Rachel A. Koch,
MD
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Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Visiting Instructor |
| Academic Divisions | General Surgery |
Academic Locations
University Hospital
801-213-2598
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Visiting Instructor |
| Academic Divisions | General Surgery |
Education History
| Research Fellow | Harvard Medical School Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Fellow-Program in Global Surgery and Social Change Research Fellow, 2019 |
| Professional Medical | University of Maryland School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2014 |
| Undergraduate | Northwestern University Majors: Anthropology and International Studies B.A., 2009 |
| Other Training | School for International Training Gender, Health and Development Study Abroad Program , 2007 |
| Internship/Residency | Vanderbilt University Medical Center General Surgery Intern/Resident, |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Carrillo-Villaseor F, Fowler Z, Moeller E, Roa L, Macias V, Koch R, Mohar S, Caddell L, Cervantes S, Mathews I, Riviello R, Cervantes-Trejo A, Meara JG, Uribe-Leitz T (2021). Access to Essential Surgical Care in Chiapas, Mexico: A System-Wide Geospatial Analysis. World J Surg.
- Abahuje E, Bartuska A, Koch R, Youngson G, Ntakiyiruta G, Williams W, Dias RD, Rosu C, Yule S, Riviello R (2021). Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Behavior Change After Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Surgical Non-Technical Skills Training Program in Rwanda. J Surg Educ.
- Kauffmann RM, Neuzil K, Koch R, Terhune KP (2020). Global Surgery Electives: A Strategy to Improve Care to Domestic Underserved Populations? J Surg Res, 255, 247-254.
- Robb KA, Habiyakare C, Kateera F, Nkurunziza T, Dusabe L, Kubwimana M, Powell B, Koch R, Gruendl M, Ngamije P, Riviello R, Hedt-Gauthier B (2020). Variability of water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions and the potential infection risk following cesarean delivery in rural Rwanda. J Water Health, 18(5), 741-752.
- Koch R, Meara JG, Wall AE (2019). How Should We Decide Whether and When Some Care Is Better Than No Care? AMA J Ethics, 21(9), E729-734.
- Pyda J, Patterson RH, Caddell L, Wurdeman T, Koch R, Polatty D, Card B, Meara JG, Corlew DS (2019). Towards resilient health systems: opportunities to align surgical and disaster planning. BMJ Glob Health, 4(3), e001493.
- Koch R, Roa L, Pyda J, Kerrigan M, Barthlemy E, Meara JG (2018). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: An opportunity to lead innovation in global surgery. Surgery, 165(2), 273-280.
- Sonderman KA, Nkurunziza T, Kateera F, Gruendl M, Koch R, Gaju E, Habiyakare C, Matousek A, Nahimana E, Ntakiyiruta G, Riviello R, Hedt-Gauthier BL (2018). Using mobile health technology and community health workers to identify and refer caesarean-related surgical site infections in rural Rwanda: a randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open, 8(5), e022214.
- Dasgupta S, Koch R, Westra WH, Califano JA, Ha PK, Sidransky D, Koch WM (2010). Mitochondrial DNA mutation in normal margins and tumors of recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients. Cancer Prev Res (Phila), 3(9), 1205-11.