Blog & Events
2026 SMCI Quality Symposium
Join us May 5th, 2026 at Li Ka Shing’s Berg Hall
Stanford Affiliates: Submit your poster abstract by April 10th
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Behind the Screens: Using EHR Metadata to Improve Patient Safety
Speakers: Daniel Tawfik, MD, MS
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Improving Long Covid Care
Speakers: Linda Geng, MD, PhD; Hector Bonilla, MD; and the Evaluation Sciences Unit
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Networks at Scale: What Administrative Data Can Tell Us About Collaboration
Speakers: Rachel Ross, PhD, MPH
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Predictive AI Evaluation and Monitoring
Speakers: Robert Gallo, MD
Lillie and Donnelly Seed Grant Award Winners
New SMCI Lillie and Donnelly Seed Grants Announced
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Bereavement at Stanford - An interactive co-design session
Speakers: Karleen Giannitrapani, PhD
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Educational Theory and Challenges in Medical Education
Speaker: Kelley Skeff, MD PhD MACP
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: EHR alerts to promote adoption of limited echocardiograms in outpatient clinics: An evaluation of a value-based care initiative
Speaker: Samantha M.R. Kling, PhD, RD and Neil M. Kalwani, MD MPP
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD: Contemplative Foundations and Clinical Frontiers
Speakers: Jason M. Thompson, PhD
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: GME Challenges, Opportunities, and Future
Speakers: Rebecca Blankenburg, MD MPH
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Health Related Social Needs Screening & Response at Stanford Health Care.
Speakers: Nazleen H. Bharmal, MD, PhD, MBA ; Kate Britton MPH, MIA and Erica Higman MSW, LCSW, CSSBB
Lean Healthcare Academic Conference
Join us September 10-12, 2025
Post-Conference Workshops on September 12, 2025
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford, CA
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Transforming Healthcare through the TIARA Program: Implementation Practice to Accelerate Evidence Adoption.
Speakers: Stacy Farr, PhD, MPH & Danielle Olds, PhD, MPH, RN
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: A Global Model for Innovative Clinician-Family Partnerships in Neonatal Care.
Speakers: Malathi Balasundaram, MD; Morgan Kowalski
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: From silos to synergy: Enhancing structural alignment and optimizing practices for fall with injury prevention
Speakers: Tracy Ou, Jonathan Clevinger, Joselinda Landon
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Improving Performance Improvement Methodology: Ingraining Social Drivers of Health
Speakers: Franz Ganz-Lord, MD, FACP
SMCI Lecture Series
Title: Evaluation of Spanish fluency for research teams: Learnings from the Liu Lab
Speakers: Chris Liu and Ana Jesica Alfaro