Stanford University
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94304
USA
Presenter: Tait Shanafelt, MD
Physician Wellness Expert and Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Dr. Tait Shanafelt is originally from Seattle, Washington and received his undergraduate degree from Washington State University.
He received his medical degree from the University of Colorado where he received the Hippocrates Award as the “Physician’s physician”, the Golden Head Cane Award as the outstanding student in internal medicine, and the Robert E. Glazer Award for leadership and service.
Tait returned to Seattle to perform his residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington where he received the “outstanding resident educator” award.
Tait later went on to Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic where he received both the Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellow Award and the Summerskill award for outstanding scientific research.
He joined the faculty of the Mayo Clinic Division of Hematology in 2005 and is a Professor of Medicine and Hematology. He is currently completing a 3 year term as the president of the Mayo Clinic Voting Staff.
Dr. Shanafelt spends 70% of his time developing new therapies for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He is currently the principle investigator on two R01 grants from the National Cancer Institute and is also the PI on numerous clinical trials testing new treatments for patients with CLL. Dr. Shanafelt is also as involved in the design and conduct of CLL trials for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and is the Principle investigator on the Phase 3 North American Intergroup E1912 trial comparing FCR to Ibrutinib-Rituximab based therapy for previously untreated patients with CLL.
He has published >240 peer review manuscripts in addition to more than 100 abstracts and book chapters.
In addition to his leukemia research, Tait is an international thought leader and researcher in the field of physician well-being and its implications for quality of care. He is the director of the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-being, a clinical laboratory evaluating personal and organizational factors that contribute to physician satisfaction. His research in this area has involved physicians at all stages of their career from medical school to practice had has include several multi-center and national studies. He has published widely on this topic including numerous works in the JCO, Annals of Internal Medicine, and JAMA and has served as a key note speaker to the ACGME, AAMC, AMA, and ABIM on this topic. Tait’s studies in this area have also been cited in CNN, USA Today, Paul Harvey’s radio broad cast, and the New York Times.
Event details:
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Wellness and Professional Fulfillment. Refreshments will be served.