Some children are born with a missing or malformed small ear due to a rare congenital condition called microtia. In most cases, the child’s ear …
Category: Surgery
Essentially erasing an essential tremor
When I think of tremors, I picture an older man struggling to write, his fingers quivering. But for Brad Ackerman, an industrial designer shown at …
Survivors of rare Stanford domino transplant meet, celebrate
The first thing Linda Karr asked her doctor after her heart transplant surgery at Stanford Hospital was, “How is my heart donor doing?” That question …
Bringing surgical training to female medical students in Zimbabwe
Earlier this summer, I shared the story of how two pioneering women are challenging the status quo in Zimbabwe by saying it's okay for women …
How two women from different worlds are changing the face of surgery
“I hope you’re not serious about doing something in medicine.” These words are all too familiar to Annete Bongiwe Moyo, a senior medical student at …
The importance of human connection as part of the patient experience
When I first heard Tim Engberg describe the feeling of intense loneliness and separation from humanity he felt as he was being wheeled on a …
Sherry Wren, MD – a surgeon’s road home
When I first met Stanford surgeon Sherry Wren, MD, I immediately liked her. The affinity was probably due to the fact that we're both from …
CNN's Sanjay Gupta, MD: journalist, surgeon, advocate
When the history about medical marijuana's path to legitimacy is written, CNN's chief medical reporter Sanjay Gupta, MD, may be more than a footnote. Gupta famously …
Stanford Medicine magazine opens up the world of surgery
It used to be “big hole, big surgeon” — but no more, according to Stanford’s chair of surgery, Tom Krummel, MD, who's one of …
Art and anatomy: Decades-old collaboration brings augmented reality into the hands of Rodin
This Wednesday, the Cantor Art Museum is launching a first-of-its-kind exhibit, “Inside Rodin’s Hands: Art, Technology, and Surgery.” This unique exhibit uses 21st Century technology …
Living long term with transplanted organs: One patient's story
Organ transplant has been a life-saving option for decades now, but its science is still evolving. One of the most pressing questions is why some …
Students launch Stanford Life Savers initiative to boost organ donation
In the United States, approximately 18 people die each day waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, and every 13 minutes a new name is added …
Innovative new treatment for those who can't swallow
Marjorie McFadden is not your typical 90-year-old. McFadden retired from her public-school job at the age of 85 and remained very social afterwards, regularly attending social gatherings …
Stanford general surgeon discusses the importance of surgery in global health care
In this recently posted TedxStanford talk, Sherry Wren, MD, a general surgeon at Stanford, offers some staggering statistics about surgery and global health. One particularly eye-opening …
Hope for those suffering from a rare throat disease
A story in today's San Francisco Chronicle highlights a new surgical approach for treating achalasia, a rare throat disease that affects the ability of the esophagus …
How orthopedic surgery straightened out one man's life
Scoliosis is a painful and debilitating condition that causes the spine of an individual to curve like an "S." For Jerry Stark, having degenerative scoliosis meant he …