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🎉 A huge thank you and congratulations to the South University, Savannah Anesthesiologist Assistant program for hosting a fantastic 10th Annual Chili Cook-Off for Lifebox! 🌶️👏 Thanks to their incredible effort and dedication, they raised over $15,000 to support safer surgery worldwide. These funds will help equip anesthesia providers with Lifebox Pulse Oximeters and Smile Train-Lifebox Capnographs, ensuring patients around the globe receive safer anesthesia care. 💙 🔥 Are you part of an Anesthesiologist Assistant program? Join the friendly competition and host your own Chili Cook-Off for Lifebox! Help close critical gaps in global patient safety—one bowl at a time. 👉 Learn more and get involved: https://lnkd.in/eV8_wHgK #AnesthesiologistAssistants #MastersinAnesthesia #PatientSafety #SafeAnesthesia #GlobalHealth #GlobalSurgery #ChiliCookOff #Fundraiser #PeerToPeer #GlobalHealthEquity #PatientMonitoring

🎉 A warm welcome to the Washington University in St. Louis as they join the 2025 American Society of Anesthesiologists®-Lifebox Resident Challenge for the very first time! 👏 We’re thrilled to have you on board as we work together to close the global gap in anesthesia safety. 🌍💉 Let’s show them some love and help them hit their $5,000 fundraising goal! Every contribution makes a difference. 💙 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekXZwTks #AnesthesiologyResidency #AnesthesiaResidents #PeerToPeerFundraiser #SafeAnesthesia #SafeSurgery #AnesthesiaSafety #GlobalHealth #GlobalSurgery #RiseToTheChallenge

Excited about completing our second ever #TeamCleft workshop in Bangladesh! #TeamCleft is  part of the Smile Train-Lifebox initiative to improve surgery and anesthesia safety for pediatric patients undergoing #cleft surgery Our 30 participants from eight hospitals had a great time discussing how communication and teamwork can improve cleft teams’ capacity to manage emergency events effectively when they occur. Learn more about Team Cleft here: https://bit.ly/3NSIonl #patientsafety #TeamCleft #everysurgerysafer

As part of a Lifebox Quality Improvement intervention led by our Nursing Leadership for Surgical Excellence (NLSE) fellows, essential surgical equipment was donated to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) in Ethiopia. The donation which includes an operating room warmer, digital monitor, and hygrometers, will enhance surgical safety and support effective hypothermia management. Read more about our #NLSE program here: https://bit.ly/4b54ayU Teshager Worku Tihitena Negussie #GlobalSurgery #SaferSurgery #PatientSafety 

THIS SATURDAY if you’re near Indianapolis, IN, check out the Indiana University Anesthesiologist Assistant program’s 2nd annual Chili Cook Off for Lifebox! 📅Saturday, April 12 🕐 12:00-3:00 pm 📍Fountain Square Brewery This flavorful event raises funds to support Lifebox’s work to close critical gaps in global anesthesia safety, including supplying Lifebox Pulse Oximeters and Smile Train-Lifebox Capnographs. Their first event raised nearly $7,000 for global anesthesia safety. Help them raise even more this year! Learn more and donate: https://lnkd.in/e4GX3VVr #ChiliCookOff #AnesthesiologistAssistant #SafeAnesthesia #PatientSafety #PeertoPeer #Fundraiser #GlobalHealth #GlobalSurgery #HealthEquity #SaferSurgery

THIS SATURDAY if you’re near Savannah, GA, you don’t want to miss the South University Anesthesia Assistant Program’s 10th annual Chili Cook Off for Lifebox! 📅Saturday, April 5 🕐 1:00-4:00 pm 📍Service Brewing Co. This heated annual event raises funds to bridge critical gaps in anesthesia safety globally, including the supplying essential patient monitoring equipment. Last year’s thrilling event raised over $15,000 for global anesthesia safety! Can they break their record this year? Learn more and donate to protect patient safety everywhere: https://lnkd.in/efSKguv9 #ChiliCookOff #AnesthesiologistAssistant #SafeAnesthesia #SaferSurgery #Fundraiser #PeertoPeer #GlobalHealth #GlobalSurgery #HealthEquity

We are wrapping up #WomensMonth with a spotlight on Dr. Nichole Starr—an award winning Surgical Advisor at Lifebox and Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellow at University of California, San Francisco. Read her reflections on her time in Ethiopia: https://bit.ly/3XH5iEh #WomenInSurgery #SaferSurgery #GlobalHealth

We held our first Spanish #TeamCleft workshop with Smile Train in Mexico City! ✅ 21 participants from 7 hospitals across 4 countries joined us for this interactive workshop. Together, we’re building stronger, safer multidisciplinary cleft teams by enhancing teamwork, leadership, and communication skills in the operating room. This training is a crucial step toward ensuring safer surgery for every cleft patient. Team Cleft is part of the Smile Train-Lifebox initiative to improve pediatric surgery safety by enhancing multidisciplinary #teamwork and communication of #Cleft Teams in the operating room. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3NSIonl Bella Lima Dr. Roberto Zamorano #patientsafety #TeamCleft #everysurgerysafer

We are strengthening our global leadership by welcoming four new members to the Lifebox Global Governance Council! Judy Khanyola – A passionate advocate for nurses and midwives, bringing a frontline perspective on patient safety. Kate Harrington – A governance expert ensuring organizations like Lifebox are well-structured for impact. Mohan Sancheti– A medical device innovator advancing access to affordable, high-quality surgical tools. Tola Sunmonu-Balogun – A healthcare leader working to improve maternal health and strengthen primary care. With their guidance, we will continue scaling our work to improve surgical safety for patients everywhere. Learn more about our global governance council members here: https://bit.ly/3nICs7W #GlobalHealth #SurgicalCare #SaferSurgery#GlobalHealth #SurgicalCare #SaferSurgery

We’re in Rwanda at the Advancing Medical Education in Africa Conference, championing Continuous Medical education (CME) for safer surgery & anesthesia! Honored to host Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Rwanda’s Minister of Health, & Prof. Philip Cotton, Vice Chancellor at University of Global Health Equity at our booth to discuss how Lifebox integrates CME into our Rwanda programs, including Clean Cut & Nursing Leadership for Surgical Excellence. With 14,000+ providers trained globally, we’re making surgery safer! Senait Bitew Roda Uwayesu Alype R. Hillena Kebede Teshager Worku Abebe Bekele Nobhojit Roy #SaferSurgery #GlobalHealth #MedEdAfrica2025