Bio

Dr. Cherinet Desta Osebo is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and a recipient of the prestigious NIH-funded 2025–2026 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship. Originally from Ethiopia and now a U.S. resident, he completed postgraduate training in integrated emergency surgery and served as an attending clinician in rural Ethiopian hospitals, providing essential surgical care in underserved settings.
He earned his PhD in Global Surgery from McGill University in Canada, where his research focused on strengthening trauma and perioperative care systems through innovative data infrastructure. He led the implementation of one of the first prospective trauma databases in Tanzania and continues to engage in collaborative global health initiatives across sub-Saharan Africa.
His current work focuses on developing trauma systems, building capacity through surgical and global health education, and innovating health systems in resource-limited settings.

Stanford Advisors

Contact

  • Academic
    cosebo@stanford.edu
    University - Scholar Department: School of Medicine Position: Postdoctoral Scholar

Additional Info

All Publications

  • Establishing trauma databases in underserved regions: a call to action for advancing data-driven surgical quality improvement. International journal of surgery (London, England) Osebo, C. D., Groszman, L., Laskaris, A., Chen, Y., Boniface, R. L., Munthali, V. J., Konate, I., Boulanger, N., Gone, Y. D., Wong, E., Deckelbaum, D. L., Grushka, J. R. 2025; 111 (10): 7369-7374

    View details for DOI 10.1097/JS9.0000000000002881

    View details for PubMedID 40693978

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC12527795

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