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Stories from the field
D.C. Event | Redefining Quality Care in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings
How do you deliver quality healthcare in the midst of war? What does it take to rebuild health systems in its aftermath? How do individual and population level health needs change throughout? Join EMERGENCY USA at the National Press Club for a dynamic conversation including frontline perspectives on leadership, trauma care, and health system resilience.…
“I believed in serving humanity” | 10 years on from the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone
When Ebola hit Sierra Leone in early 2014, it reached one of the poorest countries in the world. The limited healthcare infrastructure and workforce had already been devastated by a decade-long civil war that had killed upwards of 70,000 people, maimed a further 20,000 and left two million displaced. Healthcare workers were among the most vulnerable frontline workers, and medical…
EMERGENCY USA Board Member Awarded for Achievements in Cardiac Surgery
We are thrilled to share that at last week’s Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Dr. Emily Farkas was recognized with the 2026 Nina Starr Braunwald Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Award. During the meeting, attendees also had the opportunity to connect with the Thoracic Surgery Foundation EHM award recipients and celebrate leaders advancing the…