Stanford Surgery News
2021
- – Surgery
Dr. Pugh named VC of Innovation
Dr. Carla Pugh has been named the new Vice Chair of Innovation in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Pugh has been an innovation council member since its inception in 2018 and is Director of the TECI Center.
- – Surgery
2021 Year-in-Review
As 2021 comes to a close, we look back on all we have accomplished in this year of ups and downs.
- – Surgery
Dr. Hyun Receives ASAF Fellowship Research Award
Dr. Jeong Hyun has received the American Surgical Association Foundation (ASAF) Fellowship Research Award for his research proposal titled, “Characterization of fibrosis in Crohn's disease through mesenteric adipose tissue”
- – News Center
Surgery rates in the U.S. rebounded quickly after initial COVID-19 shutdown
After a dramatic drop in nonessential surgery rates early in the pandemic, U.S. hospitals quickly adapted to new safety protocols, and rates returned to normal, Stanford Medicine research shows.
- – Healthier, Happy Lives Blog
A Teen’s Lofty Tribute to the Organ Donor Who Saved His Life - Stanford Children’s Health Blog
Branden Dever, SCH kidney transplant patient will ride atop the Donate Life float at the upcoming Rose Bowl parade honoring organ donors.
- – Scope
A seriously playful new approach to evaluating surgical residents
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have created a computer game to better educate medical students diagnosing patients performing surgery.
- – Stanford PRS
Dr. Nguyen Promoted to Clinical Professor
Dr. Dung Nguyen has been promoted to Clinical Professor effective December 1, 2021. "Dr. Nguyen has done it all - from having an incredibly busy breast reconstruction practice, to directing the SHC Plastic Surgery Clinic, to performing cutting-edge research in lymphedema treatment, and to teaching microsurgery overseas in Vietnam," wrote Division Chief Dr. James Chang in his announcement. "She has been a phenomenal colleague, teacher, and physician."
- – Scope
Bill, supported by Stanford doctor, guards against hepatitis
Dr. Sam So, director of the Asian Liver Center, helped write and support legislation to enable free hepatitis B and C screenings for those who request it.
- – Abdominal Transplantation
Dr. Pham Promoted
Transplant Surgeon Dr. Khoa Thomas Pham will be promoted to Clinical Associate Professor effective February 1, 2022.
- – Surgery
Dr. Ling Awarded NIH Grant to Study Right Ventricle Dysfunction in Peds
Bruce Ling, PhD was awarded a grant from NIH to study right ventricle dysfunction in pediatric patients. The almost $200,000 in funding will support his project: An automated system to interpret echocardiography to predict adverse outcomes in patients with right ventricular dysfunction in daily hospital practice.
- – Surgery
Staff Spotlight: Laksman Veeravagu
Plastic Surgery's Laksman Veeravagu talks about becoming a published author on a study with surgeons from Harvard looking at social media engagement.
- – Surgery
Dr. Staudenmayer Appointed Vice Chair of the Trauma Systems Evaluation and Planning Committee
Dr. Kristan Staudenmayer has been appointed Vice Chair of the Trauma Systems Evaluation and Planning Committee. The committee is part of the the American College of Surgeon's Committee on Trauma (ACS COT).
- – Surgery
Dr. Kirane Receives SCI Grant
Dr. Amanda Kirane received a 2022 ACS IRG Pilot Grant from the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI). The award will support her proposal, “Biomarker Analysis of Neoadjuvant Intralesional Therapy in High-Risk Melanoma."
- – Surgery
Dr. Gaudilliere Promoted
Dr. Dyani Gaudilliere has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
- – Surgery
Dr. Gurtner Accepts Position as Chair of UA Dept. of Surgery
Dr. Geoff Gurtner has accepted the position of Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona.
- – Surgery
Balance in Life Program Expands to Include All Department of Surgery Trainees
Stanford Surgery’s Balance in Life Program (BIL) has been expanded to include all Department of Surgery trainees. Started in 2011, BIL was created to support the physical, psychological professional, and social wellbeing of physicians in the General Surgery Residency Program. Now in its 11th year, the Department has decided to extend the program’s offerings to residents in the Divisions of Vascular and Plastic Surgery, as well as all clinical fellows in the Department.
- – Surgery
Drs. Hawn, Pugh Elected to NAM
Drs. Mary Hawn and Carla Pugh have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
- – Surgery
Dr. Klarin receives Career Development Award
Dr. Derek Klarin received a Career Development Award from the VA's Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Department. The funding will go towards his research project "Clonal hematopoiesis and risk of PAD."
- – Surgery
Dr. Dunn Receives R01
Dr. James Dunn has received an R01 from the NIH. The more than $350,000 grant will find his project "Spring Mediated Enterogenesis" for the next year.
- – Scope
When it comes to healing without scarring, it pays to be small
Researchers have found that a phenomenon tied to animal size helps determine whether animals heal without scarring after burn injury.