Northeast Global Surgery Hackathon:
Sponsorship Tiers
Northeast Global Surgery Hackathon:
Sponsorship Tiers
Northeast Global Surgery Hackathon:
Sponsorship Tiers
Global Surgery Research Papers
Our education team has put together an initial list of papers that you may want to look at if you're interested in global surgery. We will be adding to the list as new papers come out and as we continue to update our website. We've listed the papers by category, so you can read them based on your interests. Feel free to reach out to us if there are any papers you would like us to add to this list.
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We HIGHLY recommend that you skim the Lancet 2030 Report on global surgery, as it summarizes the new direction that the field is going in.
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Capacity-Building
Binda C, Zivkovic I, Duffy D, Blair G, Baird R.World J Surg. 2021 Aug;45(8):2386-2397. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06152-x. Epub 2021 May 10.PMID: 3397306
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Banhidy FP, Banhidy NF.Cureus. 2022 Oct 7;14(10):e30023. doi: 10.7759/cureus.30023. eCollection 2022 Oct.PMID: 36381932
The state of global surgery assessment and data collection tools: A scoping review.
Gianaris K, Stephanian B, Karki S, Gupta S, Ratnayake A, Kushner AL, Groen RS.World J Surg. 2024 Dec;48(12):2972-2989. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12380. Epub 2024 Oct 28.PMID: 39467820
Li Z, Yang J, Wu Y, Pan Z, He X, Li B, Zhang L.Int J Equity Health. 2018 May 2;17(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0766-4.PMID: 29720175
Kaseje N, Jenny H, Jeudy AP, MacLee JL, Meara JG, Ford HR.J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb;53(2):298-301. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.11.033. Epub 2017 Nov 16.PMID: 29224789
Supervision as a tool for building surgical capacity of district hospitals: the case of Zambia.
Gajewski J, Monzer N, Pittalis C, Bijlmakers L, Cheelo M, Kachimba J, Brugha R.Hum Resour Health. 2020 Mar 26;18(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s12960-020-00467-x.PMID: 32216789
Munabi NCO, Durnwald L, Nagengast ES, Ntirenganya F, Magee Iii WP.J Surg Educ. 2020 Jan-Feb;77(1):124-130. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.08.009. Epub 2019 Sep 3.PMID: 31492640
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Cost-Effectiveness & Economics
Getting Costs Right in Global Surgery.
Shrime MG.World J Surg. 2021 Dec;45(12):3565-3566. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06300-3. Epub 2021 Aug 26.PMID: 34448009
Low-Cost Innovations in Global Cardiac Surgery.
Jamil H, Ranganathan S, Fissha AB, Vinck EE, Vervoort D.Innovations (Phila). 2024 May-Jun;19(3):254-262. doi: 10.1177/15569845241252441. Epub 2024 Jun 3.PMID: 38828943
Cost-Effectiveness in Global Surgery: Pearls, Pitfalls, and a Checklist.
Shrime MG, Alkire BC, Grimes C, Chao TE, Poenaru D, Verguet S.World J Surg. 2017 Jun;41(6):1401-1413. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-3875-0.PMID: 28105528
Is Global Pediatric Surgery a Good Investment?
Smith ER, Concepcion TL, Niemeier KJ, Ademuyiwa AO.World J Surg. 2019 Jun;43(6):1450-1455. doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4867-4.PMID: 30506288
The Need for Cost-Effective Neurosurgical Innovation--A Global Surgery Initiative.
Ravindra VM, Kraus KL, Riva-Cambrin JK, Kestle JR.World Neurosurg. 2015 Nov;84(5):1458-61. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.06.046. Epub 2015 Jun 26.PMID: 26123506
Chao TE, Sharma K, Mandigo M, Hagander L, Resch SC, Weiser TG, Meara JG.Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Jun;2(6):e334-45. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70213-X. Epub 2014 May 21.PMID: 2510330
Education
The Perceived Impact of Global Surgery Engagement on Career Advancement among US Medical Students.
Serrato P, Solaiman R, Vohra H, Hu K, Jain A, Alamdeen Y, Fagla BM, Peck C, Hill S, Wariso B, Rehman S, Subhedar S, Kersh L, Anderson C, Clune J; Global Surgery Student Alliance.J Surg Educ. 2024 Dec 30;82(2):103404. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.103404. Online ahead of print.PMID: 39740592
Next Generation of Global Surgeons: Aligning Interest With Early Access to Global Surgery Education.
Scott EM, Fallah PN, Blitzer DN, NeMoyer RE, Sifri Z; Global Surgery Student Alliance (GSSA); Hanna JS, Peck GL.J Surg Res. 2019 Aug;240:219-226. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.03.009. Epub 2019 Apr 12.PMID: 30986637
Brady N, Peck C, Anderson C, Shamim A, Kersh L, Gondi I, Rollins A, Subhedar S, Jayaram A, Hauser B, Hill S, Wariso B, Rehman S, Clune J; Global Surgery Student Alliance.J Surg Educ. 2024 Sep;81(9):1258-1266. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.06.013. Epub 2024 Jul 15.PMID: 39013668
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A novel global safe surgery mentorship program using a multidisciplinary team approach.
Negash S, Starr N, Mesfin S, G Weiser T, Negussie TM.World J Surg. 2024 Jul;48(7):1609-1615. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12216. Epub 2024 May 30.PMID: 38813996
Academic Global Surgery Curricula: Current Status and a Call for a More Equitable Approach.
Jayaram A, et al. J Surg Res. 2021. PMID: 34905823
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Academic Global Surgery: Creating Opportunities, Equity, and Diversity.
Vaghaiwalla T, Gyawali S, Jayaram A, Nathani P, Sawhney R, Long K, Dodgion C, Raykar N, Puyana JC, Joshi A; Advocacy Committee of the Association for Academic Global Surgery.Ann Glob Health. 2023 Feb 14;89(1):12. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3972. eCollection 2023.PMID: 36819966
Developing a Pipeline of African Global Surgery Scholars.
Francis P, Chu K, Isiagi M, Fieggen G, Gordon C, Maswime S.S Afr Med J. 2023 Jul 5;113(7):10-11. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i7.1104.PMID: 37882035
Does Global Surgery Interest Influence the Choice of Surgical Residency Program?
Bale AG, Sifri ZC.J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec;78(6):e137-e144. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.08.012. Epub 2021 Sep 20.PMID: 34548262
Veerappan VR, Kumar NS, Selvakumar J, Kakwani M, Marks KMA.Surg Open Sci. 2023 Aug 9;15:26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2023.07.021. eCollection 2023 Sep.PMID: 37609370
General Surgery Applicants are Interested in Global Surgery, but Does It Affect Their Rank List?
Wilkinson KH, Bowder AN, Goldblatt MI, Olson L, Dodgion CM.J Surg Res. 2021 Jan;257:449-454. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.025. Epub 2020 Sep 4.PMID: 32892144
Global Surgery Fellowships-An Investigation of Opportunities, Outcomes, and Applicants.
Davison EJ, Singh SK, Jemec B.J Hand Microsurg. 2021 Jul;13(3):196-201. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726672. Epub 2021 Mar 23.PMID: 34511839
Global surgery for medical students - is it meaningful? A mixed-method study.
Kühner S, Ekblad S, Larsson J, Löfgren J.PLoS One. 2021 Oct 7;16(10):e0257297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257297. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34618809
Global Surgery Opportunities for General Surgery Residents: Are We Making Progress?
Rosenberg A, Jayaram A, Still M, Hauser B, Dworkin M, Faktor K, Petroze R.J Surg Res. 2022 Nov;279:436-441. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.06.043. Epub 2022 Jul 13.PMID: 35841812
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Moving the Needle on Global Surgery Education in the US.
Fallah PN, Jayaram A, Hauser BM.J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec;78(6):1780-1782. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.04.006. Epub 2021 May 6.PMID: 33965360
Ethics and Equity
Colonisation and its aftermath: reimagining global surgery.
Qin R, Alayande B, Okolo I, Khanyola J, Jumbam DT, Koea J, Boatin AA, Lugobe HM, Bump J.BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Jan 4;9(1):e014173. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014173.PMID: 38176746
Ethical considerations in global surgery: a scoping review.
Grant CL, Robinson T, Al Hinai A, Mack C, Guilfoyle R, Saleh A.BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Apr 21;5(4):e002319. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002319. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32399258
Ethics in global surgery: Lived perspectives and current standards.
Fitzgerald TN, Gyedu A.World J Surg. 2024 Oct;48(10):2312-2313. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12340. Epub 2024 Sep 21.PMID: 39305232
Global Surgery Education: Whose Needs Should We Serve?
Deveney K.J Surg Res. 2021 Nov;267:762-763. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.016.PMID: 34905824
Missions, Humanitarianism, and the Evolution of Modern Global Surgery.
Ellis DI, Nakayama DK, Fitzgerald TN.Am Surg. 2021 May;87(5):681-685. doi: 10.1177/0003134820979181. Epub 2020 Dec 19.PMID: 33342274
Operation Walk: The Ethics of Global Surgery and Health.
Coleman PA, Devine EP, Luis Boquin Orenday T, Springer BD.J Arthroplasty. 2024 Jun;39(6):1389-1390. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.04.017. Epub 2024 Apr 9.PMID: 38604281
To decolonize global surgery and global health we must be radically intentional.
Foretia DA.Am J Surg. 2023 Mar;225(3):595-596. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.10.015. Epub 2022 Oct 14.PMID: 36302698
A right to surgery: Navigating global surgery through a human rights lens.
Ma X, Lin N, Marinos J, Vervoort D.Am J Surg. 2020 Aug;220(2):294-295. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Apr 18.PMID: 32334801
Landmark Reviews
Global surgery: defining an emerging global health field
Lancet. 2014 Dec 20;384(9961):2245-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60237-3. Epub 2014 May 19.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24853601
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Global Surgery
Lancet. 2015 Aug 8;386(9993):523-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60764-4. Epub 2015 Apr 27.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26293430
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Global surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development
Lancet. 2015 Aug 8;386(9993):569-624. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60160-X. Epub 2015 Apr 26.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25924834
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Global surgery—going beyond the Lancet Commission
Lancet. 2015 Aug 8-14;386(9993):507-509.
Needs Assessments
Shirley H, Wamai R.Glob Health Sci Pract. 2022 Feb 28;10(1):e2100500. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00500. Print 2022 Feb 28.PMID: 35294388
Osebo C, Grushka J, Deckelbaum D, Razek T.Surg Open Sci. 2024 Mar 28;19:70-79. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2024.03.015. eCollection 2024 Jun.PMID: 38595832
Evaluating the status of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators for India.
Zadey S, Iyer H, Nayan A, Shetty R, Sonal S, Smith ER, Staton CA, Fitzgerald TN, Nickenig Vissoci JR.Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2023 Apr 5;13:100178. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100178. eCollection 2023 Jun.PMID: 37383563
Surgical Capacity at District Hospitals in Zambia: From 2012 to 2016.
Cheelo M, Brugha R, Bijlmakers L, Kachimba J, McCauley T, Gajewski J.World J Surg. 2018 Nov;42(11):3508-3513. doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4678-7.PMID: 29785694
Naidu P, Chu KM.S Afr Med J. 2021 Mar 31;111(4):343-349. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i4.15281.PMID: 33944768
Albutt K, Punchak M, Kayima P, Namanya DB, Shrime MG.BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Feb 6;19(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-3920-9.PMID: 30728037
Outcomes
Neonatal surgery in a developing country: Outcome of co-ordinated interdisciplinary collaboration
J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Jun 10. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13610. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28600851
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Research
Surgical and trauma care in low- and middle-income countries: a review of capacity assessments
J Surg Res. 2017 Apr;210:139-151. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.11.005. Epub 2016 Nov 10.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28457320
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Strategies to improve clinical research in surgery through international collaboration
Lancet. 2013 Sep 28;382(9898):1140-51. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61455-5.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24075054
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Strengthening the Methodologic Rigor of Cost-Effectiveness Studies in Global Surgery
World J Surg. 2017 Jun;41(6):1414. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-3932-8.
Techniques & Protocols
A proposed matrix for planning global surgery interventions
World J Surg. 2014 Dec;38(12):3039-40. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2748-z.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25145823
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Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population
Ann Surg. 2010 May;251(5):976-80. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d970e3.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20395848
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Global surgery: current evidence for improving surgical care
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 May 19. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000374. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28538021
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The How Project: understanding contextual challenges to global surgical care provision in low-resource settings
BMJ Glob Health. 2016 Dec 16;1(4):e000075. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000075. eCollection 2016 Nov.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588976
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Need for a standardised procedure classification system in global surgery
BMJ Glob Health. 2016 Sep 2;1(2):e000034. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000034. eCollection 2016 Aug.