The Global Scholars Program supports emerging leaders in anesthesiology from low- and lower-middle-income countries by providing them with the opportunity to attend the ANESTHESIOLOGY® annual meeting. The program promotes professional development for physicians with limited resources while also supporting the growth and advancement of the specialty of anesthesiology internationally. Download and view the latest impact report from alumni of the Global Scholars Program [PDF].
Scholars comment on their experience during the Committee on Global Health meeting in San Antonio, October 13, 2025.
🕪Dr. Phiona Nansubuga,
PATA-Uganda (WFSA/PATA Global Scholar)
🕪Dr. Mack Kalanga,
PATA-Zambia (WFSA/PATA Global Scholar)
🕪Dr. Ronald Bisegerwa,
CURE Children’s Hospital, Uganda
🕪Dr. Shuweikha Salim Mohamed,
Moi County Referral Hospital,
Voi, Kenya (SPA Global Scholar)
🕪Dr. Holgar Mua Fung,
UCAC/SCAR/Ministry of Health, Cameroon
🕪Dr. Theresa Ruby Quartey-Papafio,
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
🕪Dr. Sally Bochere Getugi,
Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya
Scholars from Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, and Zambia, pictured with leaders from ASA, ASACF, and the ASA Committee on Global Health.
Scholars from Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Kenya, India, Tanzania, Nepal, and Mongolia, pictured with representatives from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and leaders from ASA, ASACF, and the ASA Committee on Global Health.
The 2024 ASA Global Scholars Program was funded in part by a grant from Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable foundation affiliated with Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.
Scholars from Bolivia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Nepal, Rwanda, Samoa, pictured with representatives from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and leaders from ASA, ASACF, and the ASA Committee on Global Health.
The 2023 ASA Global Scholars Program was funded in part by a grant from Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable foundation affiliated with Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.
Scholars from Ethiopia, Cambodia, Niger, Indonesia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya pictured with leaders from ASA, ASACF, and the ASA Committee on Global Health.
The 2022 ASA Global Scholars Program was funded in part by a grant from Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable foundation affiliated with Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.
Pictured from left at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2019 in Orlando, FL: Left to right: Dr. Mary Dale Peterson, ASA President; Dr. Jim West, ASACF Board Member; Dr. Steven Sween, ASACF President; Dr. Brian Vaughan, Volunteer, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center; Dr. Liz Drum, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Dr. Angela Onyando, Kenya; Dr. Aaron Olurotimi, Nigeria; Dr. Gaston Nyirigira, Rwanda; Dr. Ana Cecilia Kuan, Nicaragua; Dr. Serge Mudipanu, Uganda.
Pictured from left at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2018 in San Francisco, CA: Dr. Steven L. Sween, ASA Charitable Foundation; Dr. Nathalie Mejeni, Cameroon; Dr. Vishal Krishna Pai, India; Dr. Françoise Nizeyimana, Rwanda; Dr. Petros Manyumwa, Zimbabwe; Dr. Maryrose Osazuwa, Nigeria.
Pictured from left at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2017 in Boston, MA: Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D., ASA Charitable Foundation; Maryna Freigofer, M.D., Dnipro, Ukraine; Tsitsi Cimhundu-Sithole, M.B.B.S., M.D., Harare, Zimbabwe; Rohini Sigdel, M.B.B.S., M.D., Kaski, Nepal; Berend Mets, M.B., Ph.D., FRCA, Chair Committee on Global Humanitarian Outreach. Not pictured: Maria Echeto Cerrato, M.D., San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
The Global Scholars Program provided support for young leaders in the specialty from low- and middle-income countries to participate in the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016 annual meeting held in October in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Ion Chesov
Head of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Clinic
Chisinau City Hospital
Republic of Moldova
Dr. Singatiya Stella Chikumbanje
Specialist Anaesthetist
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital
Malawi
Dr. Ninadini Shrestha
Assistant Professor
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Nepal
Dr. Rediet Shimeles Workneh
Assistant Professor
Addis Ababa University
Ethiopia
The ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2015 annual meeting marked the launch of a new program designed to bring emerging leaders in anesthesiology from low-resource settings to our meeting. Participants will share their perspectives and be granted the opportunity to learn about the newest developments in the specialty and to build a network of international colleagues. These global scholars will be the educators, department chairs and national society presidents where anesthesiology, as a medical specialty, is in its infancy.
Dr. Claudia Alvarez
Chief, Anesthesiology Department
Hospital Center of the El Progreso area
Yoro, Honduras.
Dr. Natsagdorj Batgombo
Anesthesiologist-Intensivist
Intermed Hospital
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Dr. Christopher Chanda
Anesthesiologist
University Teaching Hospital
Lusaka, Zambia.
Read the ASA monitor article written by Dr. Alexander A. Hannenberg about the Global Scholars Program.
Date of last update: August 31, 2026
