AdamLeeKushnerMD

PubMed

• 188 citations
  Untreated surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: a cluster randomised, cross-sectional, countrywide survey
  Reinou S. Groen, Mohamed Samai, Kerry Ann Stewart, Laura D. Cassidy, Thaim B. Kamara
  Lancet. 2012-09-22
• 19 citations
  Inter-rater reliability of the PIPES tool: validation of a surgical capacity index for use in resource-limited settings
  Abraham Markin, Roxana Barbero, Jeffrey J. Leow, Reinou S. Groen, Greg Perlman
  World Journal of Surgery. 2014-04-03
• 168 citations
  Addressing the Millennium Development Goals From a Surgical Perspective Essential Surgery and Anesthesia in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  Adam L. Kushner, Meena Cherian, Luc Noel, David Spiegel, Steffen Groth
  Archives of Surgery. 2010-02-01

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
• Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems.  
  Kushner AL, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC, The Lancet; 379 (9825): 1488
• 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
• A letter from…the DRC.  
  Kushner AL, Groen, MT, Bulletin of the Netherlands Society for Tropical medicine and International Health, 48(4): 5
• Doctors with Dirty Hands.  
  Elahi M, Kushner A, Washington Post. B7
• Health Care Hobbled: Ambulatory Care Treatment of Cambodian Landmine Survivors.  
  Kushner A, Raymond N, J Ambulatory Care Mgmt: 23(3) 88-9
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Social media in low-resource settings: A role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery?  
  Leow JJ, Pozo ME, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Surgery
• 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
• A Surgical Collaboration in Sierra Leone.  
  Groen RS, Kamara TB, Kingham TP, Kushner AL, Ann R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl); 93:341–342
• 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
• Adult intussusception in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  
  Groen RS, Leow J, Kushner AL, JSCR 6:3
• 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
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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
• 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
• Increasing Teaching Assistance and Short-term Surgical Manpower for Health Facilities in Developing Countries.
  Kingham TP, Guerrero A, Kushner A, 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
• Management of Sigmoid Volvulus at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Africa.
  Muyco A, Kushner A, Mvula C, International Society of Surgeons
• Trauma Management in a Developing Country in Africa.
  Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, 7th World Congress on Injury Prevention, Vienna, Austria
• Trauma at Lilongwe Central Hospital: Malawi, Africa.
  Mvula C, Kushner A, Muyco A, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Surgery for Cancer at a Tertiary Referral Center in Malawi.
  Leow JJ, Kushner AL, Muyco AP, Kingham TP, ASAP, San Diego, CA
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
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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
• Emergency Management of Burns. 
  Multiple Locations, 2008
• Disaster and Trauma Management. 
  Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India
• Emergency Management of Landmine and Blast Injuries. 
  Rural Surgery CME, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Herbertpur, India
• Basic Principles of Trauma Management. 
  Multiple Locations, 2007, 2008
• Humanitarian Assistance: NGOs and IOs. 
  South-Eastern European Simulation (SEESIM) workshop, Zagreb, Croatia
• Connecting with Surgeons in Developing Countries. 
  94th Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
• International Humanitarian Surgery. 
  Medical Student Physicians for Human Rights group, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2008
• Global Local Heroes: What they taught me. 
  Post Conflict Reconstruction Week, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
• Emergency Management of Landmine and UXO Injuries. 
  Multiple Locations, 2007
• 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
• Surgery for Tropical Diseases. 
  Department of Surgery Conference, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
• 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
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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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