72nd BAPS Congress Denis Browne Recipient – Kokila Lakhoo

Congratulations to Kokila Lakhoo who will be presented her Denis Browne Award in Manchester at our 72nd Congress

Professor Kokila Lakhoo is a professor of Global Paediatric Surgery and a consultant paediatric surgeon at the University of Oxford and Children’s Hospital in Oxford. She has honorary professorship at 3 African Universities namely, University of CapeTown and University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Her clinical and research profile in paediatric surgery is extensive with emphasis on birth defects, trauma, thoracics and tumours. Her global research and clinical capacity building collaboration mainly lies with Tanzania, Bangladesh and South Africa. She leads global surgery and directs courses on global surgery for Oxford University and BAPS. She is the past president of Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS)and the past chair of the international desk for BAPS. She has 5 books, over 92 chapters and close to 500 publications to her name. She is the recipient of the Oxford University Vice-Chancellors award for impactful contribution to childrens surgery globally.

PhD, FRCS (Edin+Eng), FCS(SA+COSECSA), MBCHB