Presented by: Lisa Knowlton, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCSC, Associate Professor of Surgery, General Surgery, Stanford University

BIo: Dr. Knowlton is an Associate Professor of Surgery and an Acute Care Surgeon whose practice encompasses trauma surgery, emergency general surgery and surgical critical care. She is an NIH and ARPA-H funded researcher whose focus is on improving access to innovative, high-quality surgical care. She obtained her medical degree at McGill University and completed her general surgery residency at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Her desire to understand varied healthcare systems and develop policy solutions led her to obtain an M.P.H. at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and complete a research fellowship at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. After training as a Surgical Critical Care fellow at Stanford University Medical Center, she joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in early 2018. She was promoted to Associate Professor in the University Medical Line in 2023. Her institutional leadership roles include serving as the Unit Based Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, the Associate Vice Chair of Research for the Stanford Department of Surgery, the SHC Surgical AI Lead for Early Clinical Deterioration, and the Associate Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care fellowship.

Dr. Arden Morris
S-SPIRE Director
Title: Introduction, Goal Setting

Presented by: Marc Melcher, MD, Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University

Bio: I am committed to figuring out how more people can benefit from liver and kidney transplants. Patients are dying while waiting for these organs. Therefore, my clinical and research efforts are focused on increasing the number of patients whose lives can be saved with transplantation.

General Surgery Former PD Resident: 

Dr. Kirbi Yelorda
Dr. Jeff Choi
Dr. Wilson Alobuia

Dr. Marc L. Melcher
Associate Professor of Surgery (Abdominal Transplantation)
Stanford University Medical Center 

Dr. Arden Morris
Director, S-SPIRE
Stanford University Medical Center

Title: Debrief, Check in on Goal Achievement

Dr. Michael Longaker
Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor, by Courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering.
Title: Writing Workshop

Presented by:

Dr. Ronald Dalman
Walter Clifford Chidester and Elsa Rooney Chidester
Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Dr. Thomas Krummel
Emile Holman Professor, and Professor, By Courtesy, of Cardiothoracic Surgery and of Bio-engineering and Co-Director, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign

Title: How to Give a Great Presentation