Sondra Crosby
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Sondra S. Crosby, MD

Associate Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 414-7179
scrosby@bu.edu
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Biography

Sondra Crosby, MD is a medical doctor and Professor of Medicine at Boston University, specializing in internal medicine. She is also a faculty member of the Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights department at the Boston University School of Public Health.

Dr. Crosby is notable for being one of the first doctors allowed to travel to Guantanamo to independently examine Guantanamo captives. She is also notable for serving as the director of medical care at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights. She examined over 300 torture victims at the Center.

Dr. Crosby is one of the authors of Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by the US, published by Physicians for Human Rights. According to Physicians for Human Rights, Dr. Crosby has "written over 200 affidavits documenting medical and psychological sequelae of torture."

Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Medicine - Boston University School of Medicine

Education

  • University of Washington, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • University of Washington, PharmD
  • Washington State University, BPharm

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHMC786

Publications

  • Published on 3/12/2021

    Wang RY, Rojo MC, Crosby SS, Rajabiun S. Examining the Impact of Restrictive Federal Immigration Policies on Healthcare Access: Perspectives from Immigrant Patients across an Urban Safety-Net Hospital. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Mar 12. PMID: 33710446.

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  • Published on 1/7/2021

    Neufeld MY, Kimball S, Stein AB, Crosby SS. Forensic evaluation of alleged wrist restraint/handcuff injuries in survivors of torture utilizing the Istanbul Protocol. Int J Legal Med. 2021 Mar; 135(2):583-590. PMID: 33409560.

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  • Published on 8/11/2020

    Crosby SS. My COVID-19. Ann Intern Med. 2021 01; 174(1):120-121. PMID: 32777184.

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  • Published on 7/23/2020

    Crosby SS, Annas GJ. Border Babies - Medical Ethics and Human Rights in Immigrant Detention Centers. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 23; 383(4):297-299. PMID: 32706532.

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  • Published on 3/1/2020

    Crosby SS, Annas GJ. Cop to Cop: Negotiating Privacy and Security in the Examining Room. J Law Med Ethics. 2020 03; 48(1):169-171. PMID: 32342784.

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  • Published on 1/20/2020

    Crosby SS, Oleng N, Volpellier MM, Mishori R. Virginity testing: recommendations for primary care physicians in Europe and North America. BMJ Glob Health. 2020; 5(1):e002057. PMID: 32133175.

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  • Published on 1/24/2019

    Annas GJ, Crosby S. US military medical ethics in the War on Terror. J R Army Med Corps. 2019 Aug; 165(4):303-306. PMID: 30683802.

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  • Published on 4/1/2018

    Mehta PK, Saia K, Mody D, Crosby SS, Raj A, Maru S, Piwowarczyk L. Learning from UJAMBO: Perspectives on Gynecologic Care in African Immigrant and Refugee Women in Boston, Massachusetts. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Apr; 20(2):380-387. PMID: 29032521.

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  • Published on 11/21/2017

    Crosby SS, Benavidez G. From Nuremberg to Guantanamo Bay: Uses of Physicians in the War on Terror. Am J Public Health. 2018 Jan; 108(1):36-41. PMID: 29161065.

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  • Published on 6/11/2015

    Annas GJ, Crosby SS. Post-9/11 torture at CIA "black sites"--physicians and lawyers working together. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 11; 372(24):2279-81. PMID: 26061833.

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