The global burden of surgical disease is being addressed in several ways, outlined specifically in Chapter 13 “Specialized Surgical Platforms” of “Essential Surgery: Disease Control Priorities” . One way is through humanitarian work on the part of surgeons from high-income countries (HICs) going to LMICs for shorter missions and performing surgery on patients [4–6]. For example, Dell Children’s Global Surgical Outreach goes to Guatemala several times a year and does a large volume of pediatric surgery cases . This work can also involve major organizations like Operation Smile, dedicated to providing year-round care for specific surgical needs via scheduled rotations of surgical teams .