Lisa Greenwell
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Dr. Lisa Greenwell is a health systems researcher whose work sits at the critical intersection of surgical care and public health emergency preparedness. Her primary research focuses on developing and validating frameworks to maintain essential surgical services during crises, particularly pandemics. Dr. Greenwell is best known for her pivotal contribution to the modification and reliability testing of the Medically Necessary Time Sensitive Surgery (MeNTS) scoring tool, a decision-making framework designed to help overwhelmed health systems triage and prioritize surgical cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her 2021 paper on this subject, which has garnered 8 citations, provides a practical, evidence-based solution for managing the dual challenge of surging COVID-19 patients and a backlog of delayed elective surgeries. This work directly addresses the operational chaos faced by hospitals, offering a structured method to balance urgent surgical needs with infection control. Dr. Greenwell’s research is essential reading for healthcare administrators, surgeons, and policymakers seeking to build resilient surgical systems capable of weathering future public health emergencies.
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