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Chris Lavy

Chris is a surgeon who regularly volunteers in countries experiencing extreme poverty. On the surface this is an act of charity driven by his own personal values. However, Chris shares how the learning he has gained during these trips has benefited his practice in the NHS far more than his surgeries have benefited the communities he has visited.

Global need in surgery and the NHS

Chris Lavy trained as a GP then switched to surgery. He worked for 10 years in Malawi where he built a children’s orthopaedic hospital and a regional college of surgeons. He set up a second orthopaedic hospital in Zambia and is building a third in Zimbabwe. He is currently Professor of Orthopaedic and Tropical Surgery at Oxford University.