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  • Matthew Porteus

    Matthew Porteus

    Sutardja Chuk Professor of Definitive and Curative Medicine

    BioDr. Porteus was raised in California and was a local graduate of Gunn High School before completing A.B. degree in “History and Science” at Harvard University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and wrote an thesis entitled “Safe or Dangerous Chimeras: The recombinant DNA controversy as a conflict between differing socially constructed interpretations of recombinant DNA technology.” He then returned to the area and completed his combined MD, PhD at Stanford Medical School with his PhD focused on understanding the molecular basis of mammalian forebrain development with his PhD thesis entitled “Isolation and Characterization of TES-1/DLX-2: A Novel Homeobox Gene Expressed During Mammalian Forebrain Development.” After completion of his dual degree program, he was an intern and resident in Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and then completed his Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship in the combined Boston Chidlren’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute program. For his fellowship and post-doctoral research he worked with Dr. David Baltimore at MIT and CalTech where he began his studies in developing homologous recombination as a strategy to correct disease causing mutations in stem cells as definitive and curative therapy for children with genetic diseases of the blood, particularly sickle cell disease. Following his training with Dr. Baltimore, he took an independent faculty position at UT Southwestern in the Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry before again returning to Stanford in 2010 as an Associate Professor. During this time his work has been the first to demonstrate that gene correction could be achieved in human cells at frequencies that were high enough to potentially cure patients and is considered one of the pioneers and founders of the field of genome editing—a field that now encompasses thousands of labs and several new companies throughout the world. His research program continues to focus on developing genome editing by homologous recombination as curative therapy for children with genetic diseases but also has interests in the clonal dynamics of heterogeneous populations and the use of genome editing to better understand diseases that affect children including infant leukemias and genetic diseases that affect the muscle. Clinically, Dr. Porteus attends at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital where he takes care of pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

  • Ellen Porzig

    Ellen Porzig

    Professor (Teaching) of Developmental Biology, Emerita

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEarly Human Developmental Biology:
    From Egg to Embryo
    Organogenesis: Pattern formation
    Sex Determination in Embryogenesis

  • Klaus Porzig

    Klaus Porzig

    Emeritus Adjunct Clinical Professor, Medicine - Oncology

    BioKlaus Porzig is an Emeritus Adjunct Clinical Professor at Stanford. He was active in Stanford’s clinical oncology program from 1979 until 2008. He was an Attending Physician on the Oncology inpatient service (MED III initially and then MED X) annually from 1979 until retirement in 2008. He was active in the breast cancer program during those decades. Dr. Porzig was a founding partner in South Bay Oncology in 1979 which became part of the Stanford Cancer Center in the Southbay after his retirement. He was a member of the council of the California Breast Cancer Research Program from 2006-2010 and served as the Chair of the CBCRP council 2008-2009. From 2013 to 2021, he was a member of the Stanford Medicine Alumni Association Board of Governors and served as chair of the Awards Committee during that time. Klaus has been a docent at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve since 2018.

    PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

    B.A., Stanford University, Biology “With Great Distinction” and “Departmental Honors” (1969)
    M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine (1973)

    POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

    Internship: Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (1973-74)
    Residency: Internal Medicine, Stanford (1974-75)
    Research Fellowship: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH (1976-78)
    Clinical Fellowship: Medical Oncology, Stanford University (1975-76, 1978-79)

    ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

    Phi Beta Kappa (1968)
    Alpha Omega Alpha (1972)
    Winslow J. Cutting Book Award for research in Pharmacology, Stanford (1973)
    Russel V. Lee Clinical Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Medicine, Stanford (1994,1997,1999, and 2000)
    Thomas E. Davis Award for Clinical Teaching, Oncology, Stanford (1995)
    Honorary Lifetime Medical Staff, Stanford University Hospital (2013)

  • Lisa Post

    Lisa Post

    Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioLisa Post is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University where she has worked for over 30 years. She is the Director of The Sport Psychiatry and Psychology Clinic for Stanford University’s Varsity Athletic program, which she founded in 2000. She was the Team Psychologist for the San Francisco 49ers for 13 years.

    In addition to her sport related expertise, Dr. Post’s practice focuses on psychological and psychosocial issues relevant to high performing individuals. She is the Psychology Liaison for Stanford’s Department of Surgery and facilitates work-life balance support groups for the General Surgery and Vascular Resident programs. She conducts weekly wellness check-ins with Surgery Department Fellows. In addition, Dr. Post is the founding Director of WellConnect, a 24-hour psychological consultation and referral service for Stanford School of Medicine Residents and Faculty.

    Dr. Post is a certified clinician in internationally recognized treatments for depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, tolerating distress and interpersonal effectiveness and substance abuse. She founded the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinic in 1992 and is a certified provider of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

  • Kathleen Poston, MD, MS

    Kathleen Poston, MD, MS

    Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley Professor of Neurology and the Neurological Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research addresses one of the most devastating and poorly treated symptoms that can develop in people with Parkinson's disease - Dementia. We use biological markers, multi-modal neuroimaging and genetics to understand the different underlying causes of dementia and to understand why dementia develops more quickly in some patients, but not others.

  • Peter Poullos

    Peter Poullos

    Clinical Professor, Radiology
    Clinical Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

    BioDr. Poullos is a native of Stockton California. He earned his B.S. at Santa Clara University and M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, after which he did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of California-San Francisco, finishing in 2002. He stayed at UCSF as a Gastroenterology fellow until 2004. However, after a spinal cord injury, he decided to retrain in Radiology. He did his Radiology residency at Stanford University, where he also completed a fellowship In Body Imaging in 2009. Dr. Poullos is now a faculty member in both the departments of Radiology and Gastroenterology and Hepatology. His clinical practice is at Stanford Medicine, where he specializes in CT, MRI, and ultrasound of the abdomen and pelvis. His interests include radiology of the acute abdomen, hepatobiliary imaging, and colorectal cancer screening.

    Dr. Poullos is the Founder and Co-Chair of the Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE), a group composed of people with disabilities and their allies at Stanford Medicine. In that role, Dr. Poullos advocates for students and healthcare providers with disabilities and for health equity for disabled patients. He is a Faculty Advisor to the Stanford Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI) and the MSDCI National organizations. Dr. Poullos and SMADIE have made significant contributions to the disability community, including starting the Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine, now in its seventh year, which draws over 1,900 participants from 54 countries. He is the Co-Host of the popular “DocsWithDisabilities” podcast, has spoken internationally on disability access in medicine, and has written and conducted research in the field. One of his proudest achievements is co-creating the Disability in Medicine Mutual Mentorship Program, which serves the needs of disabled medical and healthcare students and practitioners. In 2022, Dr. Poullos received the Stanford President’s Award for Excellence through Diversity.