May
4
Mon
2020
ZOOM | Monthly Work-In-Progress Session
May 4 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm


Robert Burke, MD, MS, FHM
Director of Research, Hospital Medicine Section at the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine

Title: “Evaluating the impact of performance pay for skilled nursing facilities”

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

May
11
Mon
2020
ZOOM | Weekly Work-In-Progress Session
May 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by: Joseph D. Forrester, MD, MSc
Clinical Instructor, General Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center

Talk Title: “Creating an in silico ecosystem to rapidly predict emergence and spread of surgical site infection pathogens”

Via Zoom
For dial in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu

May
12
Tue
2020
Holman Resident Research Day Award Recipient Presentations
May 12 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am

BASIC:
Lauren Wood, MD
Deshka Foster, MD

CLINICAL
Jared Forrester, MD
Raja Narayan, MD

Controversial Topics in the Pelvis: Mesh
May 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Have you seen the commercials for “pelvic mesh”-related litigation? Your patients have too–and may ask you about this!

Join us Tuesday, May 12th at 6:00 PM PT for “Controversial Topics in the Pelvis: MESH”—a special webinar from the Stanford Health Care Pelvic Health Center—and earn CME credit.

Register here to learn all the FDA and professional organization statements regarding abdominal and vaginal mesh, the different indications for mesh placement, and mesh-related complications.

Agenda:
1. FDA position on mesh: historical perspectives and current recommendations
2. Current use and complications of mesh for urinary and vaginal prolapse procedure
3. Mesh on the rectum: When and Why?
4. Q & A Panel

May
18
Mon
2020
ZOOM | Weekly Work-In-Progress Session
May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Presented by: Hyrum Eddington, Undergraduate Researcher
Brigham Young University

Talk Title: “Predictors of psychosocial and physiological distress in colorectal cancer patients”

Via Zoom
For dial in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu

May
22
Fri
2020
Holman Lecture & Research Day—CANCELLED
May 22 all-day

Due to current events in the world and here at home, Holman20 has been canceled.

The Holman Lecture and Resident Research Day celebrates Stanford and the Department of Surgery. This year we received a record 86 abstracts. All of the research going on in our department is to make the world a better place. The COVID19 pandemic reminds us how important that mission is.

We look forward to seeing you at Holman21.

May
25
Mon
2020
Memorial Day – Admin Offices Closed
May 25 all-day
May
26
Tue
2020
Society for Medical Decision Making Biennial European Conference Abstract Deadline
May 26 all-day

42nd Annual North American Meeting

Relationships in Medical Decision Making

Tweet: #SMDM20

October 18 – October 21, 2020

Chicago, IL

Meeting co-chairs: David Meltzer, MD, PhD and Alan Schwartz, PhD

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
540 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60611 USA

More information will be posted as we near the meeting.