GPAS :: Medical Advisory Board
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Gerald Dubowitz, MD bio Diana Farmer, MD Laura Goetz, MD bio Sudha Jayaraman, MD Samuel Kaggwa, MD Michael Lipnick, MD bio |
Jacqueline Mabweijano, MD Cephas Mijumbi , MD bio Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc bio William P. Schecter, MD |
Biographies
Gerald Dubowitz, MD
Dr. Gerald Dubowitz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at University of California, San Francisco, where he works at the UCSF Medical center and Mt Zion Hospitals. He trained in the United Kingdom, graduating from St Andrews University in Scotland and subsequently Manchester University Medical School in England. He left the UK in 1997 and arrived in the Bay Area two and a half years later by way of Nepal and New Zealand, The South Pacific and a few places in between.
Dr. Dubowitz has had long term interest in work in the developing world, since first working in Kenya in 1988. As well as several trips to Nepal he has worked in the South Pacific and Africa. In addition to clinical anesthesiology, he is currently pursuing his research interests in both High Altitude Physiology, and separately anesthesia and peri-operative care in the developing world. At this time he is involved in a collaboration between the Department Anesthesia at UCSF and the surgical sub-specialties to coordinate overseas peri-operative care. He is especially interested in the establishment of teaching programs for anesthesia in Africa and improvement of the delivery of peri-operative services. He is a founder and current Co Director of GPAS.
Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc
Dr. Doruk Ozgediz is currently a fellow in pediatric surgery at the University of Toronto. He completed his undergraduate work at Harvard before pursuing medical school and a residency in general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He has also obtained a masters degree in public health in developing countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
During residency Doruk was actively involved in establishing the global health residency program for the Surgery Department at UCSF and made several trips to teach and work abroad while in training. After completing residency, Doruk co-founded GPAS and moved to Uganda to teach and work full-time at Makerere University and Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Laura Goetz, MD
Dr. Laura Goetz is a general surgeon with a colon and rectal specialty, currently working at Kaiser-Permanente Hospital in Oakland, California.
As an undergraduate, she began her studies in anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, which paved the way for her work in global health. She attended the University of Minnesota for Medical School and did her surgical training at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Her work abroad has been primarily in public health projects in rural Tanzania. There, she was carrying on in the spirit of her sister who worked for many years improving maternal and child health in East Africa.
Her career interests involve working with underserved populations both in the United States and abroad. She also has an extensive background in surgical education.
Michael Lipnick, MD
Dr. Michael Lipnick is a graduate of the University of California at San Francisco and is currently training in internal medicine at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA.
While spending time working in Uganda during medical school, Michael became interested in perioperative and trauma care in low-income countries. After graduating from medical school he postponed residency and returned to Uganda where he helped co-found GPAS and implement several ongoing initiatives.
After completing residency in internal medicine Michael plans to pursue additional training in anesthesia and critical care and continue to work in global health with a focus on perioperative and trauma care in low-income countries.
Cephas Mijumbi, MD
Dr. Cephas Mijumbi has been a faculty member of the Department of Anaesthesia at Makerere University's Mulago Hospital and Medical School since 1989. Originally from Uganda, he completed his education at Makerere University with additional training in cardiac anesthesia and critical care in numerous places including Muhimbili and Kilimanjaro Medical Centers, Germany, and Italy.
Dr. Mijumbi practices full-time as an anesthesiologist at Mulago Hospital and is a professor at Makerere Medical School. His current interests lie in Perioperative/Anesthesia safety, trauma care, cardiac anesthesia, and developing education and training programs for anesthesiologists relevant for low-income countries.
He has been a member of GPAS since it's inception in 2006 an currently is actively involved in several GPAS projects including the prehospital trauma initiative and the biomedical project.
GPAS People
GPAS Vision
To improve surgical and perioperative services in low-income countries and to reduce global disparities in surgical care.
GPAS Mission
To create mutually beneficial collaborations with healthcare providers in low-income countries that facilitate sustainable strategies for improving workforce, infrastructure, and the provision of essential surgical and perioperative services.