One World Surgery
Claire Cunningham currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of One World Surgery, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high-quality surgical care globally, particularly for abandoned and disadvantaged children. Prior to this role, Claire Cunningham was the Executive Director in Chicago and the Director of Corporate Development for Project C.U.R.E. Additionally, Claire Cunningham held a position as a Social Responsibility Consultant at Newmont Mining Corporation in 2012. Claire Cunningham earned a Master's degree in Development Practice with a focus on International Development and Corporate Social Responsibility from the University of Denver and holds a Bachelor's degree in Communications and African Studies from DePauw University.
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One World Surgery
High-quality surgical and primary care, coupled with training, education, and a continuum of care delivers life-changing outcomes, both to patients and participants in our ongoing mission. One World Surgery is a nonprofit confronting this global health crisis by partnering with communities, healthcare providers, and leaders in healthcare to deliver surgical services. Our vision is a world with safe, timely, and accessible surgical care. The impact of surgical intervention is unlike any other health intervention. Surgery can cure 1/3 of all human illness and disease and can almost immediately change a person’s life. In chronically underfunded health systems, surgical care is ignored and widely inaccessible to the poor. Local facilities lack appropriate supplies and equipment. Medical professionals do not have training in the latest techniques. Few can afford the high cost of surgery. Patients often arrive at our center desperate for a solution. They have tried every avenue imaginable, but surgical care is dauntingly unavailable in their country. The impact of our work is immediately apparent when patients leave our facility—not only physically healed but with a renewed sense of hope for the future.