Mobile International Surgical Teams

MIST Culture

People in MIST are bridging the differences created by race, language, religion, gender, sexuality or political affiliation and financial background and are creating a new common culture that, embraces the victims worldwide and enables the vulnerable people to recover from debilitating injuries and chronic diseases.

Capacity Building

We work to support the developing world’s surgical centres to move toward self sufficiency in providing excellent health care for the local population, regardless of the race, creed or nationality of the patients and without adverse distinction of any kind.

MIST trains host countries medical personnel in order to develop local health infrastructure, ensuring long-term development by continually monitoring and evaluating the provision of the medical healthcare.

Our cornerstone is Clinical Governance, through which we provide a sustainable (cost-effective) and evidence based care that addresses the individual needs of each patient and accelerates their recovery.

MIST: Our Story

MIST was founded in Manchester, UK in October 2005, in the wake of the devastating South Asian earthquake, providing surgical expertise to the injured in areas of natural and man-made disasters.

From its inception, the main aim was to help the developing world surgical centres to become self sufficient providing excellent health care to the local population. The Foundation has evolved over the years with delivery of medical and nursing education as its core value.

FOUNDATION BOARD

Suheal (Sohail) A Khan

DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF MIST FOUNDATION

Suheal (Sohail) A Khan was born and educated in Manchester, UK.

After qualifying from Sheffield Medical School in 1987, he underwent specialist training in Russia, Italy and UK in the use of circular frames in treatment of complex fracture and limb reconstruction.

Suheal now lives and works in Singapore as a Senior Orthopaedic Consultant having emigrated there from the UK in 2013.

Suheal is committed to helping developing countries through education and training of local doctors and nurses.

Jaunius Kurtinaitis

EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPE MIST DIRECTOR

Jaunius Kurtinatis is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Jaunius specialist interests are in trauma and limb reconstruction.

Jaunius is an active and respected member of his Orthopaedic community both at Regional and National level.

Peter Naylor

FINANCE DIRECTOR

Peter Naylor is an Orthopaedic Department Practitioner (ODP) based in Manchester.

Peter is also committed to teaching and training and has a wealth of experience working in developing countries.

Peter has been on many humanitarian medical missions and conveys taking supplies to needy areas.

Maria Vincent

NURSING DIRECTOR

Maria Vincent was born and educated in West Yorkshire, UK.

She has worked for the last 14 years as a Specialist Nurse in Sheffield with an interest in post-operative care of circular frames and external fixators.

She has a wealth of experience in setting up and running Ilizarov units.

Also Maria has been on Medical Humanitarian Missions in the past.

Suzanna Salvgado

SPECIALIST ADVISOR

Suzanna has a wealth of experience working for Orthofix Verona as Head of Education. She will be a real asset to the Foundation in organising courses for teaching and training in Orthopaedics.

Capt Carl Peter Walsh

Non-Executive Director/Foundation Administrator

Capt Carl was a seaman for almost 42 years. The skills and training as a Captain during this time has helped him to manage the role he now undertakes with the MiST Foundation.

Professor Tahir Khan

PROFESSOR

Dr Richard Vernon

DOCTOR