Elizabeth F. Yates

Elizabeth F. Yates MD, MPH, is a general surgery resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Research Fellow at the Center for Surgery and Public Health.

A man from the Yanomamy tribe waits for his surgery at the surgical center at the Cartucho community during a medical expedition in Santa Izabel do Rio Negro, in Amazonas state in northern Brazil, November 8, 2010.
Environment

Climate Change and Global Surgery

by Matthew T. Hey, Ifeoluwa Shoyombo, Elizabeth F. Yates, Geoffrey A. Anderson

Access to surgical care doesn't have to harm the environment and future generations