Medge D. Owen, MD

About Me

Education: BA, Kansas State University, 1984; MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 1989
Internship: Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Missouri - Kansas City Affiliates Hospitals, 1990
Residency: Anesthesiology, University Missouri - Kansas City Affiliates Hospitals, 1993
Board Certifications: American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
Memberships: Forsyth-Davie-Stokes Medical Society; Health Volunteers Overseas; American Association of Surgery of Trauma; American Medical Association; Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control; American Society of Anesthesiologists; American Society of Clinical Investigation; American Society of Mass Spectrometry; American Society of Neuroimaging
Positions: Director, International Health Affairs; Professor, Anesthesiology
Departments and Affiliations: International Health Affairs; Anesthesiology

Implementation science in low-resource settings: using the interactive systems framework to improve hand hygiene in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Kallam B, Pettitt-Schieber C, Owen M, Agyare Asante R, Darko E, Ramaswamy R. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Nov; 30(9):724-730.
Addressing the third delay: implementing a novel obstetric triage system in Ghana. Goodman DM, Srofenyoh EK, Ramaswamy R, Bryce F, Floyd L, Olufolabi A, Tetteh C, Owen MD. BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3(2):e000623.
The introduction of a midwife-led obstetric triage system into a regional referral hospital in Ghana. Floyd L, Bryce F, Ramaswamy R, Olufolabi A, Srofenyoh E, Goodman D, Pearson N, Morgan K, Tetteh C, Ahwireng V, Owen M. Midwifery. 2018 Jun; 61:45-52.
Establishing Obstetric Anesthesiology Practice Guidelines in the Republic of Armenia: A Global Health Collaboration. Yuill G, Amroyan A, Millar S, Vardapetyan E, Habib AS, Owen MD. Anesthesiology. 2017 08; 127(2):220-226.
The cost effectiveness of a quality improvement program to reduce maternal and fetal mortality in a regional referral hospital in Accra, Ghana. Goodman DM, Ramaswamy R, Jeuland M, Srofenyoh EK, Engmann CM, Olufolabi AJ, Owen MD. PLoS ONE. 2017; 12(7):e0180929.

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