Feb
23
Mon
2026
General Surgery Division M&M
Feb 23 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Feb
24
Tue
2026
BTS WIP: Kebebew Lab
Feb 24 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
I am excited to officially announce the start of the Basic and Translational Research Work-in-Progress (BTS-WIP) seminar series! BTS-WIPs will occur on the last Tuesday of every month from 3-4pm.
BTS-WIPs will provide an opportunity for our research labs to get to know each other and what we do. This will facilitate collaboration, sharing of resources and ideas, joint funding applications, and new initiatives.
To ensure confidentiality while presenting unpublished data, and create a safe space for constructive feedback and discussion of new ideas, these seminars will be exclusively in-person (with refreshments to follow).
-Alma-Martina Cepika, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor and Section Chief, Surgical Sciences
Division of General Surgery
Talk Title“Targeting PDPK1 has synergistic anticancer activity with BRAF inhibition in BRAF V600E-mutant anaplastic thyroid cancer”
Dr. Tejinder Pal Khaket is highly experienced and accomplished Research Scientist in the Kebebew Lab in the Division of General Surgery. He leads translational oncology programs focusing on BRAF-mutant anaplastic thyroid cancer and other aggressive solid tumors. By integrating advanced tumor models with multi-omics, his research exploits organelle-centric vulnerabilities, such as mitochondrial metabolism, to develop next-generation therapies for refractory cancers. 
Feb
28
Sat
2026
Stanford Transplantation Surgical Fellowship Application Deadline
Feb 28 all-day
Mar
2
Mon
2026
General Surgery Division M&M
Mar 2 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Work In Progress Session
Mar 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

 

Presented by: Leandra Barnes, MD, Instructor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology at Stanford School of Medicine
Talk Title: TBD

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 WIP sessions provide valuable opportunities to share research, receive constructive feedback, and build synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities. Held every Monday, these sessions feature Stanford and guest faculty as well as trainees—including postdocs, residents, and medical students—who present projects at all stages of development, from drafting specific aims pages to interpreting grant review committee comments and refining abstracts, papers, and methods

Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here too.

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

Mar
9
Mon
2026
General Surgery Division M&M
Mar 9 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Mar
16
Mon
2026
General Surgery Division M&M
Mar 16 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Mar
23
Mon
2026
General Surgery Division M&M
Mar 23 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Work In Progress Session
Mar 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presented by: Lakshika Tenakoon, PhD, MD, Research Data Scientist, General Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: TBD

Bio: Dr. Lakshika Tennakoon is a clinical epidemiologist working in the Department of Surgery Stanford University. Her work focuses on improving trauma systems and clinical outcomes for injured patients. Her broader research interests include epidemiology, injury prevention, biostatistics, bioinformatics, health service research, machine learning, and psychiatry. Dr. Tennakoon serves as a scientific reviewer on the PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) Addressing Violence and Trauma panel and is the Associate Editor for Statistics at the Journal of Surgical Research.

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 WIP sessions provide valuable opportunities to share research, receive constructive feedback, and build synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities. Held every Monday, these sessions feature Stanford and guest faculty as well as trainees—including postdocs, residents, and medical students—who present projects at all stages of development, from drafting specific aims pages to interpreting grant review committee comments and refining abstracts, papers, and methods.

Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here too.

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