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The Operating Room Global (TORG) Newsletter

TORGJ Volume 2, Issue 3 | September 2026 - Now Published!

The Operating Room Global Journal (TORGJ) is pleased to present Volume 2, Issue 3, under the theme:

“Advancing Surgical and Health Outcomes Through Innovation, Evidence & Systems Strengthening.”

This issue features 11 peer-reviewed articles involving 31 unique contributing authors, bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives across surgery, anaesthesia, perioperative care, artificial intelligence, precision oncology, cardiac surgery, cancer prevention, health-professional education, public health and health-systems strengthening.

From AI-enabled stroke detection and theranostics to regional anaesthesia, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, task shifting and cervical cancer screening, this issue reflects TORGJ’s commitment to advancing evidence, innovation and equitable healthcare improvement across diverse settings.

The issue contributes particularly to UN SDGs 3, 4, 9 and 10: Good Health and Well-Being, Quality Education, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and Reduced Inequalities.

Volume 2 | Issue 3 | September 2026

ISSN: 3105-3262 | Open Access | CC BY 4.0

We extend our appreciation to our authors, reviewers, editors and contributors whose scholarship and commitment made this issue possible.

EXPLORE THE ISSUE

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 | 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐆-𝐈𝐑𝐁

The Operating Room Global Institutional Review Board (TORG-IRB) welcomes rolling submissions for ethical review of health research involving human participants.

Our role goes beyond ethical approval. TORG-IRB supports responsible research through participant protection, research integrity, accountability, and ethical governance beyond approval and publication.

Submissions are open on a rolling basis, submit anytime.

🔹 Independent ethical review
🔹 Participant protection
🔹 Research integrity and accountability
🔹 Ethical governance beyond approval and publication
🔹 Support for responsible research

𝑇𝑂𝑅𝐺-𝐼𝑅𝐵, 𝑈𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭? Visit the link below.

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Upcoming Live Global Educational Sessions

Accredited Global Clinical Case Discussion 3.0, 6 Dec 2026

Join us for The Operating Room Global Education & Training (TORG-GET) International Clinical Case Discussion 3.0

Theme: Perforated Peptic Ulcer: A Surgical Emergency

Meet Our Representatives:
– Dr. Ilham Ismael Ibrahim, Medical Intern, Jimma University Medical Center, Ethiopia; EURO Region Coordinator, InciSioN; Country Director, AFAC Ethiopia Chapter; Creative Writer, The Operating Room Global Creative Design Team (TORG-CDT); Research Assistant; Peer Reviewer.
Topic: “Initial Assessment and Resuscitation”

– Muhirwa Parfait, Final-Year Medical Student, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; Aspiring Surgeon; Health Communication Advocate; Global Health Enthusiast; Head of Marketing and Publications, IFMSA March Meeting General Assembly 2027; Former Communication Coordinator, IASSS Rwanda Chapter Satellite Committee.
Topic: “Operative Management and Patient Safety”

– Grace Cindy Kah-Nguti, 6th-Year Medical Student, Catholic University of Cameroon Bamenda; Global Research Fellow, The Operating Room Global (TORG); Former Secretary General & PRO, CATUC Medical Students Association; Program Coordinator, SCOPH-CAMSA; Committed to Advancing Surgical Care in Africa.
Topic: “Postoperative Recovery and Prevention of Recurrence”

Date: Sunday, 6 Dec 2026
Time: 6:00pm BST/GMT

REGISTER ➔ Click Here

Accredited TORG-GET Surgical Video Discussion Series (SVDS) 2.0 - 15th November 2026

Theme: “Free Flap Reconstruction: From Defect Assessment to Successful Tissue Transfer”

Speaker: Dr. Metasebia Worku Abebe
(MD, MPH, FCS-ECSA; Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Micrrosurgeon, Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Fellow, College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA; Former Secretary General, Ethiopian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Ethiopia)

Date: Sunday, 15th November, 2026.
Time: 6pm BST/GMT

REGISTER ➔ Click Here

Rolling Applications | Global Call for Applications

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The Operating Room Global Journal (TORGJ) - Progress in surgical science is shaped by the people who keep asking questions, documenting rare cases, challenging old assumptions, and pushing for better systems of care.

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Call for Research Ethics Clearance Application

The Operating Room Global Institutional Review Board (TORG-IRB) is welcoming submissions for ethical review from researchers, clinicians, and collaborators across the globe. Rolling Applications.
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 |
𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐆 × 𝐉𝐔𝐌𝐂

The Operating Room Global (TORG) is delighted to announce the signing of an 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑀𝑜𝑈) with Jimma University Medical Center (JUMC), Jimma University, Ethiopia.
Through this partnership, JUMC officially becomes a 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐆 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, bringing together the strengths of a major tertiary teaching and referral medical centre with TORG's international multidisciplinary organisation.
JUMC is a major teaching, research and tertiary referral centre in Ethiopia, with a reported 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟎-𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 and a catchment population of approximately 25 million people.
Learn more about Jimma University Medical Center:
https://ju.edu.et/jimma-medical-center/

Our collaboration will create opportunities across:

🔹 Clinical observerships and fellowships
🔹 Collaborative, multicentre and multinational research
🔹 Surgical and perioperative education
🔹 Faculty and professional exchange
🔹 Joint scientific and educational events
🔹 Minimally invasive and advanced surgical education and knowledge exchange
🔹 International networking and institutional visibility

We sincerely appreciate the leadership of Jimma University and Jimma University Medical Center, and particularly those who supported the development and formalisation of this partnership.
We look forward to translating this agreement into meaningful opportunities for professionals, researchers, educators and institutions in Ethiopia, across Africa and throughout our global community.
𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝐽𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑎 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑂𝑅𝐺 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
TORG × JUMC | Connecting expertise. Creating opportunities. Advancing global surgical and perioperative collaboration.

𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 - 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐆 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

The Operating Room Global (TORG) invites our global community and international audience to join the 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, featuring research presentations from fellows in the 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐆 𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 (𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤), 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭.

Across four Sundays in October 2026, fellows will present research spanning anaesthesia, surgical outcomes, perioperative nursing, quality improvement, innovation, evidence synthesis and population health.

· 𝟒 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏, 4:00 PM UK Time

Anaesthesia, Pain, Recovery & Patient Experience

Chair: Mr. Hailemariam Tesema Getachew, 𝐸𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑎/𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝐿𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒

· 𝟏𝟏 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐, 4:00 PM UK Time

Surgical Outcomes, Safety & Clinical Practice

Chair: Prof. Omokhoa Adeleye, 𝑁𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎

· 𝟏𝟖 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑, 4:00 PM UK Time

Perioperative Nursing, Quality Improvement & Surgical Systems

Chair: Dr. Nikki Washington, 𝑈𝑆𝐴

· 𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟒, 4:00 PM UK Time

Innovation, Evidence Synthesis & Population Health

Chair: Prof. Elhadi Miskeen, 𝑆𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑎/𝑆𝑢𝑑𝑎𝑛

Registration is required separately for each session you wish to attend.

Open to the TORG global community and international audience.

Day 1 of 4

Anaesthesia, Pain, Recovery

& Patient Experience

DAY 1 - REGISTER NOW >>

Day 2 of 4

Surgical Outcomes, Safety

& Clinical Practice

DAY 2 - REGISTER NOW >>

Day 3 of 4

Perioperative Nursing, Quality Improvement

& Surgical Systems

DAY 3 - REGISTER NOW >>

Day 4 of 4

Innovation, Evidence Synthesis

& Population Health

DAY 4 - REGISTER NOW >>

Click Here to View the full programme and register for your preferred sessions

TORG Creative Design Team (TORG-CDT) Highlights

TORG-CDT

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘆: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗜

Surgery is entering an increasingly digital era. Robotic platforms, AI, augmented reality, advanced imaging, 3D technologies, and smart operating rooms are changing how procedures are planned, performed, and evaluated...

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Featured Post

"Operation All-Star" (Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1904)
This photograph, held in the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives at Johns Hopkins, documents a unique surgical procedure that brought together at the same operating table, the founders of entire branches of modern surgery:

• William Stewart Halsted (center, operating), consolidating his principles of aseptic technique, meticulous anatomical dissection, rigorous hemostasis, and the systematic use of rubber gloves.

• Harvey Cushing (future father of modern neurosurgery).

• Hugh Hampton Young (pioneer of modern urology and radical perineal prostatectomy).

• John Miller Turpin Finney (opposite Halsted; he would go on to become the first president of the American College of Surgeons).

• Joseph Colt Bloodgood (pioneer of surgical pathology and intraoperative frozen-section analysis).

This image captures the precise moment when surgery definitively left behind 19th-century spectacle to transform into a technical, sterile, and protocol-driven discipline.

~ uniformescbrava

Hello October!

A new month is here, and with it comes a fresh opportunity to learn, share, and grow together. At The Operating Room Global (TORG), we believe every step forward, no matter how small brings us closer to safer surgeries, stronger collaborations, and meaningful global impact.

This October, we remain committed to:

🔹 Advancing surgical education and research

🔹 Strengthening international partnerships

🔹 Empowering professionals through accredited learning

🔹 Building a connected community that thrives on innovation and shared purpose

Together, we can transform challenges into progress and ideas into action. Let’s make this month a season of purpose, progress, and global connection.

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