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Sondra S. Crosby, MD

Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

MD, University of Washington
PharmD, University of Washington
BPharm, Washington State University

Websites

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ORCID : 0000-0002-1672-5407

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."

Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management
Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights

BU Research

An Interprofessional, Trauma-Based Education Program to Advance the Health of Refugees
09/01/2017 - 12/31/2021 (Multi PI of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: Sarah Kimball, MD
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Ethical Responsibilities of Physicians Who Care for Immigrants in Federal Immigration Detention
01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019 (PI)
The Greenwall Foundation

Acute HIV Study
07/01/2000 - 10/31/2001 (PI)
Comm. of Mass./Department of Public Health

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Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Crosby SS, Glantz LH. "Rectal Feeding"-Unethical Medical Officer Participation at CIA Secret Interrogation Facilities. JAMA. 2024 Jan 09; 331(2):103-104.View Related Profiles.

Glantz, Leonard
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 38127323

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 Jan 02.View Related Profiles.

Annas, George
Gaden, Nancy
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 38169026

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.View Related Profiles.

Borba, Christina
Jacquet, Gabrielle
Piwowarczyk, Linda
Oleng, Nicolette
Ghebrehiwet, Senait
Crosby, Sondra
Sarfaty, Suzanne

PMID: 36574112; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-022-01440-7;

Ulrich MR, Crosby SS. Title 42, asylum, and politicising public health. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Mar; 7:100124.View Related Profiles.

Ulrich, Michael
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 36777657; PMCID: PMC9903581; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100124;

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.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Andrew
Neufeld, Miriam
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 34106336

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.View Related Profiles.

Annas, George
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 34313559

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; PMCID: PMC7952258; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-021-01177-9;

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.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Andrew
Neufeld, Miriam
Kimball, Sarah
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 33409560; PMCID: PMC9074820; DOI: 10.1007/s00414-020-02451-5;

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.View Related Profiles.

Annas, George
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 33966656

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

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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.View Related Profiles.

Annas, George
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 32706532

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.View Related Profiles.

Annas, George
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 32342784

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.View Related Profiles.

Oleng, Nicolette
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 32133175; PMCID: PMC7042604; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002057;

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

Annas, George
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 30683802; PMCID: PMC6678039; DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2018-001062;

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.View Related Profiles.

Saia, Kelley
Piwowarczyk, Linda
Mehta, Pooja
Maru, Sheela
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 29032521

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; PMCID: PMC5719692; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304154;

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.View Related Profiles.

Annas, George
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 26061833; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1503428;

Crosby SS, Xenakis SN, Glantz LH. Force feeding at Guantanamo in first case brought to US federal court. BMJ. 2015; 350:h1270.View Related Profiles.

Glantz, Leonard
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 25758757; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1270;

Moreno A, Crosby S, Xenakis S, Iacopino V. Implementing Istanbul Protocol standards for forensic evidence of torture in Kyrgyzstan. J Forensic Leg Med. 2015 Feb; 30:39-42. PMID: 25623194; DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2014.12.009;

Waldorf B, Gill C, Crosby SS. Assessing adherence to accepted national guidelines for immigrant and refugee screening and vaccines in an urban primary care practice: a retrospective chart review. J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Oct; 16(5):839-45.View Related Profiles.

Gill, Christopher
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 23512323; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9808-6;

Crosby SS. Not every food refuser is a hunger striker. Am J Bioeth. 2014; 14(7):47-8. PMID: 24978414; DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2014.921468;

Crosby SS. Primary care management of non-English-speaking refugees who have experienced trauma: a clinical review. JAMA. 2013 Aug 7; 310(5):519-28. PMID: 23925622; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.8788;

Annas GJ, Crosby SS, Glantz LH. Guantanamo Bay: a medical ethics-free zone? N Engl J Med. 2013 Jul 11; 369(2):101-3.View Related Profiles.

Annas, George
Glantz, Leonard
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 23758205; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1306065;

Piwowarczyk L, Bishop H, Saia K, Crosby S, Mudymba FT, Hashi NI, Raj A. Pilot evaluation of a health promotion program for African immigrant and refugee women: the UJAMBO Program. J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Feb; 15(1):219-23.View Related Profiles.

Saia, Kelley
Piwowarczyk, Linda
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 22476568; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9611-9;

Piwowarczyk L, Crosby SS, Kerr Denali, Grodin M. Health and Human Rights in a Changing World (Grodin, Tarantala, Annas, Gruskin, eds.). Torture and Public Health. Routledge. New York. 2013; 277-288.

Highfield ES, Lama P, Grodin MA, Kaptchuk TJ, Crosby SS. Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine for survivors of torture and refugee trauma: a descriptive report. J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Jun; 14(3):433-40.View Related Profiles.

Highfield, Ellen
Grodin, Michael
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 22005843; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9538-6;

Tsai AC, Eisa MA, Crosby SS, Sirkin S, Heisler M, Leaning J, Iacopino V. Medical evidence of human rights violations against non-Arabic-speaking civilians in Darfur: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Med. 2012; 9(4):e1001198. PMID: 22509136; PMCID: PMC3317898; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001198;

Crosby SS. A doctor's response to torture. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Mar 20; 156(6):471-2. PMID: 22431681; DOI: 10.1059/0003-4819-156-6-201203200-00015;

Polat J, Feinberg E, Crosby SS. Ocular manifestations of torture: solar retinopathy as a result of forced solar gazing. Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 Oct; 94(10):1406-7. PMID: 20576780; DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.171595;

Crosby SS, Mohan S, Di Loreto C, Spiegel JH. Head and neck sequelae of torture. Laryngoscope. 2010 Feb; 120(2):414-9.View Related Profiles.

Spiegel, Jeffrey
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 19998347; DOI: 10.1002/lary.20731;

Piwowarczyk L, Ignatius S, Crosby S, Grodin M, Heeren T, Sharma A. Secondary trauma in asylum lawyers. Bender's Immigration Bulletin. 2009; (3):263-269.
Hirschfeld K, Leaning J, Crosby S, Piwowarzcyk L, VanRooyen J, Greenough G, Bartels S, Fricke A, Sirkin S, Black L, Iacopino V, Lanigan K. Physicians for Human Rights. Nowhere to Turn: Failure to Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women. Boston. 2009.
Crosby SS. Fundamentals of Providing Services for Torture Survivors. Web-based module “Providing Medical Services to Torture Survivors”. National Capacity Building Project at the Center for Victims of Torture and the Office of Refugee Resettlement. 2009.

Blumhofer RD, Shah N, Grodin MA, Crosby SS. Clinical issues in caring for former chattel slaves. J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Apr; 13(2):323-32.View Related Profiles.

Grodin, Michael
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 19089617; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9217-4;

Piwowarczyk L, Crosby SS, Kerr Denali, Grodin M. International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Heggenhougen K, Quah S, eds.). Torture and Public Health. Academic Press. San Diego. 2008; 6:341-348.
Hashemian F, Crosby S, Iacopino V, Keller A, Nguyen L, Ozkalipci O, Pross C, Strawczynski J, Rubenstein L. Physicians for Human Rights. Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and its Impact. Boston. 2008.

Crosby S. Seeking asylum from torture: a doctor's view. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Sep 18; 147(6):431. PMID: 17876027

Crosby SS, Apovian CM, Grodin MA. Hunger strikes, force-feeding, and physicians' responsibilities. JAMA. 2007 Aug 1; 298(5):563-6.View Related Profiles.

Apovian, Caroline
Grodin, Michael
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 17666678

Crosby SS, Mashour GA, Grodin MA, Jiang Y, Osterman J. Emergence flashback in a patient with posttraumatic stress disorder. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2007 Mar-Apr; 29(2):169-71.View Related Profiles.

Osterman, Janet
Grodin, Michael
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 17336667

Crosby SS, Piwowarczyk L, Cooper E. Immigrant Medicine (Walker, Barnett, eds.). HIV Infection in Immigrants. Elsevier. 2007.

Crosby SS, Norredam M, Paasche-Orlow MK, Piwowarczyk L, Heeren T, Grodin MA. Prevalence of torture survivors among foreign-born patients presenting to an urban ambulatory care practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jul; 21(7):764-8.View Related Profiles.

Piwowarczyk, Linda
Grodin, Michael
Paasche-Orlow, Michael
Crosby, Sondra
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 16808779; PMCID: PMC1924712; DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00488.x;

Crosby SS, Rourke EJ, Warfa MA. Fasting and medical issues during Ramadan. JAMA. 2005 Oct 5; 294(13):1618.View Related Profiles.

Rourke, Elizabeth
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 16204661

Rourke E, Crosby SS, Grodin M. Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Our Bodies, Ourselves. Refugee Women's Health. Simon and Schuster. New York. 2005.

Norredam M, Crosby S, Munarriz R, Piwowarczyk L, Grodin M. Urologic complications of sexual trauma among male survivors of torture. Urology. 2005 Jan; 65(1):28-32.View Related Profiles.

Piwowarczyk, Linda
Grodin, Michael
Munarriz, Ricardo
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 15667857

Pincus JM, Crosby SS, Losina E, King ER, LaBelle C, Freedberg KA. Acute human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients presenting to an urban urgent care center. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 15; 37(12):1699-704.View Related Profiles.

Labelle, Colleen
Losina, Elena
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 14689354

Moreno A, Crosby S, Labelle C, Sullivan M, Samet JH. Health assessment of HIV-infected refugees. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Oct 1; 34(2):251-4.View Related Profiles.

Labelle, Colleen
Samet, Jeffrey
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 14526220

Crosby S, Grodin MA. The forum. The challenges of cross-cultural research in the international setting. Ethics Behav. 2002; 12(4):371-2, 376-8.View Related Profiles.

Grodin, Michael
Crosby, Sondra

PMID: 12678074

Crosby SS. A mother's prayer. JAMA. 2000 Mar 1; 283(9):1109-10. PMID: 10703762

Unadkat JD, Collier AC, Crosby SS, Cummings D, Opheim KE, Corey L. Pharmacokinetics of oral zidovudine (azidothymidine) in patients with AIDS when administered with and without a high-fat meal. AIDS. 1990 Mar; 4(3):229-32. PMID: 2350441

Unadkat JD, Crosby SS, Wang JP, Hertel CC. Simple and rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for zidovudine (azidothymidine) in plasma and urine. J Chromatogr. 1988 Sep 9; 430(2):420-3. PMID: 3235516

Price SL, Brown DL, Carpenter RL, Unadkat JD, Crosby SS. Isoflurane elimination via a bubble oxygenator during extracorporeal circulation. J Cardiothorac Anesth. 1988 Feb; 2(1):41-4. PMID: 2979131

Crosby SS, Edwards WA, Brennan C, Dellinger EP, Bauer LA. Systemic absorption of endotracheally administered aminoglycosides in seriously ill patients with pneumonia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1987 Jun; 31(6):850-3. PMID: 3619417; PMCID: PMC284198

Crosby SS, Murray KM, Marvin JA, Heimbach DM, Tartaglione TA. Management of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Clin Pharm. 1986 Aug; 5(8):682-9. PMID: 3742953

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 53 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2021

Bar chart showing 53 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2021

Year	Publications
1986	1
1987	1
1988	2
1990	1
2000	1
2002	1
2003	2
2005	3
2006	1
2007	4
2008	3
2009	3
2010	2
2012	3
2013	4
2014	2
2015	3
2017	1
2018	1
2019	1
2020	4
2021	6
2022	1
2024	2

Media Mentions

22 years of indefinite detention and eroded human rights

Techno Blender 1/12/2024

Doctor Describes and Denounces C.I.A. Practice of ‘Rectal Feeding’ of Prisoners

New York Times 2/24/2023

POV: Forced Displacement of Migrants is Cruel and Inhumane—the United States Must Do Better

BU Today 2/1/2023

Community Insights Survey Debunks Three Misconceptions About Immigrant and Refugee Health Care Engagement

HealthCity 5/5/2022

How 9/11 changed the world

BU Today 9/8/2021

The Link Between Delirium and Dementia

Scientific American 2/25/2021

Could COVID delirium bring on dementia?

Nature 12/2/2020

The Health Consequences of Family Separation at the Border

HealthCity 11/23/2020

Election 2020: A Day of Nervousness Turns to a Night of Uncertainty

BU Today 11/3/2020

Hospital’s Health Plan Covers Green Card Medical Exam for Immigrant Employees

HealthCity 10/23/2020

Assange ‘binge-watched’ suicide of ex-Bosnian Croat general

WHDH 9/25/2020

Virginity Testing is Considered Assault. Yet, We Still Do It.

London Free Press 2/26/2020

How Much Cruelty Can Trump Get Away With? Ask Obama

The Nation 2/19/2020

How Much Cruelty Can Trump Get Away With? Ask Obama.

The Nation 2/19/2020

Guidelines Urge Engagement, Education With 'Virginity Test’ Requests

MDAlert 1/29/2020

Dedham resident receives medal

Wicked Local 12/18/2019

Not Just Rapper T.I.: Doctors Get Requests For Sexist, Unscientific 'Virginity Tests'

USA Today 11/14/2019

POV: Child Detention at the Border Is Torture

BU Today 7/18/2019

Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop

The Nation 6/4/2019

Doctor Who Evaluated Julian Assange Told UN His Confinement Was Torture

Motherboard 4/15/2019

A BU Physician Once Examined Assange. What Did She Find?

BU Today 4/11/2019

CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects

Boston.com 11/13/2018

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