Presented by:
Carolyn Seib, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University
AND
Heather Day, Biostatistician, S-SPIRE Center, Stanford University
Talk Title: “Using Truveta EHR Data for Clinical Research: Promise and Potential Pitfalls”
Bios:
Dr. Carolyn Dacey Seib is a fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon and board certified general surgeon. Her practice is focused on surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Dr. Seib has clinical and research expertise in the surgical management of endocrine disorders in older adults, including primary hyperparathyroidism, thyroid cancer, and hyperthyroidism. Dr. Seib completed her undergraduate education at Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude in 2004. She received her M.D. at the New York University School of Medicine and then attended residency in General Surgery at UCSF. Dr. Seib also completed a fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at UCSF, during which she cared for patients with complex disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Dr. Seib focuses on providing individualized care for patients with thyroid malignancy, hyperthyroidism, primary hyperparathyroidism, and adrenal disorders. She has received funding from the National Institute on Aging and the American Thyroid Association to study the surgical management of endocrine disorders in older adults and has a number of peer-reviewed journal publications on this topic that have received national attention, including being featured in the New York Times.
Heather S. Day, MS, is a Biostatistician for the Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research & Education Center (S-SPIRE). Heather received her Master’s Degree in Biostatistics at the University of Utah. Prior to joining S-SPIRE, she served as a statistician on various studies across multiple clinical disciplines including: biomedical technology, pediatrics, women’s health, epidemiology, and chronic illnesses. As a biostatistician, she works with medical professionals to design, analyze, and interpret findings for research studies.
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Presented by: Sydney Conover, Qualitative Research Assistant, Center for Innovation and Implementation (Ci2i), Palo Alto Veterans Affairs
Talk Title: “Qualitative Methods for Generative AI: Insights from Extracting Smoking History from Clinical Notes.”
Bio: Sydney Conover is aqualitative research assistant within Center for Innovation and Implementation (Ci2i) at the Palo Alto VA. She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a BS in Public Health, and a minor in Biology (2022). Her past qualitative work has focused on attitudes surrounding e-cigarettes and hepatitis B education. Her current research centers on the application of qualitative methodologies to Natural Language Processing, with the aim of developing an evaluation framework for analysis of text-based input and output data for modern large language models.
Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here too.
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Presented by:
Arash Fereydooni, MD, Vascular Surgery Resident, Stanford University &
Ben Liu, Research Assistant, Vascular Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: “AI-Driven Multimodal Risk Assessment Combining CT Imaging Biomarkers and Frailty Scores for Enhanced Mortality Prediction in Surgery Patients”
Bios:
Arash Fereydooni MD MS MHS is currently a 5th-year Stanford vascular surgery resident and a Cardiovascular Institute post-doctoral scholar at Dr. Shipra Arya’s lab. He is training to care for patients with complex vascular disease while also pursuing innovations that improve the clinical care of these patients.
Ben Liu is currently a research assistant at Dr. Shipra Arya’s lab. With interests at the intersection of computer vision and surgery, he has published research with the Stanford Machine Learning Group, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, and Stanford Medical AI and Computer Vision Lab.
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Presented by: Leon Naar, MD, General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: “Beyond the Diagnosis: The Role of Persistent Poverty in Colon and Rectal Cancer Care.”
Bio: Leon Naar is a fourth year General Surgery resident at Stanford, currently conducting research under the mentorship of Dr. Aaron Dawes. His work focuses on health services research in Colon and Rectal Cancer patients. After residency, Leon’s goal is to pursue fellowship training in the field of Colon and Rectal Surgery.
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Presented by: Shipra Arya, MD, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Talk Title: TBD
Bio: Shipra Arya, MD, SM, FACS, is a Professor of Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine and section chief of vascular surgery at VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. She has a Master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health with focus on research methodology and cardiovascular epidemiology. She completed her General Surgery Residency at Creighton University Medical Center followed by a Vascular Surgery Fellowship at University of Michigan. She has been funded by American Heart Association (AHA), NIH/NIA GEMSSTAR grant, VA Palo Alto Center for Innovation and Implementation (Ci2i), and is currently funded by VA HSR&D for a multicenter stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial called “PAtient-centered mUltidiSciplinary Care for vEterans Undergoing Surgery (PAUSE) trial”. Her current work focuses on streamlining frailty evaluation, as well as implementation of patient and system level interventions to improve surgical quality and to provide high-value and patient centered care.
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Presented by: Elizabeth George, MD, Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Bio: Dr. George is a board-eligible vascular surgeon and health services researcher at Stanford. She earned her B.A., M.D., and M.S. in Health Policy from Stanford, where she also completed her residency. She specializes in complex vascular procedures and improving high-value surgical care for vulnerable, understudied patient populations.
Talk Title: “Financial toxicity in peripheral arterial disease: more than the metaphorical arm and a leg”
Presented by: Josh Grab
Bio: Joshua Grab is a Biostatistician at the S-SPIRE Center in the Department of Surgery. He has Masters’ degrees in Biostatistics and Mathematics. Josh has 12 years of experience as a biostatistician and data analyst. As a data analyst at UCSF, he worked primarily for the Liver Transplant Center doing survival analyses. At Wake Forest University, he worked on genome-wide association studies for various disease conditions. Before that, he worked at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), building logistic models for mortality within the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ National Cardiac Database.
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