RESEARCH

PILLAR DESCRIPTION:

ENGAGE IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING

DISPARITIES IN SURGICAL CARE AND DEVELOPING INTERVENTIONS TO

ADDRESS THEM.

Aims:

• Design and implement studies focused on understanding access to and delivery of surgical care in our communities.

• Identify deficiencies in existing regional and national databases and improve their usefulness to study surgical equity by engaging with other local academic institutions.

• Identify and apply concepts and principles derived from surgical equity research at the local and regional level on a global scale.

SRS Research Institute

SRS is engaged in research methods to better understand disparities in surgical care and access and design appropriate interventions to address these inequalities.

• Design and implement studies focused on the understanding of access to surgical care in our communities

• Identify deficiencies in existing databases and improve upon them by engaging with other local academic institutions

• Understand the impact of the built environment and social determinants on surgical outcomes

Publications

Access to the SRS institutes body of published and submitted work.

presentations

Local, national and international invited presentations featuring work done by the SRS Institute.