{"id":2253,"date":"2011-07-07T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/msi\/malawi-surgery-residents\/current_residents\/"},"modified":"2018-04-25T16:50:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T20:50:26","slug":"current_residents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/malawi-surgery-residents\/current_residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Surgery Residents<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\nGift Mulima<\/strong><\/div>\n
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I am pursuing surgery because there is a high disease burden that requires surgical intervention and few surgeons on the ground. The majority of surgeons in Malawi are foreign and do not stay in Malawi for long periods of time. I believe it would make a tremendous difference if our country would have Malawian surgeons willing to stay and work in the country\"<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

General Surgery Residents<\/h2>\n

Class of 2015<\/h3>\n
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\nChifundo Kajombo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Why did you choose surgery?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a big shortage of doctors in Malawi let alone surgeons, as such the work is overwhelming on the existing surgeons, I love surgery as it is so challenging and delicate.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Why did you choose KCH for training?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Because I would like to work in Malawi as such this training at KCH brings me close to the people\/patients I would serve\"<\/p><\/div>\n

What are your future plans?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would love to subspecialize and do paediatric surgery. In Malawi, we have a lot of paediatric surgical cases that are being managed by general surgeons because of lack of paediatric surgeons so I would love to do this in order to help improve the standard of care to this population\"<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nEnock Kabzalira Ludzu<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Why did you choose surgery?<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

I am interested in surgery. The art of surgery and assisting people through surgical means is thrilling to me\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Why did you choose KCH for residency?<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

The KCH surgical department was looking for junior doctors interested to study surgery\"<\/p><\/div>\n

What are your future plans?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to be a general surgeon, be part of a team to develop this field in Malawi and possibly teach others, in this way we may have surgeons in district hospitals\"<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nJudith Mkwaila<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Why did you choose surgery?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Interesting, challenging\"<\/p><\/div>\n

More fulfilling\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Why did you choose KCH for residency?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Favorable working environment\"<\/p><\/div>\n

What are your future plans?<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

To become a trauma surgeon\"<\/p><\/div>

Having a continuing residency training at KCH\"<\/p><\/div> \u201cStrengthening surgical department at KCH as well as Mzuzu and Zomba Central\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Orthopaedic Surgery Residents<\/h2>\n

Class of 2015<\/h3>\n
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\nBoston Sungani Munthali<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Why did you choose surgery?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. I have strong interest in ortopaedic surgery.\"<\/p><\/div>

2. It\u2019s a challenging job.\"<\/p><\/div>

3. To address problem of human resources shortage in health sector\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Why did you choose KCH for residency?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

The surgery dept was very welcoming\"<\/p><\/div>\n

There are adequate number of cases to learn from (different pathologies)\"<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nKumbukani Gift Manda<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Why did you choose surgery?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Surgery is fascinating and challenging\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Why did you choose KCH for residency?<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

KCH has a large catchment area. Therefore a lot of different cases are seen. This prompts me to study hard and gain experience faster.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

What are you future plans?<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

I would like to specialize in orthopaedic surgery. I would like to help patients in the district hospital, further train junior doctors and help in postgraduate [education] of junior doctors.\"<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Class of 2016<\/h3>\n
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\"CHARLES
\nCharles Mabedi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nSurgery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Class of 2017<\/h3>\n
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\nVanessa Msosa<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nSurgery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nKeller Kumwenda<\/strong><\/div>\n
\nSurgery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMichael Phiri<\/strong><\/div>\n
\nSurgery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Class of 2018<\/h3>\n

Ms Natasha Ngwira, General Surgery<\/p>\n

Mr Frank Mponya, General Surgery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Surgery Residents General Surgery Residents Class of 2015     Orthopaedic Surgery Residents Class of 2015   Class of 2016 Class of 2017     Class of 2018 Ms Natasha Ngwira, General Surgery Mr Frank Mponya, General Surgery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12057,"featured_media":0,"parent":2236,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2253\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/msi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}