John Sampson, MD
Executive Director


Promise Ariyo, MD
Assistant Director


Michael Banks, MD, MEHP
Director of International Education Programs


Fatima Diaban, DO
Mid-West Adjunct Director

Fatima Diaban, DO, a critical care physician at Advocate Aurora Health in Wisconsin, has a passion and a vision to strengthen emergency and critical care systems in Middle- and Low-Income Countries. During the Pandemic, she worked on a small self-directed project to help increase the oxygen supply and support the critical care unit in one of the teaching hospitals in Senegal. Dr. Diaban has several ongoing projects in Senegal which include teaching and supporting a critical care unit in one of the hospitals in Dakar, Senegal.


Folayemi Faponle
Professor of Anaesthesia/ Consultant Anaesthesthetist, Obafemi Awolowo University/ Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Postgraduate Medical Trainer/ Consultant, Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia

Olivia Sutton, MD, former anesthesia resident, in Botswana: “Chronic pain is just as common as hypertension and diabetes, and even more nondiscriminatory of age, sex, race, and geography. It’s time that it gets the attention from the global and public health community that it deserves!”