General
GICS was founded in 2015 by a group of individuals who knew that sharing resources and providing access to educational materials was a critical missing part of the solution to provide life-saving surgery to children no matter where they live.
We envision a future where every child has access to surgical care. Our mission is to define and promote optimal resources for children’s surgery in resource-poor regions of the world. We do this by engaging leading providers of children’s surgical care globally, inclusive of the many disciplines of care, as well as organizations whose missions affect children’s surgical care.
GICS is unique in that it is an entirely member-driven organization. We are a consortium of providers, institutions, and allies from around the globe and from a wide range of both low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs). We believe that children’s surgery includes all aspects of surgical care for children. Thus, GICS includes all specialties and subspecialties involved in children’s surgical care, such as neurosurgery, plastic surgery, orthopedics, anesthesia, intensive care, radiology, pathology, laboratory medicine, pediatrics, nursing and physical and occupational therapy.
The best way to get involved is to become a member, and join a committee or working group. You can become a member here. If you do not want to become a member you can always sign up for the GICS newsletter.
Sign up here to receive the GICS newsletter. You can also view archived newsletters!
To learn about upcoming webinars, meetings and events please see our calendar.
To see what GICS has accomplished please see our annual report.
Address: Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
2108 N Street, Suite 4657, Sacramento, CA 95816 USA
Email: GICSurgery@gmail.com
You may make a donation on our website or by mailing a check to:
The Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
2108 N Street, Suite 4675, Sacramento, CA 95816 USA
Contact us if you wish to become a monthly donor or change your monthly donation.
Membership
There are a variety of membership levels including:
- High-income country physician or advocate
- Low- and middle-income country physician
- Nurse or midwife
- Provider, other than physician or nurse
- Trainee or student
- Organization:
- LMIC-based
- Very small (annual budget < USD 1,000)
- Small (annual budget < $100,000)
- Medium (annual budget $100,000 – $1,000,000)
- Large (annual budget > $1,000,000)
Yes, organizations are encouraged to become members. They may do so here. Organizations are grouped as follows:
- LMIC-based
- Very small (annual budget < USD 1,000)
- Small (annual budget < $100,000)
- Medium (annual budget $100,000 – $1,000,000)
- Large (annual budget > $1,000,000)
Membership costs range from $100 for High-income country physicians to $0 for those whose membership fees would be a hardship. No one is turned away due to lack of funds.
If you are not yet a member, sign up here. If you are already a member and want to change your payment preferences, click here.
You can find our Annual Report and Form 990 on our website.
Donation
You may make a donation on our website or by mailing a check to:
The Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
2108 N Street, Suite 4675, Sacramento, CA 95816 USA
Contact us if you wish to become a monthly donor or change your monthly donation.
Absolutely! When you make your donation please leave a note in the comments that you would like the funds to go directly to sponsoring membership for a Low- or Middle-Income Practitioner.
GICS is a volunteer-run organization and all membership dues and donations go to supporting LMIC practitioners’ participation and creation of educational materials. Less than 10% of the budget goes towards administration.
GICS is a 501(c)(3) charity registered in the United States. Our EIN is 27-3905510.
The Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery is a 501(c)(3) charity registered in the United States. All gifts are deductible to the full extent of the law.
