Aug
14
Wed
2024
PD Bootcamp | Writing Workshop
Aug 14 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Presented by: Clifford Sheckter, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University.

Bio: Dr. Cliff Sheckter is a California native, growing up in the rural Eastern Sierra. He graduated from UCLA with a BS in Anthropology and earned summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He attended USC (Keck) for medical school on an academic scholarship and graduated valedictorian with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He fell in love with burn care while at USC/LA General Medical Center and completed his surgical training at Stanford. While in residency, he pursued a fellowship/postdoc in Health Systems Design at Stanford’s Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC). He earned an MS in Health Policy from Stanford, focusing on health economics. He received additional training in Surgical Critical Care and Burn Surgery at the University of Washington.

Aug
15
Thu
2024
JEDI Council Meeting
Aug 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This is the monthly, Department of Surgery JEDI Council. This council is open to faculty, residents, and staff. Please email Jerri Anna (jerri12@stanford.edu) if you are interested in joining.

Chair: Dr. Jill Helms
Administrator: Jerri Anna Roper

Aug
21
Wed
2024
PD Bootcamp | Literature Review
Aug 21 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

 

 

 

Presented by: Christopher Stave, MLA, Information Services Librarian, School of Medicine, Lane Library

Bio:Christopher Stave, MLA, is librarian and member of Lane Library’s Research & Instruction team. Christopher serves as Lane’s Graduate/Clinical Education Librarian, and acts as the liaison between Lane and the Department of Graduate Medical Education. Christopher is also the designated librarian for the departments of Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Pediatrics.

Aug
23
Fri
2024
2024 Fellows Balance in Life Retreat
Aug 23 all-day
*​*SAVE THE DATE**
Department of Surgery, Fellows Balance In Life Retreat for the 2024-2025 academic year. Hosted by the Vice Chair of Education.
All fellows are excused from clinical duties from 8AM to 8PM. Please contact Robyn Foote (rfoote@stanford.edu) for any questions regarding the event.
JEDI Staff Council Meeting
Aug 23 @ 11:00 am – 11:45 am

This is the bi-weekly, JEDI Staff Council Meeting, a sub-committee of the Department of Surgery’s JEDI Council. This council is focused mostly on event planning and staff-related JEDI issues. Please email Ani Gevorkian if you are interested in joining!

Aug
28
Wed
2024
PD Bootcamp | Planning and Conducting a Successful Interview
Aug 28 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Presented by: Marc Melcher, MD, Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University

Bio: I am committed to figuring out how more people can benefit from liver and kidney transplants. Patients are dying while waiting for these organs. Therefore, my clinical and research efforts are focused on increasing the number of patients whose lives can be saved with transplantation.

Sep
4
Wed
2024
PD Bootcamp | How to Work with your Mentor
Sep 4 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Presented by: Lisa Knowlton, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCSC, Associate Professor of Surgery, General Surgery, Stanford University

Bio: Dr. Knowlton is a trauma and critical care surgeon and NIH funded public health researcher whose focus is on improving access to and quality of care for trauma and surgical patients. She obtained her medical degree at McGill University and completed her general surgery residency at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Her desire to understand varied healthcare systems and develop solutions for vulnerable surgical populations led her to obtain an M.P.H. at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and complete a research fellowship at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Most recently, she trained as a Surgical Critical Care fellow at Stanford University Medical Center and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in early 2018.

Sep
6
Fri
2024
JEDI Staff Council Meeting
Sep 6 @ 11:00 am – 11:45 am

This is the bi-weekly, JEDI Staff Council Meeting, a sub-committee of the Department of Surgery’s JEDI Council. This council is focused mostly on event planning and staff-related JEDI issues. Please email Ani Gevorkian if you are interested in joining!

Sep
11
Wed
2024
PD Bootcamp | Research Design and Statistics
Sep 11 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Presented by: Katherine Arnow, MS, Senior Biostatistician, S-SPIRE Center, Department of Surgery, Stanford University

Sep
18
Wed
2024
PD Bootcamp | How to Give a Great Presentation
Sep 18 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Presented by: Stephanie Chao, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Stanford University.

Bio: Dr. Stephanie Chao, MD is a general surgery specialist in Stanford, CA. She is affiliated with medical facilities Good Samaritan Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.