Stanford Surgery News

Dr. Arash Momeni and his co-authors have received the best paper award for their manuscript “A Matched-Pair Analysis of Prepectoral with Subpectoral Breast Reconstruction” from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Department Chair Dr. Mary Hawn has been elected vice president of the Halsted Society. Hawn will ascend to the presidency in September 2021.

Dr. Auriel August has been appointed to the American College of Surgeons' (ACS) Cancer Standard Surgery Program (CSSP) Education Committee for a three-year term.

That Medic Podcast speaks to Dr. Thomas Krummel about healthcare leadership and how to transform any idea into a reality.

Abdominal adhesions frequently occur after abdominal surgery. Stanford researchers, including our own Drs. Deshka Foster and Michael Longaker, prevented their formation in mice by blocking a molecular pathway.

Dr. Daniel Stoltz has been selected by the Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub to participate in their Physician-Scientist Fellowship Program.

Dr. Raja Narayan has been awarded a 2020 Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Postgraduate Fellowship. The fellowship provides $2,000 to support his research.

This article is part of a series of interviews with Stanford Surgery faculty who were, are, or will be presidents of surgical societies. Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, is a Professor in the Division of General Surgery and Director of the TECI Center. She was elected President of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons for the 2021-22 term in April.

Dr. Ioana Baiu was a top 10 finalist for the American College of Surgeons (ACS) 2020 Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching.

Dr. Kristan Staudenmayer has been collaborating with Yvonne Maldonado, MD and Kevin Schulman, MD, professor of medicine, to advise the Los Angeles Unified School District on its testing strategy.

Dr. Miquell Miller was a top 10 finalist for the 2020 Jameson L. Chassin, MD, FACS, Award for Professionalism in General Surgery.

Researchers discovered a way to awaken dormant stem cells and transform them into cartilage. If the technique works in humans, it may help ease debilitating joint pain.

Dr. Tina Hernandez-Boussard was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics), Biomedical Data Science, and Surgery, with tenure, effective November 1, 2020.

Stanford students seeking mentorship in their athletic and pre-med tracks formed a group to address the two important facets of their college careers.

Stanford Medicine educators found creative ways to teach summer courses to high school and undergraduate students during the pandemic.

Dr. Alex Sox-Harris has received a $1.1 million grant from the VA's Health Services Research & Development Service for his project entitled "Addressing the Gap in Feasible, Valid, and Important Quality Measures for the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome."

The Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement Center (TECI) has received a grant from the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). The 2-year, $50,000 award will fund their project entitled "Leveraging Embedded Haptic Sensor Technology for Force Vector Mapping in Orthoses for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis."

The Division of General Surgery has received two Stanford RISE COVID-19 Crisis Response Faculty Seed Grants. Dr. Kristan Staudenmayer has received funding to create and study a database of aggregate COVID-19 data and Dr. David Spain has received funds for his project looking the disease's relationship to mental health.

MIS Fellow Dr. Yewande Alimi has received the Hilary Sanfey Outstanding Resident Award from the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Foundation.

Two members of the Stanford Surgery community have been elected to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma's (AAST) new Associate Member Council. Dr. Lisa M. Knowlton, an assistant professor in the Division of General Surgery, has been named the inaugural president of the council while General Surgery Resident Dr. Kovi Bessoff will chair the Scholarship, Awards and Development Committee.