Bryce Curran

Location: Samoa

Silver Honour

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Antony Chenhall

Location: Timor Leste

Antony Chenhall is an Emergency Physician based at Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares (HNGV) in Dili, Timor Leste.

He is team leader for the ATLASS II program, a DFAT funded program of postgraduate medical education and hospital quality improvement based at HNGV and involving the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL). He leads a team of 5 Australian specialist clinicians (Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Surgery and Anaesthesia) delivering prevocational training and specialist courses including at diploma and Maters level. His personal focus is on Emergency Medicine and Quality Improvement in the HNGV ED. He enjoys the life and challenges that Timor offers.

He hails from Victoria and trained in Melbourne. He has worked in postgraduate medical education and emergency medicine roles in Timor Leste, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea.

Silver Honour

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Santiago Alban

Location: Ecuador

Born at Quito – Ecuador.

General Surgeon at AXXIS Hospifuturo. Quito – Ecuador.

Member of the E-Emergency Society. Madrid-España. Since 2004.

Member of the Mexican Emergency Medicine Association. Mexico City, Mexico since the year 2004.

Member of the Ecuadorian Society of Disasters and Emergency Medicine. Quito-Ecuador. Since 2003.

Member of the Foundation of Primary Trauma Care. Quito-Ecuador. Since 2003.

General Surgeon at AXXIS Hospifuturo. Quito – Ecuador.

Medical Director of Rescue and Occupational Health. PANAMERICANA VIAL S.A. PANAVIAL S.A. Herdoiza Crespo Construcciones. Herdoiza Guerrero Construcciones. (The biggest road construction company in Ecuador).

Medical Director of Rescue and Occupational Health (HES Department). Petroamazonas. (The biggest Oil Company in Ecuador).

Professor of Health Services Management of the Faculty of Medicine. San Francisco University Quito.

HOBBIES: Several sports. Running (marathons), tennis, and mountain biking.

Silver Honour

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Kolini Vaea

Location: Tonga

This is my 4th and last year, 2011, in doing the Master in Medicine (Surgery) at Fiji School of Medicine, and I am currently work as a Surgical Registrar at Vaiola Hospital in Tonga. The 4th year requirement is doing research, and I am doing a “Pilot study of Breast screening in Tonga” which I will present at end of this year in Fiji.

Silver Honour

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Paul Borgdorff

Location: The Netherlands

Paul Borgdorff is a specialist in anaesthesia and pain management in the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht, The Netherlands. As a pain specialist his main interests are myofascial pain, neuropathic pain and treatment using radio-frequency.

From 1988 to 1992 he worked in Lesotho as Medical Superintendent of a rural hospital. He has been active in PTC since 10 years, conducting courses in Suriname, Pakistan, Lesotho and Ethiopia. Recently he has supervised PTC courses in China.

In his hospital in Utrecht he is medical manager quality and patient safety. In this function he is responsible for the introduction and maintenance of a Safety Management System in order to reduce errors and incidents in the hospital.

Paul Borgdorff is married with two daughters and his hobbies include golf and travelling.

Silver Honour

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