Our Vision
Learn more information about the vision of the Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative.
Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative
Make Surgical Treatment
Accessible for All
The Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative (JHGSI) is committed to promoting health, equity, and justice by improving surgical care, broadly defined, across the globe. We value interdisciplinary and international collaboration, holding the belief that diversity in background and experience will help us better achieve our vision.
JHGSI aims to provide the network, the opportunities, and the support requisite for those who share our vision and are working to advance it.
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Meet Our Team
Learn more about our team of surgeons and healthcare providers making an impact in global health.
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Collaborate with Us
Join our initiative and make a difference in the lives of individuals and families with limited resources.
Stay Informed
News & Events
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Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Symposium: Building Coalitions
- Time
- 9:00 a.m. (EST) / 1:00 p.m. (GMT)
- Location
- Online Event
This event is being hosted by the Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma, and Anesthesia Society (SOTAS) at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative (JHGSI).
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Global Surgery Journal Club
- Time
- 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. EST
- Location
- Zoom (Virtual)
The Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative hosts a global surgery journal club every third Wednesday of the month. All are welcome to attend.
Our Vision
The vision of the Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative is to improve health equity by increasing access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia care worldwide. We will achieve our vision through our six strategic pillars, PEARLS:
- Partnership: Investing in meaningful, long-term bilateral partnerships with low- and middle-income country institutions.
- Education: Training the global surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia workforce and the next generation of global surgery leaders.
- Advocacy: Generating political priority for global surgery in the United States and in other where we work.
- Research: Building the evidence-base for locally identified research priorities.
- Leadership: Developing and modelling best practices in global surgery.
- Service: Providing surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia care to those in need.
Ongoing Projects Around the Globe
Learn more about our ongoing projects by selecting a location on the map. We collaborate with the World Health Organization to improve the care of the injured, provide workforce development in various surgical subspecialties, and work to improve surgical care for humanitarian health
Meet Our Team
Learn more about our multidisciplinary team dedicated to improving the surgical care of patients across the globe.
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Kent Allen Stevens, M.D.
Director, Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Interim Chief, Acute Care Surgery
Director, Adult Trauma Services
Global Surgery Interest: My interest in global surgery has centered on defining the burden of injury and developing trauma systems in resource-poor settings. Through partnerships and projects with organizations such as Bloomberg Philanthropies and the World Health Organization I have worked in a number of countries to improve the care of the injured. More recently, my global surgery efforts have been directed to build capacity in Ethiopia (with the American College of Surgeons), Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya and India.
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Daniel Sangkyu Rhee, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Initiative
Director, Pediatric Surgical Oncology Program
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Global Surgery Interest: My interests in global surgery focus on improving outcomes in pediatric surgery, pediatric oncology, and neonatal surgery. This has included efforts focused on health systems, surgical education, and surgical workforce development. This work has been undertaken through partnerships in Ghana and Liberia.
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Chao Long, M.D.
Resident, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; MPH Candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Fellow, Curtis National Hand Center; Donald R. Laub Fellow, ReSurge International
Global surgery interests: surgical workforce development, surgical education, metrics for outcomes evaluation and patient-centered care, health financing, global plastic surgery.
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Zachary Enumah, M.D.
Resident, Department of General Surgery
PhD student, Global Health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Global surgery interests: capacity building, referral health care, delivery of cardiac surgery (specifically for rheumatic heart disease patients).
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Eric Etchill, M.D.
Resident, Department of General Surgery
Hugh R. Sharp, Jr. Investigator in Cardiac Surgery
Global surgery interests: cardiac surgery, surgical systems development, trauma systems, surgical education
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Dominique Vervoort, M.D.
MPH/MBA candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & Carey Business School
Founder & President, Global Cardiac Surgery Initiative
Global surgery interests: Global Cardiac Surgery; National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plans; Health Financing; Health Systems
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Hillary Jenny, M.D., M.P.H.
Resident, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Global surgery interests: global plastic surgery, craniofacial surgery, surgical workforce development