Orit Abrahim

NextGen Scholar

General Surgery Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School

Orit Abrahim is a General Surgery Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Research Fellow at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health with a focus in international development from Yale University, an MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Global Health from Yale School of Public Health, and an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Orit has research experience in evaluating health systems, healthcare delivery, and healthcare leadership/management in low-and middle-income countries, complex emergencies, and among displaced populations. She has also contributed to the field of health equity and diversity/inclusion in medicine. She previously served as a Research Fellow at the Center for Humanitarian Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research interests lie in comprehensive health systems strengthening (including surgical services), particularly in humanitarian contexts, and the development of equitable global partnerships in health.