Sabha Ganai, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS is a Surgical Oncologist and cancer disparities researcher at Sanford Health, a large 44-hospital system that serves the Northern Plains states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. She is the Director of Surgical Education and an Associate Professor of Surgery at University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and is a Clinical Investigator at Sanford Research. She is board-certified in public health, general surgery, and complex general surgical oncology. While she has a broad background in the applied sciences, her research efforts have been in the scope of population health, examining disparities in cancer staging and oncologic outcomes based on provider density and distance from high-volume centers, with a focus of studying specific barriers for rural populations.