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2023 Clinical Science Resident Award Recipient
Silvia Vaca
Stanford University
Dr. Silvia Vaca was born in Bogotá,
Colombia and moved to the United States
at a young age.
She completed her Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering with a
minor in Mandarin Chinese at Georgia Tech, then attended Stanford School
of Medicine for her medical degree with a scholarly concentration in global
health and bioengineering.
Dr. Vaca is now a neurosurgery chief resident at Stanford Health Care. She is
interested in cerebrovascular neurosurgery and a variety of global
neurosurgery efforts, including neurosurgical capacity building in Latin
America and the use of technology and innovation to advance neurosurgery
in low-resource settings.
