Dr. Isam Osman Award For the outstanding surgeon

Dr. Isam Osman passed away on September 29, 2023, he left a legacy of surgical excellence, leadership, and mentorship. He played a major role in establishing the Sudanese Association of Vascular Surgeons, which aims to promote vascular well-being in Sudan through academic activities, training, support, and promotion. He was elected as the first president of the association

When the war broke out in Sudan, Dr. Isam Osman had a leading role in humanitarian relief through his relationship with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center. He also launched SAMA’s Trauma ECHO, a virtual learning program that shares experiences between surgeons in Sudan and experts in Trauma Surgery. Shortly before his death, he led a surgical mission to Port Sudan that performed several life-saving surgeries in a challenging surgical environment. SAMA is creating an annual award in his name to preserve Dr. Isam Osman’s legacy. 

This year, Dr. Isam Osman’s award will be presented at SAMA’s Award ceremony in Cairo on December 21, 2024.  

Award Ceremony – Saturday, Dec 21st 2024

Click here to learn more

Prof. Suliman HusseinDr. Naeem Toosy Dr. Sharfuddin Chowdhury Dr. Ayman Eltayeb AhmedDr. Ahmed EL Hadi

• Open to Sudanese Surgeons regardless of their location
• The nominee must have had efforts/achievements or stand out in the Academic, mentorship, and leadership spheres. 
• The nominee should be universally likable and not a divisive or controversial figure. 
• Consideration for the Award is only open to nomination by other individuals/others, i.e. self-nomination is not accepted.

1. Open the nomination form and announce it on social media with weekly reminders
2. Close the nomination form 
3. All nominations are then collated and if in Arabic translated into English

1. A Google form is created encompassing all the nominations in the order of submission.
2. The Google form will be anonymized; so the reviewer won’t know the identity of the nominee and will make a decision based on the information provided only. 
3. The form is sent to the review committee to enter a score for each nomination. 
4. The sum of the scores given to each nominee by each committee member is calculated
5. Nominations are ranked in order 
6. The nominee with the highest score is offered the award. 
7. If they decline the award,  the next order will be contacted
8. In the event of a tie, a run-off round to select one of the two will be done