Abha Saxena is a bioethicist and global health specialist. She was trained as an anesthesiologist, and practiced medicine for several years before moving to the World Health Organization in 2001. There she was heavily involved in bioethics work, coordinating the WHO Research ethics committee and Global Health Ethics Team. Since 2018, Saxena has been a visiting professor at the University of Geneva and a Senior Bioethics adviser at the INCLEN Trust International.

Education

Saxena completed her undergraduate degree,

MBBS A Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (; MBBS, also abbreviated as BM BS, MB ChB, MB BCh, or MB BChir) is a medical degree granted by medical schools or universities in countries that adhere to the United Kingdom's higher education tradi ...

, and MD from the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS New Delhi), is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of He ...

, where she trained as an

anesthesiologist Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative medicine, perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critica ...

Career

Saxena was a member of the faculty of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi from 1986 to 1999, during which time she taught and conducted research in anesthesiology and

palliative care Palliative care (from Latin root "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Man ...

. For twenty years she practiced medicine actively in hospital and community-based research in India. In 2001, she joined the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...

Geneva, Switzerland Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Ca ...

. There, she managed the WHO Research ethics review committee from 2002 to 2018, and the Global Health Ethics Team from 2013 to 2018. In May 2018, Saxena left the World Health Organization and is now a visiting professor at the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

and a Senior Bioethics adviser at the INCLEN Trust International.

Personal life

Saxena is married to Shekhar Saxena, also of the

, and together they live in

. They have two adult daughters.LinkedIn profile for Tanvi Saxena
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Select publications

* Cash, R, Wikler, D, Saxena, A., Capron, A
Casebook on Ethical Issues in International Health Research
Geneva:

, 2009, 2010. Translated into five languages, includin
Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
an
Spanish
; second edition forthcoming. (NLM classification: W 20.5). * Saxena, A, Gomes, M
Ethical challenges to responding to the Ebola epidemic: The World Health Organization experience
''Clinical Trials'' 2006 (January):13(1). .

References

External links

Global Health Ethics of the World Health Organization

ResearchGate profile for Abha Saxena, MD
where most published articles can be downloaded. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxena, Abha Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian anesthesiologists World Health Organization officials Indian ethicists Medical doctors from Delhi 20th-century Indian medical doctors 20th-century Indian women scientists Indian officials of the United Nations 20th-century Indian women medical doctors Women anesthesiologists Bioethicists People from Delhi