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Johns Hopkins Center for Global Surgery

Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Journal Club

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JHCGS hosts a monthly Global Surgery journal club or speaker event. Everyone, regardless of institution, discipline or level of training, is welcome to attend. Our international colleagues are especially invited to join.

At each journal club, we discuss one to three journal articles focused on one topic. We often invite one of the article’s lead authors to join so that we can learn directly from the researcher.

  • Date: The third Wednesday of every month, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. ET
  • Location: Zoom

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2024 Journal Club Table and Articles:

Date Topic Recordings and Articles
5/15/24 Concerning Global Trends of Cesarean Section Rate and its Complex Consequences on Maternal Health Guest authors: Dr. David Nitrushwa and Dr. Victor Mivumbi 
  1. New Realm of Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder: Are We Doing Enough?
  2. Trends and Projections of Caesarean Section Rates: Global and Regional Estimates

Watch Recording
3/20/24 Surgical Data Ecosystems: A Novel Approach to Health Systems Strengthening Guest author: Dr. John Rose
  1. Evaluating the Collection, Comparability and Findings of Six Global Surgery Indicators
  2. Health Data Ecosystem in Pakistan: A Multisectoral Qualitative Assessment of Needs and Opportunities

Watch Recording
  2/28/24 Establishing an Education and Research Curriculum in the Global South Guest author: Dr. Ryan Guilbault 
  1. Views from the Global South: Exploring How Student Volunteers from the Global North Can Achieve Sustainable Impact in Global Health
  2. International Orthopaedic Volunteer Opportunities in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Watch Recording
 1/17/24 Building Global Plastic Surgery Capacity Guest author: Dr. Chao Long Azad
  1. Creation of Nepal’s First Skin Bank: Challenges and Outcomes
  2. What Is the Role of Plastic Surgery in Global Health? A Review

Watch Recording

2023 Journal Club Topics and Articles:

Date Topic Recordings and Articles
 12/20/23 Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Global Surgery Guest author: Dr. Tamara Fitzgerald         
  1. Risk of Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Rwandan Surgical Patients with Peritonitis
  2. Social and Financial Barriers May Contribute to a “Hidden Mortality” in Uganda for Children with Congenital Anomalies
 11/15/23 Global Perspectives in Cardiac Surgery Guest author: Dr. Fayyaz Hashmi
  1. Cardiac Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A State-of-the-Art Review
  2. Global Perspectives on Cardiothoracic, Cardiovascular, and Cardiac Surgical Training
 10/25/23 The Anthropology of Cancer Care in Tanzania  Guest author: Dr. Mohammed Yunus Rafiq
  1. Kansa Talk: Mapping Cancer Terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania Towards Dignity-Based Practice
  2. Africanizing Oncology: Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda (Introduction)
 9/20/23 Laparoscopic Training in a Low-Resource Setting Guest author: Dr. Hilkiah Suga
  1. Barriers to Training in Laparoscopic Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
  2. Development and Validation of a Homemade, Low-Cost Laparoscopic Simulator for Resident Surgeons (LABOT)
2/22/23 Improving Global Access to Neurosurgical Training Guest author: Dr. Adam Ammar
  1. Access to Health Services Among Forced Migrants in Tanzania: A Cluster Randomized Cross Sectional Study of 3560 Congolese and Burundian Refugees
  2. Untreated Surgical Problems Among East African Refugees: A Cluster Randomized, Cross-Sectional Study

Watch Recording
1/18/23 Surgical Systems in Settings of Forced Migration Guest author: Dr. Zach Enumah
  1. Access to Health Services Among Forced Migrants in Tanzania: A Cluster Randomized Cross Sectional Study of 3560 Congolese and Burundian Refugees
  2. Untreated Surgical Problems Among East African Refugees: A Cluster Randomized, Cross-Sectional Study

2022 Journal Club Topics and Articles:

Date Topic Recordings and Articles
 12/21/22 Orthopaedic Surgery in Low-Resource Settings Guest author: Dr. Julius Oni
  1. The SIGN Nail: Factors in a Successful Device for Low-Resource Settings
  2. Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) implant follow-up: Assessment of Squat and Smile and fracture healing
 11/16/22 Pediatric Global Surgery Guest author: Dr. Daniel Rhee
  1. Lessons from Developing, Implementing and Sustaining a Participatory Partnership for Children's Surgical Care in Tanzania
  2. Implementation of a Contextually Appropriate Pediatric Emergency Surgical Care Course in Uganda
 10/17/22 Joint JHGSI – Center for Global Emergency Care Speaker Series: Trauma Care Systems Development in LMICs Guest authors: Drs. Abdulgafoor Bachani & Kent Stevens
  1. Trauma Systems in Kenya: A Qualitative Analysis at the District Level
  2. Nine-point Plan to Improve Care of the Injured Patient: A Case Study from Kenya

Watch Recording
 9/14/22 Decolonizing Global Health in the Context of Global Surgery Guest author: Dr. Anna Kalbarczyk
  1. Eliminating the White Supremacy Mindset from Global Health Education
  2. The White Savior Industrial Complex in Global Health
 8/24/22 Research Update: Assessing Compliance and Completeness of Surgical Safety Checklist in an Ethiopian Teaching Hospital Guest author: Dr. Yidnek Mogessie
    No associated readings
 7/20/22 War Hospitals: Far Away and Close to the Conflict Guest author: Dr. Adam Goldstein
    No associated readings
 6/15/22 Surgery & Health Care in Conflict Zones
  1. Ethics in Conflict Zones
  2. When Clinicians Aren't Prepared
 5/18/22 Global Interprofessional Collaboration in Surgery Guest authors: Drs. Vinciya Pandian and Michael Brenner
  1. Intubation Safety
  2. Critical Care Guidance
 4/8/22 Public Health Week 2022: Global Surgery Panel Discussion N/A
 3/23/22 Applications of Global Surgery: A Public Health Perspective Guest author: Dr. Jordan Pyda
  1. Resilient Health Systems
  2. Transplant Surgery in Ethiopia
 2/16/22 Financial Risk Protection for Surgical Care: Evidence Across Settings Guest author: Dr. Juliet Lumati
  1. ACTION Study Southeast Asia
  2. Catastrophic Payments Ghana
 1/19/22 Surgery in Settings of Humanitarian Crisis Guest author: Dr. Ana Leticia Nery
  1. Excerpt: "An Imperfect Offering"
  2. Surgical Burden Among Forcibly Displaced Persons

2021 Journal Club Topics and Articles:

Date Topic Articles
 12/15/21 Global Neurosurgery: Charting a Path Forward in Academic Institutions Guest author: Dr. Anthony Fuller
  1. Global Neurosurgery: Way Forward
  2. Global Neurosurgery: Unmet Need
 11/17/21 Data Science & Surgery in LMICs Guest author: Dr. Catherine Juillard
  1. Machine Learning Without Borders 
  2. Economic Clusters Modeling in Disparities Research 
 10/20/21 Extending the Reach & Quality of Surgery Globally Guest author: Dr. Henry Perry
  1. WHO Surgery and Health for All
  2.  Lessons from Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation
 09/15/21 External Factors Affecting Surgical Care Guest author: Dr. Catherine deVries
  1. Global surgical ecosystems
  2. Limited electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa
 8/18/21 Diagnosing & Predicting Post-op Infections in Rwanda Guest author: Dr. Bethany Hedt-Gauthier 
  1. Diagnosing Post-op Surgical Site Infections in Rural Rwanda
  2. WASH in Rural Rwanda 
  3. Predicting Surgical Site Infection with Machine Learning
 7/21/21 Cost-effectiveness in Global Surgery Guest author: Dr. Tiffany Chao 
  1. Cost-Effectiveness of Surgery and Policy Implications
  2. Beyond Outcomes: Applying Cost Effectiveness
  3. Aligning Economic Research & Disease Burden
 6/16/21 Innovation & Tech in Global Surgery Guest author: Dr. Ray Price 
  1. Disseminating Technology in Global Surgery
  2. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Mongolia
  3. Operative Care Capacity in Resource Limited Settings
5/19/21 Policy, Advocacy, and NSOAPs Guest author: Dr. Desmond Jumbam  
  1. Tanzania NSOAPs
  2. Costs of NSOAPs
  3. NSOAPs Progress
4/21/21 Coalition Building (anesthesia, OBGYN, EM, etc.) Guest author: Dr. Jeanne Sheffield 
  1. Protecting Pregnant Frontline Workers
  2. Colorectal Surgeons’ Perspectives
  3. Mail-based HPV Testing
 3/17/21 COVID-19 & Global Surgery Guest author: Dr. Eric Etchill 
  1. Cancer Surgery During COVID-19
  2. Pediatric Surgery During COVID-19 in LMICs
  3. COVID-19 & Global Surgery Goals
 2/17/21 Surgery & SDGs Guest author: Dr. Ernest Barthélemy 
  1. Neurosurgery & SDGs  
  2. Global Surgery & SDGs
  3. Global Surgery 2030 Roadmap
 1/20/21 Trauma Systems & Registries  Guest author: Dr. Juan Carlos Puyana  
  1. Trauma Registry in Honduras
  2. Trauma Registries in Uganda
  3. Trauma Severity Score Comparisons