Research and Publications

The Global Surgery Program Offers many opportunities for residents and students to engage in research.Visit the Research Opportunities section and view what the Acute Care/Trauma Team and the Global Surgery Program is conducting research on.

2025 Publications

• Accepted to BMC Surgery A review of the United States global surgery program landscape by website analysis Cox L, Bhoothapuri S, D’Amico C, Karam J, Davis R, Mallah MM.

• Journal Article -- Neurosurgery April 14, 2025 International Observerships in Global Neurosurgery: Overview and Analysis of a 40-Year Experience at Barrow Neurological Institute
  
  
• Journal Article -- Journal of Global Surgery June 30, 2025 Initial Qualitative Needs Assessment of Surgical Resident Case Logging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Across Pan-African Training Programs. Rafka H, Cassidy B, Nichols R, Karam J, Stingl C, McInerney W, Ozhathil D, Fadipe A, Blasto P, Davis R, Thelander K, Rodas E, Mallah, MM.
  
  
• Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, March 24, 2025. Single-stage robot-assisted repair of symptomatic inguinal and Morgagni hernias in an adult male. Bertram SC, Skidmore SH, Akyeampong D, Mallah MM, Fann SA.
  
  
• Book Chapter: Open Manual of Surgery in Resource Limited Settings - Transurethral Resection of Prostate. Nicholas Zurinaga, Gabrielle Yankelevich

• Book Chapter: Open Manual of Surgery in Resource Limited Settings - Management of Priapism. Gabrielle Yankelevich, Mary Prickett, Tara Sweeney, Kyler Perry

2024 Publications

• World Journal of Surgery Surgical training trends in the Americas: A cross‐continental assessment
  Authors: Benjamin P. Cassidy, C. Sierra Stingl, Napoleón Méndez, Gustavo M. Machain, Felipe Vega-Rivera, Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr., Hernan Sacoto, Pablo Ottolino, Susan K. Beitia, Martha Quiodettis, Edgar B. Rodas, Mike M. Mallah
• Surgery Open Science Early use of professional interpreters improves trauma outcomes
  Authors: S.Bertram, R. Nichols, L.Cox, & M. Mallah
• Publication Pending: Initial Qualitative Needs Assessment of Surgical Resident Case Logging in Low- and Middle- Income Countries Across Pan-African Training Programs
• Multiple manuscripts are in progress

In the first six months, residents and faculty engaged with the Global Surgery Program have achieved the following:

• Book Chapter: Mass Casualty -- David Man, DO, PGY- Research, Mike M. Mallah, M.D.
• Book Chapter: Approach to Neck Trauma -- Lillian Hsu, M.D., PGY-Research, Mike M. Mallah, M.D.
• Book Chapter: Tangential Excision -- Cassidy Muir, M.D., PGY-1, Deepak Ozhathil, M.D.
• Book Chapter: Initial Approach to Burns -- Cassidy Muir, PGY-1, M.D. Resident, Deepak Ozhathil, M.D.
• Book Chapter: Open Manual of Surgery in Resource Limited Settings  -- Trans-Urethral Resection of Bladder Tumor, Emma Bryant, Gabrielle Yankelevich

• Book Chapters submitted: Partial Cystectomy Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT) Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP) - Emma Bryant, Gabrielle Yankelevich

In the News:

MUSC Dr. Mike Mallah talk global health and international surgery on News2

Global Surgery and the EAST Global Surgery Ad Hoc Taskforce- an EAST Traumacast and Careercast Mashup

Join Drs. Prerna Ladha, Hassan Mashbari and Lauren Dudas and learn about Global Surgery from Drs. Mike Mallah, Chris Dodgion, Katie Iverson and the EAST Global Surgery Ad Hoc Task Force. 

What does Global Surgery  even mean? How can you get involved, who is out there practicing internationally or can you practice Global Surgery domestically?