Stanford University
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James R. Korndorffer, Jr. MD, MHPE, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)
BioJames R Korndorffer Jr MD MHPE FACS joined the Stanford Department of Surgery in December 2017 as the inaugural Vice Chair of Education. Dr. Korndorffer received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University where he graduated cum laude. He returned to Florida and received his medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine. While there he served as class vice president and was selected as a student member for the LCME reaccreditation committee. His general surgery internship and residency was completed at The Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.
Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Korndorffer went into private practice however his interest in teaching was so strong that after 8 years, he left a successful private practice and joined the faculty at Tulane University School of Medicine as a fellow in minimally invasive surgery and as an instructor in surgery. At the completion of the fellowship, he chose to stay at Tulane and joined the faculty as an Associate Professor of Surgery in 2005. He achieved the rank of Professor of Surgery in 2010. While at Tulane he served in numerous leadership roles. He was Vice Chair of the surgery department from 2012-17 as well as the Program Director for the surgical residency from 2006-17. As program director, he was responsible for redesigning the educational experience of the surgical residency after the catastrophic events of Hurricane Katrina. Additional medical school wide leadership roles he held included Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education (assistant DIO) and founding Medical Director for the Tulane Center for Advance Medical Simulation. Because of his passion for education, while working full time at Tulane, Dr. Korndorffer completed his Masters in Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
He is actively involved in numerous national societies including service to the American Board of Surgery through membership on the editorial board of the Surgical Council on Resident Education and the EPA revision workgroup and EPA writing group. He serves as the inaugural chair of the research division for the Association for Program Directors in Surgery, and the inaugural co-chair of the Education Council for the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. He also serves on the Board of Directors for SAGES. He has served the American College of Surgeons in numerous capacities including the ACS-AEI as Recorder, Program Chair and Research Committee Chair and as a member of the faculty development committee. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Surgical Education. He was recently inducted to membership in the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.
He was one of the early adopters of the use of simulation for surgical training and has been actively involved in surgical education research since 2003. Some of the early work using proficiency-based training instead of time base training for skill acquisition. This has now become the norm. He is now actively involved investigating the role simulation education has in patient quality and healthcare system safety.
Dr. Korndorffer has published over 100 papers in peer reviewed journals, 10 book chapters and has had over 150 presentations at national meetings. Dr. Korndorffer’s clinical interests include minimally invasive surgery for gastrointestinal disorders and hernias. His research interests include surgical education, surgical simulation, patient safety, and patient care quality. -
Sheri Krams
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs and Professor of Surgery (Abdominal Transplantation)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsResearch Interests: 1) NK Cell Responses to EBV, 2) Exosomes in Immune Responses, 3) Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell-Mediated Graft Prolongation, 4)Transplant Immunology
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Thomas M. Krummel, MD, FACS/FAAP
Emile Holman Professor, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSurgical Innovation, Simulation and Virtual Reality in Surgical Education, Fetal Healing-Cellular and Biochemical Mechanisms
