Sondra S. Crosby MD
Professor, General Internal Medicine
Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-7179scrosby@bu.edu
sondra.crosby@bmc.org

Sections
General Internal 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."
Education
Medicine, MD, University of Washington
PharmD, University of Washington
BPharm, Washington State University
Publications
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.
Published on 1/2/2024Bedi 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.
Published on 12/27/2022Choi 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.
Published on 11/18/2021Ulrich MR, Crosby SS. Title 42, asylum, and politicising public health. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Mar; 7:100124. PMID: 36777657.
Published on 9/1/2021Neufeld 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.
Published on 8/1/2021Annas 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.
Published on 3/12/2021Wang 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.
Published on 1/7/2021Neufeld 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.
Published on 1/1/2021Crosby 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.
Published on 8/11/2020Crosby SS. My COVID-19. Ann Intern Med. 2021 01; 174(1):120-121. PMID: 32777184.
Media Mentions
Published on 1/12/2024
22 years of indefinite detention and eroded human rights
Published on 2/24/2023
Doctor Describes and Denounces C.I.A. Practice of ‘Rectal Feeding’ of Prisoners
Published on 2/1/2023
POV: Forced Displacement of Migrants is Cruel and Inhumane—the United States Must Do Better
Published on 5/5/2022
Published on 9/8/2021
Published on 2/25/2021
The Link Between Delirium and Dementia
Published on 12/2/2020
Could COVID delirium bring on dementia?
Published on 11/23/2020
The Health Consequences of Family Separation at the Border
Published on 11/3/2020
Election 2020: A Day of Nervousness Turns to a Night of Uncertainty
Published on 10/23/2020
Hospital’s Health Plan Covers Green Card Medical Exam for Immigrant Employees
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