Surgery has widely been referred to as the “neglected stepchild” of global health. However, we are now in the midst of a movement in response to the facts that surgically treatable conditions form approximately 30% of the global burden of disease and 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care. Common misconceptions, such as surgery being expensive, a last resort and difficult to sustain, have been successfully challenged. To drive the momentum we have gained towards improving the capacity and quality of surgical services, we invite research groups to use this website as a platform to create and distribute surveys on a national or international scale, therefore, building our knowledge and guiding our interventions.

Please contact M.Imam@UEL.ac.uk if you would like more information on our existing surveys or if you would like to propose your own survey.

The Global Surgical Surveys Collaborative is an international network, based in England, that aims to advance surgical practice worldwide through the coordination of multicenter research studies.

Our Mission

Our mission is to improve global health outcomes by advancing surgical practice worldwide.

Our Work

We will conduct international, multicenter studies to answer clinically relevant research questions in surgical disciplines. The global collaborative model will enable us to (1) compare outcomes across countries, (2) investigate determinants of surgical outcome, (3) assess areas of variability in practice, and (4) highlight needs in developed vs developing countries.

Our Founder

Professor Mohamed Imam

Professor Imam is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in the renowned Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Centre, Chertsey, Surrey. He is also a professor at the University of East London, leading research on artificial and machine intelligence clinical applications in surgery. He is a faculty member in multiple institutions, nationally and internationally. He serves as the executive medical director of the Smart Health Centre in London.

He is an international committee member, academic, editorial board, examiner, innovator, and reviewer in numerous international societies and institutions. Professor Imam is a fellowship-trained trauma and upper limb surgeon.