Biography
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.
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.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children | Fellow Pediatric Surgery | 2010 | |
University of California, San Francisco | Chief Resident General Surgery | 2007 | |
University of California, San Francisco | Residency General Surgery | 2006 | |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | MSc. | Public Health in Developing Countries | 2004 |
University of California, San Francisco | Internship General Surgery | 2001 | |
University of California, San Francisco | MD | 2000 | |
Harvard University | BA | Economics | 1995 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Neonatal Surgery
Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pediatric Trauma
Pediatric Surgical Oncology
Congenital Anomalies
In the News
Research Narrative
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.
Research Interests
Health Services
Health Disparities
Health Equity
Global Surgery
Burden of Disease
Implementation Research
Surgical Education
Epidemiology
Economic Evaluation
Research Pathways
Publications
- Progression of Cystadenoma to Mucinous Borderline Ovarian Tumor in Young Females: Case Series and Literature Review.| | PubMed
- Academic Global Surgery Curricula: Current Status and a Call for a More Equitable Approach.| | PubMed
- Improving Surgical Research Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Can Episodic Data Collection Reliably Estimate Perioperative Mortality?| | PubMed
- Access to pediatric surgery delivered by general surgeons and anesthesia providers in Uganda: Results from 2 rural regional hospitals.| | PubMed
- Unexpected findings at laparotomy of a 12-year-old girl with obstructive jaundice and choledocholithiasis: a case report.| | PubMed
- Online action planning forums to develop a roadmap to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of global children's surgical care.| | PubMed
- Establishing a National Rate of Rectal Biopsy Positivity in the Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Disease.| | PubMed
- Pulmonary Metastasis of Low-risk Perinatal Neuroblastoma After Resection: Implications for Surveillance.| | PubMed
- Best Buy in Public Health or Luxury Expense?: The Cost-effectiveness of a Pediatric Operating Room in Uganda From the Societal Perspective.| | PubMed
- Inclusion of Children's Surgery in National Surgical Plans and Child Health Programmes: the need and roadmap from Global Initiative for Children's Surgery.| | PubMed