Stanford Surgery News

Stephanie Edelman, MBA took on the title Vice Chair and Director of Finance and Administration for the Department of Surgery effective December 1, 2022.

Dr. Aussama Nassar has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor effective February 1, 2023. Dr. Nassar is board certified in General Surgery and Critical Care. He is Unit Medical Director of the Trauma K7 ward, Director of the Surgery Coaching Program, and Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.

A leader in U.S. hospital quality ratings has given Stanford Health Care and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley top grades for safety. Stanford Health Care was also named a top teaching hospital.

Audible Bleeding, the podcast by the Journal of Vascular Surgery, spotlights our own Dr. Oliver Aalami.

Christine Reyes-Santos is the Residency Program Manager for Stanford’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program. She started her term as the President of the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons Program Coordinators in October 2022.

Dr. Thomas Weiser has been promoted to the rank of Clinical Professor of Surgery effective January 1, 2023. Dr. Weiser is a trauma specialist and surgical intensivist in the Division of General Surgery. He also serves as the Department's Director of Global Surgery.

Dr. Usman Ahmad was awarded a $50K intramural grant from Sarafan ChEM-H for his proposal: “Assessing Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Intratumoral Microbiome to Develop a Biomarker Predictive of Long-term Outcomes and Response to Chemotherapy.”

Dr. Cindy Kin has been promoted to Associate Professor effective January 1, 2023. Dr. Kin is a colorectal specialist in the Division of General Surgery.