Mission
The Global Surgical and Medical Support Group (GSMSG) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing medical relief to communities in conflict zones, austere environments and disaster areas around the world. By enlisting the most elite professionals in the world, GSMSG offers top tier services to those in need through:
Direct Action - Medical and Surgical Care
GSMSG medical and surgical team are able to provide the full spectrum of care ranging from front-line medical services and prolonged field care, to primary care check-ups, to advanced neurosurgery. Through GSMSG surge staffing, we are able to man a full field hospital within 72hours with a full compliment of medical and surgical professionals.
responding to the covid19 pandemic
GSMSG team members have deployed since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic to sites throughout the US including the NYC Ryan Larkin Field hospital throughout the initial peak wave of the crisis. Additionally GSMSG members helped to staff ICU’s within the US as well as at overseas locations. GSMSG has also contributed by deploying mobile COVID triage units to Miami, Florida when the COVID wave hit the region.
Long Term Solutions - Medical and Surgical Training
GSMSG medical and surgical teams also create sustainable long-term solutions for local population healthcare needs by training them in any medical or surgical subspecialty. By educating and training indigenous medical personnel in the latest standards of care and taking into consideration local cultural norms as well as what is sustainable in a local area, GSMSG builds the foundation for a lasting self-sufficient healthcare system.
Empowering women
In some parts of the world, cultural and religious norms have prevented access of local women to quality healthcare services. GSMSG is able to provide women’s healthcare services to these disenfranchised populations by rendering care through our US licensed female providers. At the same time, our female providers educate and train local women so that they are then able to take care of the wider community with the end goal being that these women are then seen by those around them as the ones entrusted with their well-being.
Empowering veterans
Veterans, especially those with medical qualifications, often find that their years of expert field training and application of skills in real world medical emergencies only has a limited audience once they are out of service and in the civilian world. By joining GSMSG, the veteran community can find an incredibly unique opportunity to apply their entire range of skills in the service of others. #ServiceAfterService
Non-discrimination
GSMSG provides all of these services and more regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, or creed.
about us
GSMSG was created in 2015 by Dr. Aaron Epstein, MD, MA, to provide high quality care to victims in Iraq of the ongoing conflict with ISIS. What started as small teams of physicians and surgeons inserting themselves in communities facing ISIS has since expanded to an organization made up of over 1,000 leading US licensed medical experts, covering every medical and surgical subspecialty, from medical institutions around the world as well as US Special Operations veterans. This unique combination of medical expertise and the ability to operate in austere settings allows us to rapidly bring unparalleled services to some of the harshest environments and serve populations in dire need.
GSMSG surgeons instructing local counterparts in Iraq
our impact
+600 surgeons and surgical professionals trained, +5,500 medical doctors and diagnostic specialists trained, +920 nurses trained, +20,000 combat medics trained, +$120,900,000 worth of surgery completed, +$40,122,500 worth of medical education provided, +$20,400,000 worth of medical and surgical supplies donated.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”