Jennifer Rickard
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Credentials
MD, MPH, FACS, FCS(ECSA)

Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery
Biography

Bio

Dr. Rickard is an acute care surgeon at University of Minnesota with a clinical focus on trauma,
surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery. She has over 80 research publications,
with research interests in global health and surgical infections. Her global health work focuses
on health system strengthening and surgical capacity development. She has been working in
Rwanda with the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program since 2012.

Research Summary

Health systems strengthening in low resource settings; Surgical capacity development; Surgical education in low resource settings; Emergency general surgery; Trauma and critical care; Surgical infections

Clinical Summary

Emergency General Surgery; Trauma and Critical Care

Education

MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
Major: Program in Clinical Effectiveness
MD, University of Wisconsin Schools of Medicine and Public Health
BS, University of Wisconsin
Major: Medical Microbiology & Immunology; Zoology Honors

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Fellowship
University of Minnesota
Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship, Fellowship
Surgical Residency, Residency
Rush University Medical Center and Cook County Integrated Surgical Residency Training Program
General Surgery Intern, Internship
Rush University Medical Center and Cook County Integrated Surgical Residency Training Program

Licensures and Certifications

Critical Care, American Board of Surgery
General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Massachusetts License,
Licensure/Certification Number: #253144
Illinois Permanent License,
Licensure/Certification Number: #036.125155
Minnesota License,
Licensure/Certification Number: #58665

Honors and Recognition

Top Doctors Rising Stars, Mpls St. Paul Magazine
2020
Top Doctors Rising Stars, Mpls St. Paul Magazine
2019
Professional Achievement Award, North Memorial Health
2019
Cardiothoracic Surgery Intern of the Year, Cook County Hospital
2008
Grant County Medical Society Award
2005
Shapiro Research Award
2004
Graduated with Honors in Zoology, University of Wisconsin
2003
National Society of Collegiate Scholars Honor Society
1999
Dean's Honor List (4 semesters), UW-Madison
1998
Selected Presentations

Selected Presentations

Rickard, J. L., Tuyishimye, E., Ntirenganya, F., Banguti, P. "Critical Care Education in Rwanda", Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, Florida, January 01, 2018.
Rickard, J. L., Ntirenganya, F., Ntakiyiruta, G., Chu, K. "Global Surgery in the 21st Century: Equity in Training Partnerships", Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, Florida, January 01, 2018.
Rickard, J. L. "Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) in Elderly Trauma Patients", 38th Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, Westlake Village, California, January 01, 2018.
Rickard, J. L. "Treating Surgical Infections in LMICs: Source Control, Then What?", 38th Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, Westlake Village, California, January 01, 2018.
Rickard, J. L. "Critical Care in Low-Resource Settings", Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 16, 2017.
Rickard, J. L. "Critical Care Management of Peritonitis in a Low-Resource Setting", World Congress of Surgery, Basel, Switzerland. January 01, 2017.
Rickard, J. L. "Systematic Review of Antimicrobial Resistance in Intra-Abdominal Infections in Low and Middle-Income Countries", World Congress of Surgery, Basel, Switzerland. January 01, 2017.
Rickard, J. L., Ngarambe, C., Ndayizeye, L., Smart, B., Riviello, R., Majyambere, J., Rulisa, S., Ghebre, R. "Antibiotic Management of Surgical Patients with Peritonitis at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Rwanda", Surgical Infections Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, January 01, 2017.
Rickard, J. L. "Systematic Review of Surgical Management of Typhoid Intestinal Perforation", Digestive Diseases Week, San Diego, California, January 01, 2016.
Rickard, J. L. "Risk Factors Associated with Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Peritonitis in Rwanda", Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, Florida, January 01, 2016.
Rickard, J. L., Ngarambe, C., Ndayize, L., Smart, B., Riviello, R., Majyambere, J. "Analysis of the Cost of Surgical Care for Peritonitis at a Referral Hospital In Rwanda", Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, Florida, January 01, 2016.
Rickard, J. L. "Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program: Surgery", Rwandan Human Resources for Health Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, January 01, 2016.
Rickard, J. L. "Systematic review of postgraduate surgical education in low- and middle-income countries", World Congress of Surgery, Bangkok, Thailand. January 01, 2015.
Rickard, J. L. "Surgery for Peptic Ulcer Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Published Data", Digestive Diseases Week, Washington, District of Columbia, January 01, 2015.
Rickard, J. L., Ntakiyiruta, G., Chu, K. "Associations with in-hospital operative mortality at a major referral hospital in Rwanda", Global Surgery Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, California, January 01, 2014.
Rickard, J. L. "Epidemiology of operative pediatric burns at University Teaching Hospital – Kigali", Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, Rwanda Surgical Society, Kigali, Rwanda. January 01, 2014.
Rickard, J. L. "When Endoscopy Fails: Proven Surgical Techniques for Ulcer Disease are Still Necessary Despite Rumors that Surgery is Obsolete", Midwest Surgical Association Meeting, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, January 01, 2009.
Rickard, J. L. "Outbreak Investigation of Hemorrhagic Fever in Kenya", National Student Research Forum, Galveston, Texas, January 01, 2005.
Rickard, J. L. "Outbreak Investigation of Hemorrhagic Fever in Kenya", Summer Research Forum, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, January 01, 2004.
Contact

Contact

Administrative Contact

Marge Knutsen | mknutsen@umn.edu