Returning by popular demand, March 15 2018, this full day CUGH-satellite session convenes experts across the surgical system to explore interdisciplinary collaboration to create desperately needed access in low resource...
Current and Past Research Fellows from the University of Utah Center for Global Surgery presented original research at the 13th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. This conference seeks to be a...
"Trauma Care in Mongolia: INTACT Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvement". Sarah Lombardo, MD was awarded funding for Global Surgery field-research in Mongolia in 2015-2016 and publishes with her Mongolian collaborators.
Ghana will host the 2018 Extreme Affordability Conference, in the exciting next iteration of the innovative Global Health conference focused on creating access to health systems with equity. This year's...
As tribute to her lifetime of achievements building the surgical systems of her country, Mongolia, the American College of Surgeons recognized Dr. Orgoi Sergelen as an honorary fellow and outstanding...
Only 15% of potential patients in Mexico receive Laparoscopy. Dr. Price addressed the Mexican Senate discuss train-the-trainer interventions focused on improving surgical access that will also improve operative outcomes. The...
Another watershed event for achieving the global public priority of strengthening surgical systems, an amendment calling for the Director General to report back every 3-years until 2030 on progress towards...
The recipient of this year's 2017 "Doctor of the Year" award for the State of Utah goes to Dr. Raymond Price. Dr. Price is a general surgeon at Intermountain Medical...
Co-editors Raymond Price & Adrian Park have developed a practical and situational guide for surgeons and allied health professionals participating in "global surgery", a set of system-focused interventions that address...
At the instigation of the University of Utah, WHO, Operation Giving Back, and the G4 alliance, a spectacularly diverse room gathered professionals from pathology, nursing, anesthesiology, private enterprise, and government...
The 2017 Extreme Affordability Conference gathered professionals across the region and across Health Sciences to achieve innovative breakthrough in access to healthcare. The conference theme was "Disrupting Barriers to Global...
These new, first ever Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site Infection include a list of 29 concrete recommendations distilled by 20 of the world’s leading experts from 26...
The University of Utah teamed up with GIBLIB to conduct live VR 360 broadcast of its laparoscopic training in Mongolia, demonstrating the power of ultra-low-cost laparoscopic technologies in tandem with...
Dr. Ganbold Lundeg, MD PHD received the award of tenure and prestigious recognition at the annual faculty convocation of MNUMS Health Sciences departments, on account of his role as commissioner...
"Suturing Global Surgery into Global Health". A 2nd year medical student at the University of Utah makes his publishing debut as the result of an op-ed capstone project for a...
"Invited Commentary: Reshaping Surgery as an Emerging Global Health Priority", receives significant advance attention prior to official publication date. Sarah was awarded funding for Global Surgery field-research in Mongolia in...
Award-winning efforts to create global research collaborative for the grassroots surgeon, called GlobalSurg, publishes "Mortality of emergency abdominal surgery in high-, middle- and low-income countries" in BJS
In New York Times blog "Surgery: Neglected Stephchild of Global Health" Kristof highlights the 8 million that are casualties of systemic failure in health care delivery. Kristof was keynote speaker...
Four Surgical Indicators have been added to the World Bank's Data Repository, as a result of effective petitioning and advocacy efforts last year. Representatives from the University's Center for Global...
"Patient and Physician Perceptions of Changes in Surgical Care in Mongolia 9 Years After Roll-out of a National Training Program for Laparoscopy”. Katie Wells, MD was Fellow at the Center...
As part of the press-campaign to build action pathways for High-Income-Country actors, Fizan Abdullah advocates for the neglected surgical patient in this article published by US News & World Report...