Partnerships for global surgery
Making Global
Surgery Accessible
Building self-sufficiency, improving access, and forging lasting partnerships through education, service, and research in LMICs. Get updates on success stories & more.
Our mission is to empower humanitarian surgeons to deliver exceptional global surgical care through bidirectional partnerships, while fostering self-sustainability and strengthening local surgical capacity through needs-driven education, service, and research.
A Proven Track Record of Impact
Our Approach
At Partnerships for Global Surgery, we take a comprehensive and strategic approach to improving surgical care systems worldwide.
Our work begins with a needs assessment to identify gaps in knowledge, skills, and resources within local healthcare systems.
Next, we connect with individuals and organizations capable of addressing these gaps, fostering meaningful collaborations.
We then design educational materials, curricula, and training programs tailored to bridge the identified gaps and empower local providers.
Finally, we capture and analyze data to evaluate progress, measure the impact on patients, and identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement.
Through this structured process, we strive to create sustainable, high-impact solutions that advance global surgical care.
What We Do
Partner with us to design and implement global education, provide needs-based service and follow our outcomes through bidirectional research efforts.
Donor-Funded Humanitarian Efforts
- Provide donors with opportunities to contribute to measurable and impactful initiatives.
- Focus on improving global surgical care through targeted programs.
Directed Surgical Engagements
- Organize and execute short-term trips to provide direct surgical care.
- Focus on building local capacity and education during missions.
What We Do
Partner with us to design and implement global education, provide needs-based service and follow our outcomes through bidirectional research efforts.
Needs-Driven Education and Training
- Equip local healthcare providers with skills for self-sufficiency.
- Deliver training for managing complex surgical care.
Research Initiatives
- Conduct research to identify and address barriers to surgical care in LMICs.
- Focus on creating sustainable and impactful solutions.
- Empower local providers to design and execute their own research initiatives.
Supply Chain Management
- Develop and manage global supply for surgical instruments and resources.
- Ensure partner sites have consistent access to necessary tools
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Make An Impact
Partner with Us to Support Global Surgical Care
Stay In Touch
We are grateful that you are here and would love to keep you updated on new activities and stories!
View Research Papers
Published by
PGS.
Unseen Global Burden of Disease
Why is it difficult to predict the global burden of disease?
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Outcomes of Short-Term Surgical Trips in OtoHNS
What have these trips contributed to the global picture and what can we learn from them?
Read Article
Gender Disparties in Otolaryngology
Explore how gender impacts training and surgeons both from LMICs and HICs?
Read Article
Timely Otolaryngology Care in: A Comparative Analysis
What prevents patients from accessing care in LMICs?
Read Article
Short-term surgical trips to Ethiopia and Kenya
How do we figure out what our LMIC colleagues need compared to what is currently supplied?
Read ArticleStories From
The Road
The Other Side of Things
Parents seeking care for their child with a rare disease in a country that can’t treat it
Read Story
Ethiopia in Conflict
What happens to an academic surgical program in the middle of a civil war?
Read Story
Oh Hana
Follow the story of this incredible woman who beat all the odds to survive, only never to breath on her own
Read Story
Grey Water
Explore what its like to provide what we call “all inclusive care” on a hospital ship
Read StoryGlobal
Surgery
Podcasts
Learn by listening
Origins of Global Surgery
How did global surgery become a powerful academic practice and why is that important?
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Creating Sustainable Global Surgery Partnerships
Discuss what it takes to put people together
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