People and Partners

Co-Directors

Associate Professor of Surgery
Professor of Surgery

Faculty

Tamara Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Global Health

Anthony Fuller, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Michael Haglund, MD, PhD, MMedSc
Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, and Global Health

Megan Huchko, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Global Health

Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery

Walter Lee, MD, MHS
Professor of Head & Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences

Lisa McElroy, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Henry Rice, MD
Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Global Health

Emily Smith, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Catherine Staton, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery, and Global Health

Shenglan Tang, MD, PhD
Professor of Global Health, and Population Health

Brad Taicher, DO
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Global Health

Adeyemi Olufolabi, MBBS
Professor of Anesthesiology, and Global Haelth

Joao Vissoci, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Global Haelth, Neurosurgery, and Population Health

Strategic Partners

International:

  • University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
  • Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala
  • Makerere University, Uganda
  • Mulago Hospital, Uganda
  • Duke-Makerere Partnership in Biomedical Engineering, Uganda
  • Mbarara National Referral Hospital, Uganda
  • KCMC Hospital, Tanzania
  • Aga Khan University, Pakistan
  • Global Initiative in Children’s Surgery

 

Regional:

  • Duke Health outreach clinics 
  • Mariah Parham Hospital
  • North Carolina Department of Health
  • Durham County Health Department