Founder of the Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS), Dr. Ronald Lett did his undergraduate medical training and post-graduate surgical training at the University of Alberta and completed his Masters in Injury Epidemiology at McGill University. Since 1995 he has completed 14 Canadian government-funded projects in Africa focused on surgical and obstetrical skills training as well as injury prevention. He is the CNIS lead on the 9 county TTProject in Kenya.