Emergency Medicine
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Jose R. Maldonado, MD, FACLP, FACFE
John and Terry Levin Family Professor of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Emergency Medicine and of Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPathophysiology and Management of Delirium, Acute Brain Failure and Cognitive Impairment, Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury, Factitious Disorder & Munchausen's Syndrome, Cultural Diversity in Medical Care, Psychiatric Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Conversion Disorder, Depression in the Medically Ill, Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
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Eric Marxmiller
Advanced Lecturer, Emergency Medicine
BioI'm Eric Marxmiller, a registered paramedic and Advance Lecturer in the Department of Emergency Medicine, where I also serve as Program Director for Stanford EMS (StEMS) and numerous EMS education classes. I hold paramedic registrations in both the United States and the United Kingdom through the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and maintain active clinical practice in San Francisco's 911 system.
My career spans over two decades in emergency medicine, from my start as an EMT in 2001 through paramedic certification in 2014, with experience ranging from 911 response and interfacility transport to expedition and event medicine across seven continents. I frequently work as a consultant in executive protection and event medical services on a global basis. As founder of multiple medical service organizations, I've combined frontline clinical work with education and innovation in EMS, contributing to the field through teaching, program development, and entrepreneurial ventures focused on advancing prehospital care. -
Martha Meredith Masters
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioM. Meredith Masters is currently the Marc and Laura Andreessen Medical Director for Disaster Relief for the Stanford University School of Medicine and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In this role, she serves as the medical director for the Office of Emergency Management, providing clinical oversight to disaster planning and response across the Stanford Medicine platform.
Dr. Masters attended medical school at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and trained with the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the University of Wisconsin. Following residency, she completed the Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Fellowship with the Fire Department of New York.
Prior to joining the Emergency Medicine Faculty at Stanford, Dr. Masters served as the Medical Director for University Hospital EMS in Newark, NJ, and was part of the Emergency Medicine Faculty at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Masters’ clinical and research interests are focused on disaster preparedness and mitigation, improving education in disaster medicine, and the ethical delivery of care during crises. -
Tsuyoshi (Yoshi) Mitarai
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCritical Care, optimal resource allocations for inpatient care
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Jennifer A. Newberry
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adult Clinical/Academic)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsInterests include global emergency medicine research, emergency obstetric and neonatal care in low- and middle-income countries, gender-based violence, and the intersection of emergency medicine, social justice, and development goals.
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Christine Ngaruiya
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adult Clinical Academic)
BioChristine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTM&H is the Director of the Stanford EM International Global and Population Health Section (SEMI), and Associate Professor, in the Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM).
Previously she was on faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at Yale University. She completed the Global Health and International Emergency Medicine fellowship in the Yale DEM in 2015, while also matriculating with a Master of Science and Diploma in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests center on: noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), barriers to care, community-based participatory research and implementation science with a particular focus on Africa.
Some past honors include: the Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association (EMRA) Augustine D’Orta Award for outstanding community and grassroots involvement, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate and the 2014 Harambe Pfizer Fellow Award for social entrepreneurship, the 2016 University of Nebraska Outstanding International Alumnus award, the 2018 Young Physician award of the Global Emergency Medicine Academy at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the 2019 Yale School of Medicine Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine for clinical excellence and compassionate care, being selected as 1 of 30 WomenLift Health Women Leaders in Global Health in 2021, 1 of 25 US Schmidt Futures International Strategy Forum fellows in 2023, and as 1 of 100 National Academy of Sciences US-Africa Frontiers in STEM fellows in 2024.
She has held several national and international leadership positions including with: the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) as current co-chair of the Research Committee (2024-2026), the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) and WomenLift Health. She was also a founding member of the Yale Network for Global Noncommunicable Disease (NGN). Her work has been funded by Yale University, the NIH (top 100 in Emergency Medicine), Gates Foundation, World Bank, USAID, the American Psychiatric Association, among others. She has served on a number of NIH panels related to global NCD topics, and has lectured both nationally and internationally on the same. Currently, she is a member of a World Health Organization (WHO) group developing an implementation science research agenda for global NCDs.
She is the global NCD section editor for PLOS Global Public Health, and also a fervent writer in the non-traditional sphere on global NCDs. To that end, she was selected as one of twenty Yale Public Voice Fellows for 2015-2016 from across campus with more than 20 publications in outlets such as Time, Huffington Post, Medium, and The Hill on the topic. -
Robert L Norris Jr
Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEnvironmental toxinology, with special emphasis on envenomations (particularly snake venom poisoning; Airway management techniques; Tactical medicine
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Terry Platchek
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Professor (By courtesy), Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Clinical Professor, Emergency MedicineCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Platchek's research interest focuses on improving value in healthcare delivery using healthcare model design thinking and a "Lean" business strategy. Dr. Platchek is also interested in effective methods for engaging clinicians in systems-based clinical improvement efforts.
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Carl Preiksaitis
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioDr. Carl Preiksaitis is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he directs the Human Experience and Advancement Lab (HEAL). His research examines how artificial intelligence and digital technology are reshaping the future of work and training in emergency medicine — spanning human-AI interaction in clinical environments, the cognitive and relational impact of AI tools on physicians, and educational informatics. Using large-scale EHR and administrative data, he studies how AI changes the way emergency physicians think, document, and develop expertise over time.
His work has been published in Nature Medicine, NEJM Catalyst, and Annals of Emergency Medicine, and is funded by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the National Library of Medicine.
Nationally, Dr. Preiksaitis serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education and leads AI initiatives at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. At Stanford, he directs the Medical Education Residency Track and leads the graduate medical education curriculum in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Preiksaitis earned his MD from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, completed his emergency medicine residency and medical education fellowship at Stanford, and holds a Master of Education from the University of Cincinnati. -
James Quinn
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Quinn's primary focus is emergency care research with previous experience running large multi-center trials.. He has an extensive research background in clinical decision making involving patients with syncope, neurological emergencies and in the development and clinical evaluation of tissue adhesives. He is currently an emeritus professor whose academic activity is focused on the protection of human subjects in research. He remains clinically active in the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
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Mitesh Rao
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioDr. Mitesh B. Rao, MD, MHS is the Founder and CEO of OMNY, a venture-backed company revolutionizing how healthcare data is shared and valued. A Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Rao practices clinically as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford. Most recently, he served as the Chief Patient Safety Officer for Stanford Healthcare where he led Patient Safety, Quality, and System Redesign for the Enterprise. Dr. Rao also served as Director of the Center for Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS), which focused on advancing the science and implementing new innovations in the fields of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.
Previously, he was trained in leadership and research skills as a Fellow in the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. Subsequent to his time at Yale, he served as the Director of the Patient Safety Education Program at Northwestern Medicine. As a physician leader, he was helped implement systems-level improvements for quality and safety in institutions across the country and overseas that have had lasting effects on patient care provision. He has also led teams serving contracts with various governmental and non-profit agencies such as the Joint Commission Resources, CMS, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Partners Health Care, and the American College of Surgeons in multiple campaigns and initiatives to improve Patient Safety on a national level.
Dr. Rao also served as the Head of Research and Integration for the health innovation program at Northwestern. In this role, he developed an expertise in improving care provision through innovative methodologies. He spearheaded efforts to integrate innovative technologies into the health system to improve patient care in a variety of settings, including telemedicine and mHealth initiatives. Working both with innovators and researchers across the various schools of the University as well as promising startups from around the country, Dr. Rao helped guide and refine the process for vetting and integrating pilot programs to test new technologies within the clinical venue. He also serves as a mentor to multiple healthcare-focused startups and accelerator groups across the country in order to help guide the development of implementation of innovative solutions that can sustainably impact patient care provision.
