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Nidhi Johri MD
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Nidhi Johri spent her childhood experiencing various cultures, languages, foods and living styles because of her father's job postings in different parts of India. After passing her medical exam in India, she gained admission into the prestigious Lady Hardinge Medical College (in New Delhi), which was one of the top ranked medical colleges in India.
In medical school and clinical rotations, Dr. Johri liked helping patients cope with chronic diseases and provided comprehensive adult care, while forming long-term relationships with patients. She participated in various volunteer experiences that enhanced her knowledge of public health issues. In addition, she was responsible for the health and social welfare of a family living in a slum settlement. She took care of health issues such as anemia and dealt with other social problems facing the family. Moreover, she learned about community health issues by working in local epidemics.
After getting married, she moved to the U.S. and pursued residency in University of Southern California in the field of Internal Medicine. She also worked as a researcher in the Stanford-Veteran Affairs Gastroenterology department.
Before joining Bay Valley Medical group, Dr. Johri worked in Kaiser Permanente (Petaluma) as a primary care physician. Over the period of five years at Kaiser, she had build strong relationship with her patients while providing excellent care to her patients. She was greatly admired and appreciated by her patients. Due to her husband's job in South Bay (Area), she decided to leave Kaiser Petaluma and join the esteem group of doctors at Bay Valley Medical Group. In addition, Dr Johri has a special interest in obesity medicine and helps her patients with weight management. For her patients, she believes in being not only their doctor but also a friend.
On the personal side, Dr Johri enjoys playing with her three year old son. She also writes fiction and hopes to get it published someday. Moreover, she enjoys cooking, traveling and watching Bollywood movies. -
Andrea Jonas
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
BioDr. Andrea Jonas is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University. She completed her undergraduate studies in chemistry and physics at Harvard University. She received her MD from Johns Hopkins University, where she stayed on to complete residency training in internal medicine on the Osler Medical Service. She pursued fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Stanford University, where she additionally completed a research fellowship in health care innovation and systems design as part of the Clinical Excellence Research Center. Her research interests include integrating technological innovations into healthcare system practices to improve delivery of pulmonary and ICU services.
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Evaleen Kay Jones
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEvaleen Jones has a passion for Global Health Education. She is President, Founder of Child Family Health International, a non-profit 501©(3) $2 million organization that oversees the placement of 650+l students in immersion programs (a mini 'peace corps') in developing countries. She is also Board Certified in Addiction Medicine (American Society Addiction Medicine and a certified instructor of Mindfulness through the Center for Mind Body Medicine.
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Maria Juarez-Reyes
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Juarez-Reyes received her PhD in Health Psychology, MD and Internal Medicine residency training from the University of California at San Francisco. Her focus during medical training was in Behavioral Medicine. In 2010, she became board certified in Integrative Medicine through American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. She is currently a Clinical
Associate Professor in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University. She is currently the Director of Behavioral Health Group Medical Visits and serves as Site Director for Internal Medicine Residency program at Stanford. She developed “Beyond Stress”, a six-week group intervention for patients with stress, anxiety, and depression. This intervention has now been translated into Spanish, Mas Alla del Estres, and it is delivered to community based Spanish speaking cancer patients.
Her current research evaluates integrative behavioral health group medical visits and the relationship to anxiety, depression, burnout, and sleep in primary care and Spanish speaking community-based populations. Previous health disparities research includes tobacco cessation practices of community-based providers, breast cancer screening follow-up in Latinx women, Latinx adolescent reproductive behavior, medication eligibility criteria effects in ethnic subgroups, and TB treatment in urban county jails. She enjoys travel, walking with friends, anything science fiction and spending time with her family. -
Maximilian Julve
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Oncology
BioDr. Max Julve is a medical oncologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology) at Stanford University School of Medicine, with a clinical and research focus in solid tumor cellular therapy and melanoma.
Dr. Julve completed his medical training at Barts and The Royal London School of Medicine in the United Kingdom, followed by internal medicine training at teaching hospitals across North and Central London. He was subsequently awarded a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellowship in Medical Oncology at Imperial College London. During this time, alongside his clinical training, he conducted translational research within the King’s College London Immunoengineering group, focusing on transcriptional optimization of CAR-T cell therapies.
Dr. Julve later completed advanced clinical fellowships in solid tumor cellular therapy and melanoma at The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, and earned an MD(Res) doctorate investigating the role of immunosuppressive granulocytes in patients receiving immunotherapy.
He is a clinical investigator specializing in melanoma, immuno-oncology, and solid tumor cellular therapy, with a particular emphasis on translating mechanistic insights from the laboratory into novel therapeutic strategies for patients. -
Prerak Juthani
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
BioPrerak Juthani is a Bay Area native and completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley, where he graduated summa cum laude and double-majored in Molecular Biology and Public Health. He then went on to Yale where he was able to bridge his love of medicine and entrepreneurship by completing the joint MD-MBA program. Afterward, he was lucky enough to come back home to complete his Internal Medicine residency at Stanford.
He is fascinated by medicine and how all the organ systems come together to create the human experience. He conducts research related to clinical outcomes in patients with Diabetic Foot Infections and also participates in various quality improvement initiatives in the hospital. Specifically, he is the co-founder of "The Kindness Coalition," which works to foster kindness among healthcare workers in order to create a more inclusive and collaborative healthcare environment.
Outside of the hospital, Prerak has a Youtube channel where he creates videos to increase transparency of what it’s like to be a medical student and resident; he also has a podcast called Red, White & Brown, which provides an insight into the novel immigrant experiences of first-generation South Asian immigrants. He is an active runner/marathoner, avid reader, and proud dog dad. -
Nicholas Hedemann Juul
Instructor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular and cellular biology of the distal lung
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Deborah Kado
Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
BioDr. Kado is a board-certified, fellowship-trained doctor specializing in geriatrics. She serves as co-director of the Stanford Longevity Center. She is a professor of medicine and chief of research for the Geriatrics Section in the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health. She is also the Director of the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) at VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
For each patient, Dr. Kado prepares a personalized care plan. Her objective is to help all individuals maintain the best possible health and quality of life as they age.
A special interest of Dr. Kado is bone health. She has conducted extensive research focused on osteoporosis and the related disorder hyperkyphosis.
Since joining the UCLA faculty in 2000, she has received continuous funding for her research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
She has over 100 peer-reviewed publications of her research findings in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Osteoporosis International, Journal of Gerontology and Medical Sciences, Journal of Geriatric Oncology, Nature Communications, and other peer-reviewed journals.
In 2007, she defined hyperkyphosis as a new geriatric syndrome. Her discoveries in this field were first featured in the American College or Physician’s premier internal medicine journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Later, they also appeared in a dedicated chapter in UpToDate, the electronic resource providing evidence-based clinical decision support for doctors worldwide.
Prior to coming to Stanford, Dr. Kado practiced at UC San Diego where she started a dedicated osteoporosis clinic for patient care and research. She later broadened her research interests beyond musculoskeletal aging to study other aging-related topics such as the gut microbiome in older men and the effects of cancer treatments on aging in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
Dr. Kado is a California native. She trained at UCSF and UCLA. She also earned a Master of Science degree in epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, sponsored by the John Hartford Foundation.
She is a member of the American Geriatrics Society, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, Gerontological Society of America, The Endocrine Society, and other professional organizations. She co-chairs the NIH National Institute on Aging Workshop for the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. She also participates in the Bone Health Working Group of the Society for Women’s Health Research. -
James Kahn
Professor of Medicine (General Medical Disciplines), Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy initial research activities involved antiretroviral and novel therapeutic treatments of HIV infection, understanding elements of HIV pathogenesis associated with acute HIV infection and post exposure prevention. My most recent scholarly activities concentrate on working as a team to capitalize on the data stored in electronic medical records, HIV disease modeling and using electronic medical records for outcome research and developing a mentorship program for early career scientists.
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Neil M. Kalwani, MD, MPP
Clinical Instructor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Neil M. Kalwani is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiologist with Stanford Health Care. He is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. In addition, he serves as director of preventive cardiology at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Health Care System.
Dr. Kalwani specializes in general and preventive cardiology care. He has expertise in treating high cholesterol and other risk factors to prevent and stop the progression of coronary artery disease and other forms of atherosclerosis. He provides compassionate care centered around his patients' goals and prioritizes effective therapies based on the latest evidence to improve heart health and overall well-being.
Dr. Kalwani’s research focuses on innovations in care delivery designed to improve the value of care for people living with cardiovascular disease. He is especially interested in telemedicine and its impact on cardiology care, including on quality of care, practice patterns, and access. He has also investigated clinical decision support for cardiac testing, measurement of patient-reported outcomes for heart disease, and lipoprotein (a) testing patterns.
Dr. Kalwani has published his research in many peer-reviewed journals, including Circulation, the American Heart Journal, the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, and the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. He has also presented his research at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions. His presentations have covered topics ranging from telemedicine’s effect on care delivery to the impact of physician productivity assessment on medical center performance.
Dr. Kalwani is a member of the ACC, AHA, and American Society of Echocardiography (ASE). -
Beverley Kane
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioBeverley Kane, MD, was Board Certified in Family Medicine, then completed fellowships in Ob-Gyn (San Francisco Children's Hosptial) and Sports Medicine (London Univeristy). She has worked in the private practice of sports medicine; in medical informatics, specializing in doctor-patient communication (WebMD); and in stress management with her private practice, Horsensei Equine-Assisted Learning & THerapy (HEALTH). Her latest book, "Equine-imity--Stress Reduction and Emotional Self-Regulation in the Company of Horses," published 27 March 2021, can be seen at http://equine-imity.com/
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Guson Kang
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Kang is an interventional cardiologist who specializes in the treatment of structural heart disease. He is an expert in complex coronary interventions, transcatheter aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve replacements, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair, left atrial appendage occlusion, PFO/septal defect closure, alcohol septal ablation, paravalvular leak closure, balloon pulmonary angioplasty, and pulmonary vein stenting.
A Bay Area native, he graduated from Stanford University and obtained his medical degree at Yale University. He came back to Stanford to train in internal medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology before completing an advanced structural interventions fellowship at Ford Hospital. -
Hyunseok Kang
Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interest lies in development of precision oncology based approaches and novel therapeutics for rare cancers of head and neck, including adenoid cystic cancers, salivary duct cancers, sinonasal cancers and thyroid cancers.
