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Marc Berenson
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioDr. Marc Berenson is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. His academic interests include medical education, residency curriculum development, emergency medical services, and quality improvement. His current work focuses on curriculum development for emergency medicine residency training and quality improvement initiatives related to the care of pediatric bronchiolitis.
Dr. Berenson completed his medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, graduating with Distinction in Medical Education, and remained at Rutgers for Emergency Medicine residency training, where he served as Chief Resident. Prior to medical school, he worked as a Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic for more than a decade and was actively involved in EMS education. Following residency, he completed a Medical Education Fellowship at Stanford University.
At Stanford, he currently serves as Core Faculty for the EM Residency program, Assistant Fellowship Director for EMS, and Medical Director of Stanford Emergency Medical Services (StEMS). On the national level, he serves as Senior Co-Chair of the ADIEM LGBTQ+ Committee, Co-Director of the CORD-EM Residency Administrative Fellowship, and an Objective Lead for the SAEM Education Committee.
Outside of medicine, he enjoys playing piano, seeking out new adventures, and spending time with friends and family. -
Andra Leah Blomkalns
Redlich Family Professor
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Andra Blomkalns is an innovation advocate who believes the best patient-centered programs depend upon clinical practice innovation, continuous data-driven improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Blomkalns has a long-standing history of scholarship and publication on cardiovascular emergencies, point-of-care testing, innate immunity, and obesity. She has authored or contributed to more than 14 chapters and more than 40 journal articles in peer-reviewed publications on topics influential to administration and organization, clinical best practices, and scientific exploration. Additionally, her grant portfolio diversity reflects her multi-pronged, collaborative approach, and includes institutional, investigator-initiated industry, and federal funding.
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Italo Milton Brown
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioItalo M. Brown, MD MPH is a Board-certified Emergency Physician, an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, and Health Equity & Social Justice Curriculum Thread Lead at Stanford University School of Medicine. Throughout his career, Italo has been at the frontlines of social medicine and health equity. Italo is the current Chief Impact Officer of T.R.A.P. Medicine, a barbershop-based wellness initiative that leverages the cultural capital of barbershops to address the physical and emotional health of Black men and boys. He is a former board member of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, an organization that spearheads statewide advocacy efforts in support of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare/Medicaid Reform. Italo trained at Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, two Bronx Hospitals ranked among the top 20 busiest ERs in the country. In 2017, the National Minority Quality Forum named Italo among the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health. An avid writer, Italo served with the ABC News Medical Unit, and has contributed health equity & wellness commentary to The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, GQ, Men's Fitness, and Bloomberg. Recently, Italo was selected to be among clinician leaders in access to care for the recurring Health Equity Leaders Roundtable, a new initiative by the White House Office of Public Engagement.
