STAR

Surgery &
Trauma
Advocacy
Research
Cluster

about us

The STAR cluster is a cross-cutting working group within PGSSC that aims to facilitate research and collaboration related to surgical systems with internal and external partners, and a specific focus on trauma systems and evaluation of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery

vision

In response to the proliferation of trauma registries and NSOAPs in the post-Lancet Commission on Global Surgery era, the PGSSC launched the STAR Cluster with the aim to be

A hub for the development, maintenance, and evaluation of trauma registries worldwide
A PGSSC base for mixed methods evaluation of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery

MEET THE FACULTY

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Nakul Raykar, MD, MPH

Dr. Raykar is a trauma and critical care surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is particularly interested on the issues of access to blood transfusion and trauma systems strengthening in low-resource settings. He leads the STAB Lab at PGSSC.

Tato Uribe-Leitz, MD, PhD

Dr. Uribe-Leitz is a surgeon and instructor at Harvard Medical School, as well as an epidemiologist focused on health system strengthening in low-resource settings. He leads the Surgical Epidemiology, Trauma Systems and Geographic Inequalities lab at PGSSC, along with Dr. Sabrina Juran

Geoffrey Anderson, MD MPH

Dr. Anderson is a trauma and critical care surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His research at PGSSC focuses on surgical education and the social determinants of traumatic disease. He leads the Trauma, Implementation Science, Global Surgery and Equity Research Lab.

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Kavitha Ranganathan, MD

Dr. Ranganathan is a plastic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her research interests include investigating the burden of catastrophic expenditures from surgical disease, and increasing access to safe, affordable surgical care. She leads the Surgeons Against Poverty Lab at PGSSC.