Ep 033 - Orthopedic Surgery with Dr. Serena Hu

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Dr. Serena Hu


Dr. Hu is Chair of the Division of Spine Surgery, Vice Chair of
the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and Professor of Orthopedic
Surgery at Stanford University.


Dr. Hu completed her undergraduate degree at Cornell University
in 1980; completed her medical degree at McGill University in
1984; completed an orthopedic residency at the Hospital for
Special Surgery in 1989; and then completed a fellowship in spine
and scoliosis surgery at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center in
1990, after which she took her first job as assistant professor
at the University of Minnesota. Eventually, Dr. Hu transitioned
to the University of California, San Francisco, where she held
the title of Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery from
2011 to 2014, finally assuming the role of Chair of Spine Surgery
at Stanford where she remains today.


Dr. Hu is and has been heavily involved with the professional
organizations and publications of her field since the beginning
of her career. Not just a member of a dozen or so associations
and societies, Dr. Hu has served and held leadership roles on
multiple dozens of committees and Boards of Directors, and is
currently the secretary of the American Orthopedic Association
among several other active tenures, not including her leadership
and mentorship roles at Stanford and UC San Francisco before
that. In additional to being a reviewer for several journals, Dr.
Hu is also an associate editor of Spine Deformity, the official
journal of the Scoliosis Research Society.


Dr. Hu has received a dozen research grants, published over a 100
peer-reviewed papers, and written 17 book chapters, not to
mention the 100s of visiting professorships and invited
lectureships she has attended locally, regionally, nationally,
and internationally over her career.


Of note, Dr. Hu is also a graduate of the Executive Program at
Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.


Please enjoy with Dr. Serena Hu!