Dr. Seema Biswas is a General Surgeon with special interests in Colorectal Surgery and Trauma, and runs education and research into Global Surgery at Ziv Medical Centre, Safed, Galilee, Israel. She is Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Case Reports and undertakes short missions as a field surgeon for the International Committee of the Red Cross. Her research interests include Surgery, Trauma, Medical Education and Global Health. She will discuss the effects of conflict on health.