Investigator Profile: Sarah Greenberg, MD, MPH

Sarah Greenberg, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric General Surgery

Research Interests

Equity in Delivery of Pediatric Surgical Care
Global Surgery and Global Health
Surgical and Medical Education

Collaborators

Funding

Research Project Grant (NCI R01 CA249506; co-I)
Research Project Grant (NCI R01CA207375; PI)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (Contract 1409-24099; co-I)
Fred Hutch/UW Cancer Center Support Grant (5P30 CA015704-40; Development Funds)
American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Foundation Clinical Research in Lung Cancer (PI)
Cancer Research Network Pilot Grant (co-PI)
Cancer Research Network Scholars Program (Scholar)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NCI F32 CA130434-01)
Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics Training Grant (T32 CA09168-30)
NIH Clinical Research Training Program (K30 RR022293-07)

Significant Publications

Dawson-Hahn EE, Greenberg SL, Domachowske JB, Olson BG. Eosinophilia and the seroprevalence of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis in newly arrived pediatric refugees: an examination of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screening guidelines. J Pediatr. 2010 Jun;156(6):1016-8, 1018.
Dare AJ, Gries CE, Gillies R, Greenberg SL, Hagander L, Meara JG, Leather AJ. Global surgery: defining an emerging global health field. Lancet. 2014 Dec 20;284(9961):2245-7.
Agarwal-Harding KJ, Meara JG, Greenberg SL, Hagander LE, Zurakowski D, Dyer GS. Estimating the global incidence of femoral fracture from road traffic collisions: a literature review. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Mar 18;97(6):e31.
Raykar NP, Kralievits K, Greenberg SL, Gillies RD, Roy N, Meara JG. The blood drought in context. The Lancet Global Health. 2015 Apr 27;3 Suppl 2:S4-5.
Meara JG, Greenberg SL. Global surgery as an equal partner in health: no longer the neglected stepchild. The Lancet Global Health. 2015 Apr 27;3 Suppl 2:S1-2.
O'Neill KM, Mandigo M, Pyda J, Nazaire Y, Greenberg SL, Gillies R, Damuse R. Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by patients obtaining free breast cancer care in Haiti. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27;385 Suppl 2:S48.
Ng-Kamstra JS, Greenberg SL, Kotagal M, Palmqvist CL, Lai FY, Bollam R, Meara JG, Gruen RL. Use and definitions of perioperative mortality rates in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27:385 Suppl 2:S29.
Kralievits KE, Raykar NP, Greenberg SL, Meara JG. The global blood supply: a literature review. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27; 385 Suppl 2:S28.
Palmqvist CL, Ariyaratnam R, Watters DA, Laing GL, Stupart D, Hider P, Ng-Kamstra JS, Wilson L, Clarke DL, Hagander L, Greenberg SL, Gruen RL. Monitoring and evaluating surgical care: defining perioperative mortality rate and standardising data collection. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27;385 Suppl 2:S27.
Mandigo M, O'Neill K, Mistry B, Mundy B, Millien C, Nazaire Y, Damuse R, Pierre C, Mugunga JC, Gillies R, Lucien F, Bertrand K, Luo E, Costas A, Greenberg SL, Meara JG, Kaplan R. A time-driven activity-based costing model to improve health-care resource use in Mirebalais, Haiti. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27;385 Suppl 2:S22.
Raykar NP, Bowder AN, Liu C, Vega M, Kim JH, Boye G, Greenberg SL, Riesel JN, Gillies RD, Meara JG, Roy N. Geospatial mapping to estimate timely access to surgical care in nine low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27:385 Suppl 2:S16.
Raykar NP, Yorlets RR, Liu C, Greenberg SL, Kotagal M, Goldman R, Roy N, Meara JG, Gillies RD. A qualitative study exploring contextual challenges to surgical care provision in 21 LMICs. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27:385 Suppl 2:S15.
Meara JG, Greenberg SL. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery – Global Surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare and economic development. Surgery. 2015 May;157(5):834-5.
Vasan A, Hudelson CE, Greenberg SL, Ellner AE. An integrated approach to surgery and primary care systems strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: building a platform to delivery across the spectrum of disease. Surgery. 2015 Jun;157(6):965-70.
Alkire BC, Raykar NP, Shrime MG, Weiser TG, Bickler SW, Rose JA, Nutt CT, Greenberg SL, Kotagal M; Riesel JN, Esquivel M, Uribe-Leitz T, Molina G, Roy N, Meara JG, Farmer PE. Global access to surgical care: a modeling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2015 Jun;3(6):e316-23.
Meara JG, Leather AJ, Hagander L, Alkire BC, Alonso N, Ameh EA, Bickler SW, Conteh L, Dare AJ, Davies J, Derivois Merisier E, El-Halabi S, Farmer PE, Gawande A, Gillies RG, Greenberg SL, Grimes CE, Gruen RL, Ismail EA, Kamara TB, Lavy C, Lundeg G, Mkandawire NC, Raykr NP, Riesel JN, Rodas E, Rose J, Roy N, Shrime MG, Sullivan R, Verguet S, Watters D, Weiser TG, Wilson IH, Yamey G, Yip W. Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare and economic development. Lancet. 2015 Aug 8;386(9993):569-624.
O’Neill KM, Mandigo M, Pyda J, Nazaire Y, Greenberg SL, Gillies R, Damuse R. Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by patients obtaining free breast cancer care in Haiti: A pilot study. Surgery. 2015 Sep;158(3):747-55.
Asare EA, Greenberg SL, Szabo S, Sato TT. Giant Paratubal Cyst in Adolescence: Case Report, Modified Minimal Access Surgical Technique and Literature Review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015 Oct;28(5):e143-5.
James W Quinn, Genevieve Barnard, Kate McKone-Sweet, John Meara, Benjamin Warf, Johanna N Riesel, Sarah LM Greenberg, Len Schlesinger. CURE Hydrocephalus – Setting a Course for Sustainability. Babson College Teaching Case for The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. March 2015. Harvard Business Publishing. http://media.wix.com/ugd/346076_231989874dd340518eb67c4fc89d9c1f.pdf https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/BAB306-PDF-ENG
James W Quinn, Kate McKone-Sweet, John Rose, Sarah LM Greenberg, John G Meara, Len Schlesinger. NSQIP-Lite: Measuring Surgical Outcomes in Mozambique. Babson College Teaching Case for The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. March 2015. Harvard Business Publishing. http://media.wix.com/ugd/346076_0e7159a6cf2b49e1a65ce70165b820cc.pdf https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/BAB300-PDF-ENG
James W Quinn, Genevieve Barnard, Kate McKone-Sweet, John Meara, Sarah LM Greenberg, Johanna N Riesel, Len Schlesinger. SQUAD in Uganda: Surgical Quality Assurance Database (A). Babson College Teaching Case for The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. March 2015. Harvard Business Publishing. http://media.wix.com/ugd/346076_481204a843f2427298901022671aa7db.pdf https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/BAB303-PDF-ENG
James W Quinn, Genevieve Barnard, Kate McKone-Sweet, John Meara, Sarah LM Greenberg, Johanna N Riesel, Leonard Schlesinger. SQUAD in Uganda: Surgical Quality Assurance Database (B). Babson College Teaching Case for The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. March 2015. Harvard Business Publishing. http://media.wix.com/ugd/346076_bacf80f10dc246ff81157a46b04787cf.pdf https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/BAB304-PDF-ENG
James W Quinn, Kate McKone-Sweet, Robert Riviello, Brittany Powell, Sarah LM Greenberg, John G Meara, Len Schlesinger. A Paradigm Shift in Global Surgery Training: Rwanda’s Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program. Babson College Teaching Case for The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. May 2015. Harvard Business Publishing. http://media.wix.com/ugd/346076_e58f15a304e247a6a088851b2e99fbe1.pdf https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/BAB309-PDF-ENG
Gerry Yemen, Scott A Snell, John G Meara, Craig D McClain, Nakul P Raykar, Sarah LM Greenberg, Jaymie Ang Henry. Transformation in Somaliland: Edna Adan Maternity Hospital. Darden School of Business Teaching Case for The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. January 2016. Harvard Business Publishing. http://media.wix.com/ugd/346076_c1442f45bdfa47e29d09c5e6e9d12bd9.pdf https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/UV7107-PDF-ENG
Greenberg SL, Ng-Kamstra JS, Ameh EA, Ozgediz DE, Poenaru D, Bickler SW. An investment in knowledge: Research in global pediatric surgery for the 21^st century. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2016 Feb;25(1):51-60.
Ng-Kamstra JS*, Greenberg SLM*, Abdullah F, Amado V, Anderson GA, Cossa M, Costas-Chavarri A, Davies J, Debas HT, Dyer GSM, Erdene S, Farmer PE, Gaumnitz A, Hagander L, Haider A, Leather AJM, Lin Y, Marten R, Marvin JT, McClain CD, Meara JG, Mehes M, Mock C, Mukhopadhyay S, Orgoi S, Prestero T, Price RR, Raykar NP, Riesel JN, Riviello R, Rudy SM, Saluja S, Sullivan R, Tarpley JL, Yalor RH, Telemaque L, Toma G, Varghese A, Walker M, Yamey G, Shrime MG. Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors. BMJ Global Health. 2016 April;6(1).
O’Neill KM, Greenberg SL, Cherian M, Gillies RD, Daniels KM, Roy N, Raykar NP, Riesel JN, Spiegel D, Watters DA, Gruen RL. Bellwether Procedures for Monitoring and Planning Essential Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Caesarean Delivery, Laparotomy, and Treatment of Open Fractures. World J Surg. 2016 Nov;40(11):2611-2619.
Raykar NP, Yorlets RR, Liu C, Goldman R, Greenberg SLM, Kotagal M, Farmer PE, Meara JG, Gillies RD. The How Project: understanding contextual challenges to global surgical care provision in low-resource settings. BMJ Global Health. 2016 Dec 16 ;1(4).
Goodman LF, Linden A, Jensen G, Kaseje N, Wright N, St-Louis E, Yousef Y, Wissanji H, Cheung M, Ozgediz D, Poenaru D, Lakhoo K, Greenberg S, Ameh D, Oldham K, Bickler S, Farmer D. Funding Flows for the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS): Lessons Learned. Annals of Global Health. 2017 Feb;83(1):84-85
Raykar NP, Ng-Kamstra JS, Bickler S, Davies J, Greenberg SLM, Hagander L, Johnson W, Leather AJM, McQueen KA, Mukhopadhayay S, Suzuki E, Weiser T, Shrime MG, Meara JG. New global surgical and anaesthesia indicators in the World Development Indicator dataset. BMJ Global Health. 2017 May 24;2(2):e000265.
Ng-Kamstra J, Arya S, Greenberg SL, Kotagal M, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Perioperative Mortality Rates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature from Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2017 October;225(4):S107.
Ng-Kamstra JS, Arya S, Greenberg SLM, Kotagal M, Arsenault C, Ljungman D, Yorlets RR, Agarwal A, Frankfurter C, Nikouline A, Lai F, Palmqvist CL, Fu T, Mahmood T, Raju S, Sharma S, Marks IH, Bowder A, Pi L, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Perioperative mortality rates in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2018 Jun 22;3(3).
Chan J, Gollapudi A, Greenberg S, Goldin A, Debiec K. Bilateral teratomas including focus of immaturity in a patient presenting with Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology. 2019 April:32(2):229-230.
Truche P, Bowder A, Lalla AT, Crum R, Botelho F, Rice HE, Lopes BC, Greenberg S, Evans F, Meara JG, Ameh EA, Mooney DP. Perspectives on perioperative management of children’s surgical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-income and middle-income countries: a global survey. World Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2020 Sept 15: 3(3): 3000187.
Truche, P, Botelho F, Bowder A, Levis AW, Greenberg SLM, Smith E, Corlew S, Bickler S, Rice HE, Ameh EA, Meara JG, Poenaru D, Mooney DP on behalf of the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery. Potentially Avertable Child Mortality Associated with Surgical Workforce Scale-up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Study. World J Surg. 2021 June. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06181-6.
Anderson JE, Campbell JA, Durowoju L, Greenberg SLM, Rice-Townsend SE, Gow KW, Avansino J. COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) presenting as appendicitis with shock. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2021 May: 71: 101913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2021.101913.

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