Presented by:
Kristen Davis, MPH, Social Science Researcher
S-SPIRE Center
Title: “NIH Grant Updates”
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Greg Sacks
Speaker:
Greg Sacks, MD
Fellow, Complex General Surgical Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Candidate for General Surgery Multi-Billet Search
Title: “Surgical Decision Making: Building a Research Program”
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Monthly Work-In-Progress Session

Presented by:
Nicolas Barreto, PhD, MPH
Biostatistician
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford University
Title: “Survey Research Part 1 – Fundamentals of Survey Research”
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Monthly Work-In-Progress Session

Presented by:
Amy Li, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
General Surgery, Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Title: “Evaluating Treatment Trends, Care Fragmentation and Outcomes for Pancreatic Cancer in California”
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Weekly Work-In-Progress
Presented by:
Brooke Gurland, MD
Clinical Professor, General Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Title: “App-Based Physical Therapy Coaching for Pelvic Floor Disorders and Stroke Rehabilitation.”
For dial-in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FTOS is an obesity medicine physician scientist, educator, and policy maker at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Jeffrey Kwong is an MD Student and Master’s Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research under the mentorship of Dr. Gordon Lee, Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) at Stanford University Medical Center.
TITLE: “Randomized Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial: Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Blocks in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Reconstruction with Abdominal Free Flap“
ZOOM DIAL IN:
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Presented by:
Elsie Gyang Ross, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and of Medicine (BMIR) at Stanford University Medical Center
TITLE: “Developing a Cohort Study to Test Performance of
Machine Learning Models for
Peripheral Artery Disease.”
ZOOM DIAL IN:
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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!
Dana T. Lin, MD, FACS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery and Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program.
Cara A. Liebert, MD, FACS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery and VA Palo Alto and serves as the Assistant Clerkship Director and Director of the Balance in Life Program.
TALK TITLE: “Validity Evidence of ENTRUST for Assessment of Surgical Decision-Making.”
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