Lola Solebo is a scientist and paediatric ophthalmic surgeon. Her interest is in how we predict, and what decides outcomes for children with blinding eye diseases, and how we use this information to best help affected children. Her PhD involved a longitudinal cohort study (watching for outcomes over a period of time for a defined group) on children affected by one of the most important causes of childhood blindness: cataract. Study findings have changed clinical practice and impacted on national policy. She is about to start another study to examine how best we measure disease, and how best we use this information, for another important, rare, blinding childhood eye disease: uveitis. The work is supported by a prestigious National Institute of Health Research Clinician Scientist award, and a national clinical collaborative group she has co-founded, the Paediatric Ocular Inflammation Group. It's also supported by the affected children and their families, who have helped her every step of the way. Lola is also (alongside her partner, Mark) a parent to two girls, aged 4 and 5, who when asked what mummy does says 'She fixes children's eyes'. Lola Solebo is a scientist and paediatric ophthalmic surgeon at GOSH. Her interest is in how we predict, and what decides outcomes for children with blinding eye diseases, and how we use this information to best help affected children. She is about to start another study to examine how we measure disease, and how best we can use this information, for another important, rare, blinding childhood eye disease: uveitis. Lola is also (alongside her partner, Mark) a parent to two girls, aged 4 and 5, who when asked what mummy does says 'She fixes children's eyes'. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In The Spotlight is a special segment of the Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit. At the 5th edition of the Summit held in Durban, speakers from across Africa, one after another recall the most important chapter of their lives that made them the people and professionals they are today. Jaishree Naidoo is a Johannesburg based Doctor and AI Med Tech entrepreneur who is SA’s first South African qualified paediatric radiologist.

Both scientific and deeply personal, The Checklist Effect is a feature length documentary for anyone who's ever had surgery, or loved someone who has. Inspired by Atul Gawande's award-winning book The Checklist Manifesto. Directed by Lauren Anders Brown @LABCollaborate www.collaborateideasimages.com

GlobalSurg is an international collaboration of surgical researchers that any clinician can join and contribute. The collaboration is fostering regional, national and international surgical networks, with over 3000 clinicians in more than 60 countries. Our projects aim to give frontline surgeons the opportunity to participate in major high-quality projects that do not require extra resources or funding. Every collaborator is a Pubmed citable co-author on the final journal publications. The projects are designed to ensure they are easy for local surgeons to execute, and help build local research capacity to improve patient care globally. For more information visit our website and register: http://www.globalsurg.org Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlobalSurg Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlobalSurg/ VIDEO CREDIT: Lauren Anders Brown, Collaborate Ideas & Images https://twitter.com/LABCollaborate http://www.collaborateideasimages.com/

After 15 years of intense training and studying that has taken her across three continents, Dr Claire Karekezi returns home to Rwanda as the only female neurosurgeon in the country. In this honest and passionate talk, Claire reflects on the commonality of her challenges as she seized opportunities on her journey to becoming a surgeon. Claire paints a clear picture of the lack of access to surgery in Africa and how her role is to train future neurosurgeons to contribute to this deficient. “I refuse to let being African and a woman be a limitation for me”, Claire says as “there is no unattainable dream”. Intro music - Blue boss by Sampa the great Dr Claire Karekezi is a Specialist Neurosurgeon. Born and raised in Rwanda, Karekezi completed her Clinical Fellowship in NeuroOncology & Skull Base Surgery at the University of Toronto in 2018 and returned to Rwanda as the country's first and only female neurosurgeon. She is the recipient of several awards, the most recent being the 2016 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) International Visiting Surgeon Fellowship in Neurosurgery/Neuro-Oncology. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Tamara Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Pediatric Surgery About the lecture 400 million children in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to surgical care, thus pediatric surgical conditions which are treatable in high-income countries often result in chronic disability, stigmatization, and death. At present, Uganda has only 4 general pediatric surgeons for a population of over 39 million people; half of which are children. Dr. Fitzgerald will present her research describing the burden of pediatric congenital anomalies in Uganda, and why the solution to this daunting problem may reside in changing how we view global surgery. About the speaker Dr. Tamara Fitzgerald is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at Duke University. Her research focus is in global surgery, surgical capacity building and burden of surgical disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Together with a multi-institutional team, she has participated in developing a fellowship program in pediatric surgery in Uganda, which has graduated 2 Ugandan pediatric surgeons, with 4 others in training. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and her M.D. from Boston University. She completed a general surgery residency and fellowship in pediatric surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Her website is scholars.duke.edu/person/tamara.fitzgerald.

KRISTIN SCHROEDER, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Global Health About the lecture In September 2018, the WHO announced the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer with the goal of reaching at least a 60% survival rate for children with cancer by 2030 through increased cancer awareness and expanding the capacity of countries to deliver best practice in childhood cancer care. In Tanzania, a country of 51 million people, there was only one full-time pediatric cancer specialist and a single hospital treating children with cancer. Survival rates were less than 30%—compared to over 85% here in the US. This talk will cover the expansion of pediatric cancer care in Tanzania over the past five years through the Duke Global Cancer Program, including the development of diagnostic and treatment capacity, a patient support infrastructure, and local community engagement. It will also highlight future collaborative opportunities for the Duke community. This event is part of Think Global, a weekly lecture series at the Duke Global Health Institute. About the speaker Kristin Schroeder is an assistant professor in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, with further specialization in Neuro-oncology. She completed the Duke Global Health Fellowship in 2016 and joined the DGHI faculty as an assistant research professor in the fall of 2017. Since 2014, Schroeder has spent six or more months per year in Mwanza, Tanzania, at the Bugando Medical Centre as part of the Duke Global Cancer Program. She has a strong belief that all children should have the same chance of cancer cure regardless of where they live. In addition to developing capacity for pediatric cancer care, her research focuses on creating interventions to improve pediatric cancer outcomes and reducing treatment abandonment in low resource settings. She co-founded the NGO i-ccare (www.i-ccare.org) to further support pediatric cancer care in low resource settings.

Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye’s curiosity led him to research scarless healing in the fetus and into the world of fetal treatment and surgery. He discusses the current status of fetal treatment, provides a glimpse into the future, and shares about his journey into this remarkable specialty. Dr. Olutoye is a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, and is Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Fetal Center at Texas Children’s Hospital, in Houston, Texas. He completed his medical education at Obafemi Awolowo University, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria and received his Ph.D. in Anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has specialized clinical expertise in fetal and neonatal surgery, with specific interest in congenital diaphragmatic hernia and complex wounds. Dr. Olutoye’s research interests include topics like understanding the role of the fetal inflammatory response in scarless fetal wound healing and in utero correction of severe congenital malformations. In addition, he has participated in medical missions to Russia, Guatemala, Haiti, Malawi, Botswana, and Liberia. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and the West African College of Surgeons. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

I’m going to talk about when bad things happen to good people (a la Rabbi Harold S. Kushner) or in my world, when years of living a healthy lifestyle still leads to a diagnosis of cancer. My question today is why do fit, healthy women like myself get diagnosed with ovarian cancer and how can we use information on these women to inform research and compel people to action. I will provide some background on my own story and ovarian cancer in general, and I will share my observations of the ovarian cancer survivors I have met. Then I will outline my “eureka” idea to draw attention to the under-studied cohort of fit women diagnosed with stage 1 or stage 2 ovarian cancer. Meg Wilkinson is the Invasive Species Database Coordinator for the New York Natural Heritage Program. In 2014, at the age of 54, being an active, healthy woman, she was diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer; she completed surgery and chemo, and has a good prognosis. Meg is committed to making a difference in the ovarian cancer world. Meg grew up in Nyack, NY and has lived in Rexford, NY since 2000 where she and her husband, Tony, raised their son, Tristan, who is now in graduate school studying Physics. Meg enjoys biking, skiing, Tai Chi, and yoga. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx