Stanford Surgery News

Dr. Carolyn Seib received the National Institute on Aging K76 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging.

Dr. Mary Hawn, Arline and Pete Harman Professor and Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, was reappointed Chair of Department of Surgery, for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026

Using bricks salvaged from a demolished anatomy building, art and anatomy lecturer Lauren Toomer created “Renewal,” now gracing the medical school campus.

What to know about every type of nipple discharge. Dr. Kim Stone provides comment.

Dr. Charles Chan provides comment.

As Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, top medical experts are reminding the public of signs, symptoms and treatment options. So, what is thyroid cancer and who is most at-risk? Dr. Robin Cisco provides comment.

The guidelines from the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium offer universal recommendations for the multiple specialties involved in pelvic floor disorders. Dr. Brooke Gurland provides comment.

The Stanford Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program has accepted Drs. Stephanie Chao and Clifford Sheckter into the KL2 Mentored Career Development Program. The KL2 Mentored Career Development Program is funded through the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Chao and Sheckter are two of the four scholars selected from a highly competitive application process to receive support.

Stanford Health Care celebrates National Hispanic Heritage and Women in Medicine with a special Med Staff Spotlight story on Micaela Esquivel, MD.

Two surgeons will join Stanford's Division of Abdominal Transplantation by the end of the year: Dr. Kazunari Sasaki and Dr. Varvara A. Kirchner.

The approximately $2M grant will fund their project: "Deciphering the Endothelial Cell-Cardiomyocyte Crosstalk in LMNA Cardiomyopathy" over five years.

S-SPIRE Center's Dr. Alex Sox-Harris has been promoted to full professor, NTL-R effective October 1, 2021.

S-SPIRE Center's Dr. Todd Wagner has been promoted to full professor NTL-R effective October 1, 2021.

Dr. Matthew Murphy has joined the Plastic Surgery Residency Program as Associate Program Director. Dr. Murphy will be an additional leader for trainees as the program expands from 18-28 residents over the next several years. Specifically. he will serve as the clinical leader for the Stanford service and faculty mentor for resident wellness.

Dr. Lisa M. Knowlton, an assistant professor in the Section of Acute Care Surgery, received an R21 grant. The award from the NIH will fund her research project "Reducing Disparities for the Uninsured: Identifying Opportunities for Improved Coverage Through Emergency Medicaid Programs."

Stanford University bills itself as “A place for learning, discovery, innovation, expression and discourse.” While the statement is aimed at prospective undergrads, the same can be said for Stanford staff, particularly in the case of Julia Miranda. Originally hired in 2018 as an administrative assistant, she is now the chair’s administrator and a grants manager in the department.

The Departments of General Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology (ObGyn) have combined resources to create a new elective rotation designed to give general surgeons the tools they need to provide life-saving obstetric and gynecologic surgical care in low-resource settings, both abroad and in the US.

Dr. Paige Fox has been promoted to Associate Professor effective October 1st. Dr. Fox joined the Plastic Surgery team in 2015 and is currently the Residency Program Director.

General surgery resident Dr. Ioana Baiu has been named a Top 10 finalist for the American College of Surgeons Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching for the second year in a row.

Dr. Tom Weiser will serve as the inaugural Director of Global Engagement for the Department of Surgery. In this role, he will facilitate collaboration and expansion in education, research, clinical training, and innovation that can elevate the profile of Stanford Surgery and advance our mission around the globe.