Her research focus is in global surgery, surgical capacity building, and cost-effective, durable biomedical devices for low-middle income countries. She works with pediatric surgeons in sub-Saharan Africa to increase training and support for young surgeons, thereby improving children’s access to surgical care. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and her M.D. from Boston University. She completed a general surgery residency and fellowship in pediatric surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Her website is scholars.duke.edu/person/tamara.fitzgerald. She can be contacted at Tamara.Fitzgerald@duke.edu.