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Themistocles (Tim) Assimes
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsGenetic Epidemiology, Genetic Determinants of Complex Traits related to Cardiovasular Medicine, Coronary Artery Disease related pathway analyses and integrative genomics, Mendelian randomization studies, risk prediction for major adverse cardiovascular events, cardiovascular medicine related pharmacogenomics, ethnic differences in the determinants of Insulin Mediated Glucose Uptake, pharmacoepidemiology of cardiovascular drugs & outcomes
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Danielle Francoise Atibalentja, MD, PhD
Instructor, Medicine - Oncology
BioDanielle F Atibalentja received her PhD in Immunology at Washington University in St Louis and her MD at UCSF School of medicine. She trained in Internal medicine at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis and recently completed Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Stanford. Her primary clinical interest is in treating patients with B-cell lymphomas. Her long-term research goals are to better understand B-cell responses in the setting of malignancy to develop immune-based therapies for cancer treatment. She currently studies how the MYC oncogene shapes B-cell and antibody responses during T-cell lymphomagenesis.
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Ashish Atreja
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
BioI work at the intersection of health care technology and artificial intelligence. My primary clinical specialty is Gastroenterology and my focus on AI is broad application and validation of clinical AI across diverse use cases.
After completing a master's in public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I have completed internal medicine residency, informatics fellowship, and gastroenterology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. I have been working at the intersection of technology and healthcare for the last 25 years, was the first gastroenterologist to receive informatics board certification. In leadership roles, I have led Epic implementations as informaticist, served as the Chief Innovation Officer, Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, and most recently as CIO and inaugural Chief Digital Health Officer at UC Davis Health. For my executive roles, I have been recognized with numerous national honors, including being named one of the Top Digital Health Officers by Becker’s, a Top 40 Healthcare Transformer in 2017, a Top 50 Healthcare Leader by HIMSS in 2021, a Top 30 Health IT Influencer by Health Tech Magazine in 2022, a Top 150 Business Transformer Across global industries by Constellation Research and a top 35 Digital Health officer by Beckers in 2023.
As a digital health entrepreneur, I have successfully licensed technologies, and founded companies originating from academic medical centers. I was the co-founder of Rx.Health, a venture-backed spinout from Mount Sinai Health System that automated digital care delivery for major organizations including UnitedHealthcare and five of the top ten health systems in the U.S., ultimately impacting over 90 million patient lives before its successful acquisition. As a co-founder of GenServe.AI, I am currently working with a team focused on democratizing access to secure Generative AI and autonomous care for all.
I have been NIH-funded since 2014, including for IBD digital monitoring, have published more than 108 peer-reviewed articles and delivered over 250 posters, abstracts, and talks at national meetings. My research focuses on building, implementing, and evaluating digital health and AI-powered solutions aimed at improving patient and population outcomes, for which I am also known as the "App Doctor." -
Mukta Awasthi
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Med/Hospital Medicine
Staff, Med/Hospital MedicineBioMukta Awasthi, MD completed her medical school training at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Internal Medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She is a board-certified academic hospitalist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) within the Stanford Division of Hospital Medicine. She has 25 years of experience in Hospital Medicine and Medical Education. She currently serves as the Medical Director of the Intermediate Intensive Care Unit at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. She also is the Director of the VA My Life My Story Program at the VA Palo Alto HCS. Her areas of interest include Medical Education, Quality Improvement and Narrative Medicine.
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Mehrdad Ayati
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Ayati completed his residency at UC Davis and his fellowship at Stanford University. During his residency at UC Davis, Dr. Ayati received the Award of Excellence in Clinical Teaching. Dr. Ayati worked at hospitals such as Lodi Memorial Hospital in Lodi, California, and as an Emergency Medicine Attending at Veteran Affairs in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Ayati worked as a Stanford Medical Director at Los Altos and Palo Alto Subacute and Rehabilitation centers and he is currently serving as a medical advisor for many Skilled Nursing facilities and also memory care units and assisted living facilities in Northen California. Dr. Ayati has a broad spectrum of practice and knowledge of general medicine and primary care in various settings, from office to Emergency room and acute and Sub-acute care. Dr. Ayati’s main areas of research and clinical focus are in the physiology of aging and on finding practical and yet innovative ways of addressing the wellbeing and needs of the population in any age category. Dr. Ayati is an advocate of his patient’s physical and mental health at any age in addition to disease management and prevention. Dr. Ayati is currently a member of the Ethnogeriatric and Quality and Policy Performance Committees of the Americal Geraitric Society. He also serves as a Community Health Advisor for Alzheimer Association, Northen California and Nevada Chapter. Dr. Ayati is the author of “Paths to Healthy Aging”. Dr. Ayati is also a guest educational speaker on several radio stations such as National Public Radio (NPR) and San Francisco’s KQED and international and national conferences. He also testified in the Senate of the US, Special Committee of Aging in 2018 to address the challenges of aging populations in the US.
Dr. Ayati strives to provide reliable information, effective strategies, and simple guidelines for patients of all ages to avoid or manage chronic diseases and to have a significantly better quality of life.
Dr. Ayati’s main focus and passion are in:
Raising awareness about Over Medication and Drug Cascade issues in the elderly population as well as highlighting prevention strategies
Helping patients better understand and voice their end of life care choices and medical intervention wishes
Bringing into focus the numerous social, economical, political and health challenges and hardship the elderly face in our society as well as finding solutions to address their needs
Being the voice of the elderly in finding innovative and yet practical solutions to promote their physical and mental health and well being
