May
6
Mon
2024
Monthly Work In Progress Session
May 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by: Heather Selby, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, S-SPIRE Center, Department of Surgery, Stanford University.
Talk Title:Enhancing the accuracy of tumor response assessment in rectal cancer using radiomics: Insights from the SFX Trial”

Bio: Heather Selby is a postdoctoral scholar at the S-SPIRE Center in the Stanford Department of Surgery. She is advised by Dr. Arden Morris, Dr. Todd Wagner, Dr. Sandy Napel, and Dr. Vipul Sheth. Her research focus is building MRI-based AI models to identify patients with locally advanced cancer patients who achieve a clinical complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy to spare them from surgery and its associated risks.

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 monthly WIP sessions (first Monday of every month) features Stanford and guest faculty presentations of well-developed projects. This WIP provides an opportunity to discuss high impact research and create synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities.

 

May
7
Tue
2024
Global Surgery Lecture
May 7 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
May
13
Mon
2024
Canceled – Weekly Work In Progress
May 13 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Each week, S-SPIRE hosts a Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback on projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.

Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu

May
17
Fri
2024
Society for Medical Decision Making Annual North American Meeting Abstract Deadline
May 17 all-day

SMDM 46th Annual Meeting

The Future of Medical Decision Making…
in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence.

October 27 – October 30, 2024

George Sherman Union, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Meeting Co-Chairs:

Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD
Amber E Barnato, MD MPH MS

IMPORTANT DATES:

  • 15 March – Abstract Submission Portal Open
  • 17 May – Abstract Submission Portal Close
  • 25 July – Accepted Oral & Poster Announcements Shared
May
20
Mon
2024
Weekly Work In Progress
May 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by: Sun Young Jeon, Senior Health and Data Lead, Population Health Sciences.
Talk Title: “Adapting to CMS Policy Changes: What Medicare/Medicaid Researchers Using PHS Data Should Expect

Each week, S-SPIRE hosts a Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback on projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.

Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu

May
21
Tue
2024
Seed Grant Winner Updates
May 21 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
May
28
Tue
2024
Seed Grant Winner Updates
May 28 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Jun
18
Tue
2024
Ralph S. Greco Chief Resident Grand Rounds
Jun 18 @ 7:00 am – 9:30 am
Aug
7
Wed
2024
PD Bootcamp | Introduction and Goal Setting
Aug 7 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm


 

 

 

 

Presented by: Arden Morris, MD, Robert L. and Mary Ellenburg Professor of Surgery, and Professor, by Courtesy, of Health Policy.
Director and Vice Chair of Clinical Research, S-SPIRE Center.

BIo: Arden M. Morris, MD, MPH is Professor of Surgery and Vice-Chair for Research in the Stanford Department of Surgery. She is Director of the S-SPIRE Center, a health services research collaborative to study patient-centered care, clinical optimization, and health care economics. In her own work, Dr. Morris uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to focus on quality of and equity in cancer care. She serves as vice-chair of the Commission on Cancer’s National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer Quality Committee, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons’ representative to the American Joint Commission on Cancer, and Chair of the ACS Cancer Surgery Standards Program Implementation and Integration Committee.

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.