The Western Vascular Society will hold its 2019 annual meeting at the Fairmont Kea Lani in Maui, HI.
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.
Work-In-Progress Session
Cindy Kin, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Talk Title: TBD
Presented by Dr. Stephanie D. Chao, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
ACS Clinical Congress 2019 Practice Presentation Run
Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Presented by:
Tiffany Anderson, MD, General Surgery Resident
Title: “A Decade in Surgical Education and Simulation Fellowship – A New Pathway for the Surgical Education Leader”
Lauren Wood, MD, General Surgery Resident
Title: “Treating children with achalasia using per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM): twenty-one cases in review”
Laura Graham, PhD, S-SPIRE Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Title: “Association Between Timing and Costs of Postoperative Wound Complications”
Presented by:
Alexander Sox-Harris, PhD
Associate Professor (Research) of Surgery
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Bio
is a leader in several domains of health services research, including quality measurement, pragmatic rigorous evaluation, predictive modeling, and improvement science (implementation and de-implementation). As a VA Research Career Scientist and Associate Professor in the Stanford Department of Surgery, he has published over 185 scientific papers, has over a decade of continuous federal research funding, and has received numerous national awards for the innovation and impact of his research. In addition to his own work, Dr. Sox-Harris has over 10 years of experience mentoring and supporting surgeons to produce publishable research and secure research funding.