Dr. Emily Tegnell is a Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr Tegnell has a professional interest in global medicine with a particular emphasis on the unequal distribution of healthcare. This has been a key motivator of her voluntary work, exchange programs and internships on four different continents. She is a member of the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care and vice president of The Nordic Network for Global Surgery and Anaesthesia.