International Heart Education Consortium

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) is thrilled to collaborate with the University of Zambia School of Medicine (UNZA SOM) with the aim to enhance cardiovascular diseases education, training and research among their trainees. This initiative addresses the high burden of managing cardiovascular disease on primary care providers by improving the knowledge and comfort level of resident trainees through structured training and support.

Along with our UNZA SOM collaborator - Dr. Ngosa Mumba, we have created structured virtual training that includes monthly virtual lectures, quarterly EKG seminars and a repository for recorded lectures and resources. We are grateful to the UTSW Cardiology Faculty who have volunteered their time in support trainees at UNZA SOM with lectures and mentorship.

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Meet Dr. Ngosa Mumba

Ngosa Mumba, M.D.
mumbangosa@gmail.com

Dr. Ngosa Mumba is an Internal Medicine physician who has been practicing and teaching at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka Zambia for over a decade. Dr. Mumba has a strong interest in cardiology and research with a particular focus on heart failure. He is a member of the Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) and is the current President of the Zambia Heart and Stroke Foundation, a World Heart Failure member Society in Zambia.

Dr. Mumba is very keen on teaching and mentoring both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including supervising several MMed research projects. He is an honorary lecturer at several medical schools within Lusaka. He is also very active in training of other non-physician healthcare workers including nurses, cardiac technologists, physiotherapists among others. He is the chairman of the Adult NCD TWG of the Zambia MOH and a partner of the TASKPEN, PEN-Plus and TWGs projects that focuses on training healthcare providers and develop guidelines and protocols to fight NCDs in Zambia.

2024-2025 Schedule

Date	Topic	Lecturer
5/22/24	Hypertension	Fiona Strasserking, M.D.
6/11/24	Chest Pain	Rafic Berbarie, M.D.
7/11/24	Acute Coronary Syndrome	Anezi Uzendu, M.D.
8/4/24	Heart Failure Management	Jeomi Okwara, M.D.
9/12/24	Cardiogenic Shock	Nicholas Hendren, M.D.
10/3/24	Rheumatic Hear Disease	Katy Lonergan, M.D.
11/7/24	Advanced Lipids	Reynaldo Sanchez, M.D.
12/5/24	Cardiomyopathies	James MacNamara, M.D.
1/9/25	Valvular Heart Disease	Gloria Ayuba, D.O.
2/6/25	Tachyarrhythmia	Nimesh Patel, M.D.
3/6/26	Bradyarrhythmia	James Daniels, M.D.
4/3/25	Pericardial Disease	Sina Rahmani, M.D.
5/1/25	Pulmonary Emboli	E. Ashley Hardin, M.D.
6/6/25	Infective Endocarditis	Anish Bhatt, M.D.