The perioperative period, which spans from when a patient enters the hospital for a procedure until discharge, poses life-threatening health risks for billions of people living in under-resourced areas due to a lack of safe surgical and anesthetic care. Principal Investigator Cynthia Khoo, MD, PhD, and her colleagues will develop an international training and mentorship program with partner sites in Guyana, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Vietnam that applies the necessary local context to anesthesiology practices. During the pilot phase, a cohort of trainees from these partner sites will be paired with research mentors to receive research methodology training, access various technological tools to further their research success, and expand their academic networks. The project aims to build an international network of trained researchers, contributing to a more comprehensive and equitable understanding of perioperative health and disease.

“The program will improve health equity by enhancing understanding of perioperative disease in resource-limited settings and increase diversity of the researchers and patient populations represented in publications,” said Dr. Khoo.

To follow along with the work being done both at Stanford and the global health partners abroad, visit the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine’s Division of Global Health Equity Instagram page (@stanesglobal).

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Cynthia Khoo, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Co-Director, Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Global Health Equity

Research Team:

Ben Deverett, MD, PhD, Resident in Anesthesiology, Fellowship in Anesthesia Research and Medicine (FARM) program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine; Eugene Tuyishime, MBBS, MMed, MSc, Obstetric Anesthesia Fellow, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada, Assistant Program Director for Research, University of Rwanda

Funders: Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine