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Matthew Alexander Abikenari
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Molecular Basis of Medicine / Immunology, expected graduation Spring 2028
BioMatthew received his undergraduate degree Summa Cum Laude from UCLA, where he conducted full-time basic and clinical neuroscience research on molecular mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disease. He then pursued a graduate degree in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford as The Queen’s College Herbruck Scholar, an award granted to only one American student per year, completing a thesis on paraneoplastic autoimmunity and the genotypic and phenotypic architecture of meningiomas, alongside RNA sequencing and spatial–genomic analyses of malignant CNS tumors. As a medical student at Stanford University, he joined Dr. Michael Lim’s laboratory, gaining extensive experience in in vitro and in vivo immunology, stereotactic tumor implantations, and high-throughput transcriptomics to define mechanisms of immunosuppression in glioblastoma. His family’s experience with brain cancer continues to ground his work and deepen his commitment to understanding, and ultimately improving, neurosurgical oncology.
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Siwaar Abouhala
MD Student, expected graduation Winter 2030
GraduateCELC, Haas Center for Public ServiceBioSiwaar Abouhala [pronounced: Sea-waar Ah-bu-ha-la] (she/her) is an incoming first-year medical student, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and a Leadership in Health Disparities (LHDP) researcher at Stanford Medicine. Siwaar is a health equity researcher and leader, with interests in community-engaged methods, maternal and child health, minoritized health disparities, and implementation science.
She graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in May 2023 with triple majors in community health (highest thesis honors), biology, and Arabic language and cultural studies. There, she founded MARCH: Maternal Advocacy and Research for Community Health, the largest undergraduate student-run maternal health organization in the United States, as well as the Arab Maternal Health in Ohio Study, the first qualitative maternal health assessment among Arab American mothers.
After graduation, Siwaar conducted extensive biomedical and public health research to further health equity, including at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard [Founder of Project MENA PEDIGREE: Middle Eastern or North African Progressing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Genetic Research, Education, and Empowerment], Tufts Medicine [Founder of Project INSPIRE: Improving New Somerville Parent and Infant Resiliency and Engagement], the Arab American Health Network Alliance (AAHNA), and the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition (RDDC).
Siwaar plans on training as a physician-advocate at Stanford, with research and health innovation serving as a necessary bridge between both roles.
Website/ Blog: https://www.siwaarabouhala.com/
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Matine M. Azadian
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Bioengineering / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2029
BioCurrent student in the Stanford Neurosciences Interdepartmental Program (IDP).
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Brandon Bergsneider
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine / Immunology, expected graduation Spring 2026
BioBrandon Hwa-Lin Bergsneider, from Los Angeles, CA, is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine. Brandon earned a bachelor of science in human biology from Stanford, and a MSc in bioinformatics and theoretical systems biology from Imperial College London. Brandon aspires to use data science-based technologies to advance health equity through early diagnosis, democratizing health information, and improving treatment efficacy. At Stanford and Imperial, he researched the molecular bases of neurodegeneration, the genetic susceptibility of neuroblastoma patients to SARS-CoV-2, computational protein structure prediction, and using machine learning to identify chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells. Brandon has also worked at the National Institutes of Health, where he used computational network analysis to identify clinical and demographic determinants of brain tumor patient symptom burden. Brandon has multiple first-author publications and, outside of academics, enjoys volunteering as a surf-therapy instructor for military veterans. He is a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, and an NIH Cancer Research Training Award Fellow.
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Landon Bradshaw
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Health Services & Policy Research / Health Equity and Social Justice, expected graduation Winter 2029
BioLandon Bradshaw is a medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine with interests in gastroenterology-related illnesses, health policy, and advancing health equity. His work focuses on how healthcare policy and system-level structures influence access to high-quality cancer care, particularly among historically underserved populations.
He conducts health services and outcomes research in the Stanford Surgery Policy Improvement Research & Education Center (Dawes Lab), where he examines the impact of Medicaid expansion on treatment utilization and survival outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer. His broader research interests include evaluating policy mechanisms that drive adoption of innovative evidence-based therapies and designing system-level interventions that promote equitable care delivery.
At Stanford, Landon serves as President of the Stanford Medical Student Association, the elected governing body representing nearly 600 MD and PA students. In this role, he has led institutional initiatives focused on equity, community engagement, and resource stewardship, including securing funding for large-scale service-learning programming and implementing a formalized, equity-centered framework for student organization funding.
Landon is committed to a career at the intersection of academic medicine, policy, and leadership, with the goal of shaping healthcare systems that deliver high-value, equitable care at scale. -
Matthew John Campbell
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Bioengineering / Cancer Biology, expected graduation Spring 2028
BioI was born in Providence, RI and went to undergraduate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate NY for Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering. I worked for my first year out of undergraduate as process engineer in PA. From there I transitioned out of the private sector and commissioned as Surface Warfare Officer (Nuclear) in the U.S. Navy through OCS. I was on active duty for approximately 10 years including tours on the USS DECATUR and USS CARL VINSON. Both ships were based out of San Diego and all my deployments were in the Asia-Pacific region. My final tour was with Navy ROTC as Officer in Charge of NROTC Unit 73 in MA, during which I taught Leadership and Ethics and completed my M.S. in Engineering Management. I am currently studying Medicine here at Stanford University with an anticipated graduation date of 2027.
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Mathieu Chenier
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Bioengineering / Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Sciences, expected graduation Spring 2029
Bio• Current MD/PSTP student
• Studied biomedical engineering and engineering physics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, between 2019-2024
• Interested in pediatric medicine, bioengineering, and engineering in medicine
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Max K. Clary
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Health Services & Policy Research / Global Health, expected graduation Spring 2026
BioMax K. Clary is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine.
Max earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Lewis & Clark College as a Pamplin Honor Society Fellow and his MPH in Global Health at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health as a Delta Omega Honor Society Fellow. He has worked on several global health projects in India, Pakistan and East Africa. He is the founder of several impact-centered organizations such as Organic Route, a company focused on improving agricultural supply chains and the distribution of healthy foods in rural areas of East Africa.
Max dreams of utilizing his background in business, public health and medicine to create innovative healthcare solutions that are equitable, prevention-focused and individually-tailored. -
Iris Cong
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Bioengineering / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2029
BioIris Cong is an M.D. candidate at Stanford School of Medicine. Prior to joining Stanford, she completed her B.S. studies in Computer Science at UCLA, and a Ph.D. in physics/quantum computing at Harvard. Iris is passionate about the potential applications of emerging technologies to medicine. More information can be found on her personal website at https://iriscong.com.
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Tejas Dharmaraj
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2026
Ph.D. Student in Immunology, admitted Autumn 2020
MSTP StudentBioTejas Dharmaraj is an MD/PhD candidate at Stanford University. He completed his PhD in Immunology, where he developed tools to engineer bacteriophage therapies for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas wound infections. Tejas earned his bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Johns Hopkins University. His research background spans antimicrobial resistance, drug delivery systems, and host-pathogen interactions.
