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Doruk Ozgediz M.D., MSc

Doruk Ozgediz M.D., MSc

  • Professor of Surgery
  • Division of Pediatric Surgery
  • Director, Center for Global Surgery and Health Equity

Contact Information

415-476-2538 Pediatric Surgery Office  
415-476-9454 Institute for Global Health Sciences
[email protected]
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Education

1991 - 1995 Harvard University, Cambridge BA Economics

1996 - 2000 University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco MD

2003 - 2004 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, M Sc. Public Health in Developing Countries

Residencies

  • 2000 - 2001 University of California, San Francisco Internship General Surgery
  • 2001 - 2006 University of California, San Francisco Residency General Surgery
  • 2006 - 2007 University of California, San Francisco Chief Resident General Surgery

Fellowships

  • 2008 - 2010 University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children Fellow Pediatric Surgery

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery

Program Affiliations

Clinical Expertise

  • Congenital Anomalies
  • Neonatal Surgery
  • Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Pediatric Surgical Oncology
  • Pediatric Trauma

Research Interests

  • Burden of Disease
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Epidemiology
  • Global Surgery
  • Health Disparities
  • Health Equity
  • Health Services
  • Implementation Research
  • Surgical Education

Foreign Languages Spoken

  • English, Turkish, Spanish, Mandarin, French

Biography

Doruk Ozgediz M.D., MSc is Associate Professor of Surgery at UCSF, Director of the UCSF Center for Global Surgery and Health Equity, and in the leadership team of the Institute for Global Health Sciences. He trained in medicine at UCSF and completed a general surgery residency at UCSF before pursuing a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. Dr. Ozgediz also completed a Master's of Science in Public Health in Developing Countries at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Ozgediz became involved in surgical collaborations in Uganda in 2003 and since then has been part of multiple collaborations to strengthen surgery and anesthesia care there and in the region, mostly through support of capacity-building initiatives.

He is a co-founder of the Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery (GPAS) collaboration, focused in Uganda, as well as the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS). He is also on the advisory board of KIDS OR, an international charity dedicated to strengthening surgery and perioperative care in low resource settings.

Dr. Ozgediz's research focuses on global equity in surgical services, and spans clinical surgery and outcomes, along with work on the burden of disease, barriers to care, and effectiveness of interventions to advance surgical care globally and integrate surgical services with public health. He came to UCSF from Yale, where he had directed global surgery programs. At UCSF he will also be associated with the HEAL initiative and fellowship focused on global health equity.

Research Overview

Dr. Ozgediz has focused on scholarship related to strengthening access to surgical care for vulnerable populations mostly in low-income countries. He has had a longstanding relationship with colleagues in Uganda since 2003 and spent 2007-2008 living and working there. His collaborative scholarly activity has characterized the burden of surgical disease, outcomes, workforce gaps, and access strategies tailored to the limited-resource setting. he has led multiple collaborative teams to develop training courses and curricula geared for the low resource setting.

Dr. Ozgediz has been a part of multiple groups advancing global surgery such as the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group and the Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group in 2008, that subsequently became the Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence (ASAP), and through contributions to Disease Control Priorities third Edition. He also has worked closely with groups such as Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery (GPAS) and the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS) to evaluate interventions to strengthen surgical capacity in LMIC. He helped lead the Optimal Resources for Children's Surgery (ORECS) guidelines for children's surgery in LMIC and also works closely with the KIDS OR charity in implementation for children's surgery in LMIC and their Africa 2030 initiative.

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 144
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  1. Pawlak N, Dart C, Aguilar HS, Ameh E, Bekele A, Jimenez MF, Lakhoo K, Ozgediz D, Roy N, Terfera G, Ademuyiwa AO, Alayande BT, Alonso N, Anderson GA, Anyanwu SNC, Aregawi AB, Bandyopadhyay S, Banu T, Bedada AG, Belachew AG, Botelho F, Bua E, Campos LN, Dodgion C, Drejza M, Durieux ME, Dutta R, Erdene S, Ferreira RV, Gathuya Z, Ghosh D, Jawa RS, Johnson WD, Khan FA, Leon FJN, Long KL, Macleod JBA, Mahajan A, Maine RG, Malolos GZC, McClain CD, Nabukenya MT, Nthumba PM, Nwomeh BC, Ojuka DK, Penny N, Quiodettis MA, Rickard J, Roa L, Salgado LS, Samad L, Seyi-Olajide JO, Smith M, Starr N, Stewart RJ, Tarpley JL, Trostchansky JL, Trostchansky I, Weiser TG, Wobenjo A, Wollner E, Jayaraman S. Academic global surgical competencies: A modified Delphi consensus study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(7):e0002102. View in PubMed
  2. Yap A, Olatunji BT, Negash S, Mweru D, Kisembo S, Masumbuko F, Ameh EA, Lebbie A, Bvulani B, Hansen E, Philipo GS, Carroll M, Hsu PJ, Bryce E, Cheung M, Fedatto M, Laverde R, Ozgediz D. Out-of-pocket costs and catastrophic healthcare expenditure for families of children requiring surgery in sub-Saharan Africa. Surgery. 2023 09; 174(3):567-573. View in PubMed
  3. Abbas A, Laverde R, Yap A, Stephens CQ, Samad L, Seyi-Olajide JO, Ameh EA, Ozgediz D, Lakhoo K, Bickler SW, Meara JG, Bundy D, Jamison DT, Klazura G, Sykes A, Philipo GS, GICS. Routine Pediatric Surgical Emergencies: Incidence, Morbidity, and Mortality During the 1st 8000 Days of Life-A Narrative Review. World J Surg. 2023 Jun 21. View in PubMed
  4. Banu T, Sharma S, Chowdhury TK, Aziz TT, Martin B, Seyi-Olajide JO, Ameh E, Ozgediz D, Lakhoo K, Bickler SW, Meara JG, Bundy D, Jamison DT, Klazura G, Sykes A, Yap A, Philipo GS, GICS. Surgically Correctable Congenital Anomalies: Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in the First 8000 Days of Life. World J Surg. 2023 Jun 13. View in PubMed
  5. Talsma J, Kusakavitch M, Lee D, Niederhauser C, Palmer B, Ozgediz D, Idowu O, Kim S. Forgotten Branch of the Intercostal Nerve: Implication for Cryoablation Nerve Block for Pectus Excavatum Repair. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 May 16. View in PubMed
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In the News

  • Nichole Starr, M.D., MPH, and Research Team Demonstrate Significant Reduction of Surgical Site Infections in Ethiopia

    UCSF General Surgery Residency Program - Alexi Callen - October 16, 2020
    A recent study published in the British Journal of Surgery by Nichole Starr, M.D., MPH and a team of researchers at Lifebox, showed a dramatic reduction in the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) after implementing Clean Cut, a quality improvement program that helps surgical teams address the causes of SSIs. The study, Outcomes Following Implementation of Clean Cut, an Adaptive, Multimodal Surgical Infection Prevention Program for Low Resource Settings: A Prospective Quality Improvement [...]

  • Research Resident Nichole Starr, M.D., MPH Awarded NIH Fogarty Global Health Scholars Fellowship

    UCSF General Surgery Residency Program - Alexi Callen - August 18, 2020
    Nichole Starr, M.D., MPH, a general surgery research resident, was awarded an NIH Fogarty Global Health Scholars Fellowship for the 2020-21 year. Dr. Starr will spend her fellowship year at Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the mentorship of Milliard Derbew, M.D., Tom Weiser, M.D., MPH, Andi Tenner, M.D., MPH, and Doruk Ozgediz, M.D., MSc. Her research will focus on building and implementing trauma quality improvement programs in Ethiopian public hospitals. Dr. Starr's team [...]

 

 
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