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Mary Laurence Dunne
Affiliate, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Mimi Dunne is a physician leader in palliative and emergency medicine with a longstanding commitment to innovation in end-of-life care and medical education. A 2019-2020 Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow, Dr. Dunne has co-taught MED 296: Being Mortal at Stanford University School of Medicine.
A graduate of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, she completed postgraduate training at the University of Chicago, certification in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the University of Massachusetts, and is board-certified in both Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. As Medical Director of Hudson Valley Hospice, she founded the region’s first palliative care program in 2001.
Her scholarly work spans emergency medicine, palliative medicine, and global health, and she has authored studies, articles, and book chapters in these fields. She currently serves as an advisor to the African Center for Research in End of Life Care in Rwanda and to Bulamu Health Care in Uganda. -
Benjamin J. Durant, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Benjamin Durant is a board-certified family medicine doctor at Stanford Health Care and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Durant provides complete primary care for people of all ages, with a strong focus on health equity and supporting underserved communities. His clinical interests include outpatient care, prenatal and reproductive health, and treating substance use disorders. He has extensive experience in street medicine and mobile outreach to care for people experiencing homelessness. Dr. Durant takes a trauma-informed, relationship-based approach, building trust and meeting patients where they are.
His academic and service work has focused on improving access to care, training health care workers in under-resourced areas, and helping patients who face challenges like poverty, housing insecurity, or limited access to services. Dr. Durant’s approach to medicine is built on dignity, trust, and long-term relationships. He is committed to understanding and addressing the social factors that affect health. He has also volunteered internationally in Kenya and Haiti.