Education
• Bachelor of Arts, History and International Relations concentration, Cornell University, 1987
• Post-baccalaureate, Columbia University, 1991
• Doctor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1995
• Master of Public Health, International Health with Humanitarian Assistance certificate, Johns Hopkins
University, 1999
Postgraduate Education
• Resident in Surgery, MCP-Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1998
• Resident in Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio, January 1, 2000 - June 30,
2002
Certification
• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery: October 2003
Licensure
• New York, 2002
• New Jersey, 2007 (inactive)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2008
Academic Appointments
• Lecturer in Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Surgery,
April 1, 2009 – Present.
• Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health,
August 1, 2012 – Present.
Faculty, Center for Refugee and Disaster Relief
Hospital Appointments
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, December 2002 –
present.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Malamulo SDA Hospital, Makwasa, Malawi, December 2004 –
January 2005
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Emergency Surgical Center, Goderich, Sierra Leone,
Emergency, August – November 2005
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Upper Nile Teaching Hospital, Malakal, Sudan, Médecins Du
Monde-France, February – April 2006
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti, July –
August 2006
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, St. Mary’s Hospital, Axum, Ethiopia, Médecins Du Monde-
France, September – November 2006
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Duncan Hospital, Raxaul, India, February – March 2008
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Phebe Hospital and Nursing School, Phebe, Liberia, Médecins
Du Monde-France, May – June 2008
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), July – August 2008.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Lady Willingdon Hospital, Manali, India, November 2008.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), January – February 2009.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantrye, Malawi,
Physicians for Peace, June – July 2009.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Hôpital General Référence de Masisi, Masisi, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontiers-Belgium, February – April 2010.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Hôpital General Référence de Mweso, Mweso, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontiers-Holland, July – August 2010.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), July – September 2011.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), December 2011 – March 2012.
• Visiting Consultant, MSF Field Hospital, Syria, Médecins Sans Frontiers-Belgium, August 2013.
Other Professional Experience
• Founder/Director, Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons/Surgeons OverSeas (SOS), US based
non-governmental organization with a mission of saving lives in developing countries by improving surgical
care, New York, NY, April 2007 - present
• President, A.L. Kushner & Associates, Alpine, NJ, consulting on humanitarian assistance, international
humanitarian surgery, human rights, landmine injury care, and public health, December 1987 – present
• Founder/CEO, CelRx, Inc. Health care payment startup – A Western Union for health care, Delaware.
November 2012 – April 2012.
• Founder/President, Jora, Inc, Health Information Technology startup – Mobilizing Healthcare with
reliable, intuitive and secure products, San Francisco, CA, March 2012 – September.
• Member/Owner, Boulevard Health Center, Bronx, NY, multi-specialty health center, July 2002 – December
2004
Professional Organizations
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2009 – present
• Director/Founder, Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons, 2007 - present
• Trustee/Council member, International Federation of Surgical Colleges, 2010 - present
• Member, International Society of Surgery 2002 - present
• Member, International Association of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care 2002 - present
• Member, J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society, 2002 – present
Civic and Humanitarian Organizations
• Board Member, Amend.org, 2005 - 2009
• Advisory Council Member, Physicians for Human Rights, 2003-2009
• Member, Explorers Club, 2007 - present
• Member, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1999 - present
• Member, National Eagle Scout Association, 2006 - present
Honors
• Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Scholarship, 1998
• Eagle Scout, 1980
Foreign Languages
• Spanish-basic/conversational
• French-basic/conversational
• German-basic
• Dutch-basic
Non-surgical Humanitarian Experience
• Surgeon, Syria mission, Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders), Beirut, Lebanon, February
2012
• Medical advisor, landmine injury and trauma training, Organization of American States, Colombia, August
2007
• Medical Advisor, landmine injury and trauma training, Organization of American States, Ecuador,
November 2006
• Health Manager, tsunami relief, International Rescue Committee, Aceh, Indonesia, March – May 2005
• Team Leader, earthquake relief, International Rescue Committee, Singkil, Indonesia, March - April 2005
• Medical Advisor, landmine injury and trauma training, Organization of American States, Nicaragua, March
– May 2004
• Human Rights Mission, Physicians for Human Rights, Iraq, April – June 2003
• Young Investigator Program, Trauma and reconciliation in Bosnia, National Academy of Sciences, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, September – October 2000
• Team Leader, Landmine and cluster bomb mission, Physicians for Human Rights, Kosovo, August 1999
• Team Leader, landmine victim survey piloting, Physicians for Human Rights, Azerbaijan, May – July 1999
• Exchange Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile,
July – August 1992
Congressional Lobbying Experience
• Maternal Health Initiative, Global Health Council, May 2002
• Accession to Ottawa Treaty, U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines, July 2000
Assessment Missions
• Landmine Assessment, United States Humanitarian Demining Delegation, Azerbaijan, July 11-14, 1999
• Landmine and Cluster Bomb Assessment, Physicians for Human Rights, Kosovo, July 29 – August 10, 1999
• Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Young Investigator Program, National Academy of
Science/National Research Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 16-30, 2000
• Human Rights Violations in Iraq, Physicians for Human Rights, Basra and Nasiriya, Iraq, May 1 – June 3,
2003
• Trauma and Essential Surgery in Landmine Affected Regions, Organization of American States, Nicaragua,
April 14 - May 8, 2004.
• March 2005 Indonesian Earthquake, International Rescue Committee, Singkil, Indonesia, March 30 – April
9, 2005
• Emergency Medical Care and Evacuation in Landmine Affected Regions, Organization of American States,
Ecuador, November 13-17, 2006
• Emergency Medical Care for Landmine Victims in Colombia, Organization of American States, Colombia,
August 5 - 30, 2007
Funded Grants
• Pilot Testing of Landmine Victim Surveys in Azerbaijan, Physicians for Human Rights, 1999, US$ 43,000
• An Assessment of Landmine Victims in Kosovo, Physicians for Human Rights, 1999, US$ 20,000
• Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Young Investigator Program, National Academy of
Science/National Research Council, 2000, US$ 3,000
• Trauma Surgery in South Africa: An Exchange Program for Surgery Residents and Military Surgeons,
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, November 2000, US$ 10,000
• Emergency Medical Support and Training in Landmine Affected Regions of Central America, Organization
of American States and US Department of State, April-May 2004, US$ 21,000
• Landmine Victim Emergency Surgical Supply Stockpile, United Nations Mine Action Service, March 2006,
US$ 13,000
Reports
• Costa Rica: Country Report, Landmine Monitor 1999, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1999, 239-
43
• Tools for Measuring the Magnitude of Landmine Victim Assistance, Landmine Monitor 1999, International
Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1999, 1017-8
• An Assessment of Landmine Victims and Medical Assistance in Azerbaijan, Physicians for Human Rights,
1999
• The Effect of Cluster Bombs on the Civilian Population of Kosovo, Physicians for Human Rights, 1999
• Report from Kosovo: The Effect of Landmines on the Civilian Population, Physicians for Human Rights,
1999
• Measuring Landmine Incidents & Injuries and the Capacity to Provide Care: A guide to assist governments
and non-governmental organizations in collecting data about landmine victims, hospitals and orthopaedic
centers, Physicians for Human Rights, 2000
• Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Young Investigator Program, National Academy of
Science, November 2000
Papers
• Physician Participation in Human Rights Abuses in Iraq: A study in two cities, Reis C, Ahmed A, Amowitz L,
Kushner A, Elahi M, Iacopino V, JAMA, 2004: 291(12) 1505-6
• Topics in Global Public Health, Spiegel D, Gosselin R, Coughlin R, Kushner A, Bickler S, Clin Orthop
Relat Res, 2008 Oct;466(10):2377-84
• Quantifying Surgical Capacity in Sierra Leone: A Guide for Improving Surgical Care, Kingham TP, Kamara
TB, Cherian MN, Simkins M, Meissner C, Foray-Rahall L, Daoh KS, Kabia S, Kushner AL, Arch Surg. 2009;144(2):122-
127
• Surgery and Refugee Populations, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Kingham TP, Scan J Surg, 98: 18-24, 2009 http:
//www.fimnet.fi/sjs/articles/SJS12009-18.pdf
• Universal Precautions and Surgery in Sierra Leone: The unprotected workforce, Kingham TP, Kamara TB,
Daoh DS, Kabbia S, Kushner AL, World J Surg 2009 Jun; 33(6): 1194-6
• Surgical Elective in a Developing Country: ethics and utility, Kingham TP, Muyco A, Kushner AL, J Surg
Educ. 2009 Mar-Apr;66(2): 59-62.
• Addressing the Millennium Development Goals from a Surgical Perspective: Deficiencies in the Capacity
to Deliver Safe Surgery and Anesthesia in Eight Low and Middle Income Countries, Kushner AL, Cherian M, Noel
L, Spiegel D, Groth S, Arch Surg 2010 Feb; 145(2): 154-9.
• Comparison of Surgical Care Deficiencies between US Civil War Hospitals and Present Day Hospitals in
Sierra Leone Crompton J, Kingham TP, Kamara TB, Brennan MF, Kushner AL, World J Surg 2010, Apr 13.
• Percentage of Cesarean Sections to Total Surgical Procedures in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Possible
Indicator for Overall Adequacy of Surgical Care, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Kingham TP, World J Surg, 2010; 34(9)
2007-8.
• Global Surgery: Thoughts on an emerging surgical sub-specialty for students and residents, Leow J,
Kingham TP, Casey K, Kushner AL, J Surg Ed, 2010 May; 67(3): 143-8.
• Improving Access to Surgery in a Developing Country: Experience from a surgical collaboration in Sierra
Leone, Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Groen RS, Fadlu-Deen BD, Doah KS, Kingham TP, J Surg Ed, 2010; 67 (4): 270-3.
• A Collaborative Stent Insertion Project in Malawi, Fullerton L, Thumbs A, Vigna L, Bates J, Kushner A,
European J Palliative Care, 2010; vol 17, no. 6.
• Implementing Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: An Assessment of Emergency and Essential Surgical
Care, Sherman L, Clement PT, Cherian MN, Ndayimirije N, Noel L, Dahn B, Gwenigale WT, Kushner AL, Arch Surg,
2011; 146(1): 35-39.
• Can Twitter campaigns increase awareness about health issues? Pozo Jatam M, Casey K, Kushner AL,
Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, 2011; 96(2): 44-5.
• Surgical Care in the Solomon Islands: A Road Map for Universal Surgical Care Delivery, Natuzzi ES,
Kushner A, Jagilly R, Pickacha D, Agiomea K, Hou L, Houasia P, Hendricks PL, Ba'erodo D, World J Surg, 2011
Apr 13.
• Surgery as a Public Health Intervention: Common Misconceptions versus the Truth, Bae JY, Groen RS,
Kushner AL, Bull World Health Organ, 2011, 89:395.
• Adult intussusception in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Groen RS, Leow J, Kushner AL, JSCR 2011 6:
3.
• Teaching Emergency and Essential Surgical Care in Sierra Leone: A Model for Low Income Countries,
Leow JL, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Dumbuya SS, Kingham TP, Daoh KS, Kushner AL, J Surg Educ. 2011 Sep-Oct;68(5):
393-6.
• Beyond Volunteerism: Augmenting surgical care in resource-limited settings, Kingham TP, Price RP, Casey
KM, Rogers SO, Kushner AL, Bulletin of Am Col Surgeons, 2011, 96(7): 16-21
• Review: indications for ultrasound use in low- and middle-income countries, Groen RS, Leow JJ,
Sadasivam V, Kushner AL, Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Sep 1.
• A President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for Surgery: A Call to Action for Surgical Care in Low-
and Middle-Income Countries, Loew JJ, Kushner AL, Arch Surg. 2011;146(9):1003-1004.
• A Surgical Collaboration in Sierra Leone, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Ann R Coll Surg
Engl (Suppl) 2011; 93:341–342.
• Scarcity of healthcare worker protection in eight low- and middle-income countries: surgery and the risk
of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Bae JY, Adisa CA, Peter Kingham T, Kushner AL,
Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Oct 31.
• Twitter and mobile technology as diagnostic aids in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Leow JJ, Groen
RS, Sadasivam V, Kushner AL. Am Surg. 2011 Nov;77(11):E242-3.
• Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for patients with advanced Esophageal cancer in Malawi: An effective
palliative treatment, Thumbs A, Borgstein E, Vigna L, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Hellberg K, Bates J, Wilhelm TJ, J
Surg Oncol. 2011 Dec 12.
• Mass casualty incident training in a resource-limited environment. Leow JJ, Brundage SI, Kushner AL,
Kamara TB, Hanciles E, Muana A, Kamara MM, Daoh KS, Kingham TP. Br J Surg. 2011 Dec 21.
• Three-stage repair of a giant inguinal hernia in Sierra Leone: A management technique for low-resource
settings, Groen RS, Sesay SB, Kushner AL, Dumbuya SS. JSCR 2011. 12:8
• Social media in low-resource settings: A role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery? Leow JJ, Pozo
ME, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Surgery. 2012 Feb 3.
• Pilot Testing of a Population-based Surgical Survey Tool in Sierra Leone, Groen RS, Samai M, Petroze RT,
Kamara TB, Yambasu SE, Calland JF, Peter Kingham T, Guterbock TM, Choo B, Kushner AL, World J Surg. 2012
Feb 7
• An overview of renal replacement therapy and health care personnel deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa,
Pozo ME, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Hardy MA, Kushner AL. Transpl Int, 2012 Mar 28.
• A Tool and Index to Assess Surgical Capacity in Low Income Couuntries: An Initial Implementation in
Sierra Leone, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Dixon-Cole R, Kwon S, Kingham TP, Kushner AL. World J Surg. 2012 Apr 10.
• A review of training opportunities for ultrasonography in low and middle income countries, Lagrone LN,
Sadasivam V, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Trop Med Int Health, 2012; 17(7): 808-19.
• A Preparation guide for surgical resident and student rotations to underserved regions, Leow JJ, Groen
RS, Kingham TP, Casey KM, Hardy MA, Kushner AL, Surgery, 2012; 151(6): 770-8.
• Assessment of Pediatric Surgery Capacity at Government Hospitals in Sierra Leone, Kushner AL, Groen RS,
Kamara TB, Dixon-Cole R, Daoh KS, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, World J Surgery, 2012 Aug 1.
• Untreated surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: a cluster randomized, cross-sectional, countrywide
survey, Groen RS, Samai M, Stewart KA, Cassidy LD, Kamara TB, Yambasu SE, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Lancet, 2012
Aug 13.
• A survey of surgical capacity in rural southern Nigeria: Opportunities for change, Henry JA, Windapo O,
Kushner AL, Groen RS, Nwomeh BC, World J Surg, 2012 Sept 6.
• Ratio of Cesarean Deliveries to Total Operations and Surgeon Nationality Are Potential Proxies for
Surgical Capacity in Central Haiti. Hughes CD, McClain CD, Hagander L, Pierre JH, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Meara
JG. World J Surg. 2012 Sep 18.
• Cancer surgery in low-income countries: an unmet need. Gyorki DE, Muyco A, Kushner AL, Brennan MF,
Kingham TP. Arch Surg. 2012 Dec 1;147(12):1135-40.
• Estimating operative disease prevalence in a low-income country: Results of a nationwide population
survey in Rwanda. Petroze RT, Groen RS, Niyonkuru F, Mallory M, Ntaganda E, Joharifard S, Guterbock TM,
Kushner AL, Kyamanywa P, Calland JF. Surgery. 2012 Dec 17.
• The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents., Henry
JA, Groen RS, Price RR, Nwomeh BC, Kingham TP, Hardy MA, Kushner AL. Surgery. 2012 Dec 26.
• Traumatic injuries in developing countries: report from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of sierra
leone. Stewart KA, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Farahzad MM, Samai M, Cassidy LD, Kushner AL, Wren SM. JAMA Surg.
2013 May 1;148(5):463-9.
• Free health care for under 5 year olds increases access to surgical care in sierra leone: an analysis of
case load and patient characteristics. Groen RS, Kamara TB, Nwomeh BC, Daoh KS, Kushner AL. World J Surg.
2013 Jun;37(6):1216-9.
• Household survey in sierra leone reveals high prevalence of surgical conditions in children. Groen RS,
Samai M, Petroze RT, Kamara TB, Cassidy LD, Joharifard S, Yambasu S, Nwomeh BC, Kushner AL. World J Surg.
2013 Jun;37(6):1220-6.
• Nationally Representative Household Survey of Surgery and Mortality in Sierra Leone. Kwon S, Groen
RS, Kamara TB, Cassidy LD, Samai M, Yambasu SE, Kushner AL. World J Surg. 2013 Apr 12.
• A quantitative analysis of surgical capacity in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Markin A, Barbero R, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Skow EJ, Apelgren KN, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC, J Surg Res. 2013 Jun 5.
• Groen RS, Solomon J, Samai M, Kamara TB, Cassidy LD, Blok L, Kushner AL, Dhanaraj M, Stekelenburg J,
Female Health and Family Planning in Sierra Leone, J of Obstet Gynecol, 2013; 122(3): 525-531.
Letters
• Helping Victims of Landmines: A Public Health Approach, Kushner A, Cobey J, Minnesota Medicine, 1999:
82: 30-31
• Health Care Hobbled: Ambulatory Care Treatment of Cambodian Landmine Survivors, Kushner A, Raymond
N, J Ambulatory Care Mgmt, 2000: 23(3) 88-9
• Doctors with “Dirty Hands, Elahi M, Kushner A, Washington Post, June 8, 2003. B7
• A Secondary Crisis in African Health Care, Kushner A, Mannion S, Muyco A, , Lancet, 2004: 363(9419) 1478
• Medical Challenges in Sudan, Kushner A, J Mine Action, 2006: 10.1, http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/10.
1/personal/kushner/kushner.htm
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, Kushner A, J Mine Action, 2007: 11.1, http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/11.
1/notes/kushner/kushner.htm
• Preventing Road Traffic Injuries in Africa, Kushner AL, Yankson IK, Witte JD, Injury Prev, 2009 Feb 6; http:
//injuryprevention.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/14/6/413
• Less Than a Landcruiser, Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Kingham TP, BMJ, February 28, 2009, http://www.bmj.
com/cgi/eletters/338/jan16_1/a3136
• A next step for assessing the global burden of surgical disease, Leow JJ, Kingham TP, Kushner AL,
Surgery 2011 Apr 15.
• A letter from…the DRC, Kushner AL, Groen, MT: Bulletin of the Netherlands Society for Tropical
medicine and International Health, 48(4): 5.
• Non-communicable diseases: beyond prevention and screening, Kushner AL, Groen RS. Lancet. 2011 Aug 13;
378(9791):567.
• Editorial Policy on Co-authorship of Articles from Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Kushner AL,
Kyamanywa P, Adisa CA, Kibatala P, Mkandawire N, Coleman P, Kamara TB, Mock CN, Hunter JG, World J Surg.
2011 Sep 8
• Non-communicable diseases and surgery at the UN? "Fugetaboutit!" Groen RS, Leow JJ, Kushner AL,
Lancet. 2011 Nov 19;378(9805):e8
• The unmet surgical disease burden in the developing world.Groen RS, Samai M, Kamara TB, Kushner AL.
Lancet. 2012 Feb 18;379(9816):616
• Free health care in Sierra Leone: the effect on pediatric surgery, Kushner AL, Kallon C, Kamara TB,
Journal of Pediatric Surgery 47 (3), 628-629
• Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems, Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, The Lancet
2012; 379 (9825): 1488
• Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems, Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, Lancet,
2012; 379(9825): 1488.
• Some thoughts on global surgery: reply. Kushner AL. World J Surg. 2013 Jul;37(7):1736-7.
• Waiting for Global Access to Urologic Care. Patel HD, Kushner AL, Allaf ME. Eur Urol. 2013 May 13.
Abstracts
• Coronary Thrombus: Clinical and Angiographic Findings Correlated in 185 lesions undergoing
Directional Coronary Atherectomy. Sharma S, Israel D, Fyfe B, Lotvin A, Torre S, Kushner A, McMurtry K, Marmur
J, Cocke T, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Circulation, 88: 208, 1993
• Incidence of Coronary Thrombus in 226 Lesions Undergoing Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Sharma S,
Fyfe B, Kushner A, McMurtry K, Israel D, Kumar S, Marmur J, Torre S, Ambrose J, Indian Heart J, 45: 355, 1993
• Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Short and Long Term Results at a High Volume Center Sharma S,
Lotvin A, Israel D, McMurtry K, Kushner A, Kumar S, Marmur J, Torre S, Cocke T, Ambrose J, Indian Heart J, 45:
357, 1993
• Mechanism of Post Procedure Luminal Enlargement after Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Sharma S,
Kushner A, Lotvin A, Marmur J, McMurtry K, Cocke T, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Cath Cardiovasc Diag, 32: 83, 1994
• Early Changes in Minimal Luminal Diameter after Directional Coronary Atherectomy versus Balloon
Angioplasty, Cocke T, Sharma S, McMurtry K, Kushner A, Lotvin A, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Cath Cardiovasc Diag,
32: 84, 1994
• Management of Sigmoid Volvulus at a Tertiary Care Hospital In Africa, Muyco AP, Kushner AL, Mvula CJ
East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 10:2 December 2005, 105
• Mass-Casualty Paradox in Environments with Limited Healthcare Resources, Brundage SI, Girod S, Kushner
AL, Kamara TB, Hancilies E, Kingham TP, International Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters
(IPRED 2010), Tel Aviv, Israel, January 2010
• Trauma: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society…Injury Training World Wide, McCunn M, Tillus J,
Pyarali F, Bunting S, Fox A, Kushner A, Aboutanos MB, Cherian MN, Consortium for Universities for Global
Health, Seattle, WA, September 2010
• Surgery for Cancer at a Tertiary Referral Center in Malawi, Leow JJ, Kushner AL, Muyco AP, Kingham TP,
ASAP, San Diego, CA, November 2011.
Posters
• Relationship between Chest Pain following successful Directional Coronary Atherectomy and Removal
of Vascular Deep Wall Components, Kushner A, Sharma S, Israel D, Cocke T, Fyfe B, McMurtry K, Marmur J,
Torre S, Ambrose J: The Eleventh Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, October 5,
1993
• Ischemic Injury causes Bradycardia Post Cardiac Transplantation, Kushner A, Fyfe B, McMurtry K,
Courtney M, Lasman S, Sadeghi A, Gass A, The Twelfth Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
New York, October 11, 1994
• Measuring the magnitude of landmine injuries: Results of field testing standardized survey tools in
Azerbaijan, Kushner A, Cobey J, Nam M, International Society of Surgery/International Association of Trauma
Surgery and Intensive Care, Brussels, Belgium, August 27-30, 2001
• Trauma at Lilongwe Central Hospital: Malawi, Africa, Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, American College of
Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, October 19-23, 2003
• Trauma Management in a Developing Country in Africa, Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, 7th World Congress
on Injury Prevention, Vienna, Austria, June 2004
• Management of Sigmoid Volvulus at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Africa, Muyco A, Kushner A, Mvula C,
International Society of Surgeons, August 2005
• An Approach to Managing Mass Casualties in a Developing World District Hospital, Kushner A, Allemann
A, Exe C, Chattopadhyay C, International Society of Surgeons, August 2007
• Increasing Teaching Assistance and Short-term Surgical Manpower for Health Facilities in Developing
Countries, Kingham TP, Guerrero A, Kushner A, International Society of Surgeons, August 2007
• Quantifying Surgical Capacity in Sierra Leone, Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Kamara TB, Cherian MN, Foray-
Rahall L, Daoh KS, Kabia S, Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, Kampala, Uganda, July 2008
• Surgery: The Neglected “Stepchild” of Global Public Health, Leow J, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Global
Health Conference, Australian Student Medical Association, Hobart, Australia, July 2009
• Surgeons OverSeas assessment of surgical needs (SOSAS): Implementation of a population-based survey
of surgical conditions in Rwanda Petroze RT, Groen RS, Mallory MA, Guterbock TM, Niyonkuru F, Kushner AL,
Calland JF, Kyamanywa P. COSECSA - College Of Surgeons of East, Central and South Africa. February 2012.
• Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS):
a population-based survey in Rwanda, Petroze RT, Groen RS, Niyonkura F, Mallory M, Joharidard S, Ntaganda E,
Guterbock TM, Kyamanywa P, Kushner AL, Calland JF, Bethune Roundtable, Toronto, Canada, May 2012.
• Burn injuries in Sierra Leone: need for reconstructive surgery in developing countries. Stewart KA,
Groen RS, Samai M, Yambasu SE, Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Wren SM, Stanford Medical Conference May 2012.
• Injury burden at the community level: Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical needs (SOSAS), a
population-based survey in Rwanda. Petroze RT, Groen RS, Niyonkuru F, Mallory MA, Ntaganda E, Guterbock TM,
Kyamanywa P, Kushner AL, Calland JF, Basel, Switzerland. May 2012.
• Linking Assessment of Surgical Needs at the Community Level to Health System Strengthening: A Surgeons
OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS) Evaluation in Rwanda. Petroze RT, Kyamanywa P, Niyonkuru F,
Ntaganda E, Groen RS, Guterbock TM, Mallory MA, Kushner AL, Calland JF. American College of Surgeons,
Chicago, October 2012.
• Inter-Rater Reliability of the PIPES Tool: Validation of a Surgical Capacity Index at Public Hospitals in
Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Markin A, Barbero R, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Perlman G, Habermann EB, Apelgren KN, Kushner
AL, Nwomeh BC. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, October 2012.
• A Retrospective Study of Burns Patients at a Major Government Referral Hospital in Freetown, Sierra
Leone. Jackson-Cole J, Pratt D, Forde M, Bangura J, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Kamara TB. American College of
Surgeons, Chicago, October 2012. (Presentation: SF2012-24426)
• A Survey of Surgical Capacity in Rural Nigeria: Opportunities for Change.
Henry JA, Windapo O, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Nwomeh BC. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, October
2012. (Poster: NP2012-24921).
• Traumatic injury in Sierra Leone: results from a nationwide survey. Stewart KA, Groen RS, Farahzad MM,
Kamara TB, Samai M, Cassidy LD, Kushner AL, Wren SMWorld Health Summit. Oct 21-24, 2012, Berlin, Germany.
(Accepted as Poster and abstract in Lancet)
• A Quantitative Analysis of Surgical Capacity of Public Hospitals in the State of Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
Markin AR, Barbero, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Skow EJ, Apelgren KN, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC. ASC February 2013, New
Orleans. (Accepted as Poster Abstract Control Number: ASC20130487)
Presentations
• Reversal of Oxalate Cardiomyopathy, Twelfth Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, October 1994
• Penetrating Cardiac Injuries, Surgical Grand Rounds, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Pennsylvania,
August 1997
• Atrocities, Landmines and Cluster Bombs in Kosovo: A Physician’s Perspective, Tropical Medicine
Association, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1999
• The Aftermath of War: Landmines in Kosovo, University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des
Moines, Iowa, October 3, 1999
• The Aftermath of War: Landmines in Kosovo, Des Moines, Drake University, Iowa, October 4, 1999
• The Aftermath of War: Landmines in Kosovo, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa, October 5, 1999
• Global Politics: Landmines and the Ottawa Process, Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines,
Iowa, October 5, 1999
• Science in the Service of Human Rights: Physicians for Human Rights in Kosovo, 1999 Annual Meeting,
Human Rights Briefing, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1999
• Landmines in Kosovo, Liverpool Hospital Trauma Evening, Humanitarian Aspects of Trauma, Liverpool
Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, December 7, 1999
• The Medical Impact of Landmines, United States Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL) Congressional Action
Conference, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2000
• Renal Transplantation in Developing Countries, Department of Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds,
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, September 8, 2000
• Landmines and Cluster Bombs in Kosovo, Department of Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds, University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, September 8, 2000
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Traumatic Injury during and after Conflict, Department of Surgery Grand
Rounds, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, December 11, 2000
• Surgery for Tropical Diseases, Department of Surgery Conference, Wilford Hall Medical Center,
Lackland Air Force Base, TX, May 2001
• The ICRC Approach to War Wounds, Department of Surgery Conference, Wilford Hall Medical Center,
Lackland Air Force Base, TX, January 14, 2002
• Update on Abdominal Trauma, Nasiriya General Hospital, Nasiriya, Iraq, May 29, 2003
• Human Rights Issues: The Importance of Data, H.E.L.P. Course, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
and the International Committee of the Red Cross, Baltimore, MD, July 23, 2003
• Human Rights Violations in Iraq, Annual Meeting, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies,
Chicago, IL, October 31, 2003
• Emergency Management of Landmine Injuries, Regional Seminar on Landmine Victim Assistance,
Observatorio des Minas, Bogotá, Colombia, November 12, 2003
• Health and Human Rights: Physician Participation in Human Rights Abuses in Iraq, Medical Meeting, British
High Commission in Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi, February 24, 2004
• Management of Abdominal Trauma, Department of General Surgery, Lilongwe Central Hospital, Lilongwe,
Malawi, February 26, 2004
• Emergency Management of Landmine Injuries, Staff Grand Rounds, Military Hospital, Managua, Nicaragua,
May 7, 2004
• Damage Control Surgery,” Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Military Hospital, Managua, Nicaragua,
May 7, 2004
• Human Rights Issues: An Overview for Military Personnel, Leader Development and Education for
Sustained Peace course, Center for Civil-Military Relations, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, August
15, 2004
• Emergency Trauma Care, Surgery for Clinical Officers course, Malamulo College of Health Sciences,
Makwasa, Malawi, January 18 and 21, 2005
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, AICMA-Organization of American States, Quito, Ecuador, November 2006
• Emergency Management of Landmine and UXO Injuries, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Santa Fe, Bogota,
Colombia, August 9, 2007
• Emergency Management of Landmine and UXO Injuries, Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul,
Medellin, Colombia, August 10, 2007
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, Tolemaida Army Base, Melgar, Colombia, August 19 - 20, 2007
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, Escuela des Inginiers Militar, Bogota, Colombia, August 24, 2007
• Damage Control Surgery, Grand Rounds, St. Francis Hospital, Ifakara, Tanzania, October 4, 2007
• Trauma Basics, Assistant Medical Officer Course, Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health,
Ifakara, Tanzania, October 5, 2007
• International Humanitarian Surgery Visiting Professor Lecture, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY,
December 3, 2007
• Basic Principles of Trauma, Medical Staff Meeting, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India,
January 29, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma, Medical Staff Meeting, Duncan Hospital, Raxaul, India, February 22, 2008
• Emergency Management of Burns, Medical Staff Meeting, Duncan Hospital, Raxaul, India, March 12, 2008
• Disaster and Trauma Management, Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India,
March 22, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma, Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India, March
22, 2008
• Emergency Management of Landmine and Blast Injuries, Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital,
Herbertpur, India, March 22, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma Management, Medical Staff Meeting, Phebe Hospital and School of Nursing,
Phebe, Liberia, May 27, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma Management, Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association, Freetown, Sierra
Leone, August 14, 2008
• Emergency Management of Burns, Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association, Freetown, Sierra Leone,
August 21, 2008
• Humanitarian Assistance: NGOs and IOs, South-Eastern European Simulation (SEESIM) workshop, Zagreb,
Croatia, September 23, 2008
• Connecting with Surgeons in Developing Countries, 94th Clinical Congress, American College of
Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October 13, 2008
• International Humanitarian Surgery, General Surgery Grand Rounds, New York Presbyterian Hospital –
Columbia University, New York, December 18, 2008
• International Humanitarian Surgery, Medical Student Physicians for Human Rights group, Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, March 12, 2009
• Global Local Heroes: What they taught me, Post Conflict Reconstruction Week, James Madison
University, Harrisonburg, VA, April 13, 2009
• International Humanitarian Surgery, Keynote Address, Post Conflict Reconstruction Week, James
Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, April 13, 2009
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Keynote Address: 4th Rural
Surgery Symposium, Cooperstown, NY, May 18, 2009
• Tropical Surgery-International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Programma
Onderwijsvenster Co-assistenten, Isala Academie, Zwolle, NL, June 2, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, NYU-Wagner, New York, NY,
September 15, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Mailman School of Public
Health, Columbia University, NY, September 29, 2010
• Strengthening Surgical Capacity in Developing Countries: A model of surgical missions, Bloomberg
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, October 7, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Trauma Conference, Harborview
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, October 25, 2010
• Surgery: The Neglected Stepchild of Global Health, Honors Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
Kansas, November 1, 2010
• Surgery: The Neglected Stepchild of Global Health, Medical Students Making Impact, Mount Sinai School
of Medicine, New York, NY, November 11, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, 3rd Annual H.D. Root
Distinguished Lecture, UT School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, San Antonio, TX, December 13, 2010
• Surgery and Public Health, Dutch Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 19,
2011.
• International Humanitarian Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vreij Universitaat Medisch Centrum,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 26, 2011.
• Surgery and Public Health, Dutch Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September
13, 2011.
• Measuring surgical capacity in low income countries: Results of a novel assessment tool and index in
Sierra Leone, COSECSA 12th Clinical and Scientific meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, December 8, 2011.
• Scarcity of health care worker protection in 8 low and middle income countries: Surgery and the risk of
HIV and other blood borne pathogens COSECSA 12th Clinical and Scientific meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, December
9, 2011.
• Global Surgery: Surgery for the rest of the world, Grand Round, Department of Surgery, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City, March 21, 2012.
• Working with Ministries of Health and the World Health Organization, working globally, thinking
globally, Extreme Affordability: Innovations for Surgical Care, Center for Global Surgery 2012
Multidisciplinary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23, 2012.
• Global Surgery: Surgical care for the rest of the world, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-
Newark, Newark, NJ, September 21,, 2012.
• Working with Ministries of Health and the World Health Organization: A Global Surgeon’s perspective,
Surgery and Public Health group, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, September
26, 2012.
• Surgical capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa: The new frontier in global health: Keynote address –
Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas 19th annual conference, Charlotte, NC, June 27, 2013.
Television and Radio Interviews
• Studio B with Shepard Smith, Fox News Channel, June 12, 2003
• Radio Sawa, Voice of America, June 27, 2003
• Public Health Radio, December 2005
Invited Reviewer for Journals
• The Lancet
• Surgery
• JAMA Surgery
• Journal of Trauma
• World Journal of Surgery
• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
• American Journal of Public Health
• Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
• International Surgery
• Global Public Health
• Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
• BMC Health Systems Review
• Bachelor of Arts, History and International Relations concentration, Cornell University, 1987
• Post-baccalaureate, Columbia University, 1991
• Doctor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1995
• Master of Public Health, International Health with Humanitarian Assistance certificate, Johns Hopkins
University, 1999
Postgraduate Education
• Resident in Surgery, MCP-Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1998
• Resident in Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio, January 1, 2000 - June 30,
2002
Certification
• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery: October 2003
Licensure
• New York, 2002
• New Jersey, 2007 (inactive)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2008
Academic Appointments
• Lecturer in Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Surgery,
April 1, 2009 – Present.
• Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health,
August 1, 2012 – Present.
Faculty, Center for Refugee and Disaster Relief
Hospital Appointments
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, December 2002 –
present.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Malamulo SDA Hospital, Makwasa, Malawi, December 2004 –
January 2005
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Emergency Surgical Center, Goderich, Sierra Leone,
Emergency, August – November 2005
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Upper Nile Teaching Hospital, Malakal, Sudan, Médecins Du
Monde-France, February – April 2006
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti, July –
August 2006
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, St. Mary’s Hospital, Axum, Ethiopia, Médecins Du Monde-
France, September – November 2006
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Duncan Hospital, Raxaul, India, February – March 2008
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Phebe Hospital and Nursing School, Phebe, Liberia, Médecins
Du Monde-France, May – June 2008
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), July – August 2008.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Lady Willingdon Hospital, Manali, India, November 2008.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), January – February 2009.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantrye, Malawi,
Physicians for Peace, June – July 2009.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Hôpital General Référence de Masisi, Masisi, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontiers-Belgium, February – April 2010.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Hôpital General Référence de Mweso, Mweso, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontiers-Holland, July – August 2010.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), July – September 2011.
• Visiting Consultant, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Surgeons
OverSeas (SOS), December 2011 – March 2012.
• Visiting Consultant, MSF Field Hospital, Syria, Médecins Sans Frontiers-Belgium, August 2013.
Other Professional Experience
• Founder/Director, Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons/Surgeons OverSeas (SOS), US based
non-governmental organization with a mission of saving lives in developing countries by improving surgical
care, New York, NY, April 2007 - present
• President, A.L. Kushner & Associates, Alpine, NJ, consulting on humanitarian assistance, international
humanitarian surgery, human rights, landmine injury care, and public health, December 1987 – present
• Founder/CEO, CelRx, Inc. Health care payment startup – A Western Union for health care, Delaware.
November 2012 – April 2012.
• Founder/President, Jora, Inc, Health Information Technology startup – Mobilizing Healthcare with
reliable, intuitive and secure products, San Francisco, CA, March 2012 – September.
• Member/Owner, Boulevard Health Center, Bronx, NY, multi-specialty health center, July 2002 – December
2004
Professional Organizations
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2009 – present
• Director/Founder, Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons, 2007 - present
• Trustee/Council member, International Federation of Surgical Colleges, 2010 - present
• Member, International Society of Surgery 2002 - present
• Member, International Association of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care 2002 - present
• Member, J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society, 2002 – present
Civic and Humanitarian Organizations
• Board Member, Amend.org, 2005 - 2009
• Advisory Council Member, Physicians for Human Rights, 2003-2009
• Member, Explorers Club, 2007 - present
• Member, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1999 - present
• Member, National Eagle Scout Association, 2006 - present
Honors
• Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Scholarship, 1998
• Eagle Scout, 1980
Foreign Languages
• Spanish-basic/conversational
• French-basic/conversational
• German-basic
• Dutch-basic
Non-surgical Humanitarian Experience
• Surgeon, Syria mission, Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders), Beirut, Lebanon, February
2012
• Medical advisor, landmine injury and trauma training, Organization of American States, Colombia, August
2007
• Medical Advisor, landmine injury and trauma training, Organization of American States, Ecuador,
November 2006
• Health Manager, tsunami relief, International Rescue Committee, Aceh, Indonesia, March – May 2005
• Team Leader, earthquake relief, International Rescue Committee, Singkil, Indonesia, March - April 2005
• Medical Advisor, landmine injury and trauma training, Organization of American States, Nicaragua, March
– May 2004
• Human Rights Mission, Physicians for Human Rights, Iraq, April – June 2003
• Young Investigator Program, Trauma and reconciliation in Bosnia, National Academy of Sciences, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, September – October 2000
• Team Leader, Landmine and cluster bomb mission, Physicians for Human Rights, Kosovo, August 1999
• Team Leader, landmine victim survey piloting, Physicians for Human Rights, Azerbaijan, May – July 1999
• Exchange Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile,
July – August 1992
Congressional Lobbying Experience
• Maternal Health Initiative, Global Health Council, May 2002
• Accession to Ottawa Treaty, U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines, July 2000
Assessment Missions
• Landmine Assessment, United States Humanitarian Demining Delegation, Azerbaijan, July 11-14, 1999
• Landmine and Cluster Bomb Assessment, Physicians for Human Rights, Kosovo, July 29 – August 10, 1999
• Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Young Investigator Program, National Academy of
Science/National Research Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 16-30, 2000
• Human Rights Violations in Iraq, Physicians for Human Rights, Basra and Nasiriya, Iraq, May 1 – June 3,
2003
• Trauma and Essential Surgery in Landmine Affected Regions, Organization of American States, Nicaragua,
April 14 - May 8, 2004.
• March 2005 Indonesian Earthquake, International Rescue Committee, Singkil, Indonesia, March 30 – April
9, 2005
• Emergency Medical Care and Evacuation in Landmine Affected Regions, Organization of American States,
Ecuador, November 13-17, 2006
• Emergency Medical Care for Landmine Victims in Colombia, Organization of American States, Colombia,
August 5 - 30, 2007
Funded Grants
• Pilot Testing of Landmine Victim Surveys in Azerbaijan, Physicians for Human Rights, 1999, US$ 43,000
• An Assessment of Landmine Victims in Kosovo, Physicians for Human Rights, 1999, US$ 20,000
• Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Young Investigator Program, National Academy of
Science/National Research Council, 2000, US$ 3,000
• Trauma Surgery in South Africa: An Exchange Program for Surgery Residents and Military Surgeons,
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, November 2000, US$ 10,000
• Emergency Medical Support and Training in Landmine Affected Regions of Central America, Organization
of American States and US Department of State, April-May 2004, US$ 21,000
• Landmine Victim Emergency Surgical Supply Stockpile, United Nations Mine Action Service, March 2006,
US$ 13,000
Reports
• Costa Rica: Country Report, Landmine Monitor 1999, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1999, 239-
43
• Tools for Measuring the Magnitude of Landmine Victim Assistance, Landmine Monitor 1999, International
Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1999, 1017-8
• An Assessment of Landmine Victims and Medical Assistance in Azerbaijan, Physicians for Human Rights,
1999
• The Effect of Cluster Bombs on the Civilian Population of Kosovo, Physicians for Human Rights, 1999
• Report from Kosovo: The Effect of Landmines on the Civilian Population, Physicians for Human Rights,
1999
• Measuring Landmine Incidents & Injuries and the Capacity to Provide Care: A guide to assist governments
and non-governmental organizations in collecting data about landmine victims, hospitals and orthopaedic
centers, Physicians for Human Rights, 2000
• Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Young Investigator Program, National Academy of
Science, November 2000
Papers
• Physician Participation in Human Rights Abuses in Iraq: A study in two cities, Reis C, Ahmed A, Amowitz L,
Kushner A, Elahi M, Iacopino V, JAMA, 2004: 291(12) 1505-6
• Topics in Global Public Health, Spiegel D, Gosselin R, Coughlin R, Kushner A, Bickler S, Clin Orthop
Relat Res, 2008 Oct;466(10):2377-84
• Quantifying Surgical Capacity in Sierra Leone: A Guide for Improving Surgical Care, Kingham TP, Kamara
TB, Cherian MN, Simkins M, Meissner C, Foray-Rahall L, Daoh KS, Kabia S, Kushner AL, Arch Surg. 2009;144(2):122-
127
• Surgery and Refugee Populations, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Kingham TP, Scan J Surg, 98: 18-24, 2009 http:
//www.fimnet.fi/sjs/articles/SJS12009-18.pdf
• Universal Precautions and Surgery in Sierra Leone: The unprotected workforce, Kingham TP, Kamara TB,
Daoh DS, Kabbia S, Kushner AL, World J Surg 2009 Jun; 33(6): 1194-6
• Surgical Elective in a Developing Country: ethics and utility, Kingham TP, Muyco A, Kushner AL, J Surg
Educ. 2009 Mar-Apr;66(2): 59-62.
• Addressing the Millennium Development Goals from a Surgical Perspective: Deficiencies in the Capacity
to Deliver Safe Surgery and Anesthesia in Eight Low and Middle Income Countries, Kushner AL, Cherian M, Noel
L, Spiegel D, Groth S, Arch Surg 2010 Feb; 145(2): 154-9.
• Comparison of Surgical Care Deficiencies between US Civil War Hospitals and Present Day Hospitals in
Sierra Leone Crompton J, Kingham TP, Kamara TB, Brennan MF, Kushner AL, World J Surg 2010, Apr 13.
• Percentage of Cesarean Sections to Total Surgical Procedures in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Possible
Indicator for Overall Adequacy of Surgical Care, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Kingham TP, World J Surg, 2010; 34(9)
2007-8.
• Global Surgery: Thoughts on an emerging surgical sub-specialty for students and residents, Leow J,
Kingham TP, Casey K, Kushner AL, J Surg Ed, 2010 May; 67(3): 143-8.
• Improving Access to Surgery in a Developing Country: Experience from a surgical collaboration in Sierra
Leone, Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Groen RS, Fadlu-Deen BD, Doah KS, Kingham TP, J Surg Ed, 2010; 67 (4): 270-3.
• A Collaborative Stent Insertion Project in Malawi, Fullerton L, Thumbs A, Vigna L, Bates J, Kushner A,
European J Palliative Care, 2010; vol 17, no. 6.
• Implementing Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: An Assessment of Emergency and Essential Surgical
Care, Sherman L, Clement PT, Cherian MN, Ndayimirije N, Noel L, Dahn B, Gwenigale WT, Kushner AL, Arch Surg,
2011; 146(1): 35-39.
• Can Twitter campaigns increase awareness about health issues? Pozo Jatam M, Casey K, Kushner AL,
Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, 2011; 96(2): 44-5.
• Surgical Care in the Solomon Islands: A Road Map for Universal Surgical Care Delivery, Natuzzi ES,
Kushner A, Jagilly R, Pickacha D, Agiomea K, Hou L, Houasia P, Hendricks PL, Ba'erodo D, World J Surg, 2011
Apr 13.
• Surgery as a Public Health Intervention: Common Misconceptions versus the Truth, Bae JY, Groen RS,
Kushner AL, Bull World Health Organ, 2011, 89:395.
• Adult intussusception in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Groen RS, Leow J, Kushner AL, JSCR 2011 6:
3.
• Teaching Emergency and Essential Surgical Care in Sierra Leone: A Model for Low Income Countries,
Leow JL, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Dumbuya SS, Kingham TP, Daoh KS, Kushner AL, J Surg Educ. 2011 Sep-Oct;68(5):
393-6.
• Beyond Volunteerism: Augmenting surgical care in resource-limited settings, Kingham TP, Price RP, Casey
KM, Rogers SO, Kushner AL, Bulletin of Am Col Surgeons, 2011, 96(7): 16-21
• Review: indications for ultrasound use in low- and middle-income countries, Groen RS, Leow JJ,
Sadasivam V, Kushner AL, Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Sep 1.
• A President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for Surgery: A Call to Action for Surgical Care in Low-
and Middle-Income Countries, Loew JJ, Kushner AL, Arch Surg. 2011;146(9):1003-1004.
• A Surgical Collaboration in Sierra Leone, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Ann R Coll Surg
Engl (Suppl) 2011; 93:341–342.
• Scarcity of healthcare worker protection in eight low- and middle-income countries: surgery and the risk
of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Bae JY, Adisa CA, Peter Kingham T, Kushner AL,
Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Oct 31.
• Twitter and mobile technology as diagnostic aids in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Leow JJ, Groen
RS, Sadasivam V, Kushner AL. Am Surg. 2011 Nov;77(11):E242-3.
• Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for patients with advanced Esophageal cancer in Malawi: An effective
palliative treatment, Thumbs A, Borgstein E, Vigna L, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Hellberg K, Bates J, Wilhelm TJ, J
Surg Oncol. 2011 Dec 12.
• Mass casualty incident training in a resource-limited environment. Leow JJ, Brundage SI, Kushner AL,
Kamara TB, Hanciles E, Muana A, Kamara MM, Daoh KS, Kingham TP. Br J Surg. 2011 Dec 21.
• Three-stage repair of a giant inguinal hernia in Sierra Leone: A management technique for low-resource
settings, Groen RS, Sesay SB, Kushner AL, Dumbuya SS. JSCR 2011. 12:8
• Social media in low-resource settings: A role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery? Leow JJ, Pozo
ME, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Surgery. 2012 Feb 3.
• Pilot Testing of a Population-based Surgical Survey Tool in Sierra Leone, Groen RS, Samai M, Petroze RT,
Kamara TB, Yambasu SE, Calland JF, Peter Kingham T, Guterbock TM, Choo B, Kushner AL, World J Surg. 2012
Feb 7
• An overview of renal replacement therapy and health care personnel deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa,
Pozo ME, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Hardy MA, Kushner AL. Transpl Int, 2012 Mar 28.
• A Tool and Index to Assess Surgical Capacity in Low Income Couuntries: An Initial Implementation in
Sierra Leone, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Dixon-Cole R, Kwon S, Kingham TP, Kushner AL. World J Surg. 2012 Apr 10.
• A review of training opportunities for ultrasonography in low and middle income countries, Lagrone LN,
Sadasivam V, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Trop Med Int Health, 2012; 17(7): 808-19.
• A Preparation guide for surgical resident and student rotations to underserved regions, Leow JJ, Groen
RS, Kingham TP, Casey KM, Hardy MA, Kushner AL, Surgery, 2012; 151(6): 770-8.
• Assessment of Pediatric Surgery Capacity at Government Hospitals in Sierra Leone, Kushner AL, Groen RS,
Kamara TB, Dixon-Cole R, Daoh KS, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, World J Surgery, 2012 Aug 1.
• Untreated surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: a cluster randomized, cross-sectional, countrywide
survey, Groen RS, Samai M, Stewart KA, Cassidy LD, Kamara TB, Yambasu SE, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Lancet, 2012
Aug 13.
• A survey of surgical capacity in rural southern Nigeria: Opportunities for change, Henry JA, Windapo O,
Kushner AL, Groen RS, Nwomeh BC, World J Surg, 2012 Sept 6.
• Ratio of Cesarean Deliveries to Total Operations and Surgeon Nationality Are Potential Proxies for
Surgical Capacity in Central Haiti. Hughes CD, McClain CD, Hagander L, Pierre JH, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Meara
JG. World J Surg. 2012 Sep 18.
• Cancer surgery in low-income countries: an unmet need. Gyorki DE, Muyco A, Kushner AL, Brennan MF,
Kingham TP. Arch Surg. 2012 Dec 1;147(12):1135-40.
• Estimating operative disease prevalence in a low-income country: Results of a nationwide population
survey in Rwanda. Petroze RT, Groen RS, Niyonkuru F, Mallory M, Ntaganda E, Joharifard S, Guterbock TM,
Kushner AL, Kyamanywa P, Calland JF. Surgery. 2012 Dec 17.
• The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents., Henry
JA, Groen RS, Price RR, Nwomeh BC, Kingham TP, Hardy MA, Kushner AL. Surgery. 2012 Dec 26.
• Traumatic injuries in developing countries: report from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of sierra
leone. Stewart KA, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Farahzad MM, Samai M, Cassidy LD, Kushner AL, Wren SM. JAMA Surg.
2013 May 1;148(5):463-9.
• Free health care for under 5 year olds increases access to surgical care in sierra leone: an analysis of
case load and patient characteristics. Groen RS, Kamara TB, Nwomeh BC, Daoh KS, Kushner AL. World J Surg.
2013 Jun;37(6):1216-9.
• Household survey in sierra leone reveals high prevalence of surgical conditions in children. Groen RS,
Samai M, Petroze RT, Kamara TB, Cassidy LD, Joharifard S, Yambasu S, Nwomeh BC, Kushner AL. World J Surg.
2013 Jun;37(6):1220-6.
• Nationally Representative Household Survey of Surgery and Mortality in Sierra Leone. Kwon S, Groen
RS, Kamara TB, Cassidy LD, Samai M, Yambasu SE, Kushner AL. World J Surg. 2013 Apr 12.
• A quantitative analysis of surgical capacity in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Markin A, Barbero R, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Skow EJ, Apelgren KN, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC, J Surg Res. 2013 Jun 5.
• Groen RS, Solomon J, Samai M, Kamara TB, Cassidy LD, Blok L, Kushner AL, Dhanaraj M, Stekelenburg J,
Female Health and Family Planning in Sierra Leone, J of Obstet Gynecol, 2013; 122(3): 525-531.
Letters
• Helping Victims of Landmines: A Public Health Approach, Kushner A, Cobey J, Minnesota Medicine, 1999:
82: 30-31
• Health Care Hobbled: Ambulatory Care Treatment of Cambodian Landmine Survivors, Kushner A, Raymond
N, J Ambulatory Care Mgmt, 2000: 23(3) 88-9
• Doctors with “Dirty Hands, Elahi M, Kushner A, Washington Post, June 8, 2003. B7
• A Secondary Crisis in African Health Care, Kushner A, Mannion S, Muyco A, , Lancet, 2004: 363(9419) 1478
• Medical Challenges in Sudan, Kushner A, J Mine Action, 2006: 10.1, http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/10.
1/personal/kushner/kushner.htm
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, Kushner A, J Mine Action, 2007: 11.1, http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/11.
1/notes/kushner/kushner.htm
• Preventing Road Traffic Injuries in Africa, Kushner AL, Yankson IK, Witte JD, Injury Prev, 2009 Feb 6; http:
//injuryprevention.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/14/6/413
• Less Than a Landcruiser, Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Kingham TP, BMJ, February 28, 2009, http://www.bmj.
com/cgi/eletters/338/jan16_1/a3136
• A next step for assessing the global burden of surgical disease, Leow JJ, Kingham TP, Kushner AL,
Surgery 2011 Apr 15.
• A letter from…the DRC, Kushner AL, Groen, MT: Bulletin of the Netherlands Society for Tropical
medicine and International Health, 48(4): 5.
• Non-communicable diseases: beyond prevention and screening, Kushner AL, Groen RS. Lancet. 2011 Aug 13;
378(9791):567.
• Editorial Policy on Co-authorship of Articles from Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Kushner AL,
Kyamanywa P, Adisa CA, Kibatala P, Mkandawire N, Coleman P, Kamara TB, Mock CN, Hunter JG, World J Surg.
2011 Sep 8
• Non-communicable diseases and surgery at the UN? "Fugetaboutit!" Groen RS, Leow JJ, Kushner AL,
Lancet. 2011 Nov 19;378(9805):e8
• The unmet surgical disease burden in the developing world.Groen RS, Samai M, Kamara TB, Kushner AL.
Lancet. 2012 Feb 18;379(9816):616
• Free health care in Sierra Leone: the effect on pediatric surgery, Kushner AL, Kallon C, Kamara TB,
Journal of Pediatric Surgery 47 (3), 628-629
• Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems, Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, The Lancet
2012; 379 (9825): 1488
• Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems, Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, Lancet,
2012; 379(9825): 1488.
• Some thoughts on global surgery: reply. Kushner AL. World J Surg. 2013 Jul;37(7):1736-7.
• Waiting for Global Access to Urologic Care. Patel HD, Kushner AL, Allaf ME. Eur Urol. 2013 May 13.
Abstracts
• Coronary Thrombus: Clinical and Angiographic Findings Correlated in 185 lesions undergoing
Directional Coronary Atherectomy. Sharma S, Israel D, Fyfe B, Lotvin A, Torre S, Kushner A, McMurtry K, Marmur
J, Cocke T, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Circulation, 88: 208, 1993
• Incidence of Coronary Thrombus in 226 Lesions Undergoing Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Sharma S,
Fyfe B, Kushner A, McMurtry K, Israel D, Kumar S, Marmur J, Torre S, Ambrose J, Indian Heart J, 45: 355, 1993
• Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Short and Long Term Results at a High Volume Center Sharma S,
Lotvin A, Israel D, McMurtry K, Kushner A, Kumar S, Marmur J, Torre S, Cocke T, Ambrose J, Indian Heart J, 45:
357, 1993
• Mechanism of Post Procedure Luminal Enlargement after Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Sharma S,
Kushner A, Lotvin A, Marmur J, McMurtry K, Cocke T, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Cath Cardiovasc Diag, 32: 83, 1994
• Early Changes in Minimal Luminal Diameter after Directional Coronary Atherectomy versus Balloon
Angioplasty, Cocke T, Sharma S, McMurtry K, Kushner A, Lotvin A, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Cath Cardiovasc Diag,
32: 84, 1994
• Management of Sigmoid Volvulus at a Tertiary Care Hospital In Africa, Muyco AP, Kushner AL, Mvula CJ
East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 10:2 December 2005, 105
• Mass-Casualty Paradox in Environments with Limited Healthcare Resources, Brundage SI, Girod S, Kushner
AL, Kamara TB, Hancilies E, Kingham TP, International Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters
(IPRED 2010), Tel Aviv, Israel, January 2010
• Trauma: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society…Injury Training World Wide, McCunn M, Tillus J,
Pyarali F, Bunting S, Fox A, Kushner A, Aboutanos MB, Cherian MN, Consortium for Universities for Global
Health, Seattle, WA, September 2010
• Surgery for Cancer at a Tertiary Referral Center in Malawi, Leow JJ, Kushner AL, Muyco AP, Kingham TP,
ASAP, San Diego, CA, November 2011.
Posters
• Relationship between Chest Pain following successful Directional Coronary Atherectomy and Removal
of Vascular Deep Wall Components, Kushner A, Sharma S, Israel D, Cocke T, Fyfe B, McMurtry K, Marmur J,
Torre S, Ambrose J: The Eleventh Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, October 5,
1993
• Ischemic Injury causes Bradycardia Post Cardiac Transplantation, Kushner A, Fyfe B, McMurtry K,
Courtney M, Lasman S, Sadeghi A, Gass A, The Twelfth Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
New York, October 11, 1994
• Measuring the magnitude of landmine injuries: Results of field testing standardized survey tools in
Azerbaijan, Kushner A, Cobey J, Nam M, International Society of Surgery/International Association of Trauma
Surgery and Intensive Care, Brussels, Belgium, August 27-30, 2001
• Trauma at Lilongwe Central Hospital: Malawi, Africa, Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, American College of
Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, October 19-23, 2003
• Trauma Management in a Developing Country in Africa, Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, 7th World Congress
on Injury Prevention, Vienna, Austria, June 2004
• Management of Sigmoid Volvulus at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Africa, Muyco A, Kushner A, Mvula C,
International Society of Surgeons, August 2005
• An Approach to Managing Mass Casualties in a Developing World District Hospital, Kushner A, Allemann
A, Exe C, Chattopadhyay C, International Society of Surgeons, August 2007
• Increasing Teaching Assistance and Short-term Surgical Manpower for Health Facilities in Developing
Countries, Kingham TP, Guerrero A, Kushner A, International Society of Surgeons, August 2007
• Quantifying Surgical Capacity in Sierra Leone, Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Kamara TB, Cherian MN, Foray-
Rahall L, Daoh KS, Kabia S, Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, Kampala, Uganda, July 2008
• Surgery: The Neglected “Stepchild” of Global Public Health, Leow J, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Global
Health Conference, Australian Student Medical Association, Hobart, Australia, July 2009
• Surgeons OverSeas assessment of surgical needs (SOSAS): Implementation of a population-based survey
of surgical conditions in Rwanda Petroze RT, Groen RS, Mallory MA, Guterbock TM, Niyonkuru F, Kushner AL,
Calland JF, Kyamanywa P. COSECSA - College Of Surgeons of East, Central and South Africa. February 2012.
• Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS):
a population-based survey in Rwanda, Petroze RT, Groen RS, Niyonkura F, Mallory M, Joharidard S, Ntaganda E,
Guterbock TM, Kyamanywa P, Kushner AL, Calland JF, Bethune Roundtable, Toronto, Canada, May 2012.
• Burn injuries in Sierra Leone: need for reconstructive surgery in developing countries. Stewart KA,
Groen RS, Samai M, Yambasu SE, Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Wren SM, Stanford Medical Conference May 2012.
• Injury burden at the community level: Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical needs (SOSAS), a
population-based survey in Rwanda. Petroze RT, Groen RS, Niyonkuru F, Mallory MA, Ntaganda E, Guterbock TM,
Kyamanywa P, Kushner AL, Calland JF, Basel, Switzerland. May 2012.
• Linking Assessment of Surgical Needs at the Community Level to Health System Strengthening: A Surgeons
OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS) Evaluation in Rwanda. Petroze RT, Kyamanywa P, Niyonkuru F,
Ntaganda E, Groen RS, Guterbock TM, Mallory MA, Kushner AL, Calland JF. American College of Surgeons,
Chicago, October 2012.
• Inter-Rater Reliability of the PIPES Tool: Validation of a Surgical Capacity Index at Public Hospitals in
Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Markin A, Barbero R, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Perlman G, Habermann EB, Apelgren KN, Kushner
AL, Nwomeh BC. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, October 2012.
• A Retrospective Study of Burns Patients at a Major Government Referral Hospital in Freetown, Sierra
Leone. Jackson-Cole J, Pratt D, Forde M, Bangura J, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Kamara TB. American College of
Surgeons, Chicago, October 2012. (Presentation: SF2012-24426)
• A Survey of Surgical Capacity in Rural Nigeria: Opportunities for Change.
Henry JA, Windapo O, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Nwomeh BC. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, October
2012. (Poster: NP2012-24921).
• Traumatic injury in Sierra Leone: results from a nationwide survey. Stewart KA, Groen RS, Farahzad MM,
Kamara TB, Samai M, Cassidy LD, Kushner AL, Wren SMWorld Health Summit. Oct 21-24, 2012, Berlin, Germany.
(Accepted as Poster and abstract in Lancet)
• A Quantitative Analysis of Surgical Capacity of Public Hospitals in the State of Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
Markin AR, Barbero, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Skow EJ, Apelgren KN, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC. ASC February 2013, New
Orleans. (Accepted as Poster Abstract Control Number: ASC20130487)
Presentations
• Reversal of Oxalate Cardiomyopathy, Twelfth Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, October 1994
• Penetrating Cardiac Injuries, Surgical Grand Rounds, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Pennsylvania,
August 1997
• Atrocities, Landmines and Cluster Bombs in Kosovo: A Physician’s Perspective, Tropical Medicine
Association, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1999
• The Aftermath of War: Landmines in Kosovo, University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des
Moines, Iowa, October 3, 1999
• The Aftermath of War: Landmines in Kosovo, Des Moines, Drake University, Iowa, October 4, 1999
• The Aftermath of War: Landmines in Kosovo, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa, October 5, 1999
• Global Politics: Landmines and the Ottawa Process, Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines,
Iowa, October 5, 1999
• Science in the Service of Human Rights: Physicians for Human Rights in Kosovo, 1999 Annual Meeting,
Human Rights Briefing, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1999
• Landmines in Kosovo, Liverpool Hospital Trauma Evening, Humanitarian Aspects of Trauma, Liverpool
Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, December 7, 1999
• The Medical Impact of Landmines, United States Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL) Congressional Action
Conference, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2000
• Renal Transplantation in Developing Countries, Department of Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds,
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, September 8, 2000
• Landmines and Cluster Bombs in Kosovo, Department of Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds, University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, September 8, 2000
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Traumatic Injury during and after Conflict, Department of Surgery Grand
Rounds, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, December 11, 2000
• Surgery for Tropical Diseases, Department of Surgery Conference, Wilford Hall Medical Center,
Lackland Air Force Base, TX, May 2001
• The ICRC Approach to War Wounds, Department of Surgery Conference, Wilford Hall Medical Center,
Lackland Air Force Base, TX, January 14, 2002
• Update on Abdominal Trauma, Nasiriya General Hospital, Nasiriya, Iraq, May 29, 2003
• Human Rights Issues: The Importance of Data, H.E.L.P. Course, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
and the International Committee of the Red Cross, Baltimore, MD, July 23, 2003
• Human Rights Violations in Iraq, Annual Meeting, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies,
Chicago, IL, October 31, 2003
• Emergency Management of Landmine Injuries, Regional Seminar on Landmine Victim Assistance,
Observatorio des Minas, Bogotá, Colombia, November 12, 2003
• Health and Human Rights: Physician Participation in Human Rights Abuses in Iraq, Medical Meeting, British
High Commission in Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi, February 24, 2004
• Management of Abdominal Trauma, Department of General Surgery, Lilongwe Central Hospital, Lilongwe,
Malawi, February 26, 2004
• Emergency Management of Landmine Injuries, Staff Grand Rounds, Military Hospital, Managua, Nicaragua,
May 7, 2004
• Damage Control Surgery,” Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Military Hospital, Managua, Nicaragua,
May 7, 2004
• Human Rights Issues: An Overview for Military Personnel, Leader Development and Education for
Sustained Peace course, Center for Civil-Military Relations, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, August
15, 2004
• Emergency Trauma Care, Surgery for Clinical Officers course, Malamulo College of Health Sciences,
Makwasa, Malawi, January 18 and 21, 2005
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, AICMA-Organization of American States, Quito, Ecuador, November 2006
• Emergency Management of Landmine and UXO Injuries, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Santa Fe, Bogota,
Colombia, August 9, 2007
• Emergency Management of Landmine and UXO Injuries, Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul,
Medellin, Colombia, August 10, 2007
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, Tolemaida Army Base, Melgar, Colombia, August 19 - 20, 2007
• Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar, Escuela des Inginiers Militar, Bogota, Colombia, August 24, 2007
• Damage Control Surgery, Grand Rounds, St. Francis Hospital, Ifakara, Tanzania, October 4, 2007
• Trauma Basics, Assistant Medical Officer Course, Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health,
Ifakara, Tanzania, October 5, 2007
• International Humanitarian Surgery Visiting Professor Lecture, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY,
December 3, 2007
• Basic Principles of Trauma, Medical Staff Meeting, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India,
January 29, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma, Medical Staff Meeting, Duncan Hospital, Raxaul, India, February 22, 2008
• Emergency Management of Burns, Medical Staff Meeting, Duncan Hospital, Raxaul, India, March 12, 2008
• Disaster and Trauma Management, Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India,
March 22, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma, Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India, March
22, 2008
• Emergency Management of Landmine and Blast Injuries, Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital,
Herbertpur, India, March 22, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma Management, Medical Staff Meeting, Phebe Hospital and School of Nursing,
Phebe, Liberia, May 27, 2008
• Basic Principles of Trauma Management, Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association, Freetown, Sierra
Leone, August 14, 2008
• Emergency Management of Burns, Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association, Freetown, Sierra Leone,
August 21, 2008
• Humanitarian Assistance: NGOs and IOs, South-Eastern European Simulation (SEESIM) workshop, Zagreb,
Croatia, September 23, 2008
• Connecting with Surgeons in Developing Countries, 94th Clinical Congress, American College of
Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October 13, 2008
• International Humanitarian Surgery, General Surgery Grand Rounds, New York Presbyterian Hospital –
Columbia University, New York, December 18, 2008
• International Humanitarian Surgery, Medical Student Physicians for Human Rights group, Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, March 12, 2009
• Global Local Heroes: What they taught me, Post Conflict Reconstruction Week, James Madison
University, Harrisonburg, VA, April 13, 2009
• International Humanitarian Surgery, Keynote Address, Post Conflict Reconstruction Week, James
Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, April 13, 2009
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Keynote Address: 4th Rural
Surgery Symposium, Cooperstown, NY, May 18, 2009
• Tropical Surgery-International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Programma
Onderwijsvenster Co-assistenten, Isala Academie, Zwolle, NL, June 2, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, NYU-Wagner, New York, NY,
September 15, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Mailman School of Public
Health, Columbia University, NY, September 29, 2010
• Strengthening Surgical Capacity in Developing Countries: A model of surgical missions, Bloomberg
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, October 7, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, Trauma Conference, Harborview
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, October 25, 2010
• Surgery: The Neglected Stepchild of Global Health, Honors Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
Kansas, November 1, 2010
• Surgery: The Neglected Stepchild of Global Health, Medical Students Making Impact, Mount Sinai School
of Medicine, New York, NY, November 11, 2010
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World, 3rd Annual H.D. Root
Distinguished Lecture, UT School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, San Antonio, TX, December 13, 2010
• Surgery and Public Health, Dutch Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 19,
2011.
• International Humanitarian Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vreij Universitaat Medisch Centrum,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 26, 2011.
• Surgery and Public Health, Dutch Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September
13, 2011.
• Measuring surgical capacity in low income countries: Results of a novel assessment tool and index in
Sierra Leone, COSECSA 12th Clinical and Scientific meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, December 8, 2011.
• Scarcity of health care worker protection in 8 low and middle income countries: Surgery and the risk of
HIV and other blood borne pathogens COSECSA 12th Clinical and Scientific meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, December
9, 2011.
• Global Surgery: Surgery for the rest of the world, Grand Round, Department of Surgery, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City, March 21, 2012.
• Working with Ministries of Health and the World Health Organization, working globally, thinking
globally, Extreme Affordability: Innovations for Surgical Care, Center for Global Surgery 2012
Multidisciplinary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23, 2012.
• Global Surgery: Surgical care for the rest of the world, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-
Newark, Newark, NJ, September 21,, 2012.
• Working with Ministries of Health and the World Health Organization: A Global Surgeon’s perspective,
Surgery and Public Health group, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, September
26, 2012.
• Surgical capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa: The new frontier in global health: Keynote address –
Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas 19th annual conference, Charlotte, NC, June 27, 2013.
Television and Radio Interviews
• Studio B with Shepard Smith, Fox News Channel, June 12, 2003
• Radio Sawa, Voice of America, June 27, 2003
• Public Health Radio, December 2005
Invited Reviewer for Journals
• The Lancet
• Surgery
• JAMA Surgery
• Journal of Trauma
• World Journal of Surgery
• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
• American Journal of Public Health
• Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
• International Surgery
• Global Public Health
• Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
• BMC Health Systems Review
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