MOMS@SRI LANKA
Multidisciplinary Obstetrics and Midwifery Simulation at Sri Lanka
ABOUT US
MOMS@Sri Lanka is a project constructed by members of the ANNA charity partnered with ELLY Appeal .
We are a small team of 15 doctors and midwives based at the Newham Hospital in London.
Here we have worked hard to make education of the multidisciplinary team our main focus. ANNA charity is an example as it involves teaching and empowering members of staff to improve maternity services.
We are proud to say that we successfully trained over 300 midwives and doctors in Hyderabad last year and are ready to transfer those skills to Sri Lanka
Meet the Team!
Dr Luxmimalar Velauthar
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist & Lead in Fetal Medicine
She has obtained MD (Res) on "Prediction of pre-eclampsia in first trimester" at QMUL and presented her research work both at national and international conferences. She continued to develop academic interest and is an active member of APEC and KT network. She immensely enjoys teaching and is the course director for obstetric ultrasound course (POST) which successfully runs twice a year. Also in charge of RoBUST Course at Newham Hospital, facilitates MRCOG OSCE and Basic surgical skills at Royal London hospital. In addition, she leads "Alan Naftalin Newham Academic faculty for Maternity - ANNA", to improve the Newham maternity service through intense teaching and training to provide world class care for women. She is very excited to lead MOMS@SRILANKA and believes that training of Midwives and Doctors will make a huge difference to the lives of Mothers in Sri Lanka.
Michaela Anderson
Practice Development Midwife
Senior midwife with vast experience in education and caring for the women in the Labour Ward and High Dependency Setting. She studied at Deakin University, Australia, where she completed her Bachelor of Nursing. Following 2 years of working in St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne she moved to London where she discovered her passion for women’s health. She completed her Bachelor in Midwifery at Homerton College, Cambridge. She joined Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London and during that time was successful in becoming a labour ward coordinator. For the last 8 years she has been a Practice Development Midwife at where she was heavily involved in developing the
Michaela Anderson is a Practice Development Midwife at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She completed her nursing degree at Deakin University, Australia where she worked as a nurse in Melbourne for two years then followed her enthusiasm of travel and moved to the UK where she studied midwifery at Homerton College, Cambridge. From her experience Michaela is passionate about womens health and childbirth safety worldwide. For the last 6 years Michaela has been a key player in developing the MOMs course which is being taught locally and internationally.
I love being a midwife because it is a privileged position where care and passion intertwine as I offer professional birth options and improve birth outcomes. I offer personalized woman care and care that makes sense and feel continued participation in the woman's care autonomously. Sri Lanka will be a great place for me to share my experience and impart my midwifery skills to other professionals and childbearing women. Love training and having a common goal with same objectives
Emma Nwabude
Midwife
Martina Lugli
Midwife
I've been working at Newham Hospital as a midwife for the past 3 years and I’ve enjoyed rotating in the different maternity settings, especially case in the community and proving one to one intrapartum care. I believe that empowering women, working with the multi-disciplinary team and helping and supporting students in their journey is the core of our midwifery practice. I became a sign-off mentor last year and love training students in placements. Apart from midwifery, my other great passion is travelling. Every time I visit a new place I try to immerse myself in the culture of the country. I was lucky to travel to Sri Lanka for 3 weeks in June 2017 and I found the country a real gem. When I heard about MOMS@SriLanka I was very excited and I can’t wait to share my skills and make a difference for the mothers and babies in Sri Lanka.
Jemilat Gbadamosi
Senior Obstetrics and Gynaecology Trainee
I am an obstetric and gynaecology trainee in the East Midlands and have been a member of the Royal College of Obstetric and Gynaecology since 2015. I have recently completed a Global Health Fellowship in Chelsea and Westminster hospital in London.
I started my pharmacy undergraduate course at the University of Brighton where I was able to publish in a renowned peer-review journal. I then worked in various London Hospitals such as Guy's and St Thomas foundation trust and Queen Elizabeth hospital NHS trust, carrying out various roles such as HIV pharmacist and surgical lead pharmacist.
Michaela Anderson is a Practice Development Midwife at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She completed her nursing degree at Deakin University, Australia where she worked as a nurse in Melbourne for two years then followed her enthusiasm of travel and moved to the UK where she studied midwifery at Homerton College, Cambridge. From her experience Michaela is passionate about womens health and childbirth safety worldwide. For the last 6 years Michaela has been a key player in developing the MOMs course which is being taught locally and internationally.
Rosie Ghui
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Doctor
I am an obstetrics and gynaecology doctor living and working in London. I have an international background being Malaysian Chinese but born in Malawi and currently living in London! I've a huge appreciation for travelling and working abroad. I've been lucky enough to do short term work in Uganda, Zambia and India and I am looking forward to a longer term project in the near future.
I have a range of teaching experience from mentoring small groups of students to teaching on MOMS courses and producing educational videos.
Future projects: A year working in Malawi, completing my masters in infectious diseases with London School of Tropical Medicine and hiking the Inca trail!
Mr Raajkumar
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Southend & Chair for Sri Lanka Liaison Group at RCOG
