Administrative and Leadership Positions
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Administrative and Leadership Positions
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
National
Member
Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
American College of Surgeons
Conferred: September 28, 2022
Member
Committee on Medical Student Education
American College of Surgeons
July 2019 - Present
Committee Vice Chair August 2024 - Present
Education Editorial Board Member
Annals of Surgery Open Access Journal
May 2020 – Present
Member, Step 1 Interdisciplinary Review Committee
National Board of Medical Examiners
October 2022 - Present
Academy of Clerkship Directors
Association for Surgical Education
Conferred on May 2, 2018
Committee Chair, Clerkship Directors Committee
Association for Surgical Education
May 2022 - April 2024
Co-Chair Curriculum Committee
American College of Surgeons Program for the Accreditation of Education Institutes
April 2019 – Aprils 2024
Member, USMLE Gross Anatomy and Embryology Test Material Development Committee
National Board of Medical Examiners
July 2018 – July 2023
School of Medicine
Professor of Medical Education
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
January 2021 - Present
Member, Student Promotions Committee
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
September 2021 - January 2024
Member, Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
December 2020 - January 2024
Assistant Dean for Clerkship Education
Stanford School of Medicine
August 2015 - August 2020
Director, Surgery Core Clerkship
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
October 2011 – August 2020
Member, Faculty Senate
Stanford School of Medicine
April 2019 - August 2020
Member, Student Guidance and Advisory Committee
Stanford School of Medicine
December 2016 - August 2020
Co-Chair, Returning to Basic Science in Clinical Medicine Sub-Committee
Stanford School of Medicine
July 2017 - August 2020
Member by Courtesy, Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy
Stanford School of Medicine
November 2016- August 2020
Member by Courtesy, Stanford Teaching and Mentoring Academy Steering Committee
Stanford School of Medicine
December 2015 - August 2020
Department of Surgery
Director of Surgical Education and Training
Department of Surgery
Loyola University Chicago School of Medicine
October 2020 - Present
Residency Minimally Invasive Surgery, (MIS) Residency Rotation Director
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
June 2010 - August 2020
Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
April 2011 – April 2018
Goodman Surgical Education Center (GSEC) for Stanford Surgery
Mentor, ACS Education Institute Accredited Surgical Education Fellowship
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
September 2020 - June 2023
Director, ACS Education Institute/Goodman Surgical Education Center
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
November 2011 – August 2020
Director, ACS Education Institute Accredited Surgical Education Fellowship
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
November 2011 – August 2020
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) Faculty Champion
Goodman Surgical Education Center
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
August 2016 - August 2020
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Faculty Champion
Goodman Surgical Education Center
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
January 2010 - August 2020
Awards
AWARDS
Awards
AWARDS
National
Member
Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
American College of Surgeons
Conferred September 28, 2022
Member
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Loyola University Chicago Chapter
Conferred February 19, 2024
Member
Academy of Clerkship Directors
Association for Surgical Education
Conferred May 2,2018
Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award
2015 Association for Surgical Education
Awarded at Surgical Education Week
Seattle, WA on April 24, 2015
School of Medicine
2024 Faculty Teacher of the Year Award
Department of Surgery
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
June 2024
Juan and Chela Agelats Plastic Surgery Service Award
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
June 2024
Class of 2024 Medical Student Clinical Teaching Award
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Conferred February 9, 2024
Wolf and Kettle Medical Student Teaching Award
2022, Department of Medical Education
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Conferred: December 2022
2019 Outstanding Community-Engaged Faculty Award
17th Annual Stanford Community Health Symposium/Office of Community Engagement
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California Awarded January 22, 2019
2018 Award for Excellence in Promotion of Humanism
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California Awarded May 30, 2018
2018 Arthur L. Bloomfield Award in Recognition of Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California Awarded May 30, 2018
2017- The Alwin C. Rambar-James BD Mark Award for Excellence in Patient Care
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California Awarded May 18, 2017
2016 Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for Excellence in Advising Medical Students
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California Awarded April 27, 2016
2014 Award for Excellence in the Promotion of the Learning Environment and Student Wellness
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
2014 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Teaching Award for Clerkship Instruction
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Department of Surgery
John Austin Collins, MD Memorial Teaching Award 2018
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
2016 – Surgery Chief Residents’ Award
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California Awarded June 17, 2016
2015 Best 4th Year Resident Rotation MIS/Bariatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
2013 Best 4th Year Resident Rotation MIS/Bariatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
John Austin Collins, MD Memorial Teaching Award 2012
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
John Austin Collins, MD Memorial Teaching Award 2010
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Teaching Award 2006
Department of Surgery
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada
Special Recognition of Teaching 2005
Department of Surgery
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada
Surgical Socrates Award 2001-2002
(Best Surgical Teaching Chief Resident-awarded by senior medical students)
Department of Surgery
Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis, Indiana
Courses and Workshops
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Courses and Workshops
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Enduring Courses
Surgery 432- MIS/Bariatric Senior Elective
Course Director
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
2022 - present
Surgery 204 – Introduction to Surgery
Course Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2016 – 2020
Surgery 205 –Advanced Suturing
Co-Course Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2013- 2020
Surgery 234 - Service Through Surgery
Co-Course Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2018- 2020
Surgery 257 - Clinical Teaching Seminar Series
Course Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2017-2020
Surgery 300A- Surgery Core Clerkship
Clerkship Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2011- 2020
Surgery 338A-Advanced Surgery Clerkship (Sub-Internship)
Clerkship Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2013-202
Surgery 398A- Clinical Electives in Surgery
Clerkship Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2013-2020
Surgery 298-Procedure Based Specialty Capstone
Co-Course Director
Stanford School of Medicine
2013-2017
Course Leadership
2024 Trouble Shooting the Surgical Core Clerkship Pre-Meeting Course
Surgical Education Week April 2024
Association for Surgical Education
Orlando, FL
Co-Course Lead
2023 How to engage your medical student – ASE Fall Course-Virtual
October 13, 2023
Co-Course Lead
2023 Trouble Shooting the Surgical Core Clerkship Pre-Meeting Course
Surgical Education Week April 2023
Association for Surgical Education, San Diego, CA
Co-Course Lead
2022 Trouble Shooting the Surgical Core Clerkship Pre-Meeting Course
Surgical Education Week May 2022
Association for Surgical Education, San Antonio, Tx
Course Lead
2021 Trouble Shooting the Surgical Core Clerkship Pre-Meeting Course
Virtual Surgical Education Week April 2021
Association for Surgical Education
Course Lead
2019 Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference Four (SIMEC iV)
Third Annual Medical and Bioscience Education Day
May 4, 2019
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Co-Program Chair
2018 Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference Three (SIMEC III)
Second Annual Medical and Bioscience Education Day
June 1&2, 2018
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Co-Program Chair
2017 Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference Two (SIMEC II)
May 2017
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Program Chair
2016 Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference
Clinical Teaching Seminar Series Inaugural Education Conference
May 2016
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Co-Program Chair
2015 American College of Surgeons – Education Institutes Consortium Postgraduate Course
November 2015
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Program Chair
Stanford Surgery Fourth Annual Residency Education Retreat
April 4-5, 2014
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Program Chair
Stanford Surgery Third Annual Residency Education Retreat
March 1-2, 2013
Department of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Program Chair
CME Single Site Surgery Simulation Course
February 13, 2012
Department of Surgery,
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford CA
Course Director
CME Single Site Surgery Simulations Course. Surgical Quality, Best Practice & Innovation 2010, September 10-11, 2010
Department of Surgery,
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Program Chair and Course Director
National Meeting Workshops and Panels
American College of Surgeons – 2022 Clinical Congress. Medical Student Session on Residency Virtual Interviewing. Pettit B, Holland C, and Lau JN. San Diego, California. October 18, 2022.
American College of Surgeons – 2022 Clinical Congress. Medical Student Session Basic Surgical Skills. Pettit B and Lau JN. San Diego, California. October 17, 2022.
American College of Surgeons – 2022 Clinical Congress. APDS Program Panel on Surgical Residency Selection and Counselling. ‘Counselling the Student on the Bubble’. Lau JN. San Diego, California. October 18, 202..
American College of Surgeons – 2022 Clinical Congress. Medical Student Poster Program. Quick J and Lau JN. San Diego, California. October 16, 2022.
American College of Surgeons – 2022 Clinical Congress. Panel “The Many Faces of Surgery”. Moderated by: Yang SC, Panel: Schenarts PJ, Alseidi A, Hollands C, Lau JN, Williams-Karnesky R. San Diego, California. October 16, 2022.
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2022 Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. Workshop: Intra-Operative Teaching - Panelist. May 4, 2022
American College of Surgeons – 2021 Virtual Clinical Congress. Panel “SEND. My ERAS App Is In… Now What?”. Yang SC, Schenarts PJ, Alseidi A, Hollands C, Keric N, Lau JN, Lindeman B, Lipman J, Meterissian S, Pettit BJ, Sauer M, Williams-Karnesky R. October 23, 2021.
American College of Surgeons – 2021 Virtual Clinical Congress. Medical Student e-Poster Program. Quick J and Lau JN. October 23, 2021.
American College of Surgeons – 2021 Virtual Clinical Congress. Medical Student Session on Residency Virtual Interviewing. Pettit BJ, Lipman J, and Lau JN. October 23, 2021.
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2021 Annual Meeting. Virtual. ASE Pre-Meeting – Troubleshooting Your Clerkship Workshop. Disabilities with the Surgery Core Clerkship. April 26, 2021.
Surgical Education Week/APDS – 2021 Annual Meeting. Virtual. APD workshop – APD can lead to other educational leadership opportunities. April 28, 2021.
American College of Surgeons – 2020 Virtual Clinical Congress. Panel “The Medemic Update: Effects of the Pandemic on Medical Education”. Yang SC, Schenarts PJ, Alseidi A, Hollands C, Lau JN, Lindeman B, Pettit BJ, Williams-Karnesky R, Zhang G. October 3, 2020.
American College of Surgeons – 2020 Virtual Clinical Congress. Medical Student e-Poster Program. Quick J and Lau JN. October 3, 2020.
American College of Surgeons – 2020 Virtual Clinical Congress. Medical Student Session on Virtual Interviewing. Pettit BJ, Lipman J, and Lau JN. October 3, 2020.
International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare 2020 Conference. San Diego, CA Workshop
IPE2IPE: Interprofessional Education to Improve the Patient Experience
Roman-Micek T, Hirx S, Goldhaber-Fiebert S, Austin N, Fanning R, Shi R, Anderson T, Schmiederer I, Schertzer K, Shum C. Lau, J.
January 20, 2020.
Learn Serve Lead – 2019 AAMC Conference. Phoenix, AZ
Workshop – ‘Effective Institutional Models for Addressing, Reducing, and Preventing Student Mistreatment’, Blackhall G, Gill A, Fleit H, and Lau, JN. Nov 11, 2019.
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2019 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. ASE Panel Session 1 –The Creation of an Effective Surgical Education Team – The Clerkship Director Lau JN. April 26, 2019.
Medical Student Mistreatment: Coping Strategies and Resilience on the Surgery Clerkship.
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2019 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Concurrent Workshops - Hasty B, Merrell SB, Lau JN. April 26, 2019.
Protecting the Quality of our Assessments: Understanding Validity and Reliability in Surgery.
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2019 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Concurrent Workshops - Lee EW, Anderson TN, Huffman EM, Martin JR, Lin DT, Lau JN, Lipman JM,
Park YS, Tekian A. April 26, 2019.
Pre-Meeting Workshop– Troubleshooting Your Clerkship Workshop
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2019 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
ASE ‘Flipped Classroom’ Lau JN. April 24, 2019.
‘Implementing a Patient-Centered Communications Curriculum for Surgery Residents at Your Institution’
Surgical Education Week/APDS – 2019 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
APDS Lunch Workshop Session 1 –Chandler J, Lee EW, Kopecky K, Lau JN, Newcomb A, Dort J.
April 24, 2019.
‘Putting the “I” in Team through Interprofessional In-Situ Simulation’
Surgical Education Week/APDS – 2018 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
APDS Lunch Workshop 2 – Hasty B, Marin-Nevarez P, Mazer L, Hirx S, Fanning R, Lau JN. May 4, 2018.
‘Associate Program Directors: When to say yes and how to say no’
Surgical Education Week/APDS – 2018 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
APDS Lunch Workshop 1 –’Amersi F, Lau JN, Kempenich, JW, Tilou A. May 4, 2018.
APDS Pre-Meeting New Program Directors Workshop
Surgical Education Week/APDS – 2018 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
‘Differing Roles of the APD’ Lau JN. May 2, 2017.
‘Combating Mistreatment: Understanding Underlying Mechanisms of Mistreatment and Designing Focused Interventions’
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2018 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
ASE Workshop – Hasty B, Lee EW, Lin D, Bereknyei Merrell S, Lau JN. May 2, 2018.
‘Developing an EPA-aligned Surgical Subinternship Curriculum: Training Future Surgeons Today’
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2018 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
ASE Workshop – Lee EW, Lidor A, Issa N, Lin D, Hasty B, Bereknyei Merrell S, Lau JN. May 2, 2018.
Pre-Meeting Surgery Clerkship Director Primer Workshop
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2018 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
ASE ‘Addressing Student Mistreatment’ Lau JN. April 30, 2018.
Pre-Meeting Establishing Your Simulation Center
Surgical Education Week/ASE – 2018 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
ASE ‘Getting Started – What you should ask for’ Lau JN. April 30, 2018.
‘Combating Mistreatment: Understanding Student Perspectives and Designing Effective Interventions’
Surgical Education Week – 2017 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.
Workshop leads: Brandford E, Braverman G, Bereknyei Merrell S, Hasty B, Shipper E. and Lau JN. April 2017.
'Troubleshooting Your Surgery Clerkship Workshop ‘Addressing Student Mistreatment'
Surgical Education Week – 2017 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.
Workshop participant: Lau JN. April 2017.
'Establishing Your Simulation Center Getting Started – What you should ask for’
Surgical Education Week – 2017 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.
Workshop participant: Lau JN. April 2017.
ASE Pre-Meeting Associate Program Director Workshop ‘Differing Roles of the APD’
Surgical Education Week – 2017 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.
Workshop participant: Lau JN. April 2017.
'Patient Safety: Transform Your Interprofessional Team"
17th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2017). Orlando, FL.
Workshop Leads: Salazar N, Arnold D, and Lau JN. January 2017.
‘Key Factors to Scaling Up Competency-Based Professional Development For Graduate Medical Educators’ Workshop
ACGME 2016 Conference. Orlando, FL
Workshop Leads: Lau J, Steinberg, D, and Williams S. Mach 2017.
Learn Serve Lead – 2015 AAMC Conference. Seattle, WA
Workshop Leads: Berek J, Lau, J, and Smith-Coggins R. Nov 12, 2016.
ASE Workshop Session 1: Education as Scholarship: Making it Count Twice
Surgical Education Week 2016 (ASE/APDS Annual Meeting), Boston Massachusetts. April 2016.
Workshop Leads: Bereknyei-Merrell, Lau J, Mazer L
ASE/SEA Interprofessional Education Surgical Simulation Workshop
Surgical Education Week (ASE/APDS Annual Meeting), Seattle Washington. April 2015.
Departments of Surgery and Anesthesia
Workshop Leads: Austin N, Gaba D, Goldhaber-Fiebert S, Lau J, Liebert C, Mazer L, Udani A, Wen L.
INVITED LECTURES/VISITING PROFESSOR
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
INVITED LECTURES/VISITING PROFESSOR
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations – Webinar
‘The Qualifying Exam: Nuts and Bolts and How to Prepare’
How to Prepare for the General Surgery Boards
Resident and Fellows Committee
Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Virtual - June 17, 2024
Virtual – June 13, 2023
Virtual – July 5, 2022
‘Making Your Presentation Pop’
Standing Out During Your Surgery Clerkship
National Professional Development Seminar for Medical Students
American College of Surgeons, Committee on Medical Student Education
Virtual – March 2nd, 2022
Invited Presentations – Visiting Professor:
The Changing Clinical Educational Environment
Rush Faculty Development Seminar Series
Rush School of Medicine
January 25, 2024
Service as a Mindset and Practice
Seminar Presentation in Service Through Surgery – Surg 234
Stanford School of Medicine
Virtual – January 14, 2022
Environment Matters
Keynote Speaker
Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference VII – Virtual
Stanford School of Medicine, Teaching and Mentoring Academy
Virtual - June 2, 2021
The Surgical Educational Environment
Department of Surgery Education Day
Rush School of Medicine
Virtual – April 22, 2021
Service as a Mindset and Practice
Seminar Presentation in Service Through Surgery – Surg 234
Stanford School of Medicine
Virtual – January 15, 2021
Operative Autonomy and Entrustment
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Fifth Annual GME Educational Conference
Virtual - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The Surgical Clerkship Educational Environment and Medical Student Mistreatment
Surgery Grand Rounds
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston – Virtual August 13, 2020
Invited Presentations - Institutional:
Entrustable Professional Activities and Resident Assessment
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
July 24, 2024
Teaching the Difficult Learner
Developing Clinical Educators in Academic Medicine Certificate Course
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine – Department of Medical Education, Virtual Course Discussion
January 17, 2023
The Clerkship Educational Environment and Psychological Safety
James Lau and Ming Li Wang (University of New Mexico)
Department of Medical Education Grand Rounds
Loyola University Chicago – Virtual
June 16, 2022
Addressing the Challenging Trainee
Graduate Medical Education Committee Institutional Retreat
Loyola University Chicago Medical Center
April 28, 2022
Teaching the Difficult Learner
Developing Clinical Educators in Academic Medicine Certificate Course
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine – Department of Medical Education, Virtual Course Discussion, March 1, 2022.
Addressing the Clerkship Educational Environment
Loyola Surgery Research Meeting
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Virtual – March 8, 2021.
Teaching the Difficult Learner
Developing Clinical Educators in Academic Medicine Certificate Course
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine – Department of Medical Education, Virtual Course Discussion, Feb 2, 2021.
Leadership at Every Level Panel Discussion – Academic Medicine Interest Group
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
January 13, 2021.
Endoscopy – Interventional Platform Staff In-Service – ‘Obesity and Operations that Address Obesity’, Zoom In-Service, Stanford Ca. May 18, 2020.
Stanford GME Coaching Program (Pediatrics, Neurology, and Surgery) – ‘How to Stretch the Strong Resident’, Zoom In-Service, Stanford CA. April 13, 2020.
Trauma Critical Care Nurses Essentials Course – Stanford Health Care– ‘Challenges in the Care of the Morbidly Obese Trauma Patient’, Stanford, CA. April 18, 2018.
Stanford School of Medicine - Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. ‘The Clerkship Educational Environment’. Stanford, CA. September 26, 2017.
Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses – Annual Chapter Meeting 2017. Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Communication. El Camino Hospital. Mountain View, CA. May 20, 2017.
Works In Progress Presentation – Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference II, Evaluation of an Immersive Surgical Skills Curriculum for Preclinical Medical Students. Miller, S and Lau, JN. Stanford, CA, May 13, 2017
Stanford Center for Physician Wellness and Professional Fulfillment Meeting. ‘The Clerkship Educational Environment and Mistreatment’. Stanford, CA. March 11, 2016.
Great Teaching Showcase for the Inaugural Year of Learning Teaching Ideas Showcase. A Program to Address the Clerkship Educational Environment in Surgery. Stanford, CA. October 2, 2015.
SceMERI Seminar Series. Inaugural Address. ‘Education and Surgery. Two Sides of the Same Coin’ Stanford School of Medicine. Stanford, CA. September 2015.
SceMERI Seminar Series. ‘The Clerkship Educational Environment-Season Two’ Stanford School of Medicine. Stanford, CA. February 2015.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, ‘TRANSFORM – Teamwork and Communication’. Stanford CA. February 2015
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, ‘The Surgical Educational Environment – Season Two’. Stanford CA. October 2014
Anesthesia/Surgery Scholars Seminar 2014, ‘The Surgical Educational Environment’. Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. February 2014.
SceMERI Seminar Series. ‘The Clerkship Educational Environment’ Stanford School of Medicine. Stanford, CA. February 2014.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, ‘The Surgical Educational Environment’, Stanford, CA. February 4, 2014.
Anesthesia Scholars Annual Symposium 2013, ‘The Surgical Educational Environment Project’. Stanford, CA. September 2013.
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, ‘The Goodman Simulation Center. Its Role in Surgical Simulation. Past, Present, and Future.’ Stanford, CA. May 2012
Department of Urology Grand Rounds, 'Simulation in Surgical Education,' Stanford, CA Sept 2011
New Advancements in Clinical Care, 'Surgical Treatments for Morbid Obesity,' Modesto, CA May 2010
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. ‘Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery.’ Stanford, CA March 2010
Pediatrics Noon Conference, ‘Childhood Obesity: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention,’ Las Vegas, NV August 2009
Emergency Medicine Noon Conference, ‘Morbid Obesity, Surgical Treatment, and the ER,’ Las Vegas, NV June 2008
Family Medicine Conference, ‘The Public Health Problem of Morbid Obesity and Surgery as a Treatment,’ Las Vegas, NV January 2008
Internal Medicine Noon Conference, ‘The Public Health Problem of Morbid Obesity and Surgery as a Treatment,’ Las Vegas, NV January 2008