News Archive 2009
Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program Expands to Stanford
June 29, 2009: Eight Stanford residents and five career physicians will take part in the newly expanded Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Physician Scholars in International Health Program.Additional information »
DOM and Kaiser Family Foundation Offer Residents New Opportunity
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- J & J Global Health Program Expands to Stanford
- DOM and KFF Offer Residents New Opportunity
- 2009 Teaching Awards
- Philip Tsao to Serve at NIH
- Hanlee Ji Receives Doris Duke Award
- Primary Care Associates Program Appoints New Director
- Pandemic, Bioterrorism and Local Public Health
- Cardiologist Competition Draws Crowd
- Paul Yock Elected to National Academy of Engineering
- Stanford Kidney Program is #1
- Ronald Levy Wins 2009 Faisal Prize for Medicine
- New Technology Allows Surgeons to See Inside Blood Vessels
2009 Awards for Dedication in Teaching and Excellence in Patient Care
The Arthur L. Bloomfield Award in Recognition of Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine- Abraham Verghese MD, professor of medicine, senior associate chair
- Drew Nevins MD, clinical assistant professor, infectious diseases
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching
- Pree Basaviah MD, clinical associate professor, GIM
David A. Rytand Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a Faculty Member
- Ron Witteles MD, assistant professor cardiovascular medicine
- Paul Helgerson MD clinical assistant professor, GIM
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
- Lars Osterberg MD, clinical associate professor, GIM
- Peter Pompei MD, associate professor of medicine, GIM
Stanford Postdoctoral Mendoring Award for Outstanding Postdoc Mentoring
- Michaela Kiernan PhD, Senior Resident Scientist
DGIM 2009 Teaching Award
- Jeffrey Chi MD, clinical instructor, GIM
- Benny Gavi MD, clinical assistant professor, GIM
Housestaff
Oustanding Health Care Team Membership, Patient Care & Housestaff Support
- Gina Craig MD
- Margie Saenz MD
Arnold P. Gold Foundation's "Humanism & Excellence in Teaching Award
- Zach Koontz MD
Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a Medicine Resident
- Jason Adams
Charles Dorsey Armstrong Award for Excellence in Clinical Care by a Senior Resident
- Bennett Penn
Award for Exemplary Professionalism by a Medicine Resident
- Chris Woo MD
Timothy F. Beckett Jr. Award Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a DOM Fellow
- Chris Woods MD
Russel V. Lee Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a Community Physician
- David Hemsey MD
Philip Tsao to Serve at NIH
As a new member of the NIH Myocardial Ischemia and Metabolism Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, Philip Tsao PhD associate professor cardiovascular medicine, will contribute to the national biomedical research effort. Members are selected on the basis of their outstanding research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and other scientific activities.
Hanlee Ji MD Receives Doris Duke Clinical Sciences Award
Assistant professor, oncology, Hanlee Ji MDawarded funding for 3 years research suppport from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Ji will continue his investigation into applying new methods of cancer genome analysis via next generation sequencing to identify genes influence colorectal cancer prognosis.
Primary Care Associate Program Appoints New Director
Lucinda Hirahoka, PA-C, FNP-C, MPH will become director of the Primary Care Associate Program (PA Program) in the Center for Education in Family and Community Medicine. Hirahoka has 19 years experience in teaching and practice as a PA/FNP in family medicine.
As a teacher in the PA program, she developed an option for a public health degree at San Jose State University. Hirahoka has a strong academic interest in bilingual and bicultural education and applied her knowledge and expertise in cross cultural medicine to curricular enhancements for both the PA Program and medical education at Stanford. She has remarkable community experience and linkages from her co-practice with residents in our family medicine residency program in San Jose, her practice in local community clinics, and her community board positions.
Pandemic Flu, Bioterrorism and Local Public Health
You rarely hear people mention the H1N1 virus and bioterrorism in the same sentence. And yet, talk to Doug Owens, MD, MS and the similarities become obvious. He says there’s commonality, in assessing the amount of disease in a community, how serious, what treatments can be offered, and whether there is surge capacity to deal with the large numbers of people potentially affected. Read full article..Cardiologists Competition Draws Crowd
49ers and Stanford raise awareness for #1 killer of young athletes.
The crowd that gathered on the Dean’s lawn on Friday, April 24 at noon weren't thinking about lunch. People came to see cardiologists compete against the San Francisco 49ers and set a new record for the most push ups. A team coach Mark Uyeyuma represented the 49ers. The event was organized by Euen Ashley, MD, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine to raise awareness and donations for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic condition that can lead to sudden death.
Former 49er Keena Turner introduced the contestants. Male and females took to the task without hesitation and were cheered on by two 49er cheerleaders, and a bevy of onlookers. Local media was there to record the event. Michael White, a 49er who suffers from a heart condition called atrial fibrillation shared his personal experience and spoke to the crowd about the importance of continued research for all types of heart conditions.
Prizes were awarded for the most push ups (113), an honor went to first year medical student Eric Leroux, most money raised, and the most and least eloquent pushup. Everyone who participated reaped the benefits of a good workout for an important cause.Paul Yock Elected to National Academy of Engineering
February 6, 2009: Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine and Mechanical Engineering (by Courtesy) and Director of the Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions and Director of Stanford's Program in Biodesign Paul Yock MD is one of 65 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Paul Yock MD
Yock was recognized for his invention of rapid-exchange catheters, intravascular ultrasound imaging, and the smart needle, and for innovations in bioengineering education. Election to NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. The Academy honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education.
He is internationally known for his work in inventing, developing and testing new devices, involving the Rapid Exchange ™ balloon angioplasty system, which is now the dominant system in use worldwide. He developed a Doppler-guided hypodermic needle system , and the Smart Needle ™ and P-D Access ™.
Stanford's Kidney Transplant Program is #1 in Nation for Patient Graft and Survival Rates
January 22, 2009: According the the latest semiannual report released by The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), Stanford is the only program in the nation to exceed results in both patient and graft survival at both 1 and 3 years post transplantation.
The program is led by professor John Scandling, MD who is assisted by division chief Glenn Chertow MD, assistant professor Jane Tan MD, and the renal transplant surgerons. Stanford's record of excellence dates back to June 2000 and continues despite recent practice of transplanting higher risk patients.
Key Highlights of the Report Include:
- Of 240 active US kidney transplant centers from 7/1/05 to 12/31/07, only 8 achieved statistically higher than expected 1-year graft survival
- Of the 235 active transplant centers from 1/1/03 to 6/30/05, only 14 achieved statistically higher than expected 3-year patient survival and 19 achieved higher than expected 3-year graft survival
- Stanford is 1 of only 11 transplant centers with mortality on the waiting list statistically lower than expected from 7/1/07 to 6/30/08.
- Our kidney transplant is the 13th largest in the nations.
Ronald Levy MD Wins 2009 King Faisal Prize for Medicine
King Faisal Medal
State-of-the-Art Technology Allows Surgeons to See Inside Blood Vessels
Optical Coherence Tomography
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