How to Manage Patients on GLP-1s Before Surgery?
Guidance from professional societies on how to handle the risk for pulmonary aspiration during general anesthesia or deep sedation for patients taking glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) continues to evolve, as does the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) labeling for the drugs. The changes can be challenging to keep up with, and […]
Chuck Chan, stem cell researcher who discovered how to regrow cartilage, dies at 48 | News Center
Charles “Chuck” Kwok Fai Chan, PhD, an assistant professor of surgery at Stanford Medicine, died March 12 at Stanford Hospital surrounded by his wife, parents, siblings, and some of his dearest friends and colleagues. He was 48. “Chuck accomplished a great deal in the short time he had,” said Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the Stanford School of […]