Stanford Surgery News

Stanford Surgery’s International Visiting Observer Program is a unique opportunity for surgeons, surgical trainees, and surgical nurses to spend up to 30 days observing clinical practice side by side with surgical specialty teams that align with professional interests.

The Joint Commission, which accredits more than 22,000 health care organizations, awarded surgeon Carla Pugh the inaugural fellowship, during which she plans to develop a technology-driven process to support the organization’s work.

As a co-chair of the Resident Safety Council (RSC) alongside Pediatric Resident Dr. Katherine Xiong, Dr. Garrison Carlos had a vision to elevate safety standards and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Over the last two years, they spearheaded four distinct quality improvement initiatives.

Dr. Dung Nguyen has been invited to served as a Plastic Surgery Foundation(PSF) Visiting Professor for the 2024/25 academic year.

A Q&A with Dr. Rejoice Fari Ngongoni, a general surgery resident from Oregon Health Sciences University currently in her professional development years working in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She has been involved in prior global surgery activities and joined the ENTRUST team about 18 months ago under Drs. Cara Liebert and Dana Lin.

Stanford Health Care (SHC) performed the first FDA-approved cell therapy for solid tumor case in the country. AMTAGVI (lifileucel) was administered to a patient with metastatic melanoma on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.

In this episode of Scrubcast, host Rachel Baker interviews Dr. Cindy Kin, an associate professor in Stanford University's Department of Surgery. Dr. Kin delves into her choice to specialize in colorectal surgery and shares insights on the increasing trend of colon cancer in younger patients.

Stephanie Chao, MD, pediatric surgeon and trauma medical director at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and associate professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric General Surgery at Stanford Medicine, has been named one of the 2024 Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS).

Dr. Daniel Ahn is the recipient of a 2024 Young Investigator Award from the American Transplant Conference (ATC) for this abstract entitled “Adult Liver Transplant Candidates with Non-Standardized MELD Score Exceptions Have Lower Risk of Waitlist Mortality Than Standard Candidates.”

Stanford Surgery highlights from the 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, which took place February 9-12 in Rancho Mirage, CA.