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Praveen Kalra
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Praveen Kalra is Board Certified in Anesthesia and in Critical Care. He specializes in trauma, orthopedic, brain and spine surgery, urology, and cancer surgery. He was appointed Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiology (FASA) in 2023. Appointed Medical Director of Sustainability for Stanford Healthcare in Dec 2023.
His professional interests include devising protocols for patient safety, informed consent, reducing the impact of anesthetics on the environment, addressing climate change by reducing green house gas emissions in the health care setting, resident education to emphasize evidence based safe care and mentoring medical students. He has been in practice for over 18 years.
Received the Inaugural Sustainability Ambassador Award in 2022 at SHC for removing Desflurane (anesthetic gas with highest global warming potential) from the OR and undertaking multiple initiatives such as creating a Green Team at SHC, an elective Green Rotation for residents, green curriculum video series and addressing plastic & biohazardous waste in the OR. Current projects are focused on decommissioning nitrous oxide pipelines in the OR. As Medical Director of Sustainability, I work on collaborating with experts, fostering clinician engagement in change management, and spearheading transformative initiatives.
Dr. Kalra completed his residency in Anesthesia from Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and a fellowship in Critical Care from Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. -
Julia Kaltschmidt
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe lab’s primary research interest is to understand how specific neuronal circuits are established. We use mouse genetics, combinatorial immunochemical labeling and high-resolution laser scanning microscopy to identify, manipulate, and quantitatively analyze synaptic contacts within the complex neuronal milieu of the spinal cord and the enteric nervous system.
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Neil M. Kalwani, MD, MPP
Clinical Instructor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Neil M. Kalwani is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiologist with Stanford Health Care. He is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. In addition, he serves as director of preventive cardiology at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Health Care System.
Dr. Kalwani specializes in general and preventive cardiology care. He has expertise in treating high cholesterol and other risk factors to prevent and stop the progression of coronary artery disease and other forms of atherosclerosis. He provides compassionate care centered around his patients' goals and prioritizes effective therapies based on the latest evidence to improve heart health and overall well-being.
Dr. Kalwani’s research focuses on innovations in care delivery designed to improve the value of care for people living with cardiovascular disease. He is especially interested in telemedicine and its impact on cardiology care, including on quality of care, practice patterns, and access. He has also investigated clinical decision support for cardiac testing, measurement of patient-reported outcomes for heart disease, and lipoprotein (a) testing patterns.
Dr. Kalwani has published his research in many peer-reviewed journals, including Circulation, the American Heart Journal, the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, and the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. He has also presented his research at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions. His presentations have covered topics ranging from telemedicine’s effect on care delivery to the impact of physician productivity assessment on medical center performance.
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Afrin Kamal Rahman MD MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
BioDr. Afrin Kamal Nahar (previously known as Dr. Kamal) is a Clinical Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her health services research interests focus on developing and testing communication tools to improve the patient-care provider experience. She has authored 50+ peer reviewed publications and is an NIH funded research. Dr. Rahman is a principal investigator for a K23 grant awarded by the NIDDK to develop and test a mobile health application tool for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Dr. Rahman is co-chair of the Young International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE) and serves on several committees as part of American College of Gastroenterology and American Foregut Society. She is also an associate editor for Diseases of the Esophagus and director of the Esophageal Virtual Collaborative, an on-line platform with a mission to discuss complex challenging cases in benign esophageal disease among colleagues cross-nation.
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kamal%2C+afrin&sort=date
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Robin Kamal MD MBA
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and, by courtesy, of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWrist and Elbow Injuries and Quality Measures in Orthopaedic Surgery
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Tahereh Kamali
Instructor, Adult Neurology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAI for Healthcare, Neuroimaging, Biomarkers Development
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Aya Kamaya, MD
Professor of Radiology (Body Imaging)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHepatobiliary imaging
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Urologic imaging
Gynecologic imaging
Thyroid imaging
Novel ultrasound technologies
Perfusion CT imaging of abdominal tumors
