May
24
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress Session
May 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by:
Ana Mezynski, Administrative Associate III
S-SPIRE Center, Dept. of Surgery

Title: “The Move: S-SPIRE Edition”

For dial-in details, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu.

May
31
Mon
2021
Canceled | Weekly Work-In-Progress Session
May 31 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The Weekly Work In Progress has been canceled due to Memorial Day. We will resume on Monday, May 31, 2021.

Jul
7
Wed
2021
PD Bootcamp | Introduction, Mission Statement
Jul 7 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

 

Presented by Dr. Arden Morris, MD
Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)
S-SPIRE Director
Stanford University Medical Center

 

Bio


Arden M. Morris, MD, MPH is professor and vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Surgery, director of the Stanford-Surgery Policy, Improvement Research and Education (S-SPIRE) Center, and core faculty in the Stanford Department of Health Research and Policy. Dr. Morris joined Stanford in 2016 from the University of Michigan where she was an associate professor and division chief of colorectal surgery. In her research, she uses mixed methods to focus on improving quality and equity in surgical care. She has deployed her expertise in a number of leadership and advisory roles and policy panels such as National Quality Forum’s Consensus Standards and Approval Committee and the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee.

Jul
14
Wed
2021
PD Bootcamp | Literature Review/Use of Lane Resources
Jul 14 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Christopher Stave
INFORMATION SERVICES LIBRARIAN, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE – LANE MEDICAL LIBRARY

Sep
6
Mon
2021
Canceled due to Labor Day | Monthly Work In Progress Session
Sep 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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!

Sep
20
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress
Sep 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Jayme Locke, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine Faculty
Talk Title: “Should Race Be Eliminated from Kidney Function Estimating Equations?”

Bio: Dr. Locke is an abdominal transplant surgeon specializing in innovative strategies for the transplantation of incompatible organs, disparities in access to and outcomes after solid organ transplantation, and transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients. Dr. Locke completed an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry at Duke University and her medical degree at East Carolina University prior to matriculating to Johns Hopkins Hospital where she received training in general surgery and multi-visceral abdominal transplantation. Dr. Locke completed her Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in biostatistics and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Her research interests include complex statistical analysis and modeling of transplant outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities. She has authored more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 20 book chapters, and is an NIH R01-funded investigator. In addition, Dr. Locke is a Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation, and is an editorial board member for Annals of Surgery. She is also a member of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS; Councilor-at-Large), and American Society of Nephrology (ASN), as well as, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Society of University Surgeons (SUS; Councilor-at-Large), the Southern Surgical Association (SSA), Society of Clinical Surgery (SCS), and the American Surgical Association (ASA). Dr. Locke is the recipient of numerous honors including the UAB Dean’s Excellence Award in Research 2016, and was named the 2016 James IV Association of Surgeons Traveling Fellow, Top 40 Under 40 by the Birmingham Business Journal, AL.com’s 2015 Women Who Shape the State, B-Metro Top Women in Medicine 2017, American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellow 2018, Association for Clinical & Translational Science (ACTS) Distinguished Investigator Award: Translation into Public Benefit and Policy (2018), and the AST Clinical Science Faculty Award 2020.
Dr. Locke is currently Professor of Surgery and the Arnold G. Diethelm MD Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute and Chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery.

Please save the date. Refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu.

Sep
27
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress
Sep 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Speaker:
Clifford C. Sheckter, MD
Assistant Professor
General Surgery, Department of Surgery
Stanford University

Talk Title: “Private Equity Investment in Ambulatory Surgery Centers—Evaluating Transformation in Cost and Care.”

In-person session. Please refer inquiries to Marzena Sasnal at msasnal@stanford.edu.

Oct
11
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress
Oct 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Speaker:
Alec L. Schielke, D.C.
Staff Chiropractor; San Jose
Palo Alto VA Health Care System
Integrated Primary Care

Talk Title: “Is Core Strength Associated with Low Back Pain Severity in Veterans? A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Design”

In-person session. Please refer inquiries to Marzena Sasnal via email at msasnal@stanford.edu

 

Oct
18
Mon
2021
Weekly Work In Progress
Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Speaker:
Hilary Bagshaw, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology, Radiation Therapy

Talk Title: “Second Primary Cancer Following Prostate Radiation.”

In-person session. Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu

 

Oct
25
Mon
2021
Canceled due to ACS Clinical Congress | Weekly Work In Progress
Oct 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The weekly WIP session has been canceled due to ACS Clinical Congress.

Each week, S-SPIRE hosts an in-person 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.

Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here. Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu