News
April 2009
Two Possible Causes for Bowel Disease in Infants
Sanjeev Dutta, MD
New research from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the School of Medicine is helping physicians unravel the cause of a deadly and mysterious bowel disease that strikes medically fragile newborn babies.
The findings could lead to a better understanding of the disease and its medical management, and also shed light on the causes of sepsis, a major killer of children and young adults.
The bowel disorder, necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, is seen mainly among premature infants, affecting about one in every 2,000 births. More »
February 2009
Academic Surgical Congress Presentation
Rich Parent, MD Senior Surgical Education Fellow presented his work titled:
Early And Intermediate Effects Of A Surgical Skills : A Randomized Controlled Study
Additional researchers included: E.Long, D. Zimmer, M. Teshome, D. Ly, C. Mohr, T. Hernandez-Boussard, M. Curet, S. Dutta
January 2009
January 2009 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare
Research Abstract and Poster titled:
Endovascular Simulation As A Tool To Improve Medical Student Performance And Interest Level In Vascular Surgery
The research work was done under the faculty mentorship of Dr. Jason Lee, Division of Vascular Surgery at Stanford. Authors included: Mary Qiu, Mediget Teshome, David Peterson, Shyam Raghovan, Maureen Tedesco, Rich Parent, Tae Song and Jason Lee.
