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Lawrence Chu, MD, MS
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (MSD)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI have two lines of research, one involving educational informatics and use of technology in postgraduate medical education and another involving NIH-funded work in patient-oriented clinical research regarding opioid use and physiologic responses associated with acute and chronic exposure in humans.
For a full description of my educational informatics work, please see my website aim.stanford.edu.
My clinical research focuses on the study opiate-induced hyperalgesia in patients suffering from chronic pain.
I am currently conducting an NIH-funded five year double-blinded randomized controlled clinical study (NIGMS award 1K23GM071400-01) that prospectively examines the following hypotheses: 1) pain patients on chronic opioid therapy develop dose-dependent tolerance and/or hyperalgesia to these medications over time, 2) opiate-induced tolerance and hyperalgesia develop differently with respect to various types of pain, 3) opioid-induced hyperalgesia occurs independently of withdrawal phenomena, and 4) opiate-induced tolerance and hyperalgesia develop differently based on gender and/or ethnicity.
The study is the first quantitative and prospective examination of tolerance and hyperalgesia in pain patients and may have important implications for the rational use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain. -
Steven Chu
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Energy Science and Engineering
On Partial Leave from 2026-09-01 To 2027-08-31Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSynthesis, functionalization and applications of nanoparticle bioprobes for molecular cellular in vivo imaging in biology and biomedicine. Linear and nonlinear difference frequency mixing ultrasound imaging. Lithium metal-sulfur batteries, new approaches to electrochemical splitting of water. CO2 reduction, lithium extraction from salt water
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Weihan Chu
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
BioAlex Weihan Chu, M.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and Associate Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Affairs, Quality, and Health Equity at Stanford Health Care – Tri-Valley.
Dr. Chu joined Tri-Valley as an academic hospitalist in 2015 after completing his internal medicine residency at Stanford. He served as a Clinical Instructor from 2015 to 2018 and has been a Clinical Assistant Professor since 2018. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics and has served as Tri-Valley’s Medical Informatics Director since 2016.
In his current executive role, which began in 2024, Dr. Chu provides clinical leadership for medical staff quality, patient safety, and performance improvement. He chairs the Joint Quality Council, co-leads Unit-Based Medical Director engagement, and leads strategic work in employee engagement and physician wellness, community partnerships and health equity, and digital innovation. His responsibilities also include clinical affairs, specialty coverage planning, physician agreements, and directorships. In 2026, he became executive sponsor for Support Services II (Telecom, TDS, and BioMed) in the Highly Reliable Patient Centered Care management system launch.
Dr. Chu previously served as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Patient Safety, Infection Control, and Regulatory Compliance (2022–2024) and Vice Chief of Medicine (2021–2023). His work spans accreditation readiness, clinical documentation, transfusion safety, physician engagement, and clinical workflow redesign. He founded the Clinician Builder Program in 2019 and the Health Information Management Services Committee in 2020. His projects include telemedicine services, digital procedure consents, clinical decision support, order set optimization, and support for the Tri-Valley neurosurgery program launch planned for December 2026.
Dr. Chu is a reviewer for Applied Clinical Informatics and received the Division of Hospital Medicine’s Excellence in Interprofessional Practice Award in 2025. His professional development includes the Stanford Leadership Development Program (2024) and the Just Culture Conduct Course for Healthcare Managers & Influencers offered by The Just Culture Company (2026).
Outside of work, Dr. Chu enjoys hiking, scuba diving, photography, and exploring advancements in technology. -
Ian Chua
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics
BioIan Chua, MD, MHPE, MBA is a bicoastal pediatric hospitalist and clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford Children’s Health (Palo Alto, CA) and Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, DC). He completed his residency at Stanford Children’s with concentrations in medical education and quality improvement. He obtained his Masters’ in Health Professions Education at University of Illinois in Chicago. He currently co-directs the Quality and Leadership Training (QUILT) program in the department of pediatrics as well as the PHM Leadership Rotation. He also directs the ACGME Fellows’ Common Core Curriculum, the PHM Fellowship Medical Education Pathway, and the Pediatric residency medical education pathway at Children’s National Medical Center. His interests have been in educational scholarship and professional development of transitional learners including junior faculty. Nationally, he has been involved in shaping the national PHM fellows' conference and is the current co-chair for the AAP SOHM Emerging Leaders Conference.
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Katrin Chua
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur lab is interested in understanding molecular processes that underlie aging and age-associated pathologies in mammals. We focus on a family of genes, the SIRTs, which regulate stress resistance and lifespan in lower organisms such as yeast, worms, and flies. In mammals, we recently uncovered a number of ways in which SIRT factors may contribute to cellular and organismal aging by regulating resistance to various forms of stress. We have now begun to characterize the molecular mechanisms by which these SIRT factors function. In particular, we are interested in how SIRT factors regulate chromatin, the molecular structure in which the DNA of mammalian genomes is packaged, and how such functions may link genome maintenance to stress resistance and aging.
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Cynthia Chuang
Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics
BioEducation:
1990-B.S., Bioelectrical Engineering (6-1B), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1992-M.S., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1994-M.S., Nuclear Engineering (NMR Spectroscopy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1999-Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering (Boron Neutron Capture Therapy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2001-Postdoctoral Fellowship (Peregrine Project), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2003-Medical Physics Residency, University of California, San Francisco (joint 3.5-year postdoctoral and residency program)
Academic Appointments:
2003 - 2005-Clinical Instructor, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2005 - 2009-Assistant Adjunct Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2009 - 2013-Assistant Professor In Residence, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2013 - 2017-Associate Professor In Residence, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2017 - 2018-Associate Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
2019 - 2023-Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Educator Line, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2023- Present-Clinical Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Educator Line, Stanford University, Stanford, CA -
Henry Chubb
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Cardiology
Current Research and Scholarly Interestshttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henry_Chubb
