About Us
Why Trauma Care?
5.8 Million Deaths Per Year
Safe and timely surgical care, including the prompt evaluation and triaging of trauma patients, can prevent nearly 50% of all injury deaths worldwide.
In 2007, Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery (GPAS) and local Ugandan faculty collaborated to create an advanced trauma course designed for resource-constrained settings, which was named the Kampala Advanced Trauma Course (KATC).
The KATC Course
KATC is a three day course that teaches assessment, management strategies, and advanced skills for trauma care. In that time, lectures reinforce existing skills including Basic Life Support and general trauma principles. Didactic sessions are held on major categories of trauma, and include information on vulnerable groups such as pediatric, pregnant, and intimate partner violence survivor populations. Simulation models help to teach participants critical skills for stabilizing and resuscitating critically ill and injured patients.
Participants learn definitive skills such as fracture management, saphenous vein cut down, burr holes, and chest tube placement through hands-on simulation using tools that would be accessible to providers even in resource-limited settings. Finally, the course exposes participants to diagnostic and treatment modalities used in high-income countries so that trainees can be aware of resources elsewhere.
Simulation Models
See past KATC participants learning advanced trauma care skills.
Meet Dr. Treasure Ibingira, Course Coordinator
Dr. Ibingira is a General Surgeon with a strong interest in improving quality of trauma care and triage of trauma patients throughout Uganda.
Dr. Treasure Ibingira is joined by Dr. Martha Namugga, a surgeon with longtime experience in trauma research, and a passionate team of trauma experts from local and international communities to organize KATC trainings, improve trauma triage processes, and support systems to increase trauma care capacity throughout Uganda.
Our Team
Dr. Martha Namugga
Course Coordinator and Lead Instructor
Urologic Surgery
Faculty, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Dr. Treasure Ibingira
Course Coordinator and Lead Instructor
General Surgery
Faculty, Lifeline International Hospital Zana & Makerere University of Health Sciences
Dr. Peter Muwanguzi
Course Coordinator and Lead Instructor
Orthopedic Surgery
Faculty, St. Francis Hospital Nsambya
Dr. Doruk Ozgediz
Advisor
Pediatric Surgery
Director, Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco
Dr. Jacqueline Mabweijano
Advisor
General Surgery
Faculty, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Dr. Moses Galukande
Advisor
General Surgery
Chair of Surgery, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Dr. Caroline Stephens
Advisor
General Surgery
Resident, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Maija Cheung
Advisor
General Surgery
Faculty, Yale University
Dr. Cathy Kilyewala
Advisor
General Surgery
Faculty, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Dr. Sarah Ullrich
Advisor
General Surgery
Resident, Yale University
Dr. Michael Lipnick
Advisor
Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco
Dr. Arlene Muzira
Advisor
Pediatric Surgery
Faculty, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Dr. Janat Tumukunde
Advisor
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Faculty, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Dr. Naomi Kebba
Advisor
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Faculty, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Monica Kabagambe
Advisor
Administrative Coordinator
Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia