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  • Mike Tzuhen Wei

    Mike Tzuhen Wei

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

    BioDr. Wei was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. He went to Stanford for his undergraduate studies in Biology and earned his medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. Unable to stay far from the Bay Area, he returned to Stanford where he completed his residency in internal medicine and subsequently his fellowship in gastroenterology. Dr. Wei has specific interests in colorectal cancer and Barrett’s esophagus surveillance as well as reflux diagnosis and management. He has an interest in endoscopic resection of large polyps and had received training under Dr. Shai Friedland, a world expert in this field. Dr. Wei work focuses on evaluating new tools, technologies and techniques in gastrointestinal cancer surveillance and management. He has been involved in running several trials in endoscopic management of polyps and evaluating artificial intelligence applications in gastroenterology. His work has been published in American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Clinical Endoscopy, VideoGIE, and Digestive Diseases and Sciences. He was formerly an Associate Editor for the ACG Case Report Journal (2020-2022) and was on the Board of the Northern California Society of Clinical Gastroenterology. When not in clinic or in endoscopy, Dr. Wei enjoys spending time with his family. He and his family enjoy traveling and exploring new restaurants.

  • Alexa Rachel Weingarden

    Alexa Rachel Weingarden

    Clinical Instructor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

    BioAB in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Biology, Harvard College, 2008
    PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Minnesota, 2015
    MD, University of Minnesota, 2017
    Internal Medicine Residency, Stanford, 2017-2019
    Gastroenterology Fellowship, Stanford, 2019 - Present