Benedict Nwomeh, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology
(Courtesy)
Epidemiology
Biography
Benedict C. Nwomeh, MD, MPH, is the program director and director of Education for Pediatric Surgery. He is a professor of surgery and pediatrics and serves as vice chair for global surgery in the Ohio State College of Medicine Department of Surgery. His research focuses on understanding the burden of surgical diseases and building surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
Education
- MBBS (Honors)
- University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- MPH
- Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010
Research interests
Understanding the burden of surgical disease and capacity building in LMICs
Bhatia MB, Mohan SC, Blair KJ, Boeck MA, Bhalla A, Sharma S, Helenowski I, Tatebe LC, Nwomeh BC, Swaroop M. Surgical and Trauma Capacity Assessment in Rural Haryana, India. Ann Glob Health. 2021 Feb 12;87(1):15. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3173. PMID: 33614421; PMCID: PMC7879992.
Blair KJ, Boeck MA, Gallardo Barrientos JL, Hidalgo López JL, Helenowski IB, Nwomeh BC, Shapiro MB, Swaroop M. Assessment of Surgical and Trauma Capacity in Potosí, Bolivia. Ann Glob Health. 2017 Mar-Apr;83(2):262-273. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2017.04.002. Epub 2017 May 24. PMID: 28619401.
Gupta S, Gupta SK, Devkota S, Ranjit A, Swaroop M, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC, Victorino GP. Fall Injuries in Nepal: A Countrywide Population-based Survey. Ann Glob Health. 2015 Jul-Aug;81(4):487-94. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.07.004. PMID: 26709280.
Nepal S, Gupta S, Wong EG, Gurung S, Swaroop M, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC. Burden of road traffic injuries in Nepal: results of a countrywide population- based survey. Lancet. 2015 Apr 27;385 Suppl 2:S7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60802-9. Epub 2015 Apr 26. PMID: 26313109.
Gupta S, Shrestha S, Ranjit A, Nagarajan N, Groen RS, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC. Conditions, preventable deaths, procedures and validation of a countrywide survey of surgical care in Nepal. Br J Surg. 2015 May;102(6):700-7. doi: 10.1002/bjs.9807. Epub 2015 Mar 24. PMID: 25809125.
Gupta S, Ranjit A, Shrestha R, Wong EG, Robinson WC, Shrestha S, Nwomeh BC, Groen RS, Kushner AL. Surgical needs of Nepal: pilot study of population based survey in Pokhara, Nepal. World J Surg. 2014 Dec;38(12):3041-6. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2753-2. PMID: 25189447.
Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC. Inter-rater reliability of the PIPES tool: validation of a surgical capacity index for use in resource-limited settings. World J Surg. 2014 Sep;38(9):2195-9. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2522-2. PMID: 24696058.
Markin A, Barbero R, Leow JJ, Groen RS, Skow EJ, Apelgren KN, Kushner AL, Nwomeh BC. A quantitative analysis of surgical capacity in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. J Surg Res. 2013 Nov;185(1):190-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.05.051. Epub 2013 Jun 5. PMID: 23773715.
Kushner AL, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Dixon-Cole R, Daoh KS, Kingham TP, Nwomeh BC. Assessment of pediatric surgery capacity at government hospitals in Sierra Leone. World J Surg. 2012 Nov;36(11):2554-8. doi: 10.1007/s00268-012-1737-3. PMID: 22851151.