Aug
23
Mon
2021
General Surgery Meet & Greet for Prospective Applications
Aug 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Join us Monday, August 23 at 5PM PST (8PM EST) to learn about the Department of Surgery at Stanford University and our General Surgery Residency Program. This one-hour program will offer attendees the opportunity to hear from current residents and Department leadership.
Register here!
Agenda:

  • Learn about our Department’s values, the facilities where our residents train and how our Professional Development curriculum allows our trainees to individualize their education.
  • Q&A with Department leaders including our Chair Dr. Mary Hawn, Vice Chair of Education Dr. Jim Korndorffer, and Vice Chair of Research Dr. Arden Morris
  • Move into breakout rooms for conversation with current residents.
Sep
6
Mon
2021
Canceled due to Labor Day | Monthly Work In Progress Session
Sep 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Dear Department of Surgery,

The  Monthly Work-In-Progress zoom session hosted by Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center (S-SPIRE) has been canceled due to Labor Day.

For future Zoom dial-in details, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu. 

Take care!

Sep
17
Fri
2021
Statistical Seminar: Meta-analysis
Sep 17 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

This curriculum is designed to support beginner, intermediate, and advanced “Stata” users. The courses do not require registration and can accommodate up to 300 participants. The most recent and advanced version, Stata-16, integrates Python with Stata.

We strongly encourage you to participate!

Please direct questions regarding Zoom dial-in instructions to Lakshika Tennakoon, Data Scientist, Division of Trauma and Acute Care, Department of Surgery at lakshika@stanford.edu 

Statistical Seminar: How to Create Basic Stata Commands
Sep 17 @ 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

This curriculum is designed to support beginner, intermediate, and advanced “Stata” users. The courses do not require registration and can accommodate up to 300 participants. The most recent and advanced version, Stata-16, integrates Python with Stata.

We strongly encourage you to participate!

Please direct questions regarding Zoom dial-in instructions to Lakshika Tennakoon, Data Scientist, Division of Trauma and Acute Care, Department of Surgery at lakshika@stanford.edu

Statistical Seminar: Using Python Within Stata
Sep 17 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

This curriculum is designed to support beginner, intermediate, and advanced “Stata” users. The courses do not require registration and can accommodate up to 300 participants. The most recent and advanced version, Stata-16, integrates Python with Stata.

We strongly encourage you to participate!

Please direct questions regarding Zoom dial-in instructions to Lakshika Tennakoon, Data Scientist, Division of Trauma and Acute Care, Department of Surgery at lakshika@stanford.edu

Sep
20
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress
Sep 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Jayme Locke, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine Faculty
Talk Title: “Should Race Be Eliminated from Kidney Function Estimating Equations?”

Bio: Dr. Locke is an abdominal transplant surgeon specializing in innovative strategies for the transplantation of incompatible organs, disparities in access to and outcomes after solid organ transplantation, and transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients. Dr. Locke completed an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry at Duke University and her medical degree at East Carolina University prior to matriculating to Johns Hopkins Hospital where she received training in general surgery and multi-visceral abdominal transplantation. Dr. Locke completed her Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in biostatistics and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Her research interests include complex statistical analysis and modeling of transplant outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities. She has authored more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 20 book chapters, and is an NIH R01-funded investigator. In addition, Dr. Locke is a Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation, and is an editorial board member for Annals of Surgery. She is also a member of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS; Councilor-at-Large), and American Society of Nephrology (ASN), as well as, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Society of University Surgeons (SUS; Councilor-at-Large), the Southern Surgical Association (SSA), Society of Clinical Surgery (SCS), and the American Surgical Association (ASA). Dr. Locke is the recipient of numerous honors including the UAB Dean’s Excellence Award in Research 2016, and was named the 2016 James IV Association of Surgeons Traveling Fellow, Top 40 Under 40 by the Birmingham Business Journal, AL.com’s 2015 Women Who Shape the State, B-Metro Top Women in Medicine 2017, American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellow 2018, Association for Clinical & Translational Science (ACTS) Distinguished Investigator Award: Translation into Public Benefit and Policy (2018), and the AST Clinical Science Faculty Award 2020.
Dr. Locke is currently Professor of Surgery and the Arnold G. Diethelm MD Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute and Chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery.

Please save the date. Refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu.

Sep
27
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress
Sep 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Speaker:
Clifford C. Sheckter, MD
Assistant Professor
General Surgery, Department of Surgery
Stanford University

Talk Title: “Private Equity Investment in Ambulatory Surgery Centers—Evaluating Transformation in Cost and Care.”

In-person session. Please refer inquiries to Marzena Sasnal at msasnal@stanford.edu.

Sep
28
Tue
2021
Grand Rounds: Dr. Martha Zeiger
Sep 28 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Oct
11
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress
Oct 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Speaker:
Alec L. Schielke, D.C.
Staff Chiropractor; San Jose
Palo Alto VA Health Care System
Integrated Primary Care

Talk Title: “Is Core Strength Associated with Low Back Pain Severity in Veterans? A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Design”

In-person session. Please refer inquiries to Marzena Sasnal via email at msasnal@stanford.edu

 

Oct
15
Fri
2021
Statistical Seminar: Tables Talk for Publication
Oct 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

This curriculum is designed to support beginner, intermediate, and advanced “Stata” users. The courses do not require registration and can accommodate up to 300 participants. The most recent and advanced version, Stata-16, integrates Python with Stata.

We strongly encourage you to participate!

Please direct questions regarding Zoom dial-in instructions to Lakshika Tennakoon, Data Scientist, Division of Trauma and Acute Care, Department of Surgery at lakshika@stanford.edu