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, and MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where she trained as an

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

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 (derived from the Latin root , or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Wit ...

. 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 specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...

Geneva, Switzerland Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

. 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 research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

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
/u>, 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 Indian women medical doctors 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