COM Anesthesia Department
About COM Anesthesia Department
The specialty of anaesthesia is considered young in history of medicine and developed in the middle of the 20th century as a service to the surgeon. Comprehensive patient care before, during and after surgery enabled technically challenging procedures and ensured the well-being of the patient. With more and more difficult techniques, a specialty on its own was created. Since the knowledge and skills of an anaesthetist are of great advantage in Emergency Medicine and in Pain Medicine these fields also belong in the expertise of our specialty
COM Anesthesia Department Academic Staff
Head of Department
Dr Felix L Namboya
Senior Lecturer at the College of Medicine
BSc Chemistry – Chancellor College, University of Malawi
BSc Medical Sciences – University of St. Andrews, Scotland
MBBS – College of Medicine, University of Malawi
Diploma in Anaesthesia –University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
MMed Anaesthesia & Intensive Care – College of Medicine, University of Malawi
Deputy Head of Department
Dr Christian Pietruck
senior Lecturer at the College of Medicine
State Examination – Medical School, University of Cologne, Germany
Specialist Anaesthetist – University of Cologne, Germany
Position supported by GIZ/ CIM
Dr Ulrich Doepfmer FRCA DEAA
Senior Lecturer at the College of Medicine
State Examination – Medical School, Free University of Berlin, Germany
FRCA – Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK
Specialist Internal Medicine – Brandenburg, Germany
Position supported by GIZ/ CIM
Dr G Pollach, MA (pol sc) MA (phil) FCAI (hon)
Associate Professor
State Examination – Medical School
Specialist Anaesthetist – Kaiserslautern, Germany
Family Medicine – Germany
Registrar (MMed Anaes)
Dr Owen Malema
Assistant lecturer at the College of Medicine
MBBS – College of Medicine, University of Malawi
Training position supported by the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland
COM Anesthesia Department Contact
Secretary
Mrs Rhoda Phiri
Tel.: +265 (0) 1874170/ 1871911 Extension: 359
Email: rphiri@medcol.mw
Office hours: Mo-Fr 09:00 – 12:00 and 13:30 – 16:30
Mrs Phiri is located at the Annex of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital