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Mindful Affiliations: Intimate Partner Violence Surgical Screening Program
Friday, 21 February, 2025
In this episode, we explore the critical intersection of healthcare and DV advocacy. Today’s discussion features Hannah Decker a general surgeon-in-training and National Clinician Scholar at UCSF and Dr. Tasce Bongiovanni an acute care and trauma surgeon and critical care specialist. Through their research, they have been working on a screening program designed to support survivors by integrating trauma-informed screenings into surgical and medical settings, ensuring that those experiencing intimate partner violence receive the care and resources they need.Hannah Decker is a general surgeon-in-training and National Clinician Scholar at UCSF. She is passionate about advancing health equity and access to high-quality surgical care for all patients, particularly Veterans, those from marginalized backgrounds, and those who have experienced trauma. She has helped to design and lead a screening program for intimate partner violence in injured patients at Zuckerburg San Francisco General Hospital since 2019. And here are some links to the academic work we have published on this project!https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(21)00319-X/abstracthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38064979/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39174441/The American College of Surgeons Guidelines on Surgeons' Role in Intimate Partner Violence: https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/professional-growth-and-wellness/ipv/Dr. Tasce Bongiovanni is an acute care and trauma surgeon and critical care specialist. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital. She provides care for patients with acute surgical needs, who are critically ill, and who experience traumatic injuries. Dr. Bongiovanni has a particular focus on improving hospital and discharge care for patients who have presented to the hospital with an emergency surgical or traumatic injury, especially older adults from marginalized communities. Her research seeks not only to better understand disparities among older adults, but also to actively address them through implementation science.
