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Office
2041 Georgia Ave Nw
Howard University Hospital
Washington, DC 20060Phone+1 202-865-1446- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Howard UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2012 - 2014
- Howard University College of MedicineClass of 2011
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- MD State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 2021 - 2024
- VA State Medical License 2013 - 2024
- DC State Medical License 2012 - 2015
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Teaching cultural dexterity in surgical care: As essential to a surgeon's skill set as tying a knot.Brittany M Dacier, Jorge Zárate Rodriguez, Maria B J Chun, N Rhea Udyavar, Benjamin G Allar, Alexander R Green, , Gezzer Ortega, Adil H Haider, Douglas S Smink> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2024 Mar 11
- 1 citationsChanging Surgical Culture Through Surgical Education: Introduction to the PACTS Trial.Allar, B., Chun, M., Rodriguez, J., Lynch, K., Green, A., Britt, L., Haider, A., Smink, D., , Ortega, G., Mullen, J., Harrington, D., Lipsett, P., Kent, T.> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2024 Mar 1
- A Conduit for a Culturally Competent Consent: Medical Interpreters' Perspectives on Surgical Informed Consent Discussions.Benjamin G Allar, Cristina Ponce, James Wallace, Gezzer Ortega, Amanda J Reich, Shari Gold-Gomez, Sidhu P Gangadharan, Tara S Kent> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 Nov 22
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Press Mentions
- AWS Highschool Outreach: Event Becoming an Advocate for Women in SurgeryNovember 18th, 2022
- Brigham and Women’s Research Group Finds ‘Pleasant Surprise’: Black Patients 50% More Likely to Utilize Telemedicine Than White PatientsJanuary 21st, 2022
- Telemedicine Has Expanded to Access to Care Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, but Health Disparities RemainJanuary 18th, 2022
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Hospital Affiliations
- Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland
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