Eric Borgstein

Eric S. Borgstein is a Dutch pediatric surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of Malawi College of Medicine.^[1]

Early life

Borgstein was born in Malawi to two Dutch physicians. He attended medical school and trained as a surgeon in Scotland and underwent specialized pediatric surgery training in the Netherlands.^[2]^[3] He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.^[4]

He started work as a surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, in 1992. He has strong interest in surgical training and has played a leading role in the establishment of the Master of Medicine program in pediatric surgery at the Malawi University College of Medicine. He has also been a leader in the establishment of a pediatric surgery track at the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).^[3]

He is a member of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. Borgstein is the current Secretary General of COSECSA, and previously served as the chairman of the college's Examinations Committee.^[3] In July 2017, when Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care was established, Borgstein was appointed its medical director. The hospital is a joint venture between the government of Malawi and Raising Malawi, a non-profit organization.^[5]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "British Association of Paediatric Surgeons: Professor Eric Borgstein". London: British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
^ Qureshi, Javeria S.; Young, Sven; et al. (3 August 2012). "Addressing Malawi's surgical workforce crisis: A sustainable paradigm for training and collaboration in Africa". Surgery. 153 (2). Seattle: 272–281. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2012.08.004. PMID 23063312. S2CID 22079056.
^ "Mercy James Institute of Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care". raisingmalawi.org. Raising Malawi Organisation. November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.