Adam Lee Kushner MD

Founder/President at Jora, Inc

36 Graham StAlpine, NJ 07620
Phone+1 917-697-4040

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Education & Training

American College of SurgeonsSurgery, 2009
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2002
Johns Hopkins UniversityMaster, 1999
MCP-Hahnemann University HospitalSurgery, 1995 - 1998
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1995

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2002 - 2019

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Scholarship 1998
Eagle Scout 1980
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Introduction of the Surgical Providers Assessment and Response to Climate Change (SPARC2) Tool: One Small Step Toward Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Surgical Care.
Clifton Ewbank, Barclay T. Stewart, Brandon R. Bruns, Dan L. Deckelbaum, Rebecca C. Gologorsky
Annals of Surgery. 2021-04-01
6 citations
The Development of a Surgical Care and Climate Change Matrix: A Tool to Assist With Prioritization and Implementation Strategies.
Clifton Ewbank, Barclay T. Stewart, Brandon R. Bruns, Dan L. Deckelbaum, Rebecca C. Gologorsky
Annals of Surgery. 2021-02-01
3 citations
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going: Improving the Disaster Preparedness of Health Care Providers: A Single Center's 4-Year Experience
Emmanouil Pikoulis, Evika Karamagioli, Athanasios Kalogeropoulos, Andreas Pikoulis, Panagis M. Lykoudis
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2020-10-28

Journal Articles

Are American Surgical Residents Prepared for Humanitarian Deployment?: A Comparative Analysis of Resident and Humanitarian Case Logs
James S Dahm, Yihan Lin, David P Kuwayama, Adam L Kushner, World Journal of Surgery
A review of training opportunities for ultrasonography in low and middle income countries.
Lagrone LN, Sadasivam V, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Trop Med Int Health; 17(7): 808-19
Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems.
Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, Lancet; 379(9825): 1488

Abstracts/Posters

Ischemic Injury causes Bradycardia Post Cardiac Transplantation.
Kushner A, Fyfe B, McMurtry K, Courtney M, Lasman S, Sadeghi A, Gass A, Twelfth Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS): a population-based survey in Rwanda.
Petroze RT, Groen RS, Niyonkura F, Mallory M, Joharidard S, Ntaganda E, Guterbock TM, Kyamanywa P, Kushner AL, Calland JF, Bethune Roundtable, Toronto, Canada
Surgery: The Neglected “Stepchild” of Global Public Health.
Leow J, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Global Health Conference, Australian Student Medical Association, Hobart, Australia

Lectures

International Humanitarian Surgery.
Department of Surgery, Vreij Universitaat Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2009
Trauma Basics.
Assistant Medical Officer Course, Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health, Ifakara, Tanza
Basic Principles of Trauma.
Multiple Locations, 2008

Other

Medical Challenges in Sudan.
Kushner A, J Mine Action: 10.1
http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/10.1/personal/kushner/kushner.htm
Mine Injury and Trauma Seminar.
Kushner A, J Mine Action: 11.1
http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/11.1/notes/kushner/kushner.htm
Preventing Road Traffic Injuries in Africa.
Kushner AL, Yankson IK, Witte JD, Injury Prev
http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/14/6/413