experiences in Malawi!

UNC Global Anesthesia faculty Dr. Michael Hart with KCH health officers during simulation training.

2022-2023 Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow Dr. Courtney Hood teaching KCH health officers.

Resident rotation Fall 2019 — Resident rotation Fall 2019 with anesthesia clinical officers.

Malawi Class — Dr. Barbara Nzegwu, UNC Pediatric Anesthesia Fellow, teaching Pediatric Anesthesia to anesthesia clinical officer students.

Dr. Murphy — Drs. Madison Foushee and Bryant Murphy outside of “AfriCan”, which is the restaurant on hospital grounds where you can get chicken and chips for less than one US dollar.

Murphy and group — Drs. Madison Foushee and Bryant Murphy with Godfrey Phiri, head of the Anesthesia Clinical Officer training program, William (ACO), James (ACO) and Training Anesthesia Clinical Officers, TACO.

1st Rotation — Drs. Stephen Acosta and Aravind Reddy (CA3 residents), Barbra Nzegwu (Anesthesiology fellow), Drs. Janey Phelps & Sally Standers (attendings). This is the inaugural 1st UNC Global Anesthesia elective in September 2018.

1st Rotation — Drs. Stephen Acosta MD, Aravind Reddy MD CA3 and Barbara Nzegwu with anesthesia clinical officers students, Class of 2018.

Madison Foushee — Dr. Madison Foushee teaching Anesthesia Clinical Officer students

Madison Foushee — Dr. Madison Foushee performing an ilioinguinal block

Colton Mojesky — Colton Mojesky, MD CA3 resident giving lecture to Anesthesia Clinical officers for QI improvement project

Colton Mojesky — Teaching Ultrasound guided nerve block to anesthesia clinical officer

Step Woodward teaching — Dr. Stephanie Woodward (UNC Resident) teaching CPR to ICU nurses

Steph Woodward — Dr. Stephanie Woodward placing a spinal.

Anesthesia Setup — Typical Anesthesia setup in Malawi on a Glostavent anesthesia machine, which are simple machines created for LMICs that uses an oxygen concentrator

Setup — An example of a setup

Bryant Murphy — Dr. Bryant Murphy with his son at the UNC Project housing complex.

Madison Foushee — Left to Right: Drs. Ben Cobb, Steph Woodward and Brandon Hammond enjoying weekend free time

Simulation Training — Anesthesia Clinical officer during simulation training

In surgery — Dr. Barbara Nzegwu in an operating room during orthopaedic surgery with a student anesthesia officer.

Ben Cobb — Dr. Ben Cobb (UNC Faculty) giving a PBLD To anesthesia clinical officers

Madison Foushee — Dr. Carolyn Quinsey, UNC pediatric neurosurgeon, provides lecture to anesthesia clinical officers

Brandon Hammond — Dr. Brandon Hammond paper charting for the 1st time in his career!

Brandon Hammond in surgery — Dr. Brandon Hammond performing a spinal anesthetic

In surgery — Drs. Brandon Hammond and Janey Phelps assisting with complex airway due to mandibular tumor

OR Patient — Advanced and complex pathology is the norm in Malawi. This airway was secured with the “advance airway” equipment available at KCH, a bougie!

Headset Donation — Dr. Janey Phelps donating Applied VR headset from company to Sangweni and colleague to KCH Burn Center

Headset used — Donated VR Headset being used by a pediatric patient.

Steph Woodward — Dr. Stephanie Woodward and senior anesthesia clinical officer James

Malawi Officers — Malawi Officers working in the ICU. Anesthesia clinical officers staff the ICU

Steph Woodward — Dr. Stephanie Woodward demonstrating CPR techniques to the ICU nurses

Steph Woodward — Dr. Stephanie Woodward teaching anesthesia clinical officers EKG rhythms

Simulation Exercise — Simulation Exercise with Dr. Steven Acosta and anesthesia clinical officer students

In the OR — Dr. Stephen Acosta providing clinical care/teaching with ACO student

Hands-on Work — Dr. Stephen Acosta providing pediatric anesthesia with a Lifebox pulse ox.

Regional Anesthesia Workshop — Senior anesthesia clinical officer participating in the first Regional Anesthesia Workshop

Colton Katie — Colton Mojesky, MD and Katherine Fitzgerald, MD CA3 residents in the newly built Theaters

Colton Mojesky and Katherine Fitzgerald

Surgery — Drs. Stephen Acosta and Janey Phelps providing pediatric anesthesia with anesthesia clinical officers for the removal of a sacrococcygeal teratoma.

Surgery — Drs. Stephen Acosta and Janey Phelps providing pediatric anesthesia with anesthesia clinical officers for the removal of a sacrococcygeal teratoma.

Simulation — Drs. Bryant Murphy and Godfrey Phiri, head of Anesthesia clinical officer training program, with training anesthesia clinical officers (TACOs) during Simulation training.

1st Rotation — Drs. Madison Foushee, Janey Phelps, and Bryant Murphy with anesthesia clinical officers and students.

River Safari — River safari
Left to right: Drs. Janey Phelps, Ben Cobb, Stephanie Woodward, and Brandon Hammond enjoying a river safari at Mvuu Camp.

Mvuu Safari — Mvuu safari

Soccer Kids — Kids playing soccer at Lake Malawi

Liwonde Park — Dr. Barbara Nzegwu smelling the scents while on a weekend safari trip to Mvuu Lodge at Liwonde national park.

2018 Team — The Malawi Family 2018! Left to right: Barbara Nzegwu, Sally Stander, Janey Phelps, Ms. Mtalimanja, Onias Mtalimanja, Godfrey Phiri, Lucy Phiri, Aravind Reddy, and Stephen Acosta

Malawi Sunset — The 2018 team after a safari at Mvuu Lodge – Liwonde national park. Malawi is affectionately called the warm heart of Africa.