Biography
Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH is a board certified general surgeon who practices exclusively in
developing countries and is a founder of the Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons. After
studying history and international relations at Cornell University and working as an international
trade specialist in Europe and Asia, he went on to study medicine. He received an M.D. degree in
1995 from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. In 1999 he received a Masters of
Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health focusing on Humanitarian
Assistance. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science
Center - San Antonio in 2002.
Dr. Kushner’s interest in international health and trauma surgery led him to specialize in assistance
for landmine victims. He participated in the Landmine Monitor program and helped to develop the
PHR/WHO standardized surveys to document landmine injuries. He led assessment missions to
Azerbaijan and Kosovo looking at the medical and public health effects of landmines and was a
member of the National Research Council’s Young Investigator Program on “Trauma and
Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina.”
Dr. Kushner has worked as a general surgeon and educator in Malawi, Sierra Leone, Sudan,
Ethiopia, India, Liberia and Haiti. He also conducted human rights assessments in Iraq for Physicians
for Human Rights; taught trauma care and emergency management of landmine injuries to medical
personnel working in landmine affected regions of Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Colombia; and worked
as a health specialist with the International Rescue Committee during the Indonesia tsunami
response. Since 2003 he has participated in US military training exercises where he functions as a
subject matter expert for human rights and humanitarian assistance issues. He is a director of the
Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons and a board member of AMEND.ORG.
developing countries and is a founder of the Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons. After
studying history and international relations at Cornell University and working as an international
trade specialist in Europe and Asia, he went on to study medicine. He received an M.D. degree in
1995 from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. In 1999 he received a Masters of
Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health focusing on Humanitarian
Assistance. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science
Center - San Antonio in 2002.
Dr. Kushner’s interest in international health and trauma surgery led him to specialize in assistance
for landmine victims. He participated in the Landmine Monitor program and helped to develop the
PHR/WHO standardized surveys to document landmine injuries. He led assessment missions to
Azerbaijan and Kosovo looking at the medical and public health effects of landmines and was a
member of the National Research Council’s Young Investigator Program on “Trauma and
Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina.”
Dr. Kushner has worked as a general surgeon and educator in Malawi, Sierra Leone, Sudan,
Ethiopia, India, Liberia and Haiti. He also conducted human rights assessments in Iraq for Physicians
for Human Rights; taught trauma care and emergency management of landmine injuries to medical
personnel working in landmine affected regions of Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Colombia; and worked
as a health specialist with the International Rescue Committee during the Indonesia tsunami
response. Since 2003 he has participated in US military training exercises where he functions as a
subject matter expert for human rights and humanitarian assistance issues. He is a director of the
Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons and a board member of AMEND.ORG.
To contact Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH
Send email to:info@adamkushnermd.com
Send email to:info@adamkushnermd.com
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