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Vanessa El Kamari

Instructor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases

BioVanessa El Kamari, MD, is a physician-scientist in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University and a member of the David Relman Laboratory. Her research investigates how host–microbe interactions in the small intestine regulate mucosal immunity, barrier integrity, and systemic inflammation in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Her current studies use non-invasive sampling of the small intestine in conditions such as celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, and environmental enteropathy. She applies an integrative, multi-omic approach—combining microbiology, immunology, molecular biology, and computational biology—to define spatial immune–microbial networks along the human gut.

Before joining Stanford, Dr. El Kamari’s research focused on inflammation and immune activation in chronic HIV infection, where she identified gut barrier dysfunction as a key driver of systemic inflammation and cardiometabolic complications. She also led intervention studies targeting immune activation and endothelial dysfunction in HIV, work that laid the foundation for her current efforts to apply similar mechanistic approaches to autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.

Contact Info
Mail Code: 5107
elkamari@stanford.edu

Dawlat El-Said

Casual - Non-exempt, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
Clinical Neuroimaging Research Associate, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences

Contact Info
Mail Code: 5778
daelsaid@stanford.edu

Other Names:

Lilly El-Said

Osama Elaraby

Visiting Instructor, Ophthalmology Research/Clinical Trials

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elarabyo@stanford.edu

Other Names:

Elaraby

Moustafa Elattar

Visiting Instructor,

BioDr. Moustafa Elattar is a Visiting Instructor at Stanford University’s Neuro-Oncology Laboratory. Originally from Egypt, he earned his M.B.B.Ch. with honors from Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University. Dr. Elattar has a strong background in clinical research, biostatistical analysis, and evidence-based medicine. His work at Stanford focuses on high-impact projects in Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), exploring clinical outcomes, indications, and treatment-related effects in neurosurgical diseases such as meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, paragangliomas, and arteriovenous malformations.

Beyond his current research, Dr. Elattar is passionate about integrating clinical insight with data-driven methodologies to advance neuro-oncology and improve patient outcomes.