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Stanley Deresinski
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases
BioDr. Deresinski received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and received training in Internal Medicine there and at Stanford, where he also completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases. For 3 decades, he maintained a private practice in Infectious Disease, HIV, and Travel Medicine and was Hospital Epidemiologist at Sequoia Hospital where he also served as President of the Medical Staff for 2 years. He was also Associate Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and for 14 years was Director of the AIDS Program at the Santa Valley Medical Center, a Stanford-affiliated public teaching hospital. During that time he won several teaching awards at Stanford. In 1987, he founded the AIDS Community Research Consortium, serving as its Medical Director and Chairman of the Board for almost 2 decades. He was also Site Principal Investigator for the Stanford ACTU and the California Collaborative Treatment Group and has worked on AIDS education in Kampala, Uganda. Dr. Deresinski is currently Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford and is Medical Director of the Stanford Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and of the Specialty Drugs Subcommittee. He has special interests in antimicrobial resistance, optimal antimicrobial use, fungal infections, and infections in immunocomopromised hosts.
Dr. Deresinski has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers as well as number of book chapters. He is a Section Editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases and is a past Chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee as well as member of the IDSA Board of Directors. He is a member of the HIVMA, in addition to a number of other societies including SHEA and is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians as well as IDSA. He is a past winner of the IDSA Watanakunokorn Clinician of the YearAward. -
Laura T Derry
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
BioDr. Laura (Trollinger) Derry is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and hospitalist specializing in the care of complex medical and surgical patients. She completed her medical training at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and Internal Medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she was part of the Health Systems Leadership (HSL) Pathway. She also holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, specializing in health sector management and leadership.
Beyond clinical care, Dr. Derry conducts research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine, exploring how large language models and machine learning can enhance physician decision-making, disease diagnosis, and healthcare delivery. She received one of the inaugural SMART-HM grants through the Stanford Division of Hospital Medicine to support her research. Dr. Derry is actively involved in quality improvement initiatives within the Division of Hospital Medicine and member of the Orthopedics Quality Council. She is a graduate of Stanford Medicine's Realizing Improvement through Team Empowerment (RITE) program and now serves a Cohort Director. She also serves as a faculty advisor and instructor for the Stanford Healthcare Consulting Group (SHCG), mentoring students in healthcare strategy, operations, and quality improvement.
Before her medical career, Dr. Derry worked as a strategy consultant, applying data-driven insights to optimize clinical operations and care delivery. Her expertise in clinical operations, quality improvement, and digital strategy continues to shape her work at Stanford and beyond. -
Atman Desai, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe Stanford Spine Artificial Intelligence Laboratory develops data-driven technologies to improve diagnosis, surgical planning, and outcomes in spine care. Our research spans predictive modeling, computational imaging, spinal oncology, digital surgery, and real-world functional assessment using wearables. By integrating clinical, imaging, and functional data at scale, we aim to deliver clinically meaningful, patient-centered innovations for complex spinal disease.
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Dimpi Desai, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism
BioDr. Dimpi Desai, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University. She did her residency in Internal Medicine from Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and completed her fellowship in Endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Her main clinical focus includes diabetes and obesity and preventing their long-term complications. She strongly believes in patient education and involving them in the medical decision-making process. In addition to being a clinician, she is committed to and involved in the medical education of trainees at all levels including medical students, residents and fellows. She is double board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology. -
Kaniksha Desai
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism
BioDr. Kaniksha Desai is a board-certified endocrinologist and clinical associate professor at Stanford University. She completed her endocrinology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, with an emphasis on the management of patients with thyroid cancer. Dr. Desai’s clinical practice focuses on the management of patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. She also maintains board certification in neck ultrasonography.
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Manisha Desai (She/Her/Hers)
Kim and Ping Li Professor, Professor (Research) of Medicine (Quantitative Sciences Unit), of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Desai is the Director of the Quantitative Sciences Unit. She is interested in the application of biostatistical methods to all areas of medicine including oncology, nephrology, and endocrinology. She works on methods for the analysis of epidemiologic studies, clinical trials, and studies with missing observations.
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Priyamvada(Priya) Desai
Rsch Technical Mgr 1, Technology & Digital Solutions
Current Role at StanfordManager, Biomedical Informatics R &D
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Tushar Desai
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBasic and translational research in lung stem cell biology, cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, COPD, and acute lung injury/ARDS. Upper airway stem cell CRISPR gene correction followed by autologous stem cell transplantation to treat Cystic fibrosis. Using lung organoids and precision cut lung slice cultures of mouse and human lungs to study molecular regulation of lung stem cells. Using transgenic mice to visualize Wnt protein transmission from niche cell to stem cell in vivo.
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Gaelle Desbordes
Senior Research Engineer, Rad/Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics at Stanford
Current Role at StanfordSenior Research Engineer
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Joseph M. DeSimone
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine, Professor of Chemical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Chemistry, of Materials Science and Engineering, and of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business
BioJoseph M. DeSimone is the Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine and Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. He holds appointments in the Departments of Radiology and Chemical Engineering with courtesy appointments in the Department of Chemistry and in Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
The DeSimone laboratory's research efforts are focused on developing innovative, interdisciplinary solutions to complex problems centered around advanced polymer 3D fabrication methods. In Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, the lab is pursuing new capabilities in digital 3D printing, as well as the synthesis of new polymers for use in advanced additive technologies. In Translational Medicine, research is focused on exploiting 3D digital fabrication tools to engineer new vaccine platforms, enhanced drug delivery approaches, and improved medical devices for numerous conditions, with a current major focus in pediatrics. Complementing these research areas, the DeSimone group has a third focus in Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, and Manufacturing.
Before joining Stanford in 2020, DeSimone was a professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and of chemical engineering at North Carolina State University. He is also Co-founder, Board Chair, and former CEO (2014 - 2019) of the additive manufacturing company, Carbon. DeSimone is responsible for numerous breakthroughs in his career in areas including green chemistry, medical devices, nanomedicine, and 3D printing. He has published over 350 scientific articles and is a named inventor on over 200 issued patents. Additionally, he has mentored 80 students through Ph.D. completion in his career, half of whom are women and members of underrepresented groups in STEM.
In 2016 DeSimone was recognized by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest U.S. honor for achievement and leadership in advancing technological progress. He has received numerous other major awards in his career, including the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (1997); the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention (2005); the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2008); the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (2009); the AAAS Mentor Award (2010); the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment (2017); the Wilhelm Exner Medal (2019); the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2019 U.S. Overall National Winner); and the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology (2020). He is one of only 25 individuals elected to all three branches of the U.S. National Academies (Sciences, Medicine, Engineering). DeSimone received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1986 from Ursinus College and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1990 from Virginia Tech. -
Terry Desser
Professor of Radiology (Abdominal Imaging), Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsImaging of gastrointestinal tract cancer
Ultrasound
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Lauren Destino
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Professor, Emergency MedicineBioLauren Destino, MD, is the Associate Division Chief of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division and co-Medical Director of Acute Care and Case Management at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (LPCHS) and a Clinical Professor at Stanford University. She was a site co-Investigator for the I-PASS study at Stanford and the site Principal Investigator for the PCORI grant, Bringing I-PASS to the Bedside: A Communication Bundle to Improve Patient Safety and Experience. She is involved in a number of quality and process improvement related activities at LPCHS. She has led trainee education in quality and performance improvement and is a fellow in the Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement. Her research interests include communication among the care team (inclusive of patients and families), patient flow throughout the hospital, and value centered improvement.
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Cynthia DeTata MD, MACM, FACOG
Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal Fetal Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMedical Education
Health Disparities
Curriculum Design
Learning environment
Teamwork
Simulation
Postpartum care
Flipped Classroom learning
Game learning
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Ben Deverett
Clinical Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain MedicineBioDr. Ben Deverett, MD, PhD, is an anesthesiologist and researcher with a focus in computational neuroscience, machine learning, consciousness science, and global health.
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Renumathy Dhanasekaran
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe overall goal of my research is to understand the molecular pathogenesis of liver cancer and identify biologically relevant prognostic biomarkers and molecular targets for therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). My long-term objective is to improve the clinical outcome of patients with liver cancer.
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Mehak Dhande
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Mehak Dhande is a cardiac electrophysiologist with a master’s degree in clinical informatics and management from Stanford University. After internal medicine and cardiology training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, she completed cardiac electrophysiology training at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is a physician scientist, clinician and educator, with research interest in patient-facing applications of AI and scalable healthcare delivery models. In practice, she combines her knowledge of cardiology, EP and healthcare technology with that of health system strategies and operations, to deliver the highest quality of care to her patients.
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Tejas Dharmaraj
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2026
Ph.D. Student in Immunology, admitted Autumn 2020
MSTP StudentBioTejas Dharmaraj is an MD/PhD candidate at Stanford University. He completed his PhD in Immunology, where he developed tools to engineer bacteriophage therapies for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas wound infections. Tejas earned his bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Johns Hopkins University. His research background spans antimicrobial resistance, drug delivery systems, and host-pathogen interactions.
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Harish Dharmarajan, MD
Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), OHNS/Comprehensive ENT Division
Associate Chief, Scvmc Faculty, OHNS/Otolaryngology/Head & Neck SurgeryBioDr. Harish Dharmarajan is a faculty member at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a tertiary teaching hospital focused on serving San Jose’s medically underserved population.
He completed his residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and fellowship training in Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University. He enjoys treating patients across a wide range of Otolaryngology conditions with a special emphasis on sinonasal and skull base disorders. His research interests include mechanisms of chronic rhinosinusitis, olfaction, and treatment of sinonasal and skull base tumors.
Dr. Dharmarajan’s specialities include:
Endoscopic nasal and sinus surgery
Treatment of sinonasal tumors
Endoscopic approach to pituitary and skull base tumors
Management of CSF leaks
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Shazia Dharssi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
BioDr. Shazia Dharssi is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained oculoplastic and reconstructive surgeon with Stanford Health Care. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Dharssi specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions that affect the eyelid and surrounding structures of the orbit. She specializes in advanced oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery, including both functional and cosmetic eyelid surgery, tear duct surgery, and orbital surgeries. Her expertise also includes diagnosing and treating facial nerve palsy, ptosis, thyroid eye disease, ocular cancers, and skin cancer that affects the eyes. Dr. Dharssi is dedicated to providing personalized, high-quality care to achieve the best possible outcomes for her patients.
Dr. Dharssi’s research focuses on applying deep learning and related computational tools to improve the diagnosis and treatment of ocular diseases, including age-related macular degeneration. She is particularly interested in developing technologies that enhance precision, efficiency, and patient outcomes in ophthalmic care. Her long-term goal is to integrate these innovations into the field of oculoplastic surgery to advance both functional and reconstructive outcomes.
Dr. Dharssi has published her research in peer-reviewed journals, such as Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Journal of Academic Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology. She has presented to her peers at international and national meetings, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), and Women in Ophthalmology (WIO).
Dr. Dharssi is a candidate member of ASOPRS and a member of AAO, ARVO, and WIO. -
Gundeep Dhillon, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests1. Use of an administrative database (UNOS) to study lung transplant outcomes.
2. Expression of the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 1 antibody in peripheral blood after lung transplantation and its association with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (chronic rejection).
3. Impact of airway hypoxia, due to lack of bronchial circulation, on long-term lung transplant outcomes.
4. CMV specific T-cell immunity in lung transplant recipients and its impact on acute rejection. -
Gurpreet Singh Dhillon
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Cardiology
BioResearch interest in pediatric resuscitation science, with the goal of improving outcomes for children with heart disease experiencing cardiac arrest.
