Surgical Non-governmental Organizations: Global Surgery's Unknown Nonprofit Sector.

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Published in World J Surg on August 01, 2016

Authors

Joshua S Ng-Kamstra¹^,2^,3, Johanna N Riesel⁴^,5^,6, Sumedha Arya⁷, Brad Weston⁷, Tino Kreutzer⁸^,9, John G Meara⁴^,5, Mark G Shrime⁴^,5^,10

Author Affiliations

1: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Josh.ng@mail.harvard.edu.
2: Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Josh.ng@mail.harvard.edu.
3: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Josh.ng@mail.harvard.edu.
4: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
5: Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
6: Harvard Plastic Surgery Combined Residency Program, Boston, MA, USA.
7: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
8: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
9: Affiliated Staff Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA, USA.
10: Department of Otology and Laryngology and Office of Global Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA.

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