Surgery

Discover. Translate. Deliver.
Welcome to the Department of Surgery

Our work moves swiftly from bedside to bench and back again. By listening to and working with our patients, we uncover pressing clinical needs. We conduct innovative and collaborative research to meet those needs. And we translate our discoveries into the ways we teach and deliver medicine.

Welcome to the home page for the Department of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. The Department is dedicated to providing optimal patient care, delivering outstanding undergraduate and graduate education and to further the field of surgery through a commitment to basic science and clinical research. We carry a long history of leadership in education, research, and clinical care. Dr. Emile Holman, the last Halsted trained resident at Johns Hopkins, served as the first Chairman and first Professor of the Department during his tenure (1926 to 1955). The tradition of excellence started by Dr. Holman continues to this day through the work of over 280 faculty, residents, and staff. Each year we provide care to more and more patients and expand our contribution to the field. More

 Stanford Department of Surgery News:

Gavitt Woodard, medical student, is a finalist for the Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award for 2009 by the Obesity Society.  This is the first time a medical student has been named a finalist for this award.  Dr. John Morton is Gavitt's mentor.
(November 2009)

Ronald Dalman, M.D., has been nominated to the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Surgery by the American Medical Association's Board of Trustees.
(November 2009)

The Emergency Department was presented the 2009 Malinda S. Mitchell Award for Service Quality at the SHC Employee Service Awards Banquet.  This prestigious award reflects hospital-wide recognition of the efforts of our incredibly hard-working and dedicated staff.
(October 2009)

Claudia Mueller, M.D., Ph.D. and Kim Rhoads, M.D. are two of the recipients of the 2009 McCormick Awards. These awards provide research/project funding to junior faculty women pursuing advancement, or to junior faculty men or women who support the advancement of women in medicine and/or medical research.
(October 2009)

Michael Longaker, M.D., in collaboration with other researchers at Stanford University, has shown that human fat removed during liposuction conceal versatile cells that are more quickly and easily coaxed to become induced pluripotent stem cells, than are the skin cells most often used by researchers.  See the article at: http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2009/september/fat-cells.html.
(September 2009)

Sakti Srivastava, M.B.B.S., M.S., joins the Department of Surgery as the Division Chief Designate for the Division of Anatomy, and Consulting Associate Professor of Surgery.  Once his appointment is completed he will serve as Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Human Anatomy.
(September 2009)

Christopher Zarins, M.D. was awarded an NIH Challenge Grant for his project " Resistance to Aortic Endograft Migration: Comparative Effectiveness of FDA Approved Devices."
(September 2009)

Wei Zhou, M.D. was awarded an NIH R21grant for her project "Ginsenoside Rb1 Decreases Injury-Induced Vascular Restenosis."
(September 2009)

Ian Whitmore, M.B.B.S., M.D., has received honorary membership into the Societa' Italiana di Anatomia.  There are 21 other honorary members in the Societa', which has a total membership of over 450.
(September 2009)

Ronald Dalman, M.D. has been elected President-Elect of the Western Vascular Society.  He will become President in September 2011.
(September 2009)

Kauffman Foundation and Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health fund fellowship for innovation in pediatric devices.
(August 2009)

Sherry Wren, M.D. has been selected as the Stritch School of Medicine (Stritch) Alum of the Year for 2009 in recognition for her accomplishments as a surgical educator, community advocate and international humanitarian.
(June 2009)

Tom Krummel, M.D. received the "Outstanding Achievement in Medicine Award" from the Santa Clara County Medical Association.
(June 2009)

 

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