Executive Director, Global Alliance of Perioperative Professionals
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. John B. Sampson is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Global Alliance of Perioperative Professionals (GAPP) and is the founder of the non-profit organization The Institute of Global Perioperative Care. Dr. Sampson has recieved numerous awards including the SCCM Presidential Citation and the SCCM Peter Safar Global Partnership Award.
A critical care specialist and neuroanesthesiologist, Dr. Sampson is dedicated to promoting excellence in patient care in anesthesiology and critical care medicine. Dr. Sampson also is committed to improving perioperative care and raising awareness of health care problems in Africa among medical partners such as The Diaspora African Forum, the Ghana Heatlh Service, and numerous African ministries of health.
Dr. Sampson has taught and practiced medicine in numerous countries outside of the United States and has been instrumental in leading and organizing numerous American volunteers in Africa who have touched the lives of Africans in need of medical care. In addition to medical publications Dr. Sampson’s international work has been covered by the Washington Post, National Public Radio and national television broadcasts in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Eritrea and Sierra Leone.
Dr. Sampson earned his undergraduate degree at Jackson State University, his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School. He completed anesthesiology residency at Howard University Hospital. He also completed a critical care medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic prior to his first job as one of the founding critical care specialists at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Maryland.