Three Teams Graduate RITE Program

Drs. Stephanie Chao and Alma-Martina Cepika are the 2026 Research Seed Grant winners.

Stanford Breast Surgery is now offering in-person events designed to connect, educate, and inspire the local community and beyond.

Atharva and Akshara Anand speak with Dr. Jenny Pan, clinical instructor at Stanford School of Medicine and an abdominal transplant surgeon specializing in kidney transplantation. Working at the front lines of transplant medicine, Dr. Pan guides patients through end-stage kidney disease, living donation, and the complex realities of life before and after transplant. In this conversation, she breaks down how kidneys keep the body alive, the major diseases that lead to kidney failure, and how rejection is prevented and treated.

A few of our favorite photos, podcasts, articles, and videos of 2025 from Stanford University's Department of Surgery!

A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute set out to determine whether damage to the endothelium, the thin layer of cells lining all blood vessels, plays a central role in TKI-associated heart disease.

Carlos O. Esquivel, MD, PhD, has been named the 2025 recipient of the International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor recognizes an IPTA member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric transplantation over the course of their career. Only one award is presented every two years at the association’s Biennial Congress.

After a national search, Stanford Surgery's next Chief of Colorectal Surgery will be Dr. Cindy Kin. Kin is taking over from Dr. Andy Shelton, who has led the section for the last seven years.

Jesse Tai is a Stanford Medical Student who was inspired by Dr. Joe Forrester to pursue a career as a surgeon-scientist.

Stanford Medicine has completed its first robotic kidney transplant, marking a milestone for both the institution and the region. The procedure, performed by Dr. Thomas Pham and Dr. Stephan Busque, represents the first time this approach has been used for kidney transplantation in Northern California.

On December 2, 2025, the Division of Abdominal Transplantation hosted the 20th Annual Oscar Salvatierra Jr. Lectureship at Stanford Medicine. This year’s lecture was delivered by Dr. Stefan Tullius, MD, PhD, who presented “The ‘Graying’ Transplantation Challenge: Older Organs and Older Patients Need Our Attention.” The event took place during Surgery Grand Rounds.