Primary Care and Population Health
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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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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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Robert Kaplan
Adjunct Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHealth services research
Studies on the cost and quality of health care
Health outcome measurement
Social determinants of health -
Jaya Karnani, MD
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Jaya Karnani practices family medicine in Bay Valley Medical Group’s Hayward office. She attended medical school at Kasturba Medical College in India and completed her residency at the Fort Wayne Medical Education Program in Indiana.
Dr. Karnani is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She speaks English and Hindi. Dr. Karnani joined Bay Valley Medical Group in 2009. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, traveling, reading and watching movies. -
Kyung Mi Kim
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioKyung Mi Kim, PhD, RN, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University, School of Medicine. She has expertise in quantitative methods, including econometrics, large data analysis, and the evaluation of value-based payment policies. She is passionate about care models that lower the cost of high-quality care for frail, older surgical patients and their caregivers, partnering with leaders in health care, science, and technology to achieve the greatest impact.
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Clair Mariam Kuriakose
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioClair Kuriakose is a Physician Assistant with a clinical background in Pediatric Surgery. She joined Stanford September 2014 as the first Manager of Advanced Practice with the Center for Advanced Practice and officially transitioned to the Executive Director of Advanced Practice on August 2017. Clair is passionate about the value advanced practice providers bring to the complex and ever-changing healthcare industry and truly enjoys collaborating with the various Advanced Practice Providers in the organization to ensure the best care for our patients.
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Lianne Kurina
David and Lucile Packard Foundation Professor of Human Biology and Professor (Teaching), by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy recent research has focused on the physical and mental health of military service members. I'm now working with colleagues at the VA.
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Vinh Lam
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Vinh Lam is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population health. He earned his MD from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and chose to stay in Los Angeles to complete his family medicine residency training at UCLA. During his training, Dr. Lam developed a strong interest in teaching and medical education through his involvement with resident education and the graduate medical education committee. He also spent 1 year as a resident informaticist where he also became very interested in informatics, medical technology, and innovative solutions to improving patient health outcomes and decreasing physician burnout. Dr. Lam enjoys caring for patients of all ages from pediatrics to geriatrics, performing office-based procedures, and prioritizing preventative care.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Lam loves to travel with his family, dabbles in photography and videography, and enjoys attempting to recreate meals he has had while traveling with his wife. -
Benjamin Laniakea
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Benji Laniakea serves as the chief of the Stanford LGBTQ+ Adult Clinical Program, which offers comprehensive and tailored healthcare for the LGBTQ+ patient population for patients of all ages, sexualities, and gender identities. They also serve as the theme lead for the Sex, Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Function curriculum at the Stanford School of Medicine for which they received the Arthur L. Bloomfield Award.
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Julie Jung Hyun Lee
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Julie J. Lee is a board-certified internal medicine physician, epidemiologist, and clinical informaticist at Stanford University. She works at the forefront of responsible technology and artificial intelligence (AI) integration in healthcare—spanning research, operations, and real-world clinical use. With degrees in Psychology from Columbia University and Epidemiology from Yale University, Dr. Lee brings a unique perspective as an end-user clinician, public health researcher, and systems thinker with deep technical fluency.
At the Stanford Division of Primary Care and Population Health, she serves as Clinical Assistant Professor and Health Equity Informaticist, leading data-informed strategies to close care gaps and implement technology that works in real clinical environments—particularly in primary care settings where systemic challenges around access, coordination, and equity are most visible. Her informatics work encompasses implementation research, governance and operations of clinical decision support (CDS), integration of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), deployment of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in inpatient settings, and human factors research to improve health IT usability and physician-patient communication.
Dr. Lee’s expertise spans interoperability, EHR physician-builder capabilities, and human-centered design—applying design thinking, data science, and implementation science to drive equitable, clinically grounded innovations. Her focus on clinical feasibility ensures AI tools and digital health interventions are scalable, operationally feasible, and aligned with the real needs of patients and frontline care teams. She advises industry and innovators on designing health technologies that bridge the gap between innovation and implementation.
Health equity is Dr. Lee’s north star, guiding her work in both academic and community settings. Her decade of research spans cardiometabolic health, diabetes, applied AI, and patient safety, with a consistent focus on underserved populations. She has led projects on language and acculturation in Latino communities, translated liver disease research into frontline care in East Los Angeles, and contributed to foundational studies on sex-specific cardiovascular risk factors in women and transgender populations. She is currently focused on advancing precision health for Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities, particularly in the realm of obesity medicine.
Dr. Lee is widely published in journals such as Diabetes Care, JAMA Network Open, NPJ Digital Medicine, Applied Clinical Informatics, Journal of the American Heart Association, and Menopause. Her informatics philosophy centers on translating research into practice—bringing high-quality evidence directly to clinicians in ways that are actionable, equitable, and embedded into the EHR workflow. -
Bryant Lin
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests-Digital Health
-Medical device design, prototyping, testing and clinical trials
-Behavioral determinants of chronic disease
-Novel diagnostic processes for medical mysteries
-Asian Health
-Medical Humanities and Arts
-Medical Technology
