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  • Richard Haarburger

    Richard Haarburger

    Postdoctoral Scholar, General Internal Medicine

    BioRichard Haarburger is a postdoctoral scholar in general medicine with a background in economics. During his PhD, he worked on addressing measurement biases and data gaps, handling high-dimensional data, and quantifying the implications of heterogeneous technology adoption. During his time as a scientific trainee at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, he conducted policy research on Europe's competitiveness in industrial automation technologies and the increasing adoption of AI in manufacturing.

    At Stanford, he applies causal inference methods to research questions in population health and epidemiology. His research interests include impact evaluation methods, causal machine learning, and the impact of AI on healthcare and the economy.

  • Francois Haddad

    Francois Haddad

    Clinical Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine

    BioDr. Francois Haddad, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine that specializes in the field of cardio-vascular imaging, pulmonary hypertension, advanced heart failure and transplantation. Dr. Haddad has over 18 years of practice in the field of cardiology. He directs Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Biomarker and Phenotypic Core Laboratory dedicated to translational studies in cardiovascular medicine. The laboratory focuses on (1) identifying early biomarkers of heart failure and aging, (2) bioengineering approaches to cardiovascular disease modeling and (3) novel informatic approach for the detection and risk stratification of disease. He is involved is several precision medicine initiatives in health including the Project Baseline, the Integrated Personalized Omics Profiling Initiative, the Athletic screening program at Stanford and the Strong-D cardiac rehabilitation initiative in individuals with diabetes mellitus.

  • Lindsey Merrihew Haddock

    Lindsey Merrihew Haddock

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioLindsey Haddock, MD, MAEd, is a geriatrician and clinician-educator with a master's degree in education. Her research in medical education focuses on learning in the clinical workplace and evaluation of workplace-based assessments. She is the director of Primary Care and Population Health Clinician Educator (CE) Scholars Program, helping faculty develop and disseminate their work in medical education and quality improvement. She is the associate program director of the fellowship in Geriatrics. She is an Educator-4-CARE faculty in the School of Medicine, serving as a longitudinal teacher and mentor for medical students, and also precepts students in the ambulatory medicine clerkship. She works clinically in Stanford Senior Care Clinic and the inpatient geriatrics service.

  • Kurt M. Hafer, MD, FACP

    Kurt M. Hafer, MD, FACP

    Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Kurt Hafer is a board-certified physician and Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) practicing Primary Care Internal Medicine exclusively at Stanford Concierge Medicine.

    Dr. Hafer grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and attended Pomona College, where he received his undergraduate degree in Psychology. After completing post-baccalaureate pre-medical coursework at the University of Michigan (UM) in Ann Arbor, he worked as a neuro-endocrine peptide researcher at UM.

    In 1999, Dr. Hafer graduated from The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed a Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) in San Jose in 2002. Between 2002 to 2012 he was a Teaching Attending Physician at SCVMC as well as an adjunct Stanford physician, training medical students and residents in Internal Medicine.

    Dr. Hafer joined Stanford in 2012 as the founding Medical Director of the Stanford Primary Care, Portola Valley Clinic -- Stanford's first new primary care clinic in many years. His five years of leadership at the Portola clinic included incorporating the latest technologies into primary care, adopting active population health panel management, LEAN management practices, embedded specialists and evidence-based, best-care practices as a viable model for the future of Stanford Primary Care.

    In January 2017, Dr. Hafer joined Stanford Concierge Medicine as Medical Director. In addition to caring for his patients, his duties include directing the clinic and expanding clinic offerings in mental health, wellness, and piloting Primary Care Genetics and Pharmacogenomics screening programs as a test bed for Stanford Primary Care.

    While at Stanford, Dr. Hafer has served as a lecturer for the American College of Physician's Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Course held in San Francisco, and has been a Reviewer for the American College of Physicians on multiple projects. He has served on numerous Stanford Healthcare committees and worked with teams on numerous projects, including Stanford's Primary Care 2.0 Redesign, Hypertension Center of Excellence Clinical Integration Team, The Virtual Hypertension Monitoring Project, and Stanford's Primary Care Precision Health program design team. He has directed pilots of TeleHealth phone and video visits, integration of specialty care MDs into our primary care clinics. He led a successful Clinical Effectiveness Leadership Training (CELT) project using clinical pharmacists embedded in primary care clinics to more effectively manage diabetes and high blood pressure between MD visits. He has also served as the Physician Leader for Stanford's Realizing Improvement through Team Empowerment (RITE) Quality Improvement Program.

    He currently serves as a Physician Member and Chair (2023, 2024) of the Global Executive Services (GES) Network Steering Committee, part of the Vizient University Health System Consortium, a national group of ~200 members of academic medical centers with Executive Health or Concierge Medicine services.

    When not caring for patients, Dr. Hafer enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends. He is married to a Stanford University History Professor, has a daughter who graduated from Stanford and UCLA Medical School (now a resident at UCSF), as well as a son who is completing a masters degree in computer science at Stanford. He is an avid lifelong cyclist (road and MTB, logging up to 8k miles annually), hiker, has a passion for tinkering with vintage Datsuns and enjoys wearing vintage watches.

    Dr. Hafer believes that a combination of truly knowing his patients as individuals, excellent patient-physician communication, and comprehensive preventive care allows him to provide exceptional care for his patients.

  • belal hakim

    belal hakim

    Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Medicine - Med/Nephrology

    BioBelal grew up in Fremont and later lived in Singapore where he completed his secondary education. He received his bachelors in Biological Psychology and then his medical degree from Tufts University. He completed his internal medicine and chief residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center which solidified his interest in care for the medically underserved. His current research interests include improving diuretic management in advanced CKD and hemodialysis as well as CKD care for underserved communities

  • James Hallenbeck, MD

    James Hallenbeck, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsResearch in hospice and palliative care with emphases on physician education, cultural aspects of end-of-life care, and healthcare system issues.

  • Summer Han

    Summer Han

    Associate Professor (Research) of Neurosurgery, of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current research focuses on understanding the genetic and environmental etiology of complex disease and developing and evaluating efficient screening strategies based on etiological understanding. The areas of my research interests include statistical genetics, molecular epidemiology, cancer screening, health policy modeling, and risk prediction modeling. I have developed various statistical methods to analyze high-dimensional data to identify genetic and environmental risk factors and their interactions for complex disease.

  • Josef Hannah

    Josef Hannah

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Hannah graduated from Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences. He then completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas and a fellowship in Hospice & Palliative Medicine at Stanford University before joining as faculty at Stanford. His clinical practice includes both inpatient palliative care consultation as well as ambulatory care in palliative medicine. His research and educational interests include symptom management and utilizing media to grow palliative care services and education.

  • Josef Hardi

    Josef Hardi

    Software Dvlpr 3, Med/BMIR

    BioI'm a software engineer with a keen interest in data science. I have over 10 years’ experience in software development and 5 years in the data processing. Currently, I work as a backend developer for the Stanford Center of Biomedical Informatics Research; tackling issues in data and metadata management and interoperability. I also actively engage in the work of converting health and claim records to the OMOP common data model as part of my collaboration with the Stanford Population Health Sciences. I have experience with Java, Python, R, RDF, OWL, OBDA, Schema.org and Elasticsearch.

  • Stephanie Harman

    Stephanie Harman

    Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Stephanie Harman is a palliative care physician and Clinical Professor of Medicine. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and went on to complete a residency in Internal Medicine at Stanford and a Palliative Care fellowship at the Palo Alto VA/Stanford program. She then joined the faculty at Stanford. She co-founded the Palliative Care Program at Stanford Health Care in 2007 and served as Clinical Chief of the Section of Palliative Care in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health from 2016 - 2022. She is the inaugural Associate Chair for Women in Medicine for the Department of Medicine and the Director of the Stanford Leadership Development Program, a joint program between Stanford Health Care and the School of Medicine for emerging leaders. A 2017 Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholar Leader Awardee, she has a passion for leadership development and has built a Women Leaders in Academic Medicine (WLAM) program in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, which is now in its 6th year with 28 women leaders. Her other professional interests include clinical ethics and serious illness communication.

  • Todd Harple, PhD

    Todd Harple, PhD

    Affiliate, Medicine - Med/Stanford Prevention Research Center

    BioTodd Harple is the Director of Innovation and Sports Equity Strategy at the Sports Equity Lab and Stanford University School of Medicine. He is visionary leader at the intersection of technology, design, and human performance. With a career spanning pioneering AI-driven coaching tools, wearable technology for athletes, and innovations in orthotics, his work has transformed how people engage with sports, fitness, and health on a global scale.

    As a cultural anthropologist, Todd brings a unique perspective on the interaction between people, communities, and systems—an essential lens for advancing equity in sports as a foundation for broader societal equity. In his role, he leads strategic initiatives that challenge systemic barriers, harness emerging technologies, and develop scalable solutions that make the values of sport more accessible to all.

    Todd's expertise in research, innovation strategy, and cross-disciplinary collaboration—along with his extensive experience with the Olympic movement through his work at Intel, a Top Sponsor—positions him to shape the future of the Lab and drive meaningful impact in the field of sports innovation.

  • William Haskell

    William Haskell

    Professor (Research) of Medicine, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Also, I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs.

  • Sejal Tyle Hathi, MD MBA

    Sejal Tyle Hathi, MD MBA

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

    BioDr. Sejal Tyle Hathi is a board-certified physician and nationally recognized public health leader with more than 15 years of experience advancing physical and mental health, women's rights, and public policy in the United States and globally.

    She serves as the 4th permanent Director of the Oregon Health Authority, appointed by Governor Tina Kotek and unanimously confirmed by the Oregon Senate to oversee health care and public health services, policies, and programs for the State of Oregon. Most recently, she served as New Jersey's deputy health commissioner and state health officer -- a position she held after two years as the Biden White House's Senior Policy Advisor for Public Health, where she led several presidential priorities across mental health, climate and health, public health preparedness, and supply chain policy. She has also held joint faculty appointments as an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Bloomberg School of Public Health.

    Dr. Hathi grew up in Fremont, California and received her B.S. with honors from Yale University and her M.D. / M.B.A. from Stanford University, where she studied as a Harry S. Truman Scholar and Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. She completed her clinical training in internal medicine and primary care at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital.

  • Catherine Heaney

    Catherine Heaney

    Associate Professor (Teaching) of Psychology and of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEnhancing our understanding of psychosocial factors at work (occupational stress, social support at work, organizational justice, organizational empowerment) that are associated with health and disease.

    Developing effective strategies for enhancing employee resiliency and reducing exposure to psychological and behavioral risk factors at work.

  • Gregory M. Heestand, MD

    Gregory M. Heestand, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Oncology

    BioDr. Heestand is a board-certified medical oncologist with a focus on gastrointestinal cancers, primarily hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and gallbladder cancer. He serves as the medical oncology champion of the Stanford Hepatobiliary Tumor Board, as well as the principal investigator of multiple clinical trials. He collaborates with campus laboratories to help develop new biomarker and treatment technologies. He is the former director of the Stanford Oncology Fellowship Program.

    Dr. Heestand and his team take great pride in helping patients and their families face gastrointestinal cancer.

    Outside of the clinic, Dr. Heestand enjoys playing the piano, teaching his kids about music, cooking for friends and family, and surfing the internet for interesting things to read.

  • Shireen N. Heidari

    Shireen N. Heidari

    Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioShireen Heidari, MD is a palliative care and family medicine physician. She works as part of the inpatient palliative care consult team providing symptom management and support for patients and families facing any stage of a serious illness. Dr. Heidari is the program director for the Stanford University Hospice and Palliative Fellowship. She previously served as the clinical lead for the Stanford site of the PERIOP-PC Study, collaborating with the surgical department to evaluate the impact of early palliative care support for patients and family members preparing for major upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery.

    Dr. Heidari is also a writer whose pieces about the importance of human connection, tough conversations, and stigma around healthcare workers seeking help for their mental health have been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, and The Intima. She hopes that by sharing her own story, she can continue being part of these conversations as we advocate for culture change in medicine and more sustainable practice.

    Before moving to northern California, Dr. Heidari attended medical school at Boston University, completed her residency at UC San Diego where she served as chief resident, followed by palliative fellowship at UCLA. Outside of her clinical and mentorship work, she is likely writing creatively or outside with her husband chasing their dogs.

  • Paul Heidenreich, MD

    Paul Heidenreich, MD

    Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests include

    1) The cost-effectiveness of new cardiovascular technologies.
    Example: tests to screen asymptomatic patients for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

    2) Interventions to improve the quality of care of patients with heart disease. Examples: include clinical reminders and home monitoring.

    3) Outcomes research using existing clinical and administrative datasets.

    4) Use of echocardiography to predict prognosis (e.g. diastolic dysfunction).

  • Michael K. Helms, PhD, MBA

    Michael K. Helms, PhD, MBA

    Director, Research Development, Team Science, Medicine

    Current Role at StanfordDirector of Research Development, Team Science
    Department of Medicine
    Stanford University School of Medicine

  • Michael Henehan

    Michael Henehan

    Affiliate, Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Michael Henehan is board certified in Family Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine. He is a team physician for San Jose State University (various sports) and the San Jose Sabercats (Arena Football Team).

    Dr. Henehan is an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and is Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program at O’Connor Hospital.

    For fun, he enjoys hiking, winter sports, running and watercolor painting.

  • Heather Henri, MD

    Heather Henri, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Heather Henri is an Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

    Dr. Henri attended Stanford University, where she received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences. At Stanford she was the recipient of the President's Award for Academic Excellence in the Freshman Year, awarded to the top 3% of students. She has been the recipient of an American Heart Association Internship at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She also was awarded two Howard Hughe's Institute Research Fellowships at the NIH, one at the National Cancer Institute and the second at the National Eye Institute.

    In 2000, Dr. Henri graduated from Harvard Medical School. She then completed a Surgical Internship at Stanford Medical Center, followed by an Internal Medicine Residency at Stanford in 2004. She served as the Clinic Chief at Blake Wilbur of Stanford Medical Group from 2006-2009, as well as on the General Internal Medicine Executive Committee at Stanford between 2006-2009.

    Dr. Henri was named as a "Top Reviewer" based on the quality of reviews by the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2006. With Dr. Peter Rudd, she co-authored the chapter "Hypertension: Context and Managment" in the Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine published in 2007. Between 2006-2007 Dr. Henri was a member of the California Academic Collaborative on Chronic Care.

    In 2013, Dr. Henri joined Stanford Concierge Medicine where she practiced for six years. She also served as Director of the American College of Physician's Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Course held in San Francisco from 2013-2017. Dr. Henri has been invited by the American College of Physicians to work on multiple projects. She served on the Internal Medicine Essentials Text and Online Questions Editorial Review Board for the American College of Physicians. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 Dr. Henri reviewed and authored educational material for the American College of Physician's Medical Knowledge and Self Assessment Program (MKSAP 17) Updates. Starting in 2018, Dr. Henri was a primary regular reviewer of educational podcasts published by the American College of Physicians. In 2023 Dr. Henri served as a content Editor for the American College of Physicians Board Preparation course.

    Dr. Henri feels that comprehensive preventive care, combined with excellent patient-physician communication, is fundamental to her care of patients.

    American Board of Internal Medicine Certification 2004, 2014
    Fellow American College of Physicians 2016

  • Lisa Henriksen

    Lisa Henriksen

    Associate Professor (Research) of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)
    Sr Research Engineer, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research aims to improve our understanding of the health risks associated with exposure to tobacco marketing and provide a scientific rationale for new policies to reduce it. I also study use of media to promote and discourage adolescent tobacco use, and the impact of tobacco advertising on urge and craving to smoke.