The Trustees
The FoKCMC Trustees have all been involved in KCMC for some time. All of them have spend considerable periods of time working and living in the local community (most at the hospital itself) and so are well qualified to advise on how funds can be best used for the benefit of the hospital and the wider population that uses its services. The Trustees all maintain close links with KCMC and there are several trips per year from Trustees to see the work that KCMC is doing, develop projects, and catch-up with old friends! Please read below to find out more about us...
BRENDA LONGSTAFF (Chair)
Brenda worked initially within local government in committee
administration before gaining experience with public relations,
fundraising and events management in a busy Mayor’s office. A lengthy
period overseas followed with residence in countries in Africa, the Middle
East and South-East Asia. Upon returning to the UK, Brenda launched
an import and retail business and later joined the NHS to work on the
Y2K project. Since then she has worked as a commissioning manager
for a PFI hospital build and is currently managing Trust charitable funds.
Brenda has also been a member of the BBC Radio Advisory Service and
a Princes Trust business advisor. For the past six years, she has
managed a multi-stranded healthcare link between Kilimanjaro Christian
Medical Centre, Tanzania and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust.
Brenda worked initially within local government in committee
administration before gaining experience with public relations,
fundraising and events management in a busy Mayor’s office. A lengthy
period overseas followed with residence in countries in Africa, the Middle
East and South-East Asia. Upon returning to the UK, Brenda launched
an import and retail business and later joined the NHS to work on the
Y2K project. Since then she has worked as a commissioning manager
for a PFI hospital build and is currently managing Trust charitable funds.
Brenda has also been a member of the BBC Radio Advisory Service and
a Princes Trust business advisor. For the past six years, she has
managed a multi-stranded healthcare link between Kilimanjaro Christian
Medical Centre, Tanzania and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust.
JANET LEFROY (Secretary)
Janet Lefroy lived in Moshi from 1989 to 2000 and worked for the ELCT
Northern Diocese Public Health Education Programme. When KCMC first
opened its Medical School, she took on coordination of community
experience for the medical students. The contact with enthusiastic students
and teaching staff got her hooked as a friend of KCMC. She now job-shares a
single-handed GP practice in Stoke on Trent and also works part-time at the
new Keele Medical School coordinating medical student education in the
community - thanks to KCMC for the career shift into medical education!
Janet Lefroy lived in Moshi from 1989 to 2000 and worked for the ELCT
Northern Diocese Public Health Education Programme. When KCMC first
opened its Medical School, she took on coordination of community
experience for the medical students. The contact with enthusiastic students
and teaching staff got her hooked as a friend of KCMC. She now job-shares a
single-handed GP practice in Stoke on Trent and also works part-time at the
new Keele Medical School coordinating medical student education in the
community - thanks to KCMC for the career shift into medical education!
ENID MICHAEL
Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Newcastle upon Tyne, since 1991; sabbatical leave at KCMC in 2001, and, together with my late husband professor Carl Pearson, we have been strong supporters of medical education in Tanzania, since then.
Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Newcastle upon Tyne, since 1991; sabbatical leave at KCMC in 2001, and, together with my late husband professor Carl Pearson, we have been strong supporters of medical education in Tanzania, since then.
RICHARD SILL
I have been part of the Northumbria Tanzania link since 2000.
I have helped with the establishment of a KCMC obstetric ultrasound service and have made 3 visits to KCMC.
I have helped with the sending of equipment from Northumbria which is no longer needed by us but needed in Tanzania eg ultrasound scanners.
I have been part of the Northumbria Tanzania link since 2000.
I have helped with the establishment of a KCMC obstetric ultrasound service and have made 3 visits to KCMC.
I have helped with the sending of equipment from Northumbria which is no longer needed by us but needed in Tanzania eg ultrasound scanners.
CHARLES CLELAND
Charles is a UK trained ophthalmologist and is currently doing a PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His PhD project is based in Tanzania and he is currently working in the eye department at KCMC.
Charles is a UK trained ophthalmologist and is currently doing a PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His PhD project is based in Tanzania and he is currently working in the eye department at KCMC.
LIAM HORGAN
Liam Horgan is a laparoscopic UGI surgeon working in Northumbria. He formed the NUGITS surgical training group in 2000, he is the current president of the British Hernia Society, and was a council member of the British Association of Day Surgery,
Since 2003 he has led a program to support general surgery and hernia surgery in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania. He visits KCMC every year and has done so for the past 17 years. He and the team established the first intercontinental tele surgical teaching link to KCMC and introduced laparoscopic surgery for gallbladders, appendixes and diagnosis. Over 1000 operations have been carried out. He also introduced generic hernia mesh and training in open hernia repairs to KCMC. This work is audited prospectively.
He supervises MRes medical students from Newcastle Medical school who go to KCMC for 4 months each year. He brings UK surgical registrars and theatre nurses with him on each visit. He is involved in the establishment of day case surgery in Tanzania and the development of a day case unit in KCMC.
Liam and his team won the prestigious BMJ Surgical Team of the Year 2014 for this work. As a Trustee of FOKCMC he hopes to continue to improve undergraduate and post graduate access, and teaching and learning standards.
Liam Horgan is a laparoscopic UGI surgeon working in Northumbria. He formed the NUGITS surgical training group in 2000, he is the current president of the British Hernia Society, and was a council member of the British Association of Day Surgery,
Since 2003 he has led a program to support general surgery and hernia surgery in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania. He visits KCMC every year and has done so for the past 17 years. He and the team established the first intercontinental tele surgical teaching link to KCMC and introduced laparoscopic surgery for gallbladders, appendixes and diagnosis. Over 1000 operations have been carried out. He also introduced generic hernia mesh and training in open hernia repairs to KCMC. This work is audited prospectively.
He supervises MRes medical students from Newcastle Medical school who go to KCMC for 4 months each year. He brings UK surgical registrars and theatre nurses with him on each visit. He is involved in the establishment of day case surgery in Tanzania and the development of a day case unit in KCMC.
Liam and his team won the prestigious BMJ Surgical Team of the Year 2014 for this work. As a Trustee of FOKCMC he hopes to continue to improve undergraduate and post graduate access, and teaching and learning standards.
ELIZA THOMPSON
Eliza Thompson (née Lefroy) was born and lived in Moshi until 2000 when she moved back to the UK with her family. She went on to study medicine and spent her medical elective working at KCMC in the paediatrics department. She has now completed her Foundation Training as a doctor in London and will be starting GP training in Hackney in August 2020.
Eliza Thompson (née Lefroy) was born and lived in Moshi until 2000 when she moved back to the UK with her family. She went on to study medicine and spent her medical elective working at KCMC in the paediatrics department. She has now completed her Foundation Training as a doctor in London and will be starting GP training in Hackney in August 2020.
