Sondra S. Crosby, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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."

Publications

  • Published 3/24/2025

    Crosby SS. How Torture Became Part of Health Law. Am J Law Med. 2024 Dec; 50(3-4):265-278. PMID: 40126120.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/6/2025

    Bedi NS, Selcer R, Crosby S. Advancing Systemic, Intersectional Change: A Path Forward for Reform. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Apr; 40(5):1206-1207. PMID: 39762682.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 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.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 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.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 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.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

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

Websites

Education

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

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