Chihena Banda M.D., PhD

Inviting surgeons and surgical trainees working in Africa for Basic #Microsurgery Course at the University of Zambia Microsurgery Training Center @UnzaOfficial 1-3 July 2026. Few places available Register Now!!! forms.gle/gcdtV5926YYdYF…

You can now access part 3 in this free series of digital learning modules. This part is designed to help with the delivery of paediatric surgery in resource limited settings and is presented by @azad_zambia. Access this along with parts 1 and 2 at: rcp.sg/lfspart3

Glad to have hosted our first ever University of Zambia Basic #Microsurgery Course with a great mix of participants and faculty from 9 different countries 🇿🇲🇲🇼🇺🇬🇷🇼🇪🇹🇿🇼🇰🇪🇯🇵🇺🇸. Thanks to everyone who made this possible🙏🙏. Next up is Advanced Microsurgery Course in November

#Microsurgery finger replantation 🤚🖐️ is life changing, check out our latest paper investigating a common long-term challenge 😷- Cold intolerance following microsurgical replantation of finger amputations: A retrospective cohort study @makshiraishi sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to share that our latest article has been published in J Hand and Micro related to cold intolerance after finger replantation. Check out the article from the link below!! doi.org/10.1016/j.jham… @ChihenaBanda @kohei_mitsui

All roads lead to Lusaka! We are excited to welcome participants and faculty from all around the world to the International Basic Microsurgery Course for July🔬🤩🤩🤩

Happy to share our latest paper published in the World Journal of Surgery exploring the changes in the surgical workforce in Africa 😀- The Evolution of the Specialist Surgeon Workforce in East, Central and Southern Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

This team. 👏 🇿🇲 In 2021, we installed 3 state-of-the-art pediatric operating rooms at Lusaka University Training Hospital, bringing safe surgical care to children in Zambia's capital for the first time. The incredible staff's dedication is saving lives every day. 💙

@KidsOperating This team is super! Saving lives of children in Zambia everyday and doing it with a smile. Always a pleasure working with you😃

@mwaka_emm Congratulations @mwaka_emm our very own pediatrician🥳🥳🥳!!! Well done, so happy for you.

Mwaka Mubita. 🇿🇲 MMed Paed (Stellenbosch). FC Paed (SA).

Excited to share our new #Microsurgery publication - Immediate foot reconstruction and revascularization of toes using an interposition superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flow‐through flap onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mi…

Thrilled to share our recent review article related to chronic pain following breast reconstruction. Thank you very much for giving me a grateful opportunity to make this manuscript, Dr. Sowa!! journals.lww.com/annalsplastics…

@EdgarMumba50190 @Smiletrain @SmileTrainAfric @anitatmohan @cephas_bwa99125 @ReSurge @UnzaOfficial @MildredNakazwe Thanks so much @EdgarMumba50190 ! It was so nice to host you, please keep up the hardwork and passion to learn more. We can't wait for your return.

@ChihenaBanda @Smiletrain @SmileTrainAfric @anitatmohan @cephas_bwa99125 @ReSurge @UnzaOfficial Thank you Sir...you are such a great teacher and with vast knowledge yet so inclusive. Your team was so amazing. The opportunity was so out of this world. Thanks @Smiletrain @mildrednakazwe @anitatmohan@smiletrainafrica @universityofzambia @resurge for making my fellowship ease

Congratulations to Dr Edgar Mumba from Ethiopia our very first visiting #PlasticSurgery and #Microsurgery training fellow🥇! Completed his 1-month fellowship and assisted with 3 ALT free flaps for the very first time😃. Thanks to @Smiletrain @SmileTrainAfric for the support🙏

Awesome day! Official opening of The University of Zambia #Microsurgery Training Center🇿🇲🇯🇵. Big thanks to @Rotary @mextjapan @MieUniversity for recognizing the massive burden of reconstructive surgery in #Africa and the need to train more surgeons locally. Thankyou ありがとう🩷

Thrilled to congratulate Dr. Peter Mushenya, a neurosurgeon from Zambia, on winning the Prof. Sean Tierney Training Fellowship Grant! 🎉🏆👏

Our recent paper on the biggest #keloid we've treated. A massive 3Kg #keloid on the face!🤯🤯🤯There's a largely ignored growing global disparity in access to #keloid #scar treatment ☢️in #Africa where they're most prevalent - urgent #action needed✊ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Happy to share our @makshiraishi first publication of the new year 2024🤩🤩🤩! Microsurgical Treatment for Arteriovenous Malformations in the Hand #microsurgery sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I am very happy to share the recent review paper from our team . The topic is focused on the microsurgical treatment options for hand Arteriovenous Malformations. Huge congrats my mentors, Dr. Narushima, Dr. Ishiura, and Dr. Banda @ChihenaBanda sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thrilled to share our 2nd article (1st Original) related to generative AI. Informed consent documents generated by the generative AI were evaluated by professional surgeons and non-medical staffs. journals.lww.com/op-rs/abstract…