Selected GAPP Publications

  1. Buckenmaier C, Lee EH, Shields CH, Sampson JB, Chiles J. Regional Anesthesia in Austere Environments Regional Anesthesia and Pain. July-Aug 2003 28(4).
  2. Mehtsun WT, Weatherspoon K, McElrath L, Chima A, Torsu VEK, 7 N. B. Obeng ENB, Papandria DJ, Mehes MM, Ortega G, Hesse Afua AJ, Sory, Sampson JB, Anderson J, Perry H, Abdullah F. Assessing Surgical and Obstetric/Gynecologic Workload of Medical Officers: Findings from 10 District Hospitals in Ghana. Archives of Surgery.  2012; 147(6): 542-548.
  3. Ogbuagu OU; Chima A, Koka R, Lee B, Jackson EV, Rosen M, Koroma M, Sampson JB. Matching the design of anesthesia life-support equipment with environmental challenges. IET Digital Library.  2014 Sept.
  4. Vaughan E, Sesay F, Chima A, Mehes M, Lee B, Dordunoo D, Sitch A, de Wildt G, Kamara TB, Leigh B, Abdullah F, Sampson JB.  An assessment of surgical and anesthesia staff at 10 government hospitals in Sierra Leone.  JAMA Surgery.  2015; 150(3):237-244.
  5. Rosen MA, Lee BH, Sampson JB, Koka R, Chima AM, Ogbuagu OU, Marx MK, Kamara TB, Koroma M, Jackson EV.  Failure mode and effects analysis applied to maintenance and repair of anesthetic equipment in an austere medical environment.   International Journal of Quality Health Care.  2014 May 15
  6. Rosen MA, Sampson JB, Jackson EV Koka R, Chima AM Ogbuagu OU, Marx MK, Koroma M, Lee BH. Failure mode and effects analysis of the Universal Anaesthesia Machine in two tertiary care hospitals in Sierra Leone.   British Journal of Anaesthesia.  2014 May 15.
  7. Rosen MA, Chima AM, Sampson JB, Jackson EV Jr, Koka R, Marx MK, Kamara TB, Ogbuagu OU, Lee BH. Engaging staff to improve quality and safety in an austere medical environment: a case-control study in two Sierra Leonean hospitals.  Int J Qual Health Care. 2015 Aug;27(4):320-7.
  8. Chang MP, Lyon CB, Janiszewski D, Aksamit D, Kateh F, Sampson JB. Evaluation of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation curriculum in a low resource environment. Int J Med Educ. 2015 Nov 7;6136-41.
  9. Koka R, Chima AM, Sampson JB Jackson EV, Ogbuagu OU, Rosen MA, Koroma M, Tran TP, Marx MK, Lee BH. Anesthesia practice and perioperative outcomes at two tertiary care hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  Anesth Analg. 2016 Jul;123(1):213-27.
  10. Tsai C, Walters CB, Sampson JB, Kateh F, Chang MP. Pediatric mortality in a rural tertiary care center in Liberia.   Children (Basel), 2017 Jan 30;4(2).
  11. Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance).  World Journal of Surgery.  2017 May, 15. 41(Suppl 2)
  12. Zha Y, Ariyo M, Ariyo P, Edmond B, Queeneth K, Latif, A, Walters C, Olaniran O, Sampson J. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Capacity in Referral Hospitals in Nigeria:  Understanding the Global Health Disparity in Resuscitation Medicine.  Journal of the National Medical Association.  (Accepted and in press)
  13. Chan Seay r, Koroma AP, Coleman J, Sampson J, Koroma L, Ugwa EA, Anderson J. Post-Ebola Situational Assessment of Opportunities for Capacity Building at the National Obstetrics and Gynecology Referral Hospital in Sierra Leone. J Gynaecol Obstet. 2018 Apr;141(1):74-79
  14. Chima A, Koka R, Lee B, Tran T, Ogbuagu O, Nelson-Williams H, Rosen M, Koroma M, Sampson J. Medical Simulation as a Vital Adjunct to Identifying Clinical Life-Threatening Safety Gaps in Austere Environments.  Journal of the National Medical Association. J Natl Med Assoc.  2018 Apr; 110(2):117-123.
  15. Turkot O, Banks M, Lee Seung, Dodson A, Duarte S, Kaino M, Nelson-Williams M, Toy S, Sampson J. A Review of Anesthesia Simulation in Low-Income Countries.  A Review of Anesthesia Simulation in Low-Income Countries.  Current Anesthesiology Reports. 2019, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp1-9.
  16. Chang MP, Walters CB, Tsai C, Aksamit D, Kateh F, Sampson J. Evaluation of a Neonatal Resuscitation Curriculum in Liberia.  Children (Basel). 2019, Apr 8;6(4)
  17. Sampson J, Lee B, Koka R, Chima A, Jackson E, Onyebuchi O, Tran T, Rosen M. Human Factors Evaluation of the Universal Anaesthesia Machine:  Assessing equipment with high-fidelity simulation prior to deployment in a resource-constrained environment.  J Natl Med Assoc., March, 2019
  18. Orhurhu V, Oluwunmade M, Uritis I, Viswathnathan O, Peck J, Orhurhu M, Adekoya P, Hirji S, Sampson J, Simopoulos T, Gill J. Trends of Opioid Use Disorder Among Hospitalized Patients with Chronic Pain. World Institute of Pain, Volume 19, Issue 6, 656-663. April 2019
  19. Tomobi Oluwakemi, Toy Serkan, Ondari Michelle, Lee Sabair, Nelson-Williams Howard, Koroma Michael, Sampson John. Evaluating Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice vs Mastery Learning in Training Nurse Anesthetists on the Universal Anaesthesia Machine Ventilator in Sierra Leone.  Journal of Education in Perioperative Medicine. Feb. 2021. Vol XXIII, Issue 1. Pages 1-15.
  20. Tomobi O, Nelson-Williams H, Laytin A, Bob-Ray C, Ekwere I, Banks M, David E, Samen C, Kanu J, & Sampson J. Ventilator Training through International Telesimulation in Sierra Leone. ATS Scholar. 2023 September. Ahead of Print.