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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.”
Please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu for Zoom dial-in instructions.
Presented by: Dr. Karleen Giannitrapani is the Associate Director of the VA Palliative Care Quality Improvement Resource Center (QUIRC), supporting VA geriatrics and extended care services nationally. She is also Core Investigator based at the VA HSR&D Center for Innovation to implementation (Ci2i), and an Instructor in the Stanford University School of Medicine. She has a VA Career Development Award on building better teams across disciplines and was selected as a “2020 Research Scholar” by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine for related work.
Title: “They (Surgeons) Don’t Have to Love Us or Even Like Us, but They Have to See that We (Palliative Care) Will Benefit the Patient and Family”: Perspectives of Palliative Care on Improving Quality in the Perioperative Period
Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here. Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu