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Sondra S. Crosby, MD
Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health
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
- Professor, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- University of Washington, MD Field of Study: Medicine
- University of Washington, PharmD
- Washington State University, BPharm
Classes Taught
- SPHMC786
Publications
- Published on 1/9/2024
Crosby SS, Glantz LH. "Rectal Feeding"-Unethical Medical Officer Participation at CIA Secret Interrogation Facilities. JAMA. 2024 Jan 09; 331(2):103-104. PMID: 38127323.
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- Published on 1/2/2024
Bedi NS, Mathur N, Wang JD, Rech A, Gaden N, Annas GJ, Crosby SS. Human Rights in Hospitals: an End to Routine Shackling. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 May; 39(6):1048-1052. PMID: 38169026.
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- Published on 12/27/2022
Choi J, Juntunen A, Brewer H, Abbas D, Sopper C, Bielick L, Ghebrehiwet S, Flinton K, Sarfaty S, Jacquet GA, Crosby S, Piwowarczyk L, Oleng N, Borba CPC. Evaluating an Interprofessional Trauma-Based Education Course to Advance the Care and Health of Refugees. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Oct; 25(5):1043-1049. PMID: 36574112.
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- Published on 11/18/2021
Ulrich MR, Crosby SS. Title 42, asylum, and politicising public health. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Mar; 7:100124. PMID: 36777657.
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- Published on 9/1/2021
Neufeld MY, Kimball S, Stein AB, Crosby SS. Correction to: Forensic evaluation of alleged wrist restraint/handcuff injuries in survivors of torture utilizing the Istanbul Protocol. Int J Legal Med. 2021 Sep; 135(5):2145. PMID: 34106336.
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- Published on 8/1/2021
Annas GJ, Crosby SS. Standard Racism: Trying to Use "Crisis Standards of Care" in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Bioeth. 2021 08; 21(8):1-3. PMID: 34313559.
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- 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. 2022 Feb; 24(1):178-187. 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.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 1/1/2021
Crosby SS, Sonis L, Annas GJ. The Boston Medical Center Immigrant Task Force: An Alternative to Teaching Immigration Law to Health Care Providers. J Law Med Ethics. 2021; 49(1):59-63. PMID: 33966656.
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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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News & In the Media
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Published on January 12, 2024
On Medicalized Rape at CIA Secret Prisons, the ‘Medical Profession Should Not Stand Silent’
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Published on February 24, 2023
Doctor Describes and Denounces C.I.A. Practice of ‘Rectal Feeding’ of Prisoners
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Published on December 2, 2022
Professors Present at 75th Anniversary of Nuremberg Doctors Trial
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Published on March 24, 2022
‘One of the Greatest Tragedies We Can Witness as Human Beings’
- Published on March 15, 2022
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Published on August 4, 2021
‘Crisis Standards of Care’ Exploit Structural Racism in American Healthcare
- Published on January 12, 2021
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Published on November 24, 2020
Election 2020: A Day of Nervousness Turns to a Night of Uncertainty
- Published on August 14, 2020
- Published on July 23, 2020
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Published on February 26, 2020
Virginity Testing Is Considered Assault. Yet, We Still Do It.
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Published on November 26, 2019
An Open Letter from Doctors: Julian Assange “Could Die in Prison”
- Published on November 25, 2019
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Published on November 14, 2019
Not Just Rapper T.I. : Doctors Get Requests for Sexist, Unscientific ‘Virginity Tests’
- Published on October 3, 2019
- Published on July 18, 2019
- Published on July 18, 2019
- Published on July 3, 2019
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Published on July 3, 2019
It’s Unethical to Use Dental X-Rays to Send Immigrant Children to Adult Detention Facilities
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Published on April 16, 2019
Doctor Who Evaluated Julian Assange Told UN His Confinement Was Torture
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Published on April 16, 2019
Julian Assange Suffered Severe Psychological and Physical Harm in Ecuadorian Embassy, Doctors Say
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Published on April 16, 2019
Julian Assange: How Could Seven Years in Ecuadorian Embassy Have Affected His Health?
- Published on April 12, 2019
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Published on April 11, 2019
A BU Medical Professor Once Did an Exam of Julian Assange at the Embassy. Here’s What She Found
- Published on April 11, 2019
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Published on January 31, 2019
Military Physicians’ First Ethical Obligation Is to Patients
- Published on December 6, 2018
- Published on November 15, 2018
- Published on November 15, 2018
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Published on May 23, 2018
Jonathan P. Baird: Shaheen, Other Democrats Cast a Vote for Torture
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Published on May 21, 2018
US Senate Overlooks Torture, Confirms ‘Bloody Gina’ Haspel as CIA Director
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Published on May 21, 2018
US Navy Doctor Reveals Harrowing Details of Torture under Gina Haspel
- Published on May 17, 2018
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Published on May 9, 2018
We Have Evaluated Torture Survivors. Gina Haspel Cannot Head the CIA
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Published on May 9, 2018
We Have Evaluated Torture Survivors. Gina Haspel Cannot Head the CIA.
- Published on January 26, 2018
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Published on January 25, 2018
Julian Assange’s Health in ‘Dangerous’ Condition, Say Doctors
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Published on January 25, 2018
We Examined Julian Assange, and He Badly Needs Care — but He Can’t Get It
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Published on January 10, 2018
From Nuremberg to Guantánamo, Medical Professionals Enabled Torture
- Published on November 21, 2017
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Published on March 2, 2017
We Must Redouble Efforts to Care for Refugees Amid Uncertainty
- Published on April 7, 2016