Publications
Articles and presentations by GPAS partners
2012
- Research in Surgery & Anesthesia – the experience at Makerere CHS – Presented at COSECA Conference 2013
- New strategies for breast cancer screening in Uganda – Presented at COSECA Conference 2013
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 - The Lancet – December 2012
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010- The Lancet – December 2012
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010- The Lancet- December 2012
- Surgery and Anesthesia Capacity Building in Resource Poor Settings - World Journal of Surgery – December 2012
- Intensive Care in low-income countries: a critical need - New England Journal of Medicine – November 2012
- Characterizing Thyroid Disease and Identifying Barriers to Care and Treatment in Uganda- World Journal Endocrine Surgery – Oct 2012
- National ICU capacity and patient characteristics in a low income country - BMC Research Notes – Feb 2012
- Overseas Anesthesia Initiatives – HVO and GPAS – ASA Newsletter. 2012
- National intensive care unit bed capacity and ICU patient characteristics in a low income country - BMC Research Notes, Sept 2012
2011
- Blood and body fluid exposures among surgeons at Mulago Hospital – East and Central African Journal of Surgery. 2011
- Medical missions, surgical education, and capacity building - J Am Coll Surg. 2011
- Surgery in global health delivery - Mt Sinai J Med. 2011
2010
- Improving surgery service delivery in context - Lancet, 2010
- Essential surgery: Integral to the right to health - Health Hum Rights. 2010
- Global Health and Global Anesthesia- Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2010
- Key aspects of health policy development to improve surgical services in Uganda - World J Surg.2010
- Role of collaborative academic partnerships in surgical training, education, and provision - World Journal of Surgery. 2010
- Global anesthesia workforce crisis: a preliminary survey revealing shortages contributing to undesirable outcomes and unsafe practices - World Journal of Surgery. 2010
- Key concepts for estimating the burden of surgical conditions and the unmet need for surgical care - World Journal of Surgery. 2010
2009
- First things first: effectiveness and scalability of a basic prehospital trauma care program for lay first-responders in Kampala, Uganda. – PLoS One 2009
- Increasing access to surgical services in sub-saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group - PLoS Med. 2009
- The impact of launching surgery at the district level in Niger- World Journal of Surgery 2009
- Population health metrics for surgery: effective coverage of surgical services in low-income and middle-income countries.- World Journal of Surgery. 2009
- Current Patterns of Prehospital Trauma Care in Kampala, Uganda and the Feasibility of a Lay-First-Responder Training Program - World Journal of Surgery. 2009
- Letter of Reply - World Journal of Surgery(2009)
- Surgery and Global Health Primer – GHEC Online
- 12th World Congress on Public Health (April 2009 – Istanbul, Turkey) ”Global partners in anesthesia and surgery: A model partnership between two academic institutions to build surgical and perioperative services in Uganda”
- 12th World Congress on Public Health (April 2009 – Istanbul, Turkey) ”Current prehospital trauma care in Kampala, Uganda and a pilot training program for lay-first responders”
- 12th World Congress on Public Health (April 2009 – Istanbul, Turkey) - ”Disparities in injury mortality patterns: Comparing Uganda and the United States”
2008
- Patterns in Prehospital Trauma Care in Kampala, Uganda and the Feasibility of Training Lay First Responders in Emergency First-aid for Trauma. UCSF Global Health Symposium; Poster Presented October 2008.
- Epidemiology of Injury Mortality in Uganda and in the United States: A Comparative Study. Disparities in Surgical Care Conference, Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School; Poster Presented October 2008.
- The “other” neglected diseases in global public health: surgical conditions in sub-Saharan Africa - PLos.June 2008
- Letter to the editor: Global health workforce crisis. - Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2008
- Surgical Training and Global Health: Initial Results of a Five-Year Partnership with a Surgical Training Program in a Low-Income Country - Archives of Surgery. 2008
- The Neglect of the Global Surgical Workforce: Experience and Evidence from UgandaWorld Journal of Surgery. 2008
- Africa’s neglected surgical workforce crisis - The Lancet. 2008
2007
- Africa’s Health Care Crises Extend Beyond Diseases - San Jose Mercury News. 2007
- Trauma on Trauma: Lessens from the tsunami and civil conflict in Sri Lanka - Pharos. 2007
UCSF Surgery Grand Rounds – (August 2007)
- Rethinking Western Diseases: Lessons From A Prospective Pediatric Surgical Database in Sub-Saharan Africa Dr. Stephen W. Bickler, MD, DTM&H, FACS, FAAP - University of California at San Diego
UCSF Surgery Grand Rounds – (January 2007)
2006
- Improving Recruitment of surgical trainees and Training of Surgeons in Uganda - East and Central African Journal of Surgery. 2006.
- The perspective of UCSF residents on training, research, and service - Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2006.
- A mandate for training, research, and service – A faculty perspective from the UCSF… - Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2006.
2005
- Surgery in Developing Countries - Arch Surg. 2005
