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  • Norman Lowenbraun

    Norman Lowenbraun

    Member, Cardiovascular Institute

    BioDr Lowenbraun has been a practicing cardiologist in the Bay Area for over 25 years, having moved here after receiving his medical and specialty training on the East Coast. He believes offering the personal care of a community setting and empowering the patient in their healthcare decisions, combined with the resources of Stanford Hospital , offers his patients the best of both worlds.

  • Robert Lowsky

    Robert Lowsky

    Professor of Medicine (Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy)
    On Partial Leave from 01/01/2025 To 12/31/2025

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Lowsky's research is focused on understanding the role of regulatory T cells in the prevention of GVHD and in promoting immune tolerance following organ transplantation.

  • Bingwei Lu

    Bingwei Lu

    Professor of Pathology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe are interested in understanding how neural stem cells balance their self-renewal and differentiation and how deregulation of this process can result in brain tumor. We are also interested in mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. We are using both Drosophila and mammalian models to address these fundamental questions.

  • Sydney X. Lu

    Sydney X. Lu

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology)

    BioSydney Lu is an assistant professor and physician-scientist in the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine with a broad interest in both normal and abnormal RNA processing in the context of normal physiology and disease states. The laboratory studies translational questions regarding the mechanistic basis of RNA processing abnormalities in malignant blood disorders, their implications for leukemogenesis and cancer biology, as well as resultant therapeutic opportunities.

    As a physician, Sydney’s group is particularly focused on dissecting RNA processing abnormalities in primary patient samples and disease-relevant preclinical model systems. Lab members employ a variety of ‘wet-lab’ and computational approaches to study transcriptome abnormalities in (1) states of immune dysfunction, (2) myeloid blood cancers such as myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia, and (3) lymphoid blood cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Additional projects are focused on novel therapeutics, including multiple targeted agents which modulate RNA processing, for the selective treatment of these diseases.

    Sydney’s research is/has been supposed by grant funding from the National Cancer Institute, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Aplastic Anemia & Myelodysplastic Syndromes International Foundation, the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Gabrielles Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, and the Stanford Cancer Institute.

  • Ying Lu

    Ying Lu

    Professor of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBiostatistics, clinical trials, statistical evaluation of medical diagnostic tests, radiology, osteoporosis, meta-analysis, medical decision making

  • Anna Luan

    Anna Luan

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

    BioDr. Anna Luan received her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. She obtained her medical degree and continued on to complete residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford. During this time, she was a Donald Laub fellow in global reconstructive surgery with ReSurge International, and was the Ron Milliken Resident Teacher of the Year. Following residency, she completed the combined orthopaedic/plastic surgery Hand and Upper Extremity fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard, with further experience in hand and wrist trauma, peripheral nerve surgery, and complex upper limb reconstruction. She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery within the Department of Surgery.

    Her research interests are in innovation and translational research, clinical outcomes, and global surgery. She has particular interests in improving patient care and outcomes by leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning. She is an Affiliated Faculty of the Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI).

  • Stephen Luby

    Stephen Luby

    Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Luby’s research interests include identifying and interrupting pathways of infectious disease transmission in low income countries.

  • Kristine Luce

    Kristine Luce

    Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioDr. Luce is a Psychologist and Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Seattle Veterans Hospital and a post-doctoral research fellowship at Stanford University in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Luce has clinical and research experience with eating-related disorders and is the Co-Director of the Stanford Adult Eating Disorders Program. In addition, Dr. Luce treats anxiety and mood disorders and has specialized clinical training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

  • Samantha Ludin

    Samantha Ludin

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioDr. Ludin is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY32172) who specializes in the treatment of trauma, relationship concerns, sexual health, and identity-related concerns. She serves patients through the PTSD, THRIVE, and Sexual Dysfunction Clinics at Stanford School of Medicine and at the Confidentiality Support Team at Stanford University. Dr. Ludin received a master's degree in Education and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Virginia. She completed her doctoral internship at the University of Michigan Mary A. Rackham Institute, where she received specialized training in the treatment of couples and families. Dr. Ludin completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford School of Medicine.

  • Chase A. Ludwig, MD, MS

    Chase A. Ludwig, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Research/Clinical Trials)
    Masters Student in Biomedical Data Science, admitted Autumn 2023

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on understanding high and pathologic myopia and their retinal sequelae, including retinal detachments, myopic traction maculopathy, and myopic macular degeneration. By leveraging informatics and big data analytics, I aim to uncover strategies that prevent and treat the progression of these complex and devastating conditions. My work takes advantage of the retina’s unique role as the only visible portion of the central nervous system, allowing for discoveries in ophthalmology that have the potential to impact broader fields of medicine.

    I am actively seeking medical students and residents interested in ophthalmology or vitreoretinal surgery to assist with writing projects and data analytics. If you are passionate about advancing the understanding and management of myopia, I invite you to join me in tackling one of the most pressing global challenges in eye care.

  • Natalie Shaubie Lui

    Natalie Shaubie Lui

    Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surgery)

    BioDr. Lui studied physics as an undergraduate at Harvard before attending medical school at Johns Hopkins. She completed a general surgery residency at the University of California San Francisco, which included two years of research in the UCSF Thoracic Oncology Laboratory and completion of a Master in Advanced Studies in clinical research. Dr. Lui went on to hold a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, during which she participated in visiting rotations at Memorial Sloan Kettering and the Mayo Clinic.

    Dr. Lui’s surgical practice consists of general thoracic surgery with a focus on thoracic oncology and robotic thoracic surgery. Her research interests include intraoperative molecular imaging for lung cancer localization, increasing rates of lung cancer screening, and using artificial intelligence to predict lung cancer recurrence. She is the recipient of the Donald B. Doty Educational Award in 2019 from the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, the Dwight C. McGoon Award for teaching from the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association in 2020, and the Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation and Women in Thoracic Surgery in 2022.

  • Darren P. Lum

    Darren P. Lum

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPhase Contrast Flow MRI, Valvular Heart Disease, Cardiovascular MRI

  • Angela K. Lumba-Brown

    Angela K. Lumba-Brown

    Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrent research includes evidence-based guidelines for the management and treatment of traumatic brain injury, research establishing an evidence and targeting treatments for the subtypes of concussion, research identifying the best outcomes in pre-hospital care of patients with traumatic brain injury, research on brain performance via sensorimotor and sensory-cognitive synchronization, and research on dynamic visual synchronization as a biomarker for attentional impairments.

  • Dennis Lund

    Dennis Lund

    Associate Dean of the Faculty for Maternal and Child Health and Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Professor
    On Leave from 06/15/2024 To 03/22/2025

    BioDr. Lund was born in Duluth, MN and attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He received his general surgical training at the MGH in Boston, and his pediatric surgical training at Boston Children's Hospital. His initial career was spent as a trauma, transplant and general pediatric surgeon at Boston Children's. In 1999, he became Surgeon-in-Chief of the University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital in in Madison, and in 2001 became Chair of General Surgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2011, he became Executive Vice President of the Phoenix Children's Medical Group and Surgeon-in-Chief at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Dr. Lund joined the Stanford faculty in Pediatric Surgery and as Associate Dean of the Faculty in Pediatrics and Obstetrics (Clinical Affairs) as well as Chief Medical Officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in March, 2015. In March of 2018 and through January of 2019, Dr. Lund served as interim President and CEO of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

  • Matthew Lungren

    Matthew Lungren

    Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Data Science

    BioDr. Lungren is Chief Data Science Officer for Microsoft Health & Life Sciences where he focuses on translating cutting edge technology, including generative AI and cloud services, into innovative healthcare applications. As a physician and clinical machine learning researcher, he maintains a part-time clinical practice at UCSF while also continuing his research and teaching roles as adjunct professor at Stanford University.

    Prior to joining Microsoft, Dr Lungren was a clinical interventional radiologist and research faculty at Stanford University Medical School where he led the Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI). He later served as Principal for Clinical AI/ML at Amazon Web Services in World Wide Public Sector Healthcare, focusing on business development for clinical machine learning technologies in the public cloud.

    His scientific work has led to more than 150 publications, including work on multi-modal data fusion models for healthcare applications, new computer vision and natural language processing approaches for healthcare specific domains, opportunistic screening with machine learning for public health applications, open medical data as public good, prospective clinical trials for clinical AI translation, and application of generative AI in healthcare. He has served as advisor for early stage startups and large fortune-500 companies on healthcare AI technology development and go-to-market strategy. Dr. Lungren's work has been featured in national news outlets such as NPR, Vice News, Scientific American, and he regularly speaks at national and international scientific meetings on the topic of AI in healthcare.

    Dr. Lungren is also a top rated instructor on Coursera where his AI in Healthcare course designed especially for learners with non-technical backgrounds has been completed by more than 20k students around the world - enrollment is open now: https://www.coursera.org/learn/fundamental-machine-learning-healthcare

  • Liqun Luo

    Liqun Luo

    Ann and Bill Swindells Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurobiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe study how neurons are organized into specialized circuits to perform specific functions and how these circuits are assembled during development. We have developed molecular-genetic and viral tools, and are combining them with transcriptomic, proteomic, physiological, and behavioral approaches to study these problems. Topics include: 1) assembly of the fly olfactory circuit; 2) assembly of neural circuits in the mouse brain; 3) organization and function of neural circuits; 4) Tool development.

  • Ruben Y. Luo

    Ruben Y. Luo

    Assistant Professor of Pathology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsApply top-down mass spectrometry and label-free immunoassay to the study and utilization of biomarker proteoforms in clinical diagnosis.

  • Kevin M Lutley

    Kevin M Lutley

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Lutley is a primary care doctor. He is board certified in internal medicine.

    For every patient, he creates a customized care plan. Plans focus on helping each person enjoy the best possible health and wellness.

    Dr. Lutley has helped advance care through research. He has shared his research discoveries with his peers in invited presentations. Topics include drug prices in community pharmacies and the quality of interactions between patients and resident physicians.

    While an internal medicine resident at Stanford, Dr. Lutley served as a member of the Stanford Ambulatory Care Excellence Program. This initiative aims to enhance the quality of outpatient primary care.

    Dr. Lutley helps educate the primary care doctors of tomorrow. He is a clinical assistant professor of primary care and population health in the Stanford Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care.

    Before joining Stanford, Dr. Lutley performed needs assessments and care coordination with local public health agencies in Flint, Michigan.

    Recognition for his achievements includes induction in the Gold Humanism Honor Society. This national organization honors senior medical students, residents, teachers and others for excellence in clinical care, leadership, and compassion. Additional honors for Dr. Lutley include induction in Alpha Omega Alpha, the honor society in the field of medicine.

    From Stanford University, he received the Julian Wolfsohn Award. This honor goes to residents who demonstrate exemplary professionalism, teaching, and dedication to patient care.

    Dr. Lutley is a member of the American College of Physicians.

  • Amelie Lutz

    Amelie Lutz

    Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular imaging in oncology
    Peripheral Nerve Imaging
    Cellular imaging of musculoskeletal inflammatory diseases
    Kinematic musculoskeletal imaging
    Magnetic resonance imaging of hepatic disorders

  • Gary Luxton

    Gary Luxton

    Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly Interests1. Mathematical modeling of damage to tumors and normal tissues from irradiation.
    2. Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
    3. Modeling the combined radiobiological effect of brachytherapy and external beam irradiation.
    4. Development of clinical hypofractionated extracranial radiosurgery.

  • Daphne P. Ly, MD, FACS

    Daphne P. Ly, MD, FACS

    Affiliate

    Current Research and Scholarly Interests1. Integrate machine learning with electronic health record system to improve work flow and achieve individualize cancer care based on current evidence.
    2. Apply Cancer Genetics in cancer treatment and cancer risk reduction.

  • Deirdre J. Lyell, M.D.

    Deirdre J. Lyell, M.D.

    Dunlevie Endowed Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPreterm labor prevention and management, preeclampsia prevention and treatment, short and long-term impact of surgical techniques at cesarean, depression during pregnancy, fetal heart rate monitoring and long-term neurologic outcome, randomized clinical trials.

  • Zhonglin Lyu

    Zhonglin Lyu

    Instructor, Neurosurgery

    BioDr. Lyu is an instructor at the Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine. He obtained his PhD at Soochow University, China, where he gained training in designing biomaterials to modulate stem cell behaviors and led multidisciplinary research under the advice of Prof. Hong Chen. During his PhD, he worked as a visiting student researcher at Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection at Stanford University School of Medicine where he gained training in microfluidics and cancer metastasis. Dr. Lyu carried out his postdoctoral research under the guidance of Prof. Jon Park and Wonjae Lee at the Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine. He developed an in vitro microphysiological model of ischaemic stroke and used it as a platform to systematically evaluate the restorative potential of stem cell therapy.
    As an instructor, Dr. Lyu's main research interest is to develop in vitro tissue/organ models to mimic human diseases including neurological diseases and cancer metastases. The goal is to use these models to understand disease mechanisms, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of existing drugs, and to look for new therapeutic targets.