Stanford Surgery News

News Archive 2019

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Jaramillo Wins High-Value Innovation Challenge

    Dr. Josh Jaramillo, a resident in the Division of General Surgery, has won the first annual Stanford High-Value Innovation Challenge for his proposal: "Reduction of unnecessary SICU admissions for rib fracture patients." Jaramillo has been awarded $500 and will have the opportunity to work on his project with hospital leadership and department faculty.

  • – Surgery

    2019-Year-in-Review

    2019 has been a year of enhancements, advancements, and growth. We opened a new 824,000-square-foot hospital with 28 state-of-the-art operating rooms and a dedicated SICU. We broke into the Top 10 of NIH rankings for grant funding both as a university and as a department, several of our surgeons took on national roles of prominence.

  • – Surgery

    Bariatrics Program Reaccredited For Highest Level of Care

    Stanford's Bariatrics Program has been reaccredited for the next three years. Stanford was rated a "Comprehensive Center," the highest level of achievement, which allows for the care of the most complex patients. This rating also makes insurance agencies, like Optum, more inclined to include Stanford in their network of preferred providers.

  • – Surgery

    Sylvester, Team Perform First In-Utero Surgery at LPCH

    Earlier this year, Stanford's Division of Pediatric Surgery performed its first-ever fetal surgery. The surgery to repair the fetal myelomeningocele (also sometimes referred to as spina bifida or neural tube defect) was performed through a hysterotomy.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Krams Appointed Assoc. Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs

    Dr. Sheri Krams, a professor in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation, has been appointed Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs.

  • – News Center

    Tracking the movements, minds of surgeons to improve performance

    Stanford scientist Carla Pugh has spent years developing wearable technologies for surgeons. Her goal: Use data to improve surgical decision-making.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Norton Receives Goldman Sachs Grant

    Dr. Jeffrey Norton, a professor in the Division of General Surgery, has been awarded a grant from the Goldman Sachs Foundation. The $200,000 in funds will support two years of research studying fibrosis in pancreas and breast cancers. Co-PI's on the grant include Drs. Michael Longaker, Deshka Foster, Irene Wapnir and Howard Chang.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Nguyen Receives James IV Traveling Fellowship

    Dr. Dung Nguyen, a clinical associate professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, has been awarded a traveling fellowship from the James IV Association of Surgeons. The fellowship covers four weeks of travel and a $15,000 stipend.

  • – Scope

    Stanford surgeons innovate new biological breast implants - Scope

    Surgeon Irene Wapnir and her colleagues developed a new technique for creating biological breast implants for women who have undergone a mastectomy.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Korndorffer Elected to SAGES Board

    Dr. Jim Korndorffer, Stanford Surgery's Vice Chair of Education, has been elected to the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons' (SAGES) Board of Directors.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Busque Receives Denise O’Leary Award

    Transplant surgeon Dr. Stephan Busque has received the Denise O’Leary Award. The award was presented at the Stanford Health Care (SHC) Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, November 12, 2019.

  • – L’Oréal USA Announces 2019 For Women In Science Fellows

    Poulikakos Selected as 2019 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow

    Lisa Poulikakos was selected as a 2019 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow. Her research, mentored by Prof. Jennifer Dionne (Materials Science & Engineering) & Prof. Stefanie Jeffrey (Surgery), develops all-optical technologies for on-the-spot, accurate and cost-effective diagnosis of tissue biopsies.

  • – Surgeons Test New Wearable Tech That Helps Measure Operating Skills

    Surgeons Test New Wearable Tech That Helps Measure Operating Skills

    A Stanford scientist and her team are using smart, wearable technology to help physicians improve the art of surgery.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Taylor Matches With NCSP Fellowship

    Dr. Kathryn Taylor, a general surgery resident, has been accepted to the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP). NCSP is a 2-year research and health policy fellowship.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Arya Elected Surgical Outcomes Club Secretary

    Dr. Shipra Arya, an associate professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, was elected secretary of the Surgical Outcomes Club. Dr. Arya will ascend to the presidency in two years.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Borrelli Wins ASPS Best Presentation Award

    Dr. Mimi Borrelli, a researcher in the Division of Plastic Surgery's Hagey Lab, was awarded Best Presentation Award in the Research Session 2 for her paper, "A Novel Xenograft Model to Explore Mechanisms of Acute and Chronic Fibrosis in Human Skin Fibroblasts," presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting (ASPS) in San Diego, CA on September 21, 2019.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Titan Finalist for PCSA Resident's Award

    Dr. Ashley Titan, a general surgery resident, is a finalist for the Pacific Coast Surgical Association's (PCSA) Resident's Prize. Titan will present her work, "Surgery For Locally Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (pNETS)," at the PCSA's 91st Annual Meeting in Carlsbad CA in February 2020.

  • Dr. James Wall Promoted

    Dr. James Wall has been promoted to Associate Professor of Surgery: Pediatric Surgery in the MCL, for a 5-year term effective November 1st.

  • – Surgery

    Dr. Narayan Selected to Serve on JOGS Editorial Board

    Dr. Raja Narayan, a general surgery resident, has been selected to serve as the Senior Resident Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

  • – Surgery

    Wagner Advises NIH NIDDK Committee

    Dr. Todd Wagner, an associate professor at S-SPIRE Center, was selected to advise an NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Dr. Wagner discussed the methodologic challenges involved in understanding economic burden at their October 2019 meeting "Uncovering the Hidden Burden of Benign Genitourinary Conditions."