K A Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH

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• K A Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH
• May 20-22, 2009
• American College of Surgeons

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Welcome and Overview

• BoSD History
• Group Demographics
• Predominantly surgeons
• Growing numbers of anesthesiologists,
  obstetricians, emergency medicine, public health
  specials, epidemiologists, economists

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Update from April 2008

• Publications
• Literature Review
• Surgical Definitions
• Effective Coverage
• ACS Bulletin
• Meetings/Presentations
• Many Bellagio, Surgical Disparities, HAS
• Professional Dialogue
• Academic Institutions
• International Organizations
• Collaborative Societies

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Projects Underway

• Surgical Prioritization
• Surgical Proxy and Tracers
• NGO contribution to unmet surgical need and
  surgical epidemiology
• Cost effectiveness
• Integration with Global Health
• Interaction with the Global Burden of Disease
  Project on Interventions
• Academic Partnerships

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Vision for 2009 Meeting

• Expansion of topics
• Obstetrical Surgery
• Anesthesiology
• International Organizations and Academic
  Partnerships
• Global participants
• Outcomes
• Advocacy
• Literature impact
• Collaboration
• International engagement

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Breakout Groups

• Assessing Burden of Surgical and Obstetrical
  Disease next steps in the technical evaluation
• Leaders Ozdegiz, Stanton
• Global Anesthesia
• Leaders Enright, McQueen
• NGO Surgical Delivery data collection,
  collaboration, best practices
• Leaders Casey, Chu
• Academic Partnerships for Improved Surgical
  Delivery
• Leaders Riviello, Azzie

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World Journal of Surgery

• Prioritization of Surgical Procedures in Low and
  Middle Income Countries
• Cost Effectiveness of Cleft Lip and Palate
  Repairs
• Global Anesthesia Provider Crisis A
  representative Sample in Low Income Countries
• Surgical Outcomes Evaluation A standardized
  approach for facial cleft surgery during medical
  missions
• Femur Fractures in Low Income Countries A
  possible proxy for burden of surgical disease?
• The Global Burden of Obstetrical Disease A
  crisis of emergency surgical delivery
• The Role of Academic Partnerships in Surgical
  Training, Education and Provision
• Training Non-Physician Anesthesia Providers in
  Haiti Developing an Essential Cadre for the
  Global Surgical Workforce
• Essential Surgical Services in a Sub-Saharan
  Conflict Setting
• Safe Surgery During a Humanitarian Crisis
• Essential and Emergency Surgery and the WHO
  Global Health Initiative
• Anesthesia Provider Training in Low Income
  Countries The impact of parallel training with
  surgical providers on Kenya

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Considerations

• Working Group verses ??
• Partnerships
• WHO
• Bethune
• Incorporation
• Academic Institution
• International Surgical Society
• Maintain autonomy
• 501c3

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Whats in a name?

• Identification
• How we see ourselves
• How others see us
• Description
• Who we are
• What we do
• Recognition
• Acronym
• Web

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New Name?

• Who are we?
• Surgery - Public Health - Obstetrics
• Anesthesia - Economists - Humanitarians
• What do we do?
• Advocacy - Research
• Delivery - Infrastructure
• Training, Education -Evaluation
• How can we be quickly recognized and remembered?
• Acronym
• Website

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Group Mission

• Advocacy for surgery within global health
• Concept development and application
• Data collection
• Literature expansion
• Education and Training
• Delivery
• International Organization participation
• International policy development
• ? Strategic Plan