AurielTabiaAugustMD

General Surgery

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Auriel August MD is a general surgery resident at Stanford Hospital passionate about problem solving. She received her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University concentrating in biomechanics and biomaterials. While at Duke she spent 5 years improving deep brain stimulation for treatment of Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. She went on to earn her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School where she was selected to the medical education scholar tract. While in residency she received training in medical device development as a Stanford-Byers Center Biodesign Innovation Fellow. Dr. August co-founded The Aquarius Lab, a medical device incubator, where she is currently working on a novel technology for COVID-19. Dr. August plans to build a career using technology and design to close gaps in healthcare delivery worldwide.

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2017 - 2024
Stanford Health CarePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2019 - 2020
Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthClass of 2017
Duke UniversityBS, Biomedical Engineering, 2008 - 2012

Go Red For Women Multicultural Scholarship American Heart Association, 2015
Global Health Research Fellowship Dickey Center for International Understanding, 2014
Dean's List Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, 2012
Howard Hughes Reseach Fellowship Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2009
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PubMed

3 citations
The Lifebox Surgical Headlight Project: engineering, testing, and field assessment in a resource-constrained setting.
Nichole Starr, Nikhil Panda, E W Johansen, Jared A. Forrester, Ebisa Wayessa
The British Journal of Surgery. 2020-12-01
15 citations
The Golden Hour After Injury Among Civilians Caught in Conflict Zones
Joseph D. Forrester, Auriel August, Lawrence Z Cai, Adam L. Kushner, Sherry M. Wren
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2019-06-17
1 citations
The Value of Surgical Data—Impact on the Future of the Surgical Field:
Auriel August, Kunj R. Sheth, Arthur Brandt, Vivian deRuijter, Janene H. Fuerch
Surgical Innovation. 2021-04-08

Journal Articles

Early recognition is important when multiple magnets masquerade as a single chain after foreign body ingestion.
Auriel August, Claudia Mueller, Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 10/2016

Stanford Surgical Resident Discusses Critical Need for More Diversity in MedicineApril 22nd, 2019
Mentor project aims to inspire next generation of African American surgeons at StanfordMay 26th, 2020