Dr. Shreenik Kundu is a Ph.D. student at McGill University and a Jean Martin Laberge Global Pediatric Surgery fellow with extensive clinical experience. Kundu completed the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s program in global surgery and social change. Dr. Ayla Gerk is a medical doctor with extensive clinical experience in Argentina, currently pursuing a Ph.D. at McGill University as a Jean Martin Laberge Global Pediatric Surgery fellow. She conducts research at the Commisur Lab, Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital, and recently completed the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship at Harvard program in global surgery and social change. Dr. Dan Poenaru is the director of the Commisur Lab and professor of pediatric surgery at McGill University and a senior scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Recently appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada, Poenaru is renowned for his contributions to global surgery, including establishing a pediatric surgical unit and novel training program in a remote area of Kenya. Dr. John Meara is the founder and chief strategist of the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship at the Harvard program in global surgery and social change. He is the plastic surgeon-in-chief of the Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. Meara was co-chair of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery.