Geoffrey Anderson

Kicking off Day 2️⃣ @ughe_org Surgical Sim Week with a game of Surgical Instrument #jeopardy Both teams were amazing and won final jeopardy question 🥳 @HarvardPGSSC @GeoffAndersonMD @abebesurg #globalsurgery #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter

📢 @UGHE Surgical Simulation Week has begun 🎉🇷🇼 ⏰ Today we had orientation & will be going over patient draping 🛏 and positioning. @HarvardPGSSC @GlobalSurgBox @DrBarnabasAlay @GeoffAndersonMD #GlobalSurgery #SoMe4Surgery #medtwitter

⏰ Apply to be a part of the #PGSSC family! #globalsurgery

@WomenSurgeons @BonsrahNancy @GeoffAndersonMD @DVervoort94 read this!! #AWSchat thelancet.com/journals/lance…

@WomenSurgeons @BonsrahNancy @rashijjw @DVervoort94 @ughe_org The launch of the center for equity in global surgery youtu.be/2vnH095d5C4. #AWSchat

@WomenSurgeons @BonsrahNancy @rashijjw @DVervoort94 Organizations like the Center for Global Health Equity @ughe_org are a start! #Rwanda #AWSchat

Q5. What does it mean to "decolonize global surgery" and what actions must be taken to accomplish this? #AWSchat @BonsrahNancy @GeoffAndersonMD @rashijjw @DVervoort94

@WomenSurgeons @BonsrahNancy @rashijjw @DVervoort94 Surgeons and trainees from HIC can recognize that their colleagues in LMICs having been “doing global surgery” before it had a name #AWSchat

@WomenSurgeons @BonsrahNancy @rashijjw @DVervoort94 The best speaker I have heard on this is @agnesbinagwaho #AWSChat

@WomenSurgeons @BonsrahNancy @rashijjw @DVervoort94 Not as many guidelines as we want. Some groups are suggesting some. #AWSChat journals.lww.com/journalacs/Abs…

Q4. What are the ethical considerations of trainees’ involvement in the field of global surgery, whether academically or clinically? What are some examples of organizations that you feel promote ethical activities? #AWSchat @BonsrahNancy @GeoffAndersonMD @rashijjw @DVervoort94

@WomenSurgeons @BonsrahNancy @rashijjw @DVervoort94 Time and money. But funding is out there. There is the Fogarty program. @Forgarty_NIH. #AWSChat

Q3. What barriers have you observed and/or experienced when seeking to get involved in the field of global surgery? How might one overcome these obstacles? #AWSchat @BonsrahNancy @GeoffAndersonMD @rashijjw @DVervoort94

@WomenSurgeons @rashijjw @DVervoort94 response- “unask the question”.it’s not about what benefits YOU. It’s how you can use your skills to benefit those less privileged

Q2. What are the benefits for trainees who get exposed to (academic) global surgery? How will this compare to the experience of faculty who get involved in this work? #AWSchat @BonsrahNanc @GeoffAndersonMD @rashijjw @DVervoort94

@WomenSurgeons @rashijjw @DVervoort94 They are starting a series to highlight 1 program each month. #Awschat

@WomenSurgeons @rashijjw @DVervoort94 The ACS has a new group - AAGS that brings together academic glob surg programs. #AWSchat

Q1. What role(s) can trainees play in the field of (academic) global surgery? #AWSchat @BonsrahNanc @GeoffAndersonMD @rashijjw @DVervoort94

@WomenSurgeons @rashijjw @DVervoort94 Groups like the program in global surgery and social change have full time students and residents working in global surg.

#AWSchat on Global Surgery starts in 1 hour! Don't miss this chance to chat with @BonsrahNanc @GeoffAndersonMD @rashijjw @DVervoort94

Join us on Monday, April 18th from 8-9pm EST, for our #GlobalSurgery TweetChat. #AWSChat. We are excited to have @BonsrahNanc @GeoffAndersonMD @rashijjw @DVervoort94 moderate this discussion! blog.womensurgeons.org/awschat/changi…

New blog @ThinkGlobalHlth from @HarvardPGSSC & @CSPH_BWH researchers explores balancing act between expanding access to safe surgical care while minimizing its impact on climate change & health. @elizabethfyates @GeoffAndersonMD @Mattt_Hey @IfeShoyombo thinkglobalhealth.org/article/climat…

The launch of the Center for Equity and Global Surgery is starting now! #UGHE #Rwanda #globalsurgery

TOMORROW at 2 p.m. CAT, the #UGHE Center for Equity in Global Surgery #CEGS will be launched! The center will serve as a regional, community-based global surgery fellowship site. Hear Prof.@abebesurg alongside health experts at the launch event. Join us: bit.ly/3HocxXF

"Nearly one-third of the disease burden in the world is surgical — if health systems are to be strengthened completely, then USAID’s vision must include safe, timely and affordable surgical care." thehill.com/blogs/congress… @Atul_Gawande @JohnMeara @GeoffAndersonMD @robertriviello