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usa expert on the after effects of torture sondra crosby
 sondra crosby professor of medicine
sondra crosby

sondra crosby is an american medical doctor and professor of medicine at boston university , specializing in internal medicine .
crosby is notable for being one of the first doctors allowed to travel to guantanamo to independently examine guantanamo captives .
crosby is notable for serving as the director of medical care at the boston center for refugee health and human rights .
she examined over 300 torture victims at the center .
crosby is one of the authors of '' '' , published by physicians for human rights .
according to physicians for human rights crosby has '' `` written over 200 affidavits documenting medical and psychological sequelae of torture . '' ''
in october 2009 crosby submitted an affidavit following her examination of guantanamo 's longest term hunger striker , abdul rahman shalabi .
she stated that if he did n't receive more calories he would die .
crosby was one of the first doctors outside the dod who was allowed to examine guantanamo captives .
in october of 2012 crosby wrote a letter about tariq al-sawah 's medical condition to camp authorities .
crosby had examined al-sawah on two occasions and described him as morbidly obese , and laid out a treatment plan .
his lawyer , lieutenant colonel sean gleason , said in march 2013 that camp authorities had declined to treat al-sawah , and would n't even release his medical records .
