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The intersection of global health and critical care is explored in this conversation between guest host Dr. Keya Locke and Dr. Ana Maria Crawford, guest editor of the March ASA Monitor. Listen in as they discuss assumptions that can harm patients, what we can learn from global colleagues, gaps in critical care, and more. Recorded February 2024.
Ana Maria Crawford, MD, MSc, FASA, is associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Stanford University. She founded her department’s division of global health equity and serves as its director of global engagement strategy. Dr. Crawford has a passion for global engagement as a way to facilitate reciprocal professional development, diverse community, and equitable healthcare access. For over a decade she has worked through academic partnerships, primarily in underserved and variably-resourced areas, to promote medical education, systems change and quality improvement. She holds an honorary appointment at the University of Rwanda, chairs the California Society of Anesthesiologists - global health (CSA-GH) committee and serves on the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists education committee. She has served as a consultant to several non-profit organizations, the WHO, and the Lancet Commission for Global Health.
Dr. Crawford is the creator and editor-in-chief of the Global Anesthesia and Critical Care Learning Resource Center ("the LRC"), an online education platform offering free and open access resources for healthcare providers. Dr. Crawford believes global includes local, also working in her local community to address social barriers to health. As the proud recipient of the 2021 Kevin Malott Humanitarian Service Award, Dr. Crawford worked with the Pine Ridge Native American community in South Dakota assisting local teams preparing to care for critically-ill patients with COVID-19.
Keya Locke, MD, MBA, serves as the medical director of perioperative services at UF-North in Jacksonville Florida. Dr. Locke has been an assistant professor at UF Jacksonville since 2017. She completed medical school at UF Gainesville, residency at UF Jacksonville, and graduated from UF Warrington School of Business with an MBA in 2020. Her current interests include practice management and organizational behavior. She hopes to bring a better understanding of how organizations “breathe” and begin to apply strategies of successful organizations to medical ones. Dr. Locke is a member of the ASA practice management and women in anesthesia committees.
Curated by: ASA Marketing and Communications
Date of last update: February 19, 2024
