@DavidASpain

Long time husband to Jill - the best person I know Proud dad of 3 men, all now engaged to wonderful humans @OpNotes Program Director at Stanford

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Joined April 2012
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Jade Tso, selected by @WomenSurgeons and the AWS Foundation as the 2026 Patricia Numann Outstanding Medical Student Award recipient! 🏆👏 @StanfordSurgery @OpNotes surgery.stanford.edu/news2/A…
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So proud of Jade Tso @OpNotes PGY 1 who received the AWS medical student award.
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So proud of Jade Tso @OpNotes PGY 1 who received the AWS medical student award.
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#generalsurgerymatch2027 Every year there are themes to applicants Hobbies and Interests. Last year it was raising house plants. This year it seems to be building Lego sets... @APDSurgery
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Actually house plants was 2 years ago. Last year it was crochet...
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Ready for a glimpse into the future? @StanfordVasc Resident Dr. Andrea Fisher will show it to you: brnw.ch/21x5qrR w/ interviews from @delittod @drdrfoster @justrhey & more!

A Glimpse Into the Future

Vascular Surgery Resident Dr. Andrea Fisher interviews surgeon scie...

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All former Stanford Trainees @OpNotes , Faculty and Friends of the Stanford Department of Surgery:
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Training the Surgeon of Tomorrow @StanfordSurgery @OpNotes
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Closing out the night with a great dinner with friends and colleagues
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To all student doctors interested in a general surgery program with amazing technical and clinical training, research opportunities and training environment/culture. This is where is at!!! @StanfordSurgery @StanfordGenSurg @OpNotes
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🌟 Day 4 of Resident Takeover Week! Today we’re following Dr. Justine Chinn at the VA Palo Alto! 🩺🏥
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Celebrating 100 years of surgery at Stanford with Emile Holman as the founding chair in 1926 #Holman100
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Celebrating Norm Shumway who single-handedly developed cardiac transplantation
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The move down the peninsula from SF to Palo Alto - legends
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🌟 It’s here! Welcome to Resident Takeover Week! 🩺 Follow along as we get a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of a Stanford General Surgery resident! 👀🏥
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That time of year again - home and visiting sub-I students, letters of recommendation requests, ERAS open #generalsurgerymatch2027 First job of a program is to get you into the OR. Reviewed our #s from last year. PGY2s averaged 495 cases and graduating PGY5s over 1500 @OpNotes
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Finally, we try to treat you as an adult & colleague. Residency is hard and life happens-childbirth, injury, family emergencies, health issues. The program and co-residents work hard to support you through these times, part of our amazing @OpNotes culture med.stanford.edu/gensurg/edu…
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So, if you want rigorous clinical training in Gen Surg with broad and deep operative experience from day 1, exceptional research opportunities and training, all in an environment of respect and support ....@OpNotes
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