Carla M. Pugh, MD, Ph.D.

The National Academy of Medicine has elected four professors at the Stanford School of Medicine to its membership.

They are among the 90 regular members and 10 international members elected this year to the academy, which provides policymakers, professionals, business leaders and the public with independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on issues related to health and the biomedical sciences.

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Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, professor of surgery and director of the Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement Center, was elected for “pioneering sensor technology research that helped to define, characterize and inspire new and innovative performance metrics and data analysis strategies for the emerging field of digital health care… Continue reading.

It’s long been said that medicine is part science, part art. The science tells you so much, but while you may have one way of performing a procedure or exam, a colleague down the hall approaches it in a slightly different way.

For example, when performing a breast exam: how much pressure do you use? Do you use a rubbing technique, a patting technique or a piano fingers technique? Is one better than another? In a complex surgery, what are the differences in decisions and technical approaches? Does that affect the outcome of the surgery?

By using sensor-enabled simulations, physicians are getting closer to having measurable data to answer the question of which techniques produce the best patient outcomes in the most efficient way, said Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD. She is director of the Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement Center at Stanford Medicine and spoke at a recent event at the AMA’s Chicago headquarters.

The answers Dr. Pugh and her team uncover in their research can have a direct impact on medical education and clinical skills assessment. And biometric data may even be able to help address physician anxiety and burnout in high-performance settings… Continue reading.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Carla M. Pugh, MD, Ph.D., Director, Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement Center, Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Pugh was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for advancing the science of clinical surgery education and training using advanced biomedical engineering analysis and technology.