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Matthew Drause
Affiliate, IT Services
BioMatthew Drause is originally from Rochester Hills, MI. Prior to attending the Yale Physician Associate Program, he worked as a high school history teacher. He started his career at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA where he worked in inpatient Neurosurgery before transitioning to the APP Lead for Trauma Surgery. He started at Stanford Healthcare in 2024 as the Lead APP for inpatient Plastic Surgery, Urology and Pulmonary Hypertension. Outside of his passion for medicine he enjoys outdoor activities including mountaineering, rock climbing, and backpacking. He is passionate about healthcare equity, patient experience, and improving patient access.
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Lizbeth Flores-byrne
Affiliate, IT Services
BioLizbeth Flores-Byrne, NP is a nurse practitioner at Stanford Health Care's heart transplant program.
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Michelle Gapay
Affiliate, IT Services
BioMichelle Gapay is a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner specializing in Neurology and Neuromuscular Medicine. She graduated from UCSF in 2007 and has over 18 years of experience in Neurology. After graduating from the University of California, San Francisco she trained as an NP at NYU Langone Health for 14 years and was the senior practitioner on the inpatient neurology service. She was also the Stroke Coordinator for NYU Langone. Michelle also has experience in General Neurology, Neuro Critical Care, Epilepsy, and Multiple Sclerosis. She moved back home to the Bay Area in 2021 where she started working at Stanford. She currently works with Dr. John Day and the entire Neuromuscular Division seeing patients with various neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, SMA, and other various Muscular Dystrophies.
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Jamie Hsin, PA-C
Affiliate, IT Services
BioJamie was raised in Central Valley, California, in Turlock. She completed her Master of Physician Assistant Practice at the University of Southern California, where she was awarded a membership of the Pi Alpha Honor Society. Her passion for cardiothoracic surgery started while she was a clinical volunteer on the cardiac surgical floor and solidified when she completed her senior clinical rotation in Cardiac Surgery at Keck Hospital of USC.
She deeply values education, both as a learner and as a teacher. As a Health Educator with the UCLA Community Training Center, her goal was to enable healthcare students to excel and contribute positively to patient care. In addition, she has been actively involved in mentorship initiatives that empower individuals from underserved communities to pursue higher education and healthcare careers. Her other values include compassion, collaboration, and hard work, which she is eager to utilize while practicing evidence-based medicine as a Cardiothoracic Surgery APP fellow. Outside of her professional commitments, Jamie enjoys hot yoga, hiking, traveling, and snowboarding. This winter, she is looking forward to being closer to Tahoe's world-class slopes. -
Katerina Kafkas, MSN, AGACNP-BC, AOCNP, BMTCN
Affiliate, IT Services
BioKaterina Kafkas is a Nurse Practitioner who specializes in Hematology Oncology and works on the Inpatient Hematology Oncology service at Stanford Hospital as a responding clinician since 2021. She completed her Master of Science in Nursing at Duke University with a concentration in Acute Care (AGACNP) and a certificate in Oncology. She holds specialty certification as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner (AOCNP) through the Oncology Nursing Certification Corportation. Prior to coming to Stanford, Katerina worked as a Registered Nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital for over 8 years in Hematology Oncology and BMT/Cellular Therapies. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
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Michelle Gonzales Kangas
Affiliate, IT Services
BioMichelle Gonzales, APNP, RN, FNP-C is an advanced practice provider for the Stanford Sarcoma Program. She graduated with her Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) degree from the George Washington University School of Nursing. Her area of clinical practice is Medical Oncology specializing in sarcoma.
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Meagan Lantz MSHS, PA-C
Affiliate, IT Services
BioMeagan Lantz, MSHS, PA-C, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience & Evolutionary Psychology from Harvard and continued her Physician Assistant education at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Meagan recently joined Stanford Healthcare as a Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Practice Provider (APP) fellow and is looking forward to starting her PA career focusing on the intricacies of caring for cardiothoracic surgical patients. Meagan first discovered her interest for cardiothoracic surgery while working as a clinical intern on the heart-lung transplant team at St. Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst, Australia. This interest was solidified when she shadowed a CT surgery team at Holy Cross hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Meagan also has a deep passion for wellness, nutrition, and exercise which helped her serve as the founder and chapter lead of the first PA focused Medicine in Motion chapter at George Washington University. Medicine in Motion is a non-profit organization founded in 2017 focusing on reducing clinician and student burnout through fitness, community, and philanthropy. As a former Division I softball player at Harvard, Meagan is passionate about teamwork, fitness, and promoting overall wellness within the community and looks to bring this excitement to her new role at Stanford Health Care.
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Dong Liang
Instructional Designer Dvlpr 2, IT Services
BioMy background gives me a unique perspective on the question of learning design. I have formal education in both computer science and humanities, which means I am not only trained to understand how technologies work, but also have strong research and writing skills. Years of reading and writing argumentative essays makes me fluent at the art of communicating complex ideas. I have extensive classroom teaching experience, which gives me a big advantage when approaching the problem of instructional design because I learned how to create e-learning courses from brick-and-mortar experiences. Finally, my passion for education technology drives me toward using innovative tools to create engaging, immersive learning experiences, within or without a classroom.
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Sheri Loo
Affiliate, IT Services
BioSheri joined the Stanford Neurosurgery team as a nurse practitioner in 2018. Her current clinical focus is in brain and spine tumors and complex spinal deformities in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Prior to becoming an NP, she worked as a Registered Nurse specializing in neuro-stroke. She is a member of California Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, and Sigma Theta Tau. In her free time, Sheri enjoys volunteering at a local primary care free clinic, going on medical missions trips, and mentoring and precepting students.
