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.
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.
Dear Community,
The holidays are just around the corner! For most of us, this is time to celebrate and spend quality time with family. Unfortunately for many, this holiday season will be time to heal and rebuild after this year’s fires. In the spirit of the season of giving, Stanford medical students are organizing a holiday benefit concert to raise funds for the survivors of the Santa Rosa fires. Come listen to the iSing Girl Choir perform some holiday pop classics!
All members of the Stanford community, students, staff and faculty are welcome to come. A suggested donation of $20 (or $10 for students and staff) is encouraged with attendance.
Donations can be made in person by cash, or directly to Santa Rosa Community Health’s Vista Fire Recovery Fund at https://srhealth.org/support-us/donate/
Questions? Please e-mail Paloma Marin-Nevarez at pmarinne@stanford.edu
Audience: Entire Department of Medicine community
Residents, trainees, and faculty will share their research related to diversity and inclusion at this poster session.
Audience: Entire Department of Medicine community.
For the first time in history, five generations are working side-by-side! This historic phenomenon presents both challenges and opportunities. Each generation brings a unique lens to the world and a distinct work philosophy. Without awareness and understanding, there will be ineffective engagement across generations, underutilization of resources, and failure to leverage the gifts that each generation brings. Generational diversity demands attention. Sonia Aranza will reveal important insights to help you understand each generation in order to engage effectively in a multigenerational world.
Objectives:
Demistify generational differences
Gain critical insights to leverage multigenerational differences
Heighten personal effectiveness in a multigenerational environment
Speaker bio: The U.S. Department of Labor describes Sonia Aranza’s work as “Outstanding!” Global audiences consistently rank her among the top speakers at large conferences executed by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She is a seasoned global diversity and inclusion strategist with over 23 years of experience working with top clients including Boeing, CIA, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, NASA, Sodexo and more. Ms. Aranza has been featured in SHRM’s HR Magazine as a recognized expert in Diversity & Inclusion.
Respected by her colleagues, Ms. Aranza is a past chairperson of the Diversity Professional Experts Group of the National Speakers Association. She was honored “100 Most Influential Filipina-Americans in the United States” and awarded “Outstanding Woman of the Year” by the National Association of Professional Asian American Women. She was also honored “100 Most Influential Filipinas in the World” by the Filipina Women’s Network and is featured in the book “Disrupt 2.0” where she authored the chapter entitled “Transformational Leadership Begins Within.” Ms. Aranza mentors youth and emerging leaders worldwide. Learn more
Audience: Entire Department of Medicine community.
Speaker bio: Peter Poullos, MD, is a native of Stockton California. He attended Santa Clara University where he earned his BS in Biology. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, after which he did Internal Medicine residency at the University of California-San Francisco, finishing in 2002. He stayed at UCSF as a Gastroenterology fellow until 2004. However, after a spinal cord injury, he decided to retrain in Radiology. He did his Radiology residency at Stanford University, where he also completed a fellowship In Body Imaging in 2009. Dr. Poullos is now faculty in both the departments of Radiology and Gastroenterology and Hepatology. His clinical practice is at the Stanford University Medical Center, where he interprets CT, MRI, and ultrasound primarily of the abdomen and pelvis. His interests include radiology of the acute abdomen, hepatobiliary imaging, and colorectal cancer screening.
Dr. Poullos is Founder and Executive Director of the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition (SMAC), a group composed of people with disabilities and their allies at Stanford Medicine. He is also a member of the Radiology Department Diversity Committee, the School of Medicine Faculty Senate Subcommittee on Diversity, and the School of Medicine Diversity Cabinet.
Audience: Entire Department of Medicine community.
Enjoy renewing and enhancing your resilience skills so you can more effectively contribute to the evolution toward greater diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity in our nation. In this session you will learn evidence-based, practical resilience skills that support progress in this important work through both systemic policies and interpersonal behaviors. A multimedia presentation and interactive exercises will provide you with knowledge of the neuroscience of resilience, a toolkit of practices, perspective on what steps you can take, and a personalized, resilience-based inclusion and diversity action plan.
Instructor bio: Tia Rich, PhD, is the founder and director of the DOM’s Contemplation by Design Program, a multidisciplinary, campus-wide collaboration that enhances resilience by encouraging all members of the Stanford community to enjoy the power of the pause for purposes of re-establishing balance, tranquility, compassion and energy to support wholehearted engagement in learning, research, teaching and service.
Dr. Rich conducts research on well-being, teaches both academic classes and professional development workshops, and authored Breathing for Longevity, Love and Livelihood. She has been integrating contemplative practice into resilience and stress management programs at Stanford University and Medical Center since 1984.