Monthly Work-In-Progress Session
Presented by:
Seshadri Mudumbai, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine Staff Anesthesiologist, VA Palo Alto HCS
Title: “Distributed Research Networks and Opioids: A Veterans Health Affairs Perspective”
Monthly Work-In-Progress Session
Presented by:
Douglas B. White, MD, MAS
UPMC Endowed Chair of Ethics in Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Medicine
Director, Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Vice-Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Title: “Conducting Trials of Interventions to Improve Communication and Decision Making in ICUs”
Monthly Work-In-Progress Session
Presented by:
Sofia C. Zambrano, PhD
Psychologist & Postdoctoral Researcher
University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland
Title: “Talking about death and caring for dying patients: A qualitative perspective on physicians’ and surgeons’ experiences and needs.”
Short Bio
Sofia C. Zambrano is a Colombian psychologist and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland. She is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Sofia obtained her PhD from The University of Adelaide, Australia and her dissertation on how physicians experience the death of their patients was awarded the Dean’s commendation for Research Excellence. Her main research interests lie in understanding the psychological impact that communicating about death and dying has on healthcare professionals, patients, and families. She is the principal investigator of an international project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation that aims to understand how and when physicians decide to communicate with patients and their significant others about the end of life. Together with her Australian husband, she spends her free time in either the Swiss mountains or at opposite ends of the earth, where their friends and family are.
Monthly Work-In-Progress Session
Presented by:
Anne Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry Addiction Center
Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation
University of Michigan
Title: Alcohol-related Clinical Practices in Surgical Healthcare: Qualitative findings from patients and healthcare providers.
Short Bio
Dr. Anne Fernandez, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and licensed clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on surgical optimization for patients with alcohol use disorders, including brief motivational interventions in healthcare settings. The goal of this work is to improve surgical outcomes through early pre-operative intervention that addresses addiction and other behavioral health risk factors. She currently has a career development grant funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Fernandez is a faculty member of the UM Department of Psychiatry Addiction Center and the UM Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation.
Presented by Dr. Arden Morris, MD
Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)
S-SPIRE Director
Stanford University Medical Center
Bio
Christopher Stave
INFORMATION SERVICES LIBRARIAN, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE – LANE MEDICAL LIBRARY
Michael Longaker
Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor,
by Courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering
Surgery – Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
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.