2023 News and Events
News & Events
September 16, 2023 - Shelley Maithel, MD joins the Stanford Faculty
We are very excited to welcome Shelley Maithel, MD as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Stanford Vascular Surgery. Dr. Maithel recently graudated from her Vascular Surgery Fellowship at from USC. She will be practicing at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. We are excited to have her join us.
August 28, 2023 - Clay Wiske, MD joins the Stanford Faculty
We are very excited to welcome Clay Wiske, MD as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Stanford Vascular Surgery. Dr. Wiske brings many years of experience. He will be practicing at the Tri-Valley. We are excited to have him join us.
Congratulations to Vascular Surgery Resident Sabina Sorondo, MD for receiving the 2024 VESS Resident Research Award from the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society for her project entitled “Assessing Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulators in PAD”.
November 13, 2023 AHA Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine Young Investigator Award Finalist
Huge congratulations to Shaunak Adkar for being selected as a finalist for the Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM) Young Investigator Award competition!
September 18, 2023 - Stanford Vascular Surgery Baszucki Research Day
We are excited to hold the first Baszucki Research Day with visiting professor Scott Damrauer, MD. Members of the Baszucki family joined the Vascular Surgery faculty and trainees in celebrating the opening of the Baszucki Biobank.
“The inaugural Baszucki Research Day and Visiting Professorship cements the collaboration between the Baszucki family and the Department of Surgery,” - Division Chief, Dr. Jason Lee
Scott Damrauer, MD
September 18-19, 2023
Associate Professor of Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Lecture: "All Aortic Aneurysms Are Not Equal: Lessons from the Genetics of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms"
Grand Rounds: "Precision Medicine and the Surgeon: Where are we going and are we there yet?"
September 9, 2023 - Dr. Fukaya was selected to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Society of Vascular Medicine (SVM)
Dr. Eri Fukaya, clinical associate professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery and a Vascular Medicine specialist, was chosen to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Society of Vascular Medicine (SVM) at the Annual Business Meeting in Washington DC on September 9, 2023.
August 19, 2023 - Vascular Surgery Welcome Event
The 2023 Welcome Event was a success! Thank you do Dr. Jason Lee and family for hosting such a fun event. We have so many new faces to welcome this year. Our incoing interns, Camille Rogine, MD and Keyuree Satam, MD, new fellow Arielle Lee, MD, as well as new faculty David Kauvar, MD and Clay Wiske, MD at our 2023 Welcome event. We look forward to another excellent year.
August 15, 2023 - David Kauvar, MD joins the Stanford faculty
We are very excited to welcome David Kauvar, MD as a Clinical Professor of Surgery at Stanford Vascular Surgery. Dr. Kauvar brings many years of experience and service. He will be practicing at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. We are excited to have him join us.
August 1, 2023 - Kenneth Tran, MD joins the Stanford faculty
We are very excited to have Kenneth Tran, MD stay on and join our Stanford faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Tran has been with Stanford Medicine through his medical school and residency. We are so excited he will be continuing on with us as faculty.
August 1, 2023 - Fellow Starts
Welcome Arielle Lee, MD! Dr. Lee starts our Vascular Surgery Fellowship program!
June 25, 2023 - Interns Start
We welcome our incoming Interns Camille Rogine, MD and Keyuree Satam, MD into our vascular surgery program. Welcome and good luck!
June 23, 2023 - Vascular Surgery Graduation
Congratulations to our Vascular Surgery Graduates
Kenneth Tran, MD Vascular Surgery Integrated
Brian Sheehan, MD Vascular Surgery Fellowship
We are so proud of you both! You are forever in our Stanford vascular family.
Brian Sheehan, MD will be joining Intermountain Health as a Vascular Surgeon.
Kenneth Tran, MD will be staying on with the Stanford Vascualr Surgery practice in Palo Alto, CA as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery.
Congratulations to Vascular Surgery Faculty, Elizabeth George, MD, recipient of our 2nd annual Resident Teaching Award! Thank you for all you do for our trainees.
June 23, 2023 - Trainee Appreciation Day
Appreciating our Vascular Surgery trainees with the day off of work for some fun then graduation dinner! Our trainees had a great time at an escape room and a fun lunch before getting ready to attend our 2023 Vascular Surgery graduation.
June 14-17, 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM)
Great Job to Stanford Vascular Surgery Residents Vivian Ho, MD, Shaunak Adkar, MD and Andrea Fisher, MD, as well as incoming intern Keyuree Satam, MD on their presentations at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in National Harbor, Maryland.
Vivian Ho, MD, presented at the Interactive Poster Session, "Vascular Surgery Workforce Reductions Decrease Ambulatory Care Delivery for Carotid and Peripheral Arterial Disease"
Shaunak Adkar, MD presented, "Risk of Reintervention Is Lower for Carotid Endarterectomy Than Carotid Artery Stenting"
Andrea Fisher, MD presented, "Association between heart failure and arteriovenous fistula patency in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis"
Keyuree Satam, MD presented her work with mentor Cassius Iyad Ochoa Charr, MD looking at sex differences in reinterventions after lower extremity revascularization. Females had more reinterventions with no changes in long-term mortality or amputation risk.
May 25, 2023 PNEC Competition
Vascular Surgery residents represent Stanford at the 2023 Pacific Northwest Endovascular Conference Simulation Summit for Vascular Trainees.
May 22-23, 2023 - Al-Khatib Visiting Professor - Kellie Brown, MD
We are so excited to have Kellie Brown, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, for the 2023 Weesam Al-Khatib Visiting Professorship lecture and Surgery Grand Rounds.
Lecture: "Management of concomitant Carotid and Coronary Artery Disease: A Milwaukee Legacy."
Grand Rounds: "Challenges to the Health of Surgery and Strategies for Survivial."
May 12, 2023- Vascular Surgery Baby Shower
The Division of Vascular Surgery celebrated our growing vascular families. We have five families expecting Spring and Summer 2023. We were honored to celebrate these familes. Relax my Mommy / Dad is a vascular surgeon!
May 2, 2023 Scrubcast - Elizabeth George, MD Featured
April 28, 2023 - Stanford Surgery 2023 Holman Research Day
Congratulations to residents Vy Ho, MD and Shaunak Adkar, MD on winning the clinical and basic science Holman poster presetations.
Clinical Poster
Vy Ho, MD presented her research showing that “Most Privately Insured Patients Do Not Receive Federally Recommended Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening”
Basic Science Poster
Shaunak Adkar, MD presented his research on “Genome-wide Association Study of Intracranial Aneurysms Reveals Shared Heritability with Aortic Aneurysms and Atherosclerosis.”
Outstanding podium presentations by Shaunak Adkar, MD and Ken Tran, MD.
Shaunak Adkar, MD discussed that the “Risk of Reintervention is Lower for Carotid Endarterectomy than Carotid Artery Stenting”
Ken Tran, MD discussed that “Patient-specific computational flow simulation reveals adverse hemodynamic factors associated with branch vessel occlusion after complex endovascular aneurysm repair”
March 17, 2023 - Vascular Surgery Integrated Match Day
February 28, 2023 - Surgery Communication Coaching Program
We are excited to announce that Dr. Mike Sgroi has joined the Stanford Department of Surgery Communication Coaching Program. The program currently includes general surgery categoricals as well as plastic and vascular junior residents. Communication coaches are carefully picked and undergo year-round training with monthly faculty development workshops. More Information on the Surgery Communication Coaching Program.
February 23-25, 2023 - VESS Annual Winter Meeting 2023
Congratulations on the amazing Stanford Vascular representation at the VESS Annual Winter Meeting 2023.
Sabina Sorondo, MD, Stanford resident presenting a case of hybrid repair of innominate artery pseudoneurysm after blunt traumatic injury in a bovine arch.
Andrea Fisher, MD, Stanford presenting on individual and program level predictors of academic vascular surgery practice
Shernaz Dossabhoy, MD, Stanford resident presenting resarch on the association of chronic kidney disease and survival after FEVAR.
Elizabeth George, MD, Stanford faculty presenting on precocious rupture of AAAs below size cirteria for repair.
February 9, 2023 - Dr. Arash Fereydooni receives the ACS Resident Research Scholarship
Dr. Arash Fereydooni has been awarded a Resident Research Scholarship by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The scholarship is for $60,000 over two years to fund the resident's research. Fereydooni will study peripheral calcium score development and automation.
Arash will be working under the mentorship of vascular surgeon-scientist and section chief of vascular surgery at the Palo Alto Va, Dr. Shipra Arya, a prolific health services research.
February 7, 2023 - Dr. Derek Klarin receives The American Society for Clinical Investigation's Young Physician-Scientist Award.
Dr. Derek Klarin is the recipient of The American Society for Clinical Investigation's Young Physician-Scientist Award. According to Colleen McGarry, program director for the ASCI, Dr. Klarin was selected for this recognition based on his early-career achievements.
"This is an outstanding recognition of Dr. Klarin's career focus and potential in vascular disease management," said Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and former Chief of Vascular Surgery Dr. Ron Dalman.
January 9, 2023 - Congratulations to Dr. Mike Sgroi, Section Chief SCVMC
Congratulations to Dr. Mike Sgroi on his new roll as Section Chief at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Thank you for your continued contributions.
January 1, 2023 - Welcome to Dr. Jean Gillon as Clinical Associate Professor in Surgery
We are excited to welcome Dr. Jean Gillon as Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Gillon will be practicing at the Stanford Vascular and Vein Clinic in Portola Valley, CA.