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Surgery Introductory Courses

In this section:

SURG 67Q. Health and Medicine in an International World

SURG 68Q. Current Concepts in Transplantation

SURG 69Q. It's All in the Head: Understanding Diversity, Development, and Deformities of the Face

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Stanford Introductory Seminars (IDS, ISF, ISS) Courses

SURG 67Q. Health and Medicine in an International World

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores.Topics may include the history and international development of Interplast, a nonprofit organization providing free reconstructive surgery for needy children and adults in developing nations; health care at King Faisal Hospital, Saudi Arabia; medical conditions in S. India; eye care in Africa; medical teaching experiences in Dar es Salaam and Haiti; and rural health care in Latin America. The role such activities play in U.S. international relationships.

3 units, Win (Wang, N)

SURG 68Q. Current Concepts in Transplantation

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. Biological aspects of cell and organ transplantation, including issues that arise in the media. Diseases for which transplantation is a treatment, the state of the art in human transplantation, transplantation of animal tissue into humans (xenotransplantation), development of new tissue and organs in the laboratory (tissue engineering and cloning), and development of drugs and biological strategies to promote long-term survival of the tissue or organ (tolerance). How to write a scientific abstract, critique scientific literature, and research and present topics in contemporary transplantation.

3 units, Spr (Martinez, O; Krams, S)

SURG 69Q. It's All in the Head: Understanding Diversity, Development, and Deformities of the Face

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. How the face conveys moods and emotions, and elicits reactions when disease or genetic disorders leave behind disfigurement. New work by evolutionary and molecular biologists concerning how variations in facial form are elicited; how tissues and molecules interact to form the face. How differences in facial anatomy affect an individual's self-perception and their acceptance in our beauty-conscious society.

3-4 units, Win (Helms, J; Brugmann, S)

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