“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 …
Category: Surgery
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 …
Image of the Week: Skin cake
Last weekend, specialty bakers and pathologists from across the United Kingdom joined forces for a disease- and anatomy-themed cake festival at St Bartholomew's Pathology Museum at Queen …
Release of WWI medical records may help reconstruct historical developments in plastic surgery
An article that appeared in The Telegraph today announced the release of medical records documenting World War I plastic surgery operations on wounded British soldiers. Although …
Ed Gavagan speaks about his near-death experience and the medical expertise that saved his life
A new TEDMED video features the captivating and emotional story of speaker Ed Gavagan, who recalls his experience as the victim of random violence. In …
Family ties: One sister saves another with live liver donation
Organ transplantation is never simple, particularly when the procedure involves a living donor, and even more so when the transplant is being done on the liver. …