Faye Evans

Dr. Faye Evans is a Cummings Foundation Professor at Harvard Medical School and an anesthesiologist affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital. With over 20 years of clinical experience, her work focuses on global pediatric anesthesia capacity, health systems strengthening, and medical education in low-resource settings.

• Harvard Medical School: Cummings Foundation Professor
• Boston Children's Hospital: Clinical Anesthesiologist
• Emory University School of Medicine: Medical Degree

Dr. Evans' research explores critical issues in global anesthesia, including workforce development, neonatal surgical care, and pandemic response impacts on surgical systems. Her work spans educational partnerships in Rwanda, Guatemala, and sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on skill transfer and capacity building through programs like SAFE and IMEGH.

Recent publications highlight innovations in pediatric airway management, geospatial analysis for surgical access, and implementation of standardized checklists for anesthesia safety. Her studies in Latin America and Africa address systemic disparities in surgical care delivery and provider training.

Scientific contributions include the development of the GAPS (Global Assessment in Pediatric Surgery) tool for low-resource capacity evaluation and advocacy for decolonizing global surgery frameworks. She has published extensively on anesthesia safety protocols, ventilator weaning practices, and the ethical dimensions of international clinical research.