Stanford Surgery

The official account of @Stanford's Department of Surgery

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

New study from Dr. HyeRan Choo finds in 64 consecutively treated infants with Pierre Robin Sequence, the Stanford Orthodontic Airway Plate achieved a 97% discharge rate without requiring mandibular distraction osteogenesis or tracheostomy. @JCSOnline1

https://t.co/BOzWLrvt2n

[Stanford General Surgery @StanfordGenSurg]

🌟 Intern Spotlight: Dr. Hanna Hong
📍 Hometown: Long Island, NY
🩺 “I studied Molecular & Cellular Biology at Johns Hopkins University, where I was first exposed to general surgery and conducted research on scarless thyroidectomy techniques. During my gap years, I worked as a...

[Stanford General Surgery @StanfordGenSurg]

🌟 Intern Spotlight: Dr. Binuri Hapuarachchy
📍 Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka
🩺 “I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and moved to Indianapolis at thirteen. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Biology and Medical Anthropology. At Johns Hopkins..

[Stanford Vascular @StanfordVasc]

New in @JVascSurg from @pauline_berens and @ShipraAryaMD: Current abdominal aortic aneurysm screening criteria may underestimate disease burden in women, highlighting the need for more individualized screening strategies.

https://t.co/fy7DQKueeR

[StanfordAbdTxp @StanfordAbdTxp]

New in @LTxJournal: Drs. @AmandaJensenMD and Carlos Esquivel discuss the role of choledochoduodenostomy in pediatric liver transplantation, supporting its use as a safe and effective biliary reconstruction option in selected patients.

https://t.co/QJHBiEZ04h

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

A new study from resident Dr. Kelsi Krakauer and Faculty Drs. HyeRan Choo, H. Peter Lorenz, and Derrick Wan found the Stanford Orthodontic Airway Plate was associated with 46% lower hospital charges and shorter stays in infants with Robin Sequence.

https://t.co/d0ycNLX4Kk

[Stanford General Surgery @StanfordGenSurg]

🌟 Intern Spotlight: Dr. McKensie Hammons

📍 Hometown: Manteca, CA

🩺“I studied Biological Sciences at Cal Poly SLO and worked in biotech for a few years in San Diego before attending medical school at UCLA.”

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

Congratulations to our Microsurgery Clinical Instructors on completing their fellowship training at Stanford! 🎉

Join us in celebrating Alvin Annen, MD, and Hassan Elhawary, MD—we wish you both continued success in the next chapter of your careers! 🌲

[NRG Oncology @NRGonc]

Can some women with DCIS safely avoid a second surgery? New findings from NRG/NSABP B-35 suggests that many postmenopausal women w/hormone receptor-positive DCIS may not require re-excision based solely on close lumpectomy margins when treated w/WBI & endocrine therapy. @wapnir

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

New study by Resident Dr. Connor Wagner and Faculty Drs. HyeRan Choo and Derrick Wan found children with Pierre Robin Sequence treated with the Stanford Orthodontic Airway Plate had high quality of life.

https://t.co/Fi0NWvAqSL

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

Congratulations to our Robert A. Chase Hand & Upper Limb Fellows on completing their fellowship training at Stanford! 🎉

Join us in celebrating Emma Dahmus, MD, MBA, Maria Munsch, MD, and Eric Chang, MD—we wish you all the best as you begin the next chapter of your careers! 🌲

[Stanford General Surgery @StanfordGenSurg]

📖 Now available: the transcript of Dr. @CarlaPughMDPhD's SBAS Presidential Address, “A Surgeon-Scientist’s Journey from Haptic Science to Digital Performance Metrics.”
https://t.co/tyqqLqDvSz

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

Malignant hyperthermia can occur without fever. Resident Dr. Pooja Yesantharao, Faculty Dr. Clifford Sheckter, @OpNotes, & @lap_chloe report a rare case in an adult burn patient, highlighting the importance of recognizing atypical presentations. @Ameriburn https://t.co/ewnb2YuKSc

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

Congratulations to Dr. Arash Momeni for representing Stanford Plastic Surgery at the 2026 European Federation of Societies for Microsurgery Congress in Prague. He delivered three invited lectures on breast reconstruction, and will co-host the 2028 EFSM Congress in Frankfurt. 🌍🌲

[Jarredondo @jarredondoleon]

📢 We are pleased to share the final results of the ELECLA randomized clinical trial evaluating neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced colon cancer. https://t.co/F7l8izvzDU

[Stanford Plastic Surgery @StanfordPlastic]

Congratulations to Tiffany Y. Liao, DMD, on completing her Dental Medicine & Surgery Clinical Instructorship at Stanford! 🎉

We wish you all the best as you begin this exciting next chapter of your career! 🌲

[NRG Oncology @NRGonc]

Lumpectomy Margins and Local Recurrence in DCISResults From the NRG Oncology/NSABP B-35 Randomized Clinical Trial: https://t.co/luhyCulmmj @JAMASurgery

[Stanford Surgery @StanfordSurgery]

Ensign Alice Beck, the Navy nurse who took care of Dean and later became his wife, is joining us in August. Are you?

https://t.co/uQFdeohG8p

[Stanford Surgery @StanfordSurgery]

While doing research for our upcoming Holman 100 celebration, we uncovered this story about a sailor who was shot in the heart at Pearl Harbor.

The surgeon who removed it? Dr. Emile F. Holman

https://t.co/OuKFbhnJFH

[Stanford Surgery @StanfordSurgery]

@AnishJayJain @StanfordGenSurg @OpNotes @UTMDAnderson ❤️