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Alexander Tarlochan Singh Sandhu
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)
BioAlex Sandhu, MD, MS is a cardiologist with a special interest in the care of patients with advanced heart failure. He graduated from the seven-year combined BA-MD program at Northwestern with a focus on economics and mathematics. He completed an internal medicine residency at Stanford University, spending 16 weeks at Makerere Hospital in Uganda as part of the Global Health track. He subsequently earned a Masters in Health Services Research at Stanford while acting as a fellow in health services research at the Palo Alto VA and Stanford's Center for Health Policy/Primary Care and Outcomes Research. Next, he completed fellowships in cardiology and advanced heart failure and transplant at Stanford before joining the faculty as an Assistant Professor in Stanford Cardiology and the Stanford Prevention Research Center.
Alex is now an active clinician and clinical researcher who focuses on the implementation of high-value preventive strategies, comparative effectiveness, innovative clinical trial design, and health economics. He is passionate about testing patient-centered implementation strategies to bring meaningful improvements to patients’ lives and prevent disease morbidity. He is involved in several clinical trials including the K-23 funded PRO-HF (patient-centered quality of life assessments), DOT-HF (digital health study for HF patient activation), a CAC notification pilot trial (patient-centered coronary artery calcification notification), and PHARM-HF (testing strategies to improve HF management by pharmacists).
In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer as well as entertaining and being entertained by his joyful kids, Kyle, Tyler, and Kira. -
Ryan Sandoval, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Sandoval is a board-certified cardiologist and a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Texas at Austin, where he continued on as chief resident before going on to complete his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the Medical University of South Carolina. Prior to his residency, he completed a research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
His clinical interests include preventive cardiology and management of heart failure. He is particularly focused on treating patients with the complex clinical syndrome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
His interest in preventive cardiology grew through his participation in clinics for the uninsured and underinsured during his training. These experiences fostered his passion for understanding and addressing health care disparities. He is deeply committed to providing exceptional patient care with a personalized approach to treatment and improving the lives of his patients.
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Rebecca Sands
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Sands currently serves as the Clinical Section Chief of Palliative Care at Stanford University, where she directly supervises 13 physicians and oversees the inpatient and outpatient clinical programs at Stanford Health Care. She graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 2001 with a BA in Chemistry. She then attended Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine from 2002-2006. She completed a residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, a public teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. She went on to complete her Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) fellowship at the Harvard combined program at Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute in 2011. She spent 8 years at the University of Pittsburgh where she served as core teaching faculty and the HPM Fellowship Program Director. Since her recruitment to Stanford, her focus has been on programmatic expansion of clinical Palliative Care services across healthcare settings and throughout the trajectory of the serious illness experience. This has included recruitment of dually boarded faculty, development of an Emergency Palliative Care program, and many other new and innovative initiatives.
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Christine Santiago
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
BioDr. Christine Santiago, M.D., M.P.H. is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Stanford Division of Hospital Medicine, dedicated to improving healthcare access and equity. Dr. Santiago graduated cum laude with an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and completed an M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. She then completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Stanford University, where she also served as Chief Resident.
Dr. Santiago has been a driving force behind several innovative curricular developments and community partnership initiatives. She co-founded and serves as the faculty director of the Stanford Health Equity, Advocacy, and Research Program. This program's mission is to train resident physicians to become leaders in health equity, equipped to serve their local communities effectively. She also co-founded the Hospital Medicine Health Equity Committee within Stanford's Division of Hospital Medicine, creating a structured platform for collaboration, idea sharing, and integration of health equity principles into various quality, research, and administrative initiatives. Furthermore, she has pioneered educational programs such as the Street Medicine Rotation, LGBTQ+ Clinical Rotation, and the Re-entry Medicine Rotation, creating significant opportunities for residents to gain invaluable experience in diverse healthcare settings.
With a strong focus on health equity and healthcare access, Dr. Santiago has been actively involved in mentoring programs and has received numerous accolades, including the SHC Medical Staff Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Inspiring Early Academic Career Award. Her research and quality improvement initiatives, particularly in the realms of health equity and patient care optimization, highlight her unwavering commitment to creating a more inclusive and effective healthcare system. -
Anuja Anand Sathe
Instructor, Medicine - Oncology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in understanding the determinants of therapeutic resistance in cancer. I investigate the composition of the tumor microenvironment and adaptive responses to therapy using single-cell and spatial approaches.
