endovasc.org began as a collaboration between the school of education and department of surgery at stanford university. what began as project for a class taught by Dr Denise Pope (curriculum design, educ 208B), the result is the contribution and generous time given by many individuals. The project was eventually taken on as a master's project for a student in the learning, design, & technology program @ stanford's school of education and was presented as a final product on august 7, 2009. the project, however, is an ongoing work with input from multiple sites and by users around the world.

Joanna Law, MD, FRCP(C) is a gastroenterologist from Vancouver, BC who spent the 2008-2009 academic year obtaining a master's degree at Stanford's School fo Education in the Learning, Design, & Technology Programme. She came onboard the curriculum design team as part of her internship requirements from which blossomed her final master's project (LDT Expo ~ August 7, 2009). Dr. Law is excited to see how this project can grow and extend to other fields of procedural training in medicine along with the possibility of using it as a teaching tool in countries that can not afford simulators for training.
Beyond medicine & education, Dr Law has an avid interest in all things food, travel, & photography. A few of her most memorable moments during this year away from clinical medicine include : being invited to George Lucas' Big Rock Ranch (an extension to Skywalker Ranch), hiking to Big Basin & back, taking a segway to the steep streets of san francisco, & of course, the many wonderful people she met here in cali.
For more information about Dr. Law's journey through LDT, please visit her homepage.

Chen Kee Ng is an educator from Singapore. She began as a biology teacher in Temasek Junior College (TJC), where she eventually became head of the Science department. In 2007, she left TJC to take on the role of Assistant Director in the Educational Technology Division in the Ministry of Education (Singapore). She was intensely involved in driving the FutureSchools@Singapore and LEAD@ICT Programs, bringing technology into classrooms in Singapore for engaged learning. Chen Kee spent the academic year 2008 – 2009 pursuing a Masters degree in Learning, Design and Technology at Stanford University. Her research interests are in open source educational resources, web 2.0 tools and their role in teaching and learning, mobile learning, and science inquiry-based learning. She returned to Singapore in August 2009 to assume the role of Vice-Principal in one of the schools there. What Chen Kee misses most about California are : the weather, the people and IN-N-OUT burgers. A self-confessed carnivore, there are only 3 major food groups in her diet : meat, carbohydrates and dessert. Considering her dietary habits, she is glad to have made so many doctor friends here in Cali. (“You’ll never know when you’re gonna need to call on one of ‘em!”) To find out more about Chen Kee, email her, or check out her website.

Larissa Co is increasingly convinced that design needs to have soul. A graduate of the Stanford Product Design program, she chose to become a designer because she believes it helps her give people a sense of dignity and voice. Education is one of the areas she cares deeply about because of its ability to transform the way individuals view themselves, others, and the world around them. In 2008-2009, she decided to enrich her design process by pursuing a Masters Degree in Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology program where she spent the greater part of the year creating a tangible media tool for helping young students understand the fundamental structure of our base-ten counting system. When she’s not following teachers around or playing with technology, Larissa designs cook stoves for women in the developing world, goes social dancing, and experiments in the kitchen.

To read more about Larissa’s work, go to her website.

Jason T. Lee, MD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular) at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Lee is a graduate of the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine. He received his General Surgery training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, from 1998-2004. During his residency he spent one year working under the tutelage of Dr. Rodney White at the St. John's Cardiovascular Institute studying various endovascular devices in animal models. In July 2006 he completed the Stanford Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program and subsequently joined the faculty as Assistant Professor and Section Chief at the VA Palo Alto. He has since shifted his practice to Stanford University Medical Center as the Director of Endovascular Surgery. Dr. Lee’s clinical interests include endovascular treatment of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms, carotid angioplasty/stenting, percutaneous interventions for peripheral vascular disease, thoracic outlet syndrome, and vascular problems in high-performance athletes.

In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Lee also assumes the roles of Associate Program Director for the ACGME accredited Vascular Fellowship/Integrated Residency Training Program and Principal Investigator on multiple clinical trials examining new therapeutic strategies for management of cerebrovascular disease, claudication and limb salvage, renovascular hypertension, and aortic aneurysm disease. Dr. Lee has become particularly interested in innovative methods of teaching endovascular skills via the use of high-fidelity simulation in the treatment of these complex clinical problems. He has been recognized locally and nationally for his contributions to surgical education and simulation.

A major aim of Dr. Lee’s work is to determine if a simulation-based endovascular surgery curriculum will improve trainee performance measured by technical skill, didactic knowledge, and learner satisfaction. He will assess in this project endovascular simulation as a tool to promote procedural efficiency in the endovascular suite and reduce procedural errors. Finally, he will create a Vascular Surgery Registry at Stanford to determine if the implementation of a structured educational program translates into improved patient outcomes and patient safety. To accomplish these aims a multi-center national trial of surgical resident randomization of their educational curriculum will be organized through Stanford, with collaboration for experts in the School of Education, and mentors in multiple disciplines expert at simulation-based assessment. Dr. Lee hopes that this project will lead to development of a nationally-adopted endovascular curriculum and assessment tool to determine fundamentals of endovascular surgery.

Shyam Raghavan is a third year medical student at Stanford University. He completed his undergraduate education from MIT in 2007 in Chemical Engineering. His interests include surgery and education, and has been working with Dr. Jason Lee for the past year.

Mary Qiu graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Biology in 2008. She completed a research year with the Division of Vascular Surgery at Stanford and will begin medical school at UCSF in the fall of 2009.