Conference Schedule and Education Opportunities
Conference Schedule
- Morbidity and Mortality
1st and 3rd Mondays of the month
7:00am in the Large Conference Room (H3632) - Interesting Cases
2nd and 4th Mondays of the month
7:00am in the Large Conference Room (H3632) - Vascular Surgery Resident / Fellow Conference
Every Wednesday
6:00pm in the Large Conference Room (H3632) /VA Surgery Conference Room
Conference Schedule 2012-13 - Interventional Radiology Conferences
Every Friday
7:30am in the Large Conference Room (H3632) - Multidisciplinary Complications Conference
Last Friday of the month
7:30am in the Large Conference Room (H3632)
Stanford Vascular Surgery Visiting Professor Series 2011 - 2012
- October 10-11, 2011
Benjamin W. Starnes MD, FACS H3632)
Professor and Chief
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Washington
- January 30-31, 2012
Alan Boyd Lumsden, MB ChB, RVT, FACS
The Walter W. Fondren III Chair,
Medical Director, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Professor and Chairman
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
- March 5, 2012
Peter A. Schneider, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Chief, Division of Vascular Therapy
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
- March 12-13, 2012
Mark Farber, MD
- May 15, 2012
Henrik Sillesen, MD
- July 23, 2012
Bob Zwolak, MD
Upcoming Education and Funding Opportunities
Two funding opportunities from Biodesign for medical technology for global needs
For further details click the link below.
Global Biodesign Opportunities
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CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE
NIH Sponsored
T32 Fellowship Training Program
For further details click the link above. Deadlines March 1, 2012.
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NIH T32 Training Grant "Vascular Surgery Research Training"
For further details click the link above.
*Application deadline Feb. 29th, 2012. Fellows strongly encouraged to apply.
Resident physicians are invited to apply for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholars program, which offers a master’s degree graduate-level study and research in a university-based, post residency training program. The program provides scholars with generous funding and involves two years of study with protected time for research.
The RWJF Clinical Scholars program fosters the development of physicians who will lead the transformation of Americans’ health and health care. These future leaders will conduct innovative research and work with communities, organizations, practitioners and policy-makers to address issues essential to the health and well-being of all Americans.
Program highlights include:
- leadership training;
- mentoring;
- protected research time;
- national networking;
- health policy, health services, and community-based research training; and
- financial support for research projects and professional travel.
For additional information visit website.
Recent Education Events
Steamboat Springs, CO January 2011- The Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Annual Ski Meeting was organized this year by Program Committee Chairman, Dr. Jason Lee, with presentations from several members of the Stanford group. For more information about the conference and presentations, visit the PVSS website.
The Stanford Team on the slopes.
Sunriver, OR. September 2010- The Western Vascular Society Annual Meeting held a tennis tournament in which Dr. Lee won, and Dr. Jocelyn Dunn came in second. The Stanford team was joined by two Stanford Students, Elsie Gyang and Ji Son.


- For more information regarding the WVS conference, please see their page at WVS 2010 Annual Meeting
Boston, MA. June 2010- The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) hosted its inaugural Vascular Surgery Jeopardy Competition at the 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting for vascular surgery trainees, general surgery residents, and medical students. Six teams were chosen to compete, each composed three members: one medical student and a combination of two general surgery residents and/or one general surgery resident and one vascular surgery trainee. The Jeopardy categories covered a wide spectrum of knowledge ranging from Anatomy and Arterial Disease to Pharmacology and History, and was moderated by Dr. Melina Kibbe (Northwestern). After two heated rounds, Team West triumphed over Team Mid Atlantic in Final Jeopardy, taking home the prizes and title as the inaugural champions of the SVS Jeopardy Event. Cash prizes were awarded to the winners and a great time was had by all.
Team West members:
Faisal Aziz, MD, Jobst Vascular Center, Toledo, OH, Vascular Surgery First Year Fellow
Wayne Causey, MD, Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, WA, General Surgery PGY-3/research
Yohko Murakami, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, MS-3

- For more information regarding the SVS conference, please see their page at 2010 Annual Meeting
Past Events


