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Clinical Fellows
Research Fellows
Research Associates
Current Fellows and Associates
Past Clinical Fellows
Ainhoa Costas-Chavarri, MD, 2013-2015
Luther Ward, MD, MPH, 2013-2015
Rowan Gillies, MBBS, FRACS, 2012-2014
Stephen R. Sullivan, MD, 2008-2009
Past Research Fellows
Johanna Riesel, MD, 2013-2015
Sarah Greenberg, MD, MPH, 2012-2015
Alexi Matousek, MD, MPH, 2012-2015
Bin Song, MD, MPH, PhD, 2012-2015
Jacky Fils, MD, MPH, 2012-2015
Margarita Ramos, MD, MPH, 2012-2014
Rebecca Maine, MD, MPH, 2012-2014
Allison Linden, MD, MPH, 2011-2013
JaBaris Swain, MD, 2011-2013
Tiffany Chao, MD, 2011-2013
Catherine Kress, MD, 2011-2013
Jennifer Rickard, MD, 2011-2013
Jennifer Kreshak, MD, 2011-2013
Christopher Hughes, MD, MPH, 2010-2012
Past Research Associates
Alexis Bowder, 2014-2015
Charles Liu, 2014-2015
Brigitte Frett, MSW, 2014-2015
Samuel Enumah, 2014-2015
Charles “Beau” Bush, MD 2013-2014
Eric Nagengast, MD, 2013-2014
George Baison, MD, 2013-2014
Hampus Holmer (MD/PhD Candidate), 2013-2014
Kathleen O’Neill, MD, 2013-2014
Morgan Mandigo, MD, 2013-2014
Cecilia Ong, MD, 2012-2013
Margo Hoyler, MD, 2012-2013
Pratik Patel, MD, 2012-2013
Kiran Agarwal-Harding, MD, 2012-2013
Paula Hercule, MD, 2012-2013
Neema is the the current Paul Farmer Global Surgery Clinical Fellow. She is a trained pediatric surgeon with a commitment to global health equity and improving access to pediatric surgical care in resource limited settings. Her current research interests are: finding novel ways to increase referral of pediatric surgical cases to health facilities; and building capacity to increase the number of providers who can provide basic pediatric surgical care in resource limited settings.
Nakul Raykar is a surgical resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. He joined the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School as a Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Fellow in 2013. He received his medical degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 2010 and his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2015.
John Scott is a surgery resident at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. His research focuses on understanding and improving access to quality surgical care. He has experience using qualitative methods to understand the non-technical skills of Rwandan surgeon as well as experience using large databases and quasi-experimental designs to understand the impact of health policy on the uninsured. John also has a committed interest in surgery education and building research capacity.
Swagoto is currently a research fellow at the PGSSC and a general surgery resident at the University of Connecticut. He is particularly interested in education, cost-effectiveness/value, and outcomes based research in global surgery. He completed both undergraduate and medical school in Texas, and is a diehard Longhorns fan. In his free time he enjoys the outdoors, tennis, football, and hanging out with his dog.
Geoff was born in Israel and grew up all over the world. He attended Duke University, majoring in bio & religion. He went to Emory for med school. He spent 4 years as an Air Force special ops flight surgeon specializing in casualty evacuation over 5 combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Then Geoff began surgical residency at the MGH. He is currently a Global Surgery Fellow. He currently lives in Uganda where he conducts research on trauma systems, surgical education, capacity development.
Josh is a General Surgery resident at the University of Toronto and a second year research fellow. Prior to joining the fellowship, he worked at the Centre for Global Health Research in Toronto, studying the relationship between geographic access to surgical hospitals and deaths from surgical conditions in India. Josh’s research interests include global variation in perioperative outcomes, the role of non-governmental organizations in global surgery, and the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery.
Dr. Gabriel I. O. Toma had his undergraduate training at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He completed postgraduate training in Family Medicine at ECWA (Evangelical Church of West Africa) Evangel Hospital in Jos, Nigeria through the West African Postgraduate Medical College. He practiced family medicine in Nigeria for a while and held various leadership positions within the Nigerian Healthcare system before embarking on training in the US to become a cardiac surgeon.
Dr. Saurabh Saluja is a resident in General Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian hospital. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School where he developed his interests in global surgery. His research interests are in quality of care in low-income settings and he serves on projects in Brazil, India and Cape Verde. He is a fellow with the Harvard Center for Global Health Delivery - Dubai.
Yihan Lin is a surgery resident at the University of Colorado. She is dedicated to increasing surgical access and quality in developing nations, and has prior field experience in Haiti, Uganda, and Ecuador. Her current research interests are in surgical education in low and middle income countries, as well as building local research capacity. Her work with the PGSSC will be focused in Rwanda. She is this year's Gradian-PGSSC research fellow.
Lenka Ilcisin is a medical student at Harvard Medical School currently working with the PGSSC as a research associate. Lenka is originally from Oregon, and will always feel most at home where she can see mountains. She plans to pursue a career in pediatric surgery; and also hopes to dedicate her career to improving the surgical care of pediatric solid tumors in limited-resource settings. Outside of medicine she loves to run, play soccer, rock climb, bake cookies, and knit!
Hillary Jenny is an MD-MPH candidate at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She received a Bachelor’s degree from MIT with double majors in Brain and Cognitive Science and Music. Her current work includes pediatric surgery capacity building in Haiti and cleft lip and palate care worldwide. She aims to become a plastic surgeon with an emphasis on global outreach. Outside of medicine, she enjoys running, yoga, cooking, and learning to play the ukulele.
Issy is in her final year at Barts & the London Medical School. She has been active in Global Surgery for the past year, coordinating the IFMSA Global Surgery Working Group as well as founding the Medsin UK student group, and advocated for surgery at the World Health Assembly in May 2015. She is passionate about international collaboration and research capacity strengthening, and is currently researching barriers to surgical careers worldwide. She completed her undergraduate degree at University
Malena Outhay is a third year medical student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She graduated magna cum laude from Hendrix College in 2008 with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. As a Laotian American, Malena’s interest in global health began with her family’s interaction with healthcare in her native state of Arkansas. She is interested in global surgery, emergency medicine, and trauma.
Ben is an 2017 M.D. candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, concentrating in Biomedical Engineering with a Spanish Language Citation. His current projects include an analysis of the Lancet Global Surgery Indicators in Brazil and Trauma Surgery Research in India. He was raised in Hawaii and continues to enjoy surfing, mountain biking, and outdoor activities. He aims to become a craniofacial plastic surgeon.
Sristi graduated medical school from Sikkim Manipal University, India and holds a MPH degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research interest is to explore methods to improve access to surgery through appropriate utilization of workforce. Additionally she is involved in advocacy efforts to raise awareness about surgical care disparity. When free, Sristi can be found checking off items from her list of 50-things-to-do-in-a-lifetime which she made when she was 11!
Allison Silverstein is a rising forth year at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, pursuing an MD/MS dual degree in Genomic Medicine. Allison was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and dreamed of becoming a doctor since she was a little girl. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Miami with a major in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Business Administration. She is spending the year as a Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Associate in Rwanda.
Rachita Sood is pursuing her MD and MPH degrees at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. In her Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Associate year, she is working as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in collaboration with CARE in Bihar, India, on research related to surgical system strengthening and maternal health.
Emily is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Tennessee. Before medical school, she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer and a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. State Department. Emily’s work with marginalized populations piqued her interest in global surgery, leading to a research fellowship at The Global Health Council and eventually to medical school. Since then, she has worked with a medical team in Haiti and is currently serving in Madagascar.
Dr. Vega is a Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Associate at Harvard Medical School’s Program in Global Surgery and Social Change. Her current research work involves the study of surgical outcomes of mobile surgery in collaboration with the Cinterandes Foundation in Cuenca, Ecuador (http://www.cinterandes.org/index.php/en/). In addition she collaborates with the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Health Delivery and Management working group.