Anthony T. Fuller
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Affiliate Researcher, Duke Global Health Institute
Associate Director, Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neurology
Director, Center for Pathway Programs
Co-Director, Multicultural Resource Center Duke School of Medicine
Assistant Course Director, Leadership Education and Development Curriculum
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Anthony T. Fuller
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Affiliate Researcher, Duke Global Health Institute
Associate Director, Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neurology
Director, Center for Pathway Programs
Co-Director, Multicultural Resource Center Duke School of Medicine
Assistant Course Director, Leadership Education and Development Curriculum
Anthony "Tony" T. Fuller, MD, MScGH, is the Associate Director for the Division of Global Neurosurgery and Neurology (DGNN). He was part of the team that helped found DGNN in 2014 as the first division in the United States dedicated solely to global neurosurgery and neurology.
Dr. Fuller's research efforts focus on health system strengthening and development in neurosurgery and neurology in East Africa. Publications from this work cover expanding neurosurgery access, outcome assessments from international partnerships and interventions, and epidemiology research on the burden of surgical diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
Recently Dr. Fuller's research has included exploring epilepsy in Uganda, where the focus is on health system strengthening using a multi-faceted research approach using epidemiology, health facility-based, and community belief research for intervention and advocacy development.
Dr. Fuller's research efforts are in partnership with Makerere University School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Ugandan government bodies (Ministry of Health), and other partners in Uganda, including neurosurgeons, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and health care workers.
Publications
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Punchak M, Nambi Najjuma J, Razak SS, Nakaziba Z, Kasoba AM, Haglund MM, et al. Demographics, referral patterns, and outcome of patients with neural tube defects in southwestern Uganda. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Aug 1;32(2):149–57.Gramer R, Shlobin NA, Yang Z, Niedzwiecki D, Haglund MM, Fuller AT. Clinical Utility of Near-Infrared Device in Detecting Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Pilot Study Toward Application as an Emergent Diagnostic Modality in a Low-Resource Setting. J Neurotrauma. 2023 Aug;40(15–16):1596–602.Lu Z, Tshimbombu TN, Abu-Bonsrah N, Kanmouyne US, Hesson D, Edward A, et al. Transnational Capacity Building Efforts in Global Neurosurgery: A Review and Analysis of Their Impact and Determinants of Success. World Neurosurg. 2023 May;173:188-198.e3.Ukachukwu A-EK, Still MEH, Seas A, von Isenburg M, Fieggen G, Malomo AO, et al. Fulfilling the specialist neurosurgical workforce needs in Africa: a systematic review and projection toward 2030. J Neurosurg. 2023 Apr 1;138(4):1102–13.
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