Pediatric Anesthesiologist Dr. Sanjoy Joshi Participates in Critical, Life-saving Surgery for Afghan Boy

From the operating room at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) pediatric anesthesiologist Sanjoy Joshi’s clinical skills enabled him to help make a U.S. soldier’s humanitarian mission a reality. On November 14, 2013, Dr. Joshi was part of the medical team that enabled Bilal Sharif to have life-changing surgery not available in his home country. Afghanistan has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. The 7-year-old was born in a refugee camp with part of his bladder on the outside of his body and no access to