Eric S. Borgstein is a Dutch

pediatric surgeon Pediatric surgery is a medical specialty, subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. History Pediatric surgery arose in the middle of the 1879 century as the surgical care of birt ...

and professor of surgery at the

University of Malawi College of Medicine The University of Malawi College of Medicine (UMCM), also Malawi College of Medicine in Blantyre, is a constituent college of the University of Malawi, the oldest and largest public university in the country. The college houses the Faculty of M ...

Early life

Borgstein was born in

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

to two Dutch physicians. He attended medical school and trained as a surgeon in Scotland and underwent specialized

pediatric surgery Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. History Pediatric surgery arose in the middle of the 1879 century as the surgical care of birth defects required ...

training in the Netherlands. He is a Fellow of the

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is a professional organisation of surgeons. The College has seven active faculties, covering a broad spectrum of surgical, dental, and other medical practices. Its main campus is located on ...

Career

He started work as a surgeon at the

Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital The Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), is a tertiary referral and teaching hospital in Malawi, situated in Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabita ...

Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...

, in 1992. He has strong interest in surgical training and has played a leading role in the establishment of the

Master of Medicine Master of Medicine (MMed) is a postgraduate professional clinical degree awarded by medical schools to physicians following a period of instruction, supervised clinical rotations, and examination. The degree usually takes three years to complete, ...

program in

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 The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) is an independent body that fosters postgraduate education in surgery and provides surgical training throughout the region of East, Central and Southern Africa. COSECSA deliv ...

(COSECSA). He is a member of the

British Association of Paediatric Surgeons The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) is a registered charity that aims to advance the study and practice of paediatric surgery. The organisation The organisation was founded in 1953. The idea for the group came up when a group of f ...

. Borgstein is the current Secretary General of COSECSA, and previously served as the chairman of the college's Examinations Committee. In July 2017, when

Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care The Mercy James Centre for Paediatric Surgery and Intensive Care (MJC), also Mercy James Centre, or Mercy James Hospital, is a specialized children's hospital in Malawi. Location The institute is located in the central business district of Blant ...

was established, Borgstein was appointed its medical director. The hospital is a joint venture between the

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and

Raising Malawi Raising Malawi is a charity non-profit organization that was founded by Madonna and Michael Berg in 2006. It is dedicated to helping with the extreme poverty and hardship endured by Malawi's one million orphans, primarily through health and educa ...

, a non-profit organization.

References

External links

The Cost of Providing District-Level Surgery in Malawi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borgstein, Eric Dutch expatriates in Malawi Dutch surgeons Fellows of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Living people Academic staff of the University of Malawi Year of birth missing (living people)