Primary Care and Population Health
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Minal Moharir
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioI was born, raised, and trained in Nashik, India where I completed my formal Medical Education before moving to New York City where I completed my residency in Internal Medicine at New York Downtown Hospital in New York, NY. My interests are in preventative medicne, health and wellness, occupational and environmental safety. In Stanford's Occupational Health Department, I practice clinical occupational medicine while working toward identifying health and safety issues within our enviroment to prevent further injury and illness to our employees.
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Tamara Montacute, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioTamara Kailoa Montacute is a board certified Family Medicine physician. She enjoys taking care of the entire family (including kids), and has special interest in women’s health, adolescent health, community health, chronic disease management, mental health and office based procedures. She also speaks Spanish.
She was born in New Zealand, grew up in England and moved to Seattle when she was twelve. Prior to attending medical school at Stanford, she completed her Masters in Public Health at Columbia University and spent several years working on public health programs in Mexico, Panama, Ethiopia and Rwanda. After medical school, she completed a Family Medicine Residency at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose. She is the co-medical director of Arbor Free Clinic, teaches several primary care focused medical student courses and spends part of her time caring for patients at the Samaritan House Free Clinics in Redwood City and San Mateo.
Outside the clinic, she enjoys hiking, biking, gardening and playing with her daughter and 2 dogs. -
Nancy Morioka-Douglas, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests--Community outreach to underserved populations to address health care disparities, chronic illness prevention, and health promotion.
--Chronic illness care: implementing optimal care for these patients and training the next generation of physicians in these best practices.
--Enhancing physician and staff satisfaction in caring for patients -
Meagan Moyer
Academic Staff - Hourly - CSL, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioI am a lecturer in the School of Medicine's Clinical Informatics Management master of science program. I co-instruct the autumn through spring quarters practicum courses. Students in my courses gain a foundational knowledge of health policy, learn from experts in the field of health technology, and complete a capstone project that brings together learnings from the entire program into a meaningful deliverable that furthers their career and the field of clinical informatics and digital health technology.
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Carter Neugarten
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Neugarten is a recognized healthcare leader and national expert at the crossroads of palliative care and emergency medicine. He has published widely in this field, and his initiatives focus on enhancing upstream palliative care accessibility, resource optimization in healthcare, and harnessing telemedicine's potential in providing care.
His contributions include co-chairing a national committee that fosters innovation by merging these fields, and he has received grant funding to study the impact of palliative care referral from the ED.
Dr. Neugarten also has an established footprint in medical education, having held multiple formal teaching roles throughout his career. -
Varalakshmi Niranjan, MD, MBA, Dip ABLM, Dip ABOM
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Varalakshmi Niranjan is triple boarded in Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine and an Author, practicing with Stanford healthcare. Dr. Niranjan practices obesity medicine and lifestyle medicine. Her clinical focus is on prevention and management of chronic diseases including Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Obesity and Chronic Kidney Disease. She is the Founder and Program Director of Cardio metabolic and Lifestyle Medicine program called SMILES - Stanford Metabolic Intervention with Lifestyle Empowerment Support Group.
She is the clinical lead for the ICDP (Improvement Capability Development Program), a joint venture between the Department of Quality for Stanford Healthcare and the Stanford School of Medicine on the management of obesity. She is also the clinical lead for VBC (Value based care) project on MASLD (Metabolic Associated Steatotic Liver Disease) Dr. Niranjan has a special interest in global public health and has conducted a variety of health awareness and wellness camps in rural India.
Dr. Niranjan was the Regional Medical Director of population health for Saint Francis Healthcare Partners in Hartford, Connecticut before joining Stanford University. In her administrative role, she led many projects to improve patient safety and quality. Her research interests include ways to facilitate the teaching of lifestyle medicine, for which she received a Kaiser grant. She also received Food as Medicine Essentials Grant to implement Lifestyle Medicine education for the medical and ancillary staff at the University of Connecticut. She conducts workshops nationwide to teach primary care providers how to manage obesity with lifestyle interventions and medications. She also wrote a guidebook that offers a step-by-step approach for providers to help their patients manage obesity.
Dr. Niranjan has published her work in many peer-reviewed journals, including International Journal of Clinical Practice, Obesity Pillars, and Journal of General Internal Medicine. She is a reviewer for Obesity Pillars and Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine and has presented her work at professional meetings and conferences nationwide. In addition, she has authored several books and e-books, including a health education book and an e-cookbook of vegetarian soups for weight loss.
Dr. Niranjan is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Obesity Medicine Association. She is also a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Society of General Internal Medicine. -
Lars Osterberg, MD, MPH
Lecturer, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBarriers to Humanism
Collaborative Faculty Development in Improving Humanism and Professionalism
Using Radiofrequency Identificaton technology to improve medication adherence
Impact of Learning Communities on Medical Education -
Linda K. Ottoboni, PhD, CNS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsLearning more about the patient lived experiences with cardiac arrhythmias and their perceived resources believed to provide support to achieve Quality of Life.
