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Tanweer Syed, San Francisco, CA, USA,
April 23, 2008 04:17 PM
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Shyam "Sean" Panchal (Los Gatos, California),
April 23, 2008 04:16 PM
Life at Stanford in 2008 I will build up to "Life at Stanford in 2008." Starting off at Stanford in 1999 as an employee of the Emergency Room in the Main Hospital working late evenings for Linda Bracken and Patrice Callagy, I ran into Dr. Hannah Valantine. At that time Dr. Valantine was an associate professor of medicine and had a small lab in the Falk Building, CV184. That's where I spent most of my time as a clinical research associate performing wetlab techniques. Dr. Valantine's Lab was focused on studying Transplant Coronary Artery Disease. This is very exciting science! It was quite novel and we were working with premiere surgeons and transplant teams that discovered and paved the way for Heart Transplantation as we know it today. There was much work to be done and many animal models were designed and studied into the late night and early mornings. In fact the design of a study to understand the impact of CMV disease in the cardiac transplant population led to dozens of "Donor Runs" that went into a near 24 hour cycle from identification of organ to retrieval to transplantation. It was quite an endurance race. The efforts were very fruitful since we had much to share with the transplant community via publications and presentations. All the while we forged new clinical studies with CV Medicine teams led by Dr. Valantine, Dr. Cooke, Dr. Hunt...the list goes on (Hopefully in 2108 you have access to really old papers ....) Back to 2008. At the moment I am a clinical project manager for the Interventional Radiology service led by Dr. Rusty Hofmann, Chief of IR. We are in the early parts of investigating a Factor Xa inhibitor for patients diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism. We are also investigating Aortic Stent Grafts led by Dr. Daniel Sze, IR Faculty and Stanford School of Medicine Alumni! Among many other faculty projects Dr. Will Kuo is leading an investigation in the benefits of catheter directed treatment of Pulmonary Embolism, Dr. Nishita Kothary is leading studies in novel imaging approaches to be used with Dyna CT and Dr. David Hovsepian has taken a new role as Chief Quality and Safety Officer for the Radiology Department. It has been a busy year so far and we hope to make much progress in Interventional Radiology Clinical Research Science! Stanford's Campus has so much to offer to all its community. As a staff member there are several opportunities to meet and discuss current topics with students, staff and faculty. During the spring of '07 I attended a talk hosted by Former Stanford University President Donald Kennedy on the main campus. It was a great talk and I was invited to the Faculty Club, I know try to make pub night a regular event. It is a great experience to meet and eat with the people that keep this amazing place filled with knowledge and stimulating curiosity. Also this past year I decided to join our University's Triathlon Club. It has been a tremendous experience physically and personally. Our campus and the bay area are breathtaking and it has been a memorable experience to run the dish, cycle up king's mountain, and swim at Avery aquatic center! I am certain that these past 10 years of working with world class faculty, staff, students and facilities has made a great impression on me. I cannot be certain that I will be part of any great discovery, but I am sure that the future is great since I will look back and remember these remarkable people, patients and times at Stanford School of Medicine. Life in 2108 The future is looking bright and Congratulations to Stanford School of Medicine on its Centennial Anniversary! Sean Shyam N. Panchal, M.A.C.I.
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It gives me pleasure to write few lines to express my feelings for this great institution. I am very grateful to Dr. Sabine Kohler for her kind help in 1999 with the dermatopathology slides and advice. I still remember my attendance at the various seminars in 1976 and always cherish those moments. Stanford Med-School remains the hallmark of excellence.