Oct
31
Thu
2024
Career Development Bootcamp
Oct 31 – Nov 1 all-day
Nov
4
Mon
2024
Work In Progress Session
Nov 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by: Christopher Stave, MLS, Librarian, Lane Medical Library, Stanford University
Talk Title: Literature Review

Bio: Christopher Stave, MLS, is a Research & Instruction Librarian at Lane Medical Library. Christopher has extensive experience in medical and academic libraries and plays a key role in guiding users in evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, and advanced research methodologies. Christopher is also the library liaison for the Departments of Graduate Medical Education, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Pediatrics.

For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski.

Nov
11
Mon
2024
Work In Progress Session
Nov 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by; Jeff Choi, MD, General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: TBD

Bio: General surgery resident (2017-2025; administrative chief resident 2024-2025), incoming surgical critical care fellow (2025-2026). MS in Epidemiology & Clinical Research (2019-2020), and Biomedical Informatics (2020-2022). Ex-president of Surgeons Writing About Trauma. Founding course instructor of SURG238: Practical Introduction to Surgical Research.

My research vision is to save or better the most possible number of lives using data. Our group focuses on:

1) building and implementing useful clinical prediction tools
2) bringing various AI applications (e.g. NLP, vision) to the bedside
3) challenging dogma in surgical practice with contemporary data

My passions are advocating for higher statistical and machine learning methodology quality in surgical literature , and fostering the growth of the next generation of surgeon data scientists.

For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>

Nov
18
Mon
2024
Work In Progress Session
Nov 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by: Alexa Pohl, MD, PhD, General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: TBD

Bio: Social context creates disparities in cancer care across broad domains: in screening, time to start of treatment, timely receipt of appropriate neoadjuvant, surgical, and adjuvant therapies, and in receipt of surveillance for survivors. Pragmatic, patient-centered research on the root causes of disparities – and rigorous evaluation of policies and programs to address these causes – is needed to reduce preventable cancer mortality. My longstanding interest in health-related disparities and patient-centered research arose while completing my PhD on sex-differential autism risk at the University of Cambridge. I grew uncomfortable with the fact that my research relied on the time and commitment of participants but would never improve their lives directly. As a result, I developed a community-based participatory research study on the experiences of autistic mothers, which received pilot funding from the UK’s National Institute of Healthcare Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care East of England. For me, the natural next step was medical school, where I was surprised to find an intellectual home in surgery. The introspective and self-critiquing nature of the specialty resonated with my desire to ask pragmatic, outcome-focused questions as a researcher and my clinical desire to make a tangible improvement in patients’ lives. Ultimately, I aim to be a practicing surgeon with a productive research program on patient-centered outcomes and the effective and equitable delivery of high-quality oncologic surgical care.

For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>

Nov
19
Tue
2024
The American Surgical Association (ASA) Annual Meeting Abstract Deadline
Nov 19 all-day

American Surgical Association

Abstract Submission

The American Surgical Association is now accepting abstracts for their 145th Annual Meeting. Please submit your abstracts today for consideration in the Annual Scientific Program.
Submit your Abstract
Deadline: Tuesday November 19, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET
 Download Author Instructions

BASIC SURGICAL SCIENCE
(to include laboratory experimentation)

  1. Basic Science

CLINICAL SURGICAL SCIENCE
(to include clinical data derived from retrospective, prospective and randomized studies regarding treatment outcomes and other types of clinical translational research)

  1. Clinical Burns/Trauma/Acute Care
  2. Clinical GI
  3. Clinical Cancer
  4. Clinical Pediatric Surgery
  5. Clinical Transplantation
  6. Clinical Endocrine Surgery
  7. Clinical Plastic Surgery
  8. Clinical Cardiothoracic/Vascular
  9. Clinical Surgical Specialties (i.e. Urology, Neurosurgery, Other)

OUTCOMES ANALYSES IN SURGERY
(to include studies of efficacy of patient management protocols as they pertain to hospital, patient and financial outcomes and studies regarding educational and training strategies)

  1. Quality of Life and/or Patient-Reported Outcomes
  2. Outcomes Studies of Patient Management
  3. Education and Residency Training Issues
  4. Social and Ethical Issues in Surgery
Nov
25
Mon
2024
Work In Progress Session
Nov 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Each week, S-SPIRE hosts a hybrid-model Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback. These run from September through May each year.

Our monthly WIP sessions (first Monday of every month) features Stanford and guest faculty presentations of well-developed projects. This WIP provides an opportunity to discuss high impact research and create synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities.

Our weekly WIP sessions feature trainees and faculty projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.

Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here too.

For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>

Nov
28
Thu
2024
Thanksgiving – Admin Offices Closed
Nov 28 – Nov 29 all-day
Dec
2
Mon
2024
American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Deadline Submission
Dec 2 all-day

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Submissions

2025 Submissions Overview: Important Dates

  • Early May 2024
    Call for Program Proposals Opens
  • Sunday, June 30, 2024, 11:59pm ET
    Program Proposal Deadline
  • Mid-August 2024
    Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting
  • Mid-September 2024
    Call for Abstracts Opens
    Call for Awards Nominations Opens
  • Mid-November 2024
    Call for Abstract Reviewers Opens
  • Monday, December 2, 2024, 11:15pm ET
    Abstract Submission Deadline
    Call for Awards Nominations Closes
  • Mid-December 2024
    Registration Opens
  • Late February 2025
    Research Abstract Acceptance Email Notifications
  • May 8-11, 2025
    AGS Annual Meeting Dates in Chicago, IL
Work In Progress Session
Dec 2 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by: Kristen Davis, MPH, Project Manager, S-SPIRE Center, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: TBD

Bio: Kristen Davis-Lopez, MPH, PMP is the Research Project Manager at the S-SPIRE Center. She has a background in biology as well as public health. She supports multiple principal investigators with their current funded projects as project manager. She leads the Social Science Research Professionals in the S-SPIRE Center and also assists with the grant submission process within the Department of Surgery acting as a liaison with the Research Management Group.

For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>