Kris Torgeson

@KrisTorgeson

Executive Director, MSF Access, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

New York, USA msfaccess.org Joined October 2009

2.3K Following 2.7K Followers 5.4K Posts

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So happy to be back in the MSF family and excited to be leading an amazing global team working with MSF operations and partners to improve access to high quality, affordable, and adapted health products!

MSF Access @MSF_access Sep 22

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders is pleased to announce @KrisTorgeson as the new Executive Director of MSF Access.

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Kris Torgeson @KrisTorgeson Jul 2

If you are interested in a great job, check out the Lifebox @SaferSurgery Global CEO post: plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetail/…

Kris Torgeson @KrisTorgeson Jul 2

Winding up my last days with Lifebox @SaferSurgery. It has been such an honor to work with the most amazing team, board, and partners to help improve the safety of surgery and anesthesia around the world. Looking forward to seeing where a new CEO takes the org next!!

Lifebox @SaferSurgery May 6

After 9 incredible years, CEO @KrisTorgeson steps down in June for an exciting new role. She leaves Lifebox stronger, bolder, and deeply impactful.

Thank you, Kris, we are so proud of everything we have built together.

Read more: bit.ly/4tfGnEA

#SaferSurgery

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Kris Torgeson @KrisTorgeson Dec 19, 2025

As CEO of Lifebox @SaferSurgery I am so incredibly proud that our team received one of the generous Action for Women’s Health grants to help us make women’s surgery and anesthesia safer around the world! Thank you @pivotalventures @melindagates

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Verified account @Philanthropy Nov 13, 2025

More than 80 orgs providing women’s health care globally received $250M in grants from Melinda French Gates through her Action for Women’s Health challenge. Most had never received Gates funding before.
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Kris Torgeson @KrisTorgeson Dec 19, 2025

Watch this documentary:

The New Yorker Verified account @NewYorker Dec 9, 2025

No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
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