Nikathan grew up in Nashville, TN and Connecticut and is currently a general surgery resident at UCSF East Bay in Oakland, CA. He received his B.A. in Spanish and Music from Vanderbilt University, an M.S. in developmental biology from New York University and received his medical degree from New York Medical College. His interests include surgical infrastructure development, financial burden of surgery and global health disparity.

Mehreen is a Swedish Obstetrics and Gynecology specialist of Pakistan origin. She works at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö, Sweden and completed her PhD from Lund University studying the role of umbilical cord blood sampling in predicting neurodevelopmental handicap in infants later on in life. Her research interests include maternal-fetal medicine, COVID-19 in pregnancy, health equity, maternal health advocacy and strengthening of Ob/Gyn healthcare systems in low resource settings.

Taylor Wurdeman is a General Surgery Resident at Loma Linda University. He graduated from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine with a combined MD/MPH degree. During his medical school, he spent a research year with the PGSSC and confirmed his dedication to both surgery and global health. He has clinical interests in trauma/critical care and research interests in large database work, the intersection of technology and global health, and surgical education.

Gabriella was born in South Africa where she grew up on a farm. She received her MBBCh, and is a PhD student in surgery and public health, at the University of the Witwatersrand Department of Surgery. She is an inaugural recipient of the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Institutional Clinician Researcher Program scholarship. Gabriella is a fellow in the Wits SADC Regional Collaboration Centre for Surgical Healthcare (WitsSurg).

Simon was born and raised in Dusseldorf, Germany. He received his M.D. from Innsbruck, Austria, and went on to complete a full training in General Surgery in Germany, earning Board Certification in 2021. Simon is passionate about global health and surgery, exemplified by his one-year appointment with a German INGO in South Kordofan, Sudan. He is committed to education and addressing Human Resources gaps through partnerships.

Afra is a General Surgery Trainee in Edinburgh, Scotland. She gained her MBBS from King’s College London and a Masters degree from the London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine before completing her Foundation Training in Jersey. She is continuing her Post Graduate study in Data Science, Technology and Innovation at the University of Edinburgh. She has an interest in big data and global surgery research

Isaac was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia and is currently a general surgery resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He received his B.S. in Chemistry at the College of William & Mary where he also completed a double major in Ancient Greek. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, where his research focused on access to surgical care in rural Burundi. His interests include surgical capacity building, trauma systems development, and surgical education

Kate is a specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with the West African College of Surgeons, prior to this she had obtained a masters in Public Health from Leeds University UK and had spent several years working within various capacities and several projects for different development Organizations. She is very passionate about Health systems strengthening, Research development and management, capacity building, disease prevention and control and improving quality of women and child Health.

Phil was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and is currently a general surgery resident at the University of Michigan. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he used his research training to facilitate healthcare utilization among underserved immigrant populations. He is passionate about increasing access to surgical care in resource limited settings through quality improvement and education.

Avery is originally from Portland, Oregon and is currently a General Surgery resident at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Development Biology from Yale College followed by an MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Global Health from the Yale School of Public Health. She received her MD from UCSF. Research interests include health disparities, surgical education, and trauma systems.

Lauren Kratky grew up in Connecticut and is currently a general surgery resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She received her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University where she graduated with honors in Health and Exercise Science with a studio art minor. Her MD was obtained from Wake Forest School of Medicine during which she was director of a student-run free clinic which provided free healthcare to underserved patients.

Orit was born and raised in Michigan. She is currently a general surgery resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her undergraduate degree in the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health at Yale University and as well as her M.P.H in Chronic Disease Epidemiology with a Global Health Concentration at the Yale School of Public Health.

Nardos is an Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck surgeon. She received her Medical Degree and Otolaryngology Specialty Certificate from Addis Ababa University and is an Assistant Professor there. Her clinical interests include Rhinology & Facial Plastic surgery, and her research interests include financing surgical health care and surgical education.