San Francisco Surgical Society

Wednesday, February 25 6:00pm-9:30pm
2026-02-25 18:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
NOTE THE DIFFERENT LOCATION

McCormick & Schmick’s in Ghiradelli Square.
900 North Point St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Our speaker is Dr. Gretchen Jackson, an internationally recognized biomedical informatician and accomplished clinical surgeon with over 30 years of contributions to informatics research, innovations in health information technologies, and surgical science. She is a past president and past chair of the board of directors for the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and an elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (FACMI) and the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA). She is also an elected member of the Society for University Surgeons, the Southern Surgical Association, and the American Surgical Association.

Jackson was the chief health and science officer for IBM Watson Health and before that, Watson Health’s chief science officer. She is currently Vice President and Scientific Medical Officer at Intuitive and an Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Biomedical Informatics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. This event is supported by Intuitive Surgical.

MAY 13 2026 MEETING
2026-05-13 18:00 - 21:00 | South Beach Yacht Club, 899 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States
