Stanford Plastic Surgery

10/01/2025

So cool that our own resident Dr. Luis Camacho is rotating with resident Dr. Santiago Gonzalez at in San Francisco! Let the sharing of ideas begin!

09/30/2025

🌍✂️ Dr. Paige Fox leading peripheral nerve microsurgery training in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—proudly partnering with ReSurge International to expand surgical access worldwide.

09/22/2025

🌟 Congratulations to Dr. Fabiana Aellos, postdoctoral scholar in the Helms Lab and co-director of the STaRS Program, on receiving the Postdoc Champion: Community Impact Award from the Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs!

This honor celebrates postdocs whose leadership advances belonging and inclusion at Stanford and beyond. Dr. Aellos’s dedication to equity and mentorship has been pivotal in shaping the STaRS Program, empowering students through immersive biomedical research opportunities.

We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition! 👏✨

🔗: https://tinyurl.com/ytxw9wev

09/18/2025

Residents received 1:1  training on fillers and Botox injections by Drs. Dung Nguyen and Kirck Churukian this past weekend.

09/12/2025

✨ Opening Grand Rounds ✨
We were honored to welcome Dr. Peirong Yu as our Visiting Professor for Opening Grand Rounds this week. He presented “Advancing Oncologic Reconstruction Through Surgical Innovation.”

📸 The evening brought together faculty, residents, and fellows for group photos, a reception, and grand rounds — a wonderful way to kick off the academic year.

09/11/2025

We were thrilled to honor our Education Training Program Manager, Christine Reyes-Santos, at our Plastic Surgery Opening Grand Rounds this Tuesday, celebrating her 20 years of dedicated service to our program.

For two decades, Christine has been the heart and soul of our residency program — supporting faculty, residents, fellows, and staff with her kindness, wisdom, mentorship, and unwavering commitment and support. Her ability to bring people together, guide our trainees, and keep our program running smoothly has left an indelible mark on our community.

Christine, your impact is felt in every corner of our community. Your dedication, compassion, and excellence set the standard for all of us. Thank you for 20 years of service, care, mentorship, and love for this program. We are deeply grateful for you and look forward to many more years together.

09/09/2025

🎉 Congratulations to our outstanding alumnus, Dr. David Fogarty, on receiving the 2025 Noordhoff Award. The award will be presented at in New Orleans this October.

David C. Fogarty, DDS, MD, will receive the 2025 Noordhoff Humanitarian Award during Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2025 in New Orleans. Dr. Fogarty's lecture, Caring For Your Fellow Man Utilizing Your Professional Gifts will focus on illustrating how one can share their gifts with the less fortunate,....

09/08/2025

🎉✨ What an unforgettable weekend celebrating 60 years of Stanford Plastic Surgery! From reconnecting with alumni at the 🌲 Zedplast 50th Anniversary Reception, to inspiring talks, campus tours, and a magical gala at Hoover Institution — the milestone was filled with history, innovation, and community.

We’re grateful to our alumni, faculty, residents, and friends who joined us in honoring the past, celebrating the present, and looking ahead to the future of Stanford Plastic Surgery. Here’s to the next 60 years!

09/06/2025

🎉 We had an amazing time kicking off the 60th Stanford Plastic Surgery Anniversary weekend with our 50th 🌲 Zedplast Alumni Association Reception at the Hyatt Centric in Mountain View! 🎉✨

🥂 Zedplast President Dr. Ronald Iverson led a heartfelt toast, and alumni enjoyed reconnecting, sharing laughs, and celebrating decades of memories over drinks and appetizers. 💫

09/03/2025

🚨 New in JAMA Surgery from Dr. Clifford Sheckter: Only 15.7% of US counties have trauma/burn centers. In a mass casualty event with 100+ patients, counties without such centers have

09/02/2025

💡 New from Drs. Arash Momeni and Pooja Yesantharao: A frontline-led “Cost Savings Reinvestment Program” empowered physicians to drive over $34M in validated savings—yielding a 13x ROI.

🔗: https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(25)02482-9/abstract?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1098301525024829%3Fshowall%3Dtrue&sf227892530=1

08/31/2025

Day in the Life: Dr. Taylor Chishom, PGY6 - Stanford Service |

📸2: Fueling up for the day ahead ☕ Early mornings call for caffeine

📸3: Morning commute essentials: good music, strong coffee, and gearing up for another day in surgery 🎶✨

📸4: Morning rounds + birthday smiles 🎉 Ran into my co-resident, PGY2 Dr. Priscila Cevallos, on her special day — coffee in hand, as always (thanks Dr. Sen for the lovely travel tumblers!) ☕✨

📸5: Morning in the team room 📝 We start the day by reviewing the patient list — looking over vitals, labs, and overnight updates. From there, we check in on patients and adjust the plan as needed

📸6: Rounds officially underway 👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏻‍⚕️ Every morning we walk the halls together — checking in on each patient, discussing updates, and refining the plan for the day ahead.

📸7: Love seeing the Kudos Korner during rounds 🌈✨ A wall full of gratitude and encouragement for the amazing teams who make patient care possible every day.

📸8: Rounds ✅💪

📸9: Dictation lounge 🖥️ Here we update faculty on all the patients from morning rounds

📸10: Checking in with faculty 👩🏽‍⚕️➡️👨🏻‍⚕️ Updating Dr. Momeni on a patient’s progress and next steps in their care plan

📸11: Next up is the OR! Here Dr. Momeni is using the Microsoft Hololens to recreate vascular maps on the abdomen before beginning surgery.

📸12: Scrubbing in 🧼 Before every case, we carefully wash our hands and arms to maintain a sterile environment in the operating room.

📸13: Ready to operate!

📸14: Preparing recipient vessels for anastomosis — a critical step before connecting the blood supply in microsurgery.

📸15: Finished up in the OR and took a moment to catch up with my fiancé on the East Coast 💙 Staying connected makes the long days a little easier.

📸16: Evening rounds 🌙 Checking in on patients at the end of the day to review progress

📸17: PM rounding team 🙌

📸18: Watched Taylor Swift announce her new album on New Heights podcast! (Yes, I pre-ordered!) ✨

📸19: Wrapped up the day with a SoulCycle class 🚴🏽‍♀️ A great way to recharge and reset outside the hospital. Thanks for following along on this DIL.