The Operating Room Global (TORG) Foundation

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TORG Global Research

Together, Driving Innovation in Perioperative Care!

We are proud to unveil the TORG Global Research Team, an elite multi-disciplinary group of experts and innovators tasked with advancing perioperative care through groundbreaking research and collaboration. This initiative represents our commitment to shaping the future of surgical practices and improving patient outcomes on a global scale.

๐ŸŒ A Mission to Transform:
The TORG Global Research Team is at the forefront of innovation, driving impactful projects and initiatives that align with our vision of enhancing operating room practices globally. From data analytics to quality assurance and publications, their work will set new benchmarks in perioperative research and education.

๐Ÿ”ฌ Key Focus Areas:

  • Innovative Research Projects: Developing evidence-based solutions to improve perioperative care.
  • Global Data Analytics: Leveraging insights to drive meaningful change in surgical practices.
  • Ethics and Quality Assurance: Maintaining the highest standards in research integrity.
  • Knowledge Dissemination: Sharing findings through publications.
  • TORGJ: Launch of The Operating Room Global Journal (TORGJ)

Membership and Roles

  • Director, TORG Research Operations and Strategy
  • Secretary/PRO, Research Operations
  • Associate Director, Ethics and Compliance
  • Ethics and Compliance Support Officer
  • Associate Director, Epidemiology and Data Analytics
  • Data Analyst Officer and Project Support Member x 2
  • Data Collection Officer and Project Support Member x 2
  • Associate Director, Manuscript Development
  • Grant Acquisition and Fundraising Support Officer
  • Associate Director, Quality Assurance Review
  • Quality Assurance Review Support Officer
  • Editor-in-Chief, The Operating Room Global Journal (TORGJ)
  • Secretary/PRO, The Operating Room Global Journal (TORGJ)
  • Manuscript Developer and Project Support Member x 6

Meet the Team

Organogram and Reporting Structure

Stay tuned for regular updates, breakthroughs, and opportunities to engage with their work. Join us in celebrating this exciting milestone as we take another step towards global excellence in perioperative care.

TORG-ETH Project

Expression of Interest โ€“ Bellwether Surgery Accessibility & Financial Protection Study (TORG-ETH)

Led by: The Operating Room Global โ€“ Ethiopia Chapter (TORG-ETH) Research Unit

Project Summary: Bellwether surgical conditions (emergency laparotomy, emergency caesarean section, and open fracture fixation) are vital to saving lives in low- and middle-income countries. However, in many African communities, people face long travel distances and severe financial hardship to access these services.

This multi-centre, prospective study will examine geographic accessibility and financial risk protection for bellwether surgery in resource-limited hospitals across Africa.

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TORG-GRT Projects

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ – ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐€๐Œ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐› ๐€๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›-๐’๐š๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š.

๐ด ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ต๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐บ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ (๐‘‡๐‘‚๐‘…๐บ)

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘๐€๐Œ๐๐ฌ?

A multinational, multidisciplinary research project assessing the causes, care processes, and outcomes of lower limb amputations across sub-Saharan Africa.

๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š

ยท All patients who undergo a lower limb amputation during the study period

ยท Any hospital which performs at least one major lower limb amputation per month can take part

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๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐„๐’๐“: ๐€๐ˆ-๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
The Operating Room Global (TORG), in collaboration with ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง (๐”๐‚๐‹)Department of Neurosurgery and the ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž (๐’๐ƒ๐’๐‚), ๐”๐’๐€ is pleased to invite expressions of interest from institutions interested in ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜-๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ.

This project builds on a successful ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž-๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ at Queen Square, London, where ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐€๐ˆ was shown to improve both surgical performance and patient outcomes in ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ. With early feasibility demonstrated, we are now moving toward ๐š ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž-๐ฎ๐ฉ, with a focus on ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž-๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐‹๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚๐ฌ).

We are seeking institutions that meet the following ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š:

  • Perform at least one transsphenoidal pituitary surgery per month.
  • Have at least two consultant-level neurosurgeons involved in pituitary surgery.
  • Are in a low- or middle-income country (as per World Bank classification).
  • Do not currently have an existing video-based surgical coaching program.

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CALL FOR DATA ANALYSTS!
We are excited to unveil four active studies under the TORG Global Research Team (GRT) highlighting our mission to drive impactful, multidisciplinary surgical research across the globe. To expand our capacity and support ongoing and upcoming studies, we are inviting passionate and skilled Data Analysts to join the team.

To Apply: Kindly send your Statement of Interest and CV to info@operatingroomissues.org

Join us in advancing safe, evidence-based surgical practices in low-resource settings and beyond.

TORG-GRT Project E-25

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ: ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ (๐“๐Ž๐‘๐†) ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐„-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐Ž๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
We are excited to announce a call for the expression of interests from qualified institutions, investigators, and clinical sites on ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐„-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, an initiative led by The Operating Room Global Research Team (TORG-GRT). This project, titled โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ต๐’๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’๐’”๐’•๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’“๐’Š๐’–๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐‘จ๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’‹๐’๐’“ ๐‘ต๐’๐’-๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’„ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘จ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’‚,โ€ will explore the identification and validation of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative biomarkers (e.g., GFAP, NfL, IL-6) associated with postoperative delirium (POD) and develop predictive models combining clinical risk factors.
This is an opportunity to:

  •  Join a high-impact, multisite translational research project
  • Collaborate with international investigators.
  • Contribute to biomarker discovery, clinical data collection, or assay implementation
  • Potentially co-author resulting publications

Click Here to ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž & ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ:
Deadline: June 30, 2025

TORG-GRT Project D-25

Call for Interest: International Audit on WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation in Low-Resourced Settings

The TORG Global Research Team is conducting a landmark international audit to assess the real-world implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in low-resourced settings. This high-impact study will generate multi-site data that can influence policies, improve surgical outcomes, and drive systemic change in global surgical safety.
Why Join?

  • Be part of a global research initiative shaping surgical safety policies.
  • Gain co-authorship opportunities in high-impact publications. 
  • Contribute to life-saving improvements in surgical systems worldwide.

Click Here to Learn More about this Project.
Deadline for Interest Submission: 30th April 2025
Join the Initiative Now: Together, letโ€™s amplify surgical safety efforts and transform patient care globally!
#TORGResearch #SurgicalSafety #WHOChecklist #GlobalSurgery #PatientSafety

TORG-GRT Project C-25

The Operating Room Global (TORG), as a proud member of the G4 Alliance, is thrilled to announce that 19 hospitals from across our community have stepped forward to participate in the WHO Clinical Registry: Operative Encounter Module Pilot!
This groundbreaking initiative, developed under the guidance of the WHO Clinical Services and Systems Unit with technical inputs from the G4 Alliance, aims to establish a global dataset for operative encounters, driving quality improvement, upskilling, advocacy, and surgical system planning globally.
These institutions will be pioneers in shaping the future of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia (SOTA) care through data-driven decision-making. They will also engage in the Community of Practice (Project ECHO model) to share experiences and learn collectively.
 We celebrate these hospitals for their leadership in surgical data collection and quality improvement!
#TORG #G4Alliance #WHO #GlobalSurgery #OERPilot #QualityImprovement #SurgicalData

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