Stanford Surgery Presents at 2025 SMCI Quality Symposium
May 16, 2025
Updated June 11, 2025
This year’s Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement (SMCI) Quality Symposium featured several poster presentations authored by members of Stanford’s Department of Surgery.
Quality Programs Manager Amin Rezai presented SurgIQ: Advancing Surgical Quality - A Cohort-Based Curriculum for Faculty and Staff.
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Dr. Vicky Khoury, a pediatric infectious diseases fellow, presented “Graduate Medical Education (GME) Well-Being Subcommittee: Addressing Mistreatment.” Stanford Surgery Assistant Education Programs Director Anita Hagan, who was an author on the poster, said, “[I’m] grateful for the opportunity to spotlight our ongoing efforts to support resident well-being.”
General Surgery Resident Dr. Joshua Villarreal presented three posters:
“Enhancing Surgical Discharge Communication: Standardizing Instructions and Language-Concordant Care to Reduce Readmissions”
“Preventing Avoidable Readmissions: Ensuring High-Quality Discharges & Reducing Readmission Risk”
“Barriers to Near Miss Reporting Among Hospital House Staff”
Photo by Tara Ti
According to the event website, SMCI collaborated with the Resident Safety Council and various Stanford Medicine Improvement Programs “to bring you a comprehensive display of impactful projects.” The symposium was held on Thursday, May 15 in the Li Ka Shing Center’s Berg Hall.
Dr. Joshua Villareal received two awards from the SMCI Quality Symposium comittee for his presentations "Enhancing Surgical Discharge Communication: Standardizing Instructions and Language-Concordant Care to Reduce Readmissions" and "Preventing Avoidable Readmissions: Ensuring High-Quality Discharges & Reducing Readmission Risk."
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