E114 Tarek Razek on Global Surgery

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

We were delighted this week to have Dr. Tarek Razek (https://twitter.com/Trazek) on the podcast with us. Dr. Razek is a trauma surgeon at McGill University and really a major figure in global surgery in Canada, and he pondered with us the questions with us of how we can best make an impact in global surgery without repeating the colonialism of the past. His approach is beautifully summarized in his piece published in the Lancet in 2015, where he wrote, “However, now that increasing attention is being paid to surgery in public health, we must also capitalise on this opportunity to move beyond descriptive studies.” Please enjoy our conversation with Dr. Razek.

Links:

1. Tarek Razek on ICRC deployment: http://www.cnis.ca/img/Press_Clipping_-_2009_Jan_-_Outpost_-_Dr._Tarek_Razek.pdf

2. Global access to surgical care: moving forward. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(15)00004-2/references

3. Association Between Real-time Electronic Injury Surveillance Applications and Clinical Documentation and Data Acquisition in a South African Trauma Center. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2674877

Bio(from: https://www.mcgill.ca/generalsurgery/tarek-razek#:~:text=Biography%3A,University%20of%20Pennsylvania%20in%20Philadelphia)
Dr. Tarek Razek is trauma/general surgeon and intensivist who is the current Director of the Adult Trauma Program at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). He completed his surgical training at McGill University and his trauma surgery/ICU fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

He is a co-director of the Centre for Global Surgery at the MUHC. He actively participates in surgical and trauma development programs in Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ukraine, Haiti, Chile, Uruguay, Nepal and Mexico.