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• 3 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, Reinou S. Groen, Shailvi Gupta, Megan Hadley, Mark J. Harris, Richard G...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Apr 1
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  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, Kyle N. Remick, Debra L Malone, Adam L. Kushner, Bernd Domres,...> ;Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2020 Oct 28
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  North American pediatric surgery fellows' preparedness for humanitarian surgery.
  Michael D. Traynor, Miguel Trelles, Matthew C. Hernandez, Lynette Dominguez, Adam L. Kushner, Mariela Rivera, Martin D. Zielinski, Christopher R. Moir> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2020 Oct 1
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  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, Reinou S. Groen, Shailvi Gupta, Mark J. Harris, Richard Godfrey, Ari Le...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
• 5 citations
  Applying trauma systems concepts to humanitarian battlefield care: a qualitative analysis of the Mosul trauma pathway.
  Kent Garber, Adam L. Kushner, Sherry M. Wren, Paul H. Wise, Paul Spiegel> ;Conflict and Health. 2020 Feb 4
• 22 citations
  A Consensus Framework for the Humanitarian Surgical Response to Armed Conflict in 21st Century Warfare.
  Sherry M. Wren, Hannah Wild, Jennifer M. Gurney, Mohana Amirtharajah, Zachary W. Brown, Eileen M. Bulger, Frederick M. Burkle, Eric A. Elster, Joseph D. Forrester, Ken...> ;JAMA Surgery. 2020 Feb 1
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  Global Burden of Craniofacial Disorders: Where Should Volunteering Plastic Surgeons and Governments Focus Their Care?
  Dattesh R. Dave, Neeraja Nagarjan, Joseph K. Canner, Adam L. Kushner, Granger B. Wong> ;The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2020 Jan 1
• The Realities of External Validity in Global Surgery Research-Reply.
  Sherry M. Wren, Adam L. Kushner> ;JAMA Surgery. 2020 Feb 1
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  Directions for surgical capacity developments in Nepal: a population-based assessment.
  Arjan J. Knulst, Shailvi Gupta, Reinou S. Groen, Dipak Maharjan, Amatya S. Kapendra, Jenny Dankelman, Adam L. Kushner> ;Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2019 Jul 22
• 7 citations
  Task Shifting in Surgery-What US Health Care Can Learn From Ghana.
  Sherry M. Wren, Adam L. Kushner> ;JAMA Surgery. 2019 Sep 1
• 12 citations
  The Golden Hour After Injury Among Civilians Caught in Conflict Zones
  Joseph D. Forrester, Auriel August, Lawrence Z Cai, Adam L. Kushner, Sherry M. Wren> ;Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2019 Jun 17
• 3 citations
  A systematic review of oil tanker truck disasters: Identifying prevention targets.
  Clifton Ewbank, Shailvi Gupta, Barclay T. Stewart, Adam L. Kushner, Anthony G. Charles> ;Burns. 2019 Jun 1
• Where There Is No Trauma System: A Successful Patient Evacuation in the Republic of Kiribati.
  Carmen A Cueto, John Tekanene, Teraria Bangao, Baranika Toromon, Adam L. Kushner, Lydia Lam> ;Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2019 Jan 10
• 5 citations
  An estimation of the burden of sports injuries among African adolescents
  Drake G. LeBrun, Julius del Rosario, John D. Kelly, Sherry M. Wren, David A. Spiegel, Nyengo Mkandawire, Richard A. Gosselin, Adam L. Kushner> ;Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 2018 Dec 31
• 24 citations
  Rethinking burns for low & middle-income countries: Differing patterns of burn epidemiology, care seeking behavior, and outcomes across four countries.
  Dattesh R. Dave, Neeraja Nagarjan, Joseph K. Canner, Adam L. Kushner, Barclay T. Stewart> ;Burns. 2018 Aug 1
• 1 citations
  A Framework for a Battlefield Trauma System for Civilians.
  Kent Garber, Barclay T. Stewart, Frederick M. Burkle, Adam L. Kushner, Sherry M. Wren> ;Annals of Surgery. 2018 Jul 1
• 2 citations
  Where is the official guidance on Ebola and surgery
  Sherry M. Wren, Adam L. Kushner> ;Lancet. 2018 Jun 9
• 5 citations
  Health Care Providers in War and Armed Conflict: Operational and Educational Challenges in International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions, Part II. Educatio...
  Frederick M. Burkle, Adam L. Kushner, Christos Giannou, Mary A. Paterson, Sherry M. Wren, Gilbert Burnham> ;Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2019 Jun 1
• 4 citations
  Health Care Providers in War and Armed Conflict: Operational and Educational Challenges in International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions, Part I. Historica...
  Frederick M. Burkle, Adam L. Kushner, Christos Giannou, Mary A. Paterson, Sherry M. Wren, Gilbert Burnham> ;Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2019 Apr 1
• 31 citations
  Road traffic injuries: Cross-sectional cluster randomized countrywide population data from 4 low-income countries.
  Syed Nabeel Zafar, Joseph K. Canner, Neeraja Nagarajan, Adam L. Kushner, Shailvi Gupta, Tu M. Tran, Barclay T. Stewart, Thaim B. Kamara, Patrick Kyamanywa, Kapendra Sh...> ;International Journal of Surgery. 2018 Apr 1
• 18 citations
  Electricity and generator availability in LMIC hospitals: improving access to safe surgery
  Sagar Chawla, Shaheen Kurani, Sherry M. Wren, Barclay T. Stewart, Gilbert Burnham, Adam L. Kushner, Thomas McIntyre> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2018 Mar 1
• 12 citations
  Are American Surgical Residents Prepared for Humanitarian Deployment?: A Comparative Analysis of Resident and Humanitarian Case Logs.
  Yihan Lin, James S Dahm, Adam L Kushner, John P Lawrence, Miguel Trelles, Lynette B Dominguez, David P Kuwayama> ;World Journal of Surgery. 2018 Jan 1
• 3 citations
  A Letter to Program Directors: Global Surgery Rotations Are a Plus.
  Shailvi Gupta, Clifton Ewbank, Adam L. Kushner> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2017 Jan 4
• 18 citations
  Peripheral Arterial Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review.
  Lily E. Johnston, Barclay T. Stewart, Herve Yangni-Angate, Martin Veller, Gilbert R. Upchurch, Adam Gyedu, Adam L. Kushner> ;JAMA Surgery. 2016 Jun 1
• 10 citations
  Sex disparities among persons receiving operative care during armed conflicts.
  Joseph D. Forrester, Jared A. Forrester, Jean-Paul Basimouneye, Mohammad-Zahir Tahir, Miguel Trelles, Adam L. Kushner, Sherry M. Wren> ;Surgery. 2017 Aug 1
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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 Collaborative Stent Insertion Project in Malawi.  
  Fullerton L, Thumbs A, Vigna L, Bates J, Kushner A, European J Palliative Care; vol 17, no. 6
• Can Twitter campaigns increase awareness about health issues?  
  Pozo Jatam M, Casey K, Kushner AL, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons; 96(2): 44-5
• Adult intussusception in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  
  Groen RS, Leow J, Kushner AL, JSCR 6:3
• Beyond Volunteerism: Augmenting surgical care in resource-limited settings.  
  Kingham TP, Price RP, Casey KM, Rogers SO, Kushner AL, Bulletin of Am Col Surgeons, 96(7): 16-21
• A Surgical Collaboration in Sierra Leone.  
  Groen RS, Kamara TB, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Ann R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl); 93:341–342
• Three-stage repair of a giant inguinal hernia in Sierra Leone: A management technique for low-resource settings.  
  Groen RS, Sesay SB, Kushner AL, Dumbuya SS, JSCR . 12:8
• Social media in low-resource settings: A role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery?  
  Leow JJ, Pozo ME, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Surgery
• Pilot Testing of a Population-based Surgical Survey Tool in Sierra Leone.  
  Groen RS, Samai M, Petroze RT, Kamara TB, Yambasu SE, Calland JF, Peter Kingham T, Guterbock TM, Choo B, Kushner AL, World J Surg
• 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
• A survey of surgical capacity in rural southern Nigeria: Opportunities for change.  
  Henry JA, Windapo O, Kushner AL, Groen RS, Nwomeh BC, World J Surg
• Health Care Hobbled: Ambulatory Care Treatment of Cambodian Landmine Survivors.  
  Kushner A, Raymond N, J Ambulatory Care Mgmt: 23(3) 88-9
• Doctors with Dirty Hands.  
  Elahi M, Kushner A, Washington Post. B7
• A letter from…the DRC.  
  Kushner AL, Groen, MT, Bulletin of the Netherlands Society for Tropical medicine and International Health, 48(4): 5
• Free health care in Sierra Leone: the effect on pediatric surgery.  
  Kushner AL, Kallon C, Kamara TB, Journal of Pediatric Surgery 47 (3), 628-629
• Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems.  
  Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, The Lancet; 379 (9825): 1488
• Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems.  
  Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, Lancet; 379(9825): 1488
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Abstracts/Posters

• Mechanism of Post Procedure Luminal Enlargement after Directional Coronary Atherectomy.
  Sharma S, Kushner A, Lotvin A, Marmur J, McMurtry K, Cocke T, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Cath Cardiovasc Diag, 32: 83
• Early Changes in Minimal Luminal Diameter after Directional Coronary Atherectomy versus Balloon Angioplasty.
  Cocke T, Sharma S, McMurtry K, Kushner A, Lotvin A, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Cath Cardiovasc Diag, 32: 84
• Management of Sigmoid Volvulus at a Tertiary Care Hospital In Africa.
  Muyco AP, Kushner AL, Mvula CJ, East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 10:2, 105
• Mass-Casualty Paradox in Environments with Limited Healthcare Resources.
  Brundage SI, Girod S, Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Hancilies E, Kingham TP, International Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters (IPRED 2010), Tel Aviv, Israel
• Trauma: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society…Injury Training World Wide.
  McCunn M, Tillus J, Pyarali F, Bunting S, Fox A, Kushner A, Aboutanos MB, Cherian MN, Consortium for Universities for Global Health, Seattle, WA
• Surgery for Cancer at a Tertiary Referral Center in Malawi.
  Leow JJ, Kushner AL, Muyco AP, Kingham TP, ASAP, San Diego, CA
• Relationship between Chest Pain following successful Directional Coronary Atherectomy and Removal of Vascular Deep Wall Components.
  Kushner A, Sharma S, Israel D, Cocke T, Fyfe B, McMurtry K, Marmur J, Torre S, Ambrose J, The Eleventh Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• 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
• Measuring the magnitude of landmine injuries: Results of field testing standardized survey tools in Azerbaijan.
  Kushner A, Cobey J, Nam M, International Society of Surgery/International Association of Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care, Brussels, Belgium
• Trauma at Lilongwe Central Hospital: Malawi, Africa.
  Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL
• Trauma Management in a Developing Country in Africa.
  Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, 7th World Congress on Injury Prevention, Vienna, Austria
• Management of Sigmoid Volvulus at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Africa.
  Muyco A, Kushner A, Mvula C, International Society of Surgeons
• An Approach to Managing Mass Casualties in a Developing World District Hospital.
  Kushner A, Allemann A, Exe C, Chattopadhyay C, International Society of Surgeons
• Increasing Teaching Assistance and Short-term Surgical Manpower for Health Facilities in Developing Countries.
  Kingham TP, Guerrero A, Kushner A, International Society of Surgeons
• Quantifying Surgical Capacity in Sierra Leone.
  Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Kamara TB, Cherian MN, Foray-Rahall L, Daoh KS, Kabia S, Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, Kampala, Uganda
• Surgery: The Neglected “Stepchild” of Global Public Health.
  Leow J, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Global Health Conference, Australian Student Medical Association, Hobart, Australia
• 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
• Coronary Thrombus: Clinical and Angiographic Findings Correlated in 185 lesions undergoing Directional Coronary Atherectomy.
  Sharma S, Israel D, Fyfe B, Lotvin A, Torre S, Kushner A, McMurtry K, Marmur J, Cocke T, Almeida O, Ambrose J, Circulation, 88: 208
• Incidence of Coronary Thrombus in 226 Lesions Undergoing Directional Coronary Atherectomy.
  Sharma S, Fyfe B, Kushner A, McMurtry K, Israel D, Kumar S, Marmur J, Torre S, Ambrose J, Indian Heart J, 45: 355
• Directional Coronary Atherectomy, Short and Long Term Results at a High Volume Center.
  Sharma S, Lotvin A, Israel D, McMurtry K, Kushner A, Kumar S, Marmur J, Torre S, Cocke T, Ambrose J, Indian Heart J, 45: 357
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Lectures

• International Humanitarian Surgery. 
  Department of Surgery, Vreij Universitaat Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2009
• Tropical Surgery-International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World. 
  Programma Onderwijsvenster Co-assistenten, Isala Academie, Zwolle, NL
• International Humanitarian Surgery: Surgery for the Rest of the World. 
  Multiple locations, 2009, 2010
• Strengthening Surgical Capacity in Developing Countries: A model of surgical missions. 
  Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Surgery: The Neglected Stepchild of Global Health. 
  Multiple locations, 2010
• Surgery and Public Health. 
  Multiple locations, 2011
• Measuring surgical capacity in low income countries: Results of a novel assessment tool and index in Sierra Leone. 
  COSECSA 12th Clinical and Scientific meeting, Lusaka, Zambia
• Scarcity of health care worker protection in 8 low and middle income countries: Surgery and the risk of HIV and other blood borne pathogens. 
  COSECSA 12th Clinical and Scientific meeting, Lusaka, Zambia
• Global Surgery: Surgery for the rest of the world. 
  Grand Round, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
• Working with Ministries of Health and the World Health Organization, working globally, thinking globally. 
  Center for Global Surgery 2012 Multidisciplinary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Global Surgery: Surgical care for the rest of the world. 
  Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Newark, Newark, NJ
• Reversal of Oxalate Cardiomyopathy. 
  Twelfth Annual Research Day, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
• Penetrating Cardiac Injuries. 
  Surgical Grand Rounds, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Pennsylvania
• Atrocities, Landmines and Cluster Bombs in Kosovo: A Physician’s Perspective. 
  Tropical Medicine Association, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
• The Aftermath of War: Landmines in Kosovo. 
  Multiple Locations, 1999
• Global Politics: Landmines and the Ottawa Process. 
  Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines, Iowa
• Science in the Service of Human Rights: Physicians for Human Rights in Kosovo. 
  1999 Annual Meeting, Human Rights Briefing, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C
• Landmines in Kosovo. 
  Liverpool Hospital Trauma Evening, Humanitarian Aspects of Trauma, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Ne
• The Medical Impact of Landmines. 
  United States Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL) Congressional Action Conference, Washington, D.C
• Renal Transplantation in Developing Countries. 
  Department of Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Anto
• Landmines and Cluster Bombs in Kosovo. 
  Department of Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Anto
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Traumatic Injury during and after Conflict. 
  Grand Rounds, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
• Surgery for Tropical Diseases. 
  Department of Surgery Conference, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
• The ICRC Approach to War Wounds. 
  Department of Surgery Conference, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
• Update on Abdominal Trauma. 
  Nasiriya General Hospital, Nasiriya, Iraq
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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
• Less Than a Landcruiser. 
  Kushner AL, Kamara TB, Kingham TP, BMJ
  http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/338/jan16_1/a3136
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