Article co-authored by Eastern Campus Dean set to be published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons

An article co-authored by West Virginia University School of Medicine Eastern Campus Dean Richard Thomas, M.D., D.D.S., will soon be published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The article is titled “Putting Medical Boots on the Ground: Lessons from the War in Ukraine and Applications for Future Conflict with Near Peer Adversaries.” It will be published in the August 2023 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The article reviews the experience of a medical team, the Global Surgical and Medical Support Group, which has been providing assistance, training, medical support and surgical support to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February 2022. Dr. Thomas said that the paper compares and contrasts the healthcare systems of this war against the systems utilized during the Global War on Terror.

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