Stanford Surgery News

The Division of Vascular Surgery's Dr. Ying Wang has received a Young Talent Award from the Fondation Leducq.

The ACGME has officially approved the appointment of Dr. Paige Fox to the position of Residency Program Director (PD) for Stanford's Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS).

Breast surgeon Dr. Carl Bertelsen has announced his retirement effective September 30, 2019. Bertelsen was the first surgeon recruited to practice at Stanford’s new Cancer Center South Bay (CCSB) in 2013.

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma inducted 12 new members with Stanford Surgery affiliations this past weekend at their 78th Annual Meeting in Texas.

Stanford University hosted a satellite meeting on Sept. 17th during the 19th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT). Delegates in Copenhagen and around the world were able to participate online as the session was streamed live. School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor was a key speaker and the Division of Abdominal Transplantation's own Dr. Waldo Concepcion was a moderator of the session.

Vascular Surgery Resident Dr. Elizabeth George won the 2019 Subspecialty Young Investigators Award from the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

The Health Economics Resource Center (HERC) has received five more years of funding. The $720,000/year grant is from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D)

General Surgery Resident Dr. Sunnie Wong has received a 2019 Travel Award from the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). The award includes complimentary registration to attend the AAS Fall Course this October as well as a stipend to help allay travel costs.

Stanford University's Department of Surgery has committed to reviewing all fellowship and residency applications sans the customary photo.

Dr. Alex Sox-Harris, an associate professor in the S-SPIRE Center, was selected as a faculty/mentor for the 2019 Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH).

Dr. Jeffrey Jopling was named a top 10 finalist for the 2019 Jameson L. Chassin, MD, FACS, Award for Professionalism in General Surgery.

Dr. Karl Bruckman will join the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) as a clinical assistant professor effective September 1.

Dr. Alex Sox-Harris, an associate professor in the S-SPIRE Center, was appointed to the National Quality Forum (NQF) Scientific Methods Panel.

New Stanford Surgery Staff Wellness Committee focuses on physical, mental, and social wellbeing year round.

A paper by the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery's Dr. Rohit Khosla et al received a Best Paper Award from the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal.

The new Stanford Biodesign fellows — a group of physicians, business specialists and engineers, will address medical challenges in otolaryngology.

Dr. Bandle joins Stanford Surgery for a one-year fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) and Bariatrics at the Palo Alto VA.

“SWAT is a formal group of students, who discuss ideas and work together on various projects,” said Dr. Charlotte Rajasingh, a General Surgery Resident and one of the club’s co-founders. “We’re also able to formally bring in faculty to guide us as we are building our academic careers.”

Dr. Elsie Ross, an assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, has been awarded a K01. The NIH grant will fund her proposal titled: Using artificial intelligence to enable early identification and treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD).

Stanford faculty members look back at the memorable experiences from their college summers that helped shape who they are today.