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Terrance Mayes, EdD
Associate Dean, Chief Human Resources Officer, School of Medicine - Human Resources Group
Current Role at StanfordAssociate Dean for Human Resources and CHRO
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Michael McAuliffe
Affiliate, Technology & Digital Solutions
Current Role at StanfordMichael McAuliffe is a program manager with Stanford Health Care's Office of Program Management & IT Governance. Michael's primary program management client is the Stanford Medicine Educational Technology team. He manages the team's technology and media production portfolio and provides project management for online course production. Michael manages the team's workload projection and cost recovery tools, while also serving as administrator for Stanford Medicine's lecture capture and media delivery system.
Michael served as Director of the Educational Technology team until 2015, at which point he transitioned to a 100% remote role working with Stanford Medicine while living with his family in Vermont.
Prior to joining Stanford Medicine in 2012, Michael was the director of IT Academic Services at Texas Wesleyan University. In this role, Michael served as lead project manager and as the primary liaison between the Information Technology unit and Academic leadership at Texas Wesleyan. Michael’s perspective on the use of multimedia in education also reflects his experience as an instructional designer with MLink Technologies, during which he designed and oversaw the development of training curriculum and learning tools for a select group of Fortune 100 clients.
Michael is a graduate of the Stanford Management Academy (2015) and the Educause Institute Management Program (2011), as well as a member of Educause, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Western Group on Educational Affairs. Michael completed the Prosci Change Management Practitioner course in Winter 2024. -
Valerie McDonald, MD, PhD
Affiliate, Department Funds
Resident in MedicineBioValerie McDonald received her MD degree from the University of Washington. During medical school, she conducted research exploring the relationship between physical activity and healthcare utilization. She is currently a resident physician in Internal Medicine at Stanford Health Care. Her career interests include cardiovascular prevention, cardio-kidney-metabolic health, implementation science, and leveraging AI and digital health innovations to improve patient care.
Prior to medical school, Valerie earned her PhD in environmental engineering at Michigan Technology University, studying sustainable wastewater treatment. She went on to a post-doc fellowship at the Yale Center for Biospheric Studies and Center for Green Chemistry, studying sustainability in stormwater management. She worked as a Professional Engineer for 10 years, consulting on water supply and water quality improvement projects for cities and counties throughout the Western US. -
Marina Mitchell McIver
Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), School of Medicine - Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education
BioMarina McIver, NP, ANP-BC, WHNP-BC, is an advanced practice provider in the department of Internal Medicine at Stanford Health Care. She specializes in Adult Primary Care. She graduated with her Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) degree's from Yale University School of Nursing.
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Kara Meister, MD, FAAP, FACS
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
BioKara D. Meister, MD, FAAP, FACS is a pediatric otolaryngologist and head & neck surgeon. She received her medical degree from Medical University of South Carolina and completed her otolaryngology residency at University of Pittsburgh. She completed a NIH-funded fellowship in head and neck research at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Meister then went on to complete a pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department Otolaryngology, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, at Stanford University. Dr. Meister’s research interests include thyroid cancer, head & neck masses, Graves' disease. She has a special interest in the influence of the environment and pollutants (such as microplastics) on health. She currently serves as the Clinical Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology. Dr. Meister completed additional training in innovation through the Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellowship.
Her clinical interests include the treatment of patients with head and neck masses including thyroid nodules and cancer. She is the Surgical Director of the Children's Thyroid Clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and is the Medical Director of the Tubes & Tonsils Surgery Clinic. She is co-editor of the textbooks "Pediatric Bronchoscopy for Clinicians" and "Atlas of Endoscopic Airway Surgery". She enjoys advocacy work with the American Academy of Pediatrics Button Battery Taskforce.
Dr. Meister is a member of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) where she serves on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee and is a member of the ATA Guidelines Writing Group for Thyroid Disease & Pregnancy. She is a member of the pediatric committee of the American Head and Neck Society. She is an author and speaker on masses and tumors of the head and neck, thyroid disease, and thyroid cancer in children and adolescents. In collaboration with SHC, she offers novel treatment for thyroid problems in children and adolescents including radiofrequency ablation of thyroid nodules.
Dr. Meister lives in Woodside with her husband, 3 children, and Rooney the dog.
Clinical Expertise:
Children's Thyroid Center, Co-Director, Surgical
Thyroid nodules
Thyroid cancer - papillary, follicular, and medullary
Surgical management of hyperthyroidism and Grave's disease
MEN syndrome
Head and Neck masses
Congenital neck masses such as branchial cleft cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst
Pediatric Head and Neck cancer
Airway evaluation and reconstruction, voice and swallowing problems, and Aerodigestive
Fetal Airway and Exit Team
