Presented by Amber Trickey, PhD
Biostatistician 3
Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
Health Services Research Unit
Bio
Amber Trickey, PhD, MS, CPH is Senior Biostatistician of the S-SPIRE Center. She supports multidisciplinary teams in research design, implementation, and analysis. In 15 years of health services research, with 8 years focused in surgery, Dr. Trickey has collaborated with diverse investigators, including attending physicians, residents, nurses, psychologists, and engineers. Dr. Trickey obtained degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics, evaluated data quality in trauma care, and led data validation studies using a surgical registry (NSQIP) and administrative claims. Dr. Trickey has contributed to public and private grants on surgical safety, simulation-based training, team communication, error disclosure, and quality metrics.
Work-In-Progress Session
Cindy Kin, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Talk Title: TBD
Presented by Dr. Stephanie D. Chao, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Presented by:
Alexander Sox-Harris, PhD
Associate Professor (Research) of Surgery
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Bio
is a leader in several domains of health services research, including quality measurement, pragmatic rigorous evaluation, predictive modeling, and improvement science (implementation and de-implementation). As a VA Research Career Scientist and Associate Professor in the Stanford Department of Surgery, he has published over 185 scientific papers, has over a decade of continuous federal research funding, and has received numerous national awards for the innovation and impact of his research. In addition to his own work, Dr. Sox-Harris has over 10 years of experience mentoring and supporting surgeons to produce publishable research and secure research funding.
Presented by:
Thomas M. Krummel, MD
Emile Holman Professor, and Professor, by Courtesy, of Cardiothoracic Surgery and of Bioengineering and Co-Director, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Nikki H. Williams
Institutional Official, Senior Research Process Manager
Stanford University
School of Medicine Research Management Group
Title: “Simplifying the Proposal Process”
Presented by:
David A. Spain, MD
David L. Gregg, MD Professor/Chief of Acute Care Surgery
Associate Division Chief of General Surgery
General Surgery Program Director
Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Trauma Medical Director, Stanford Healthcare
Bio
Dr. David A. Spain is the David L. Gregg, MD Professor and Chief of Acute Care Surgery. His clinical areas of specialty are emergency and elective general surgery, trauma and critical care. His research focus is assessment of clinical care, systems of care and assessment of stress response and PTSD after trauma. He is the current President-elect of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and a Director of the American Board of Surgery. He is the editor of the new textbook Scientific American’s Critical Care of the Surgical Patient.