A L Kushner

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessment of pediatric surgery capacity at government hospitals in Sierra Leone
    Adam L Kushner
    Surgeons Overseas SOS, 225 E 6th St, Suite 7F, New York, NY 10003, USA
    World J Surg 36:2554-8. 2012
  2. ncbi Surgery and refugee populations
    A L Kushner
    Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons, New York, USA
    Scand J Surg 98:18-24. 2009
  3. ncbi Addressing the Millennium Development Goals from a surgical perspective: essential surgery and anesthesia in 8 low- and middle-income countries
    Adam L Kushner
    Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons, Alpine, NJ 07620, USA
    Arch Surg 145:154-9. 2010
  4. ncbi Percentage of cesarean sections among total surgical procedures in sub-Saharan Africa: possible indicator of the overall adequacy of surgical care
    Adam L Kushner
    Surgeons Overseas SOS, 303 East 60th Street, Suite 28E, New York, NY 10022, USA
    World J Surg 34:2007-8. 2010
  5. ncbi Improving access to surgery in a developing country: experience from a surgical collaboration in Sierra Leone
    Adam L Kushner
    Department of Surgery, Surgeons Overseas SOS, Alpine, NJ 07620, USA
    J Surg Educ 67:270-3. 2010
  6. ncbi Mass casualty incident training in a resource-limited environment
    J J Leow
    Surgeons Overseas SOS, New York, New York 10003, USA
    Br J Surg 99:356-61. 2012
  7. ncbi Implementing Liberia's poverty reduction strategy: An assessment of emergency and essential surgical care
    Lawrence Sherman
    Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia
    Arch Surg 146:35-9. 2011

Collaborators

  • Benedict C Nwomeh
  • David A Spiegel
  • J J Leow
  • Lawrence Sherman
  • S I Brundage
  • A Muana
  • K S Daoh
  • T B Kamara
  • E Hanciles
  • T P Kingham
  • M M Kamara
  • Nestor Ndayimirije
  • Bernice Dahn
  • Meena N Cherian
  • Peter T Clement
  • Walter T Gwenigale
  • Luc Noel

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Assessment of pediatric surgery capacity at government hospitals in Sierra Leone
    Adam L Kushner
    Surgeons Overseas SOS, 225 E 6th St, Suite 7F, New York, NY 10003, USA
    World J Surg 36:2554-8. 2012
    ..To understand the baseline surgical capacity in LMICs, a number of studies have recently been published, but none has focused on pediatric surgery...
  2. ncbi Surgery and refugee populations
    A L Kushner
    Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons, New York, USA
    Scand J Surg 98:18-24. 2009
    ..This article is a review of the surgical and disaster literature and defines issues for further study...
  3. ncbi Addressing the Millennium Development Goals from a surgical perspective: essential surgery and anesthesia in 8 low- and middle-income countries
    Adam L Kushner
    Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons, Alpine, NJ 07620, USA
    Arch Surg 145:154-9. 2010
    ..The goal of this study was to provide a baseline overview of essential surgical and anesthetic capacity at district-level health facilities in multiple LMICs...
  4. ncbi Percentage of cesarean sections among total surgical procedures in sub-Saharan Africa: possible indicator of the overall adequacy of surgical care
    Adam L Kushner
    Surgeons Overseas SOS, 303 East 60th Street, Suite 28E, New York, NY 10022, USA
    World J Surg 34:2007-8. 2010
    ..We recommend more research into the validity of this tool for use as a possible proxy indicator for overall adequacy of emergency and essential surgical care...
  5. ncbi Improving access to surgery in a developing country: experience from a surgical collaboration in Sierra Leone
    Adam L Kushner
    Department of Surgery, Surgeons Overseas SOS, Alpine, NJ 07620, USA
    J Surg Educ 67:270-3. 2010
    ..This article highlights the surgical program in Sierra Leone as a possible model to improve access to surgery...
  6. ncbi Mass casualty incident training in a resource-limited environment
    J J Leow
    Surgeons Overseas SOS, New York, New York 10003, USA
    Br J Surg 99:356-61. 2012
    ..This article describes the planning and execution of a MCI workshop created for use in Sierra Leone, a low-income country...
  7. ncbi Implementing Liberia's poverty reduction strategy: An assessment of emergency and essential surgical care
    Lawrence Sherman
    Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia
    Arch Surg 146:35-9. 2011
    ..To document infrastructure, personnel, procedures performed, and supplies and equipment available at all county hospitals in Liberia using the World Health Organization Tool for Situational Analysis of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care...