Henry Rice
Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Professor in Pediatrics
Research Professor of Global Health
I am a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Global Health (Research) at Duke University School of Medicine and the DGHI, and serve as the Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery. I have broad interests in global health and global surgery, focusing on surgical health system assessment, health system strengthening, and patient safety. I co-teach a graduate seminar at the DGHI each fall in Global Surgical Care. My current research projects focus on our ongoing partnership with several collaborators in Guatemala, focusing on improving patient safety for children's health care as well as projects examining global metrics of surgical quality, economics, and efficiency.
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Hall B, Rhoads M, Happ M, Tegge A, Drescher M, Sheng K, et al. Family decision-making during access to surgical care for children: A qualitative analysis and conceptual framework. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Mar;61(3):162846.Ngutete Mukundwa P, Alayande BT, Iradukunda D, Fenta B, Bucyibaruta G, Ojomo O, et al. Building research capacity in the global south: insights from a scientific writing workshop. BMC Med Educ. 2026 Feb 14;26(1).NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery and the GlobalSurg Collaborative. Safety and equity in scaling minimally invasive surgery worldwide in 109 countries using cholecystectomy as a tracer procedure: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2026 Feb;14(2):e199–212.Blocher J, Nicholson Jr. CP, Lieber W, Owen M, Graves L, Rice HE. Historical and Legal Basis of Non-Encounter Restorative Justice Interventions for Gun Violence. Contemporary Justice Review. 2026;29(1):143–54.
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