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Lee M. Sanders, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics), of Health Policy and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI conduct interdisciplinary research to understand literacy as potentially modifiable lens for addressing maternal and child health disparities from birth through early adulthood. Applying mixed methods approaches (health-services, epidemiology, ethnography), I have been principal investigator on extramurally-funded research projects (NIH, PCORI, FDA) that aim to examine "natural experiments" in policy and/or to design, implement and test novel system-level interventions.
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Meera N. Sankar
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPDA in preterm
Transcutaneous bilirubin use in the NICU
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David Alex Sarno
Adjunct Lecturer, Pediatrics - Cardiology
BioDavid Sarno is a lecturer in the Department of Pediatrics at the school of medicine, specializing in virtual reality-based education. David founded Lighthaus Inc., a VR education company in 2013 while a John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford. Before that, David was a technology journalist at the Los Angeles Times for seven years. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa and a B.A. in Computer Science from Yale University.
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Clea Sarnquist, DrPH, MPH
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
Clinical Professor (By courtesy), Epidemiology and Population HealthBioDr. Sarnquist focuses on applied teaching and research on the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions to decrease gender-based violence, improve mental health, and prevent HIV infection, especially among adolescents and children. She is particularly interested in rights-based approaches that tackle the complex interplay of factors that lead to poor health for many children and families. All of her work is applied, with direct links health practice and policy, and usually performed in conjunction with non-governmental organization and government partners. She works both globally and in the U.S., with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. She is also a medical educator, directing the scholarly concentrations program of the pediatric residency at Stanford, co-directing the global health concentration for residents, and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in global health with a focus on children and women’s health.
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Andrew Saunders
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics
BioDr. Saunders (he/him) is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and the medical director of the Pediatric Hospitalist Program at SHC Tri-Valley. His academic interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine; LGBTQIA+ health; ethics in technology; global health; medical education; public health; and physician wellness.
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Nazish Sayed MD, PhD
Associate Professor (Research) of Surgery (Vascular Surgery)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe Sayed Laboratory investigates how endothelial dysfunction contributes to cardiovascular disease and leverages human stem cell technologies to identify novel therapeutic strategies. Our research integrates patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), engineered cardiac tissues, organoids, human biospecimens, and multi-omic technologies to uncover mechanisms underlying inherited and acquired cardiovascular diseases.
A major focus of the laboratory is understanding endothelial–cardiomyocyte communication in cardiomyopathy. Using patient-specific iPSCs, human cardiac organoids, engineered heart tissues, spatial transcriptomics, and single-cell multi-omics, we study how endothelial dysfunction drives myocardial fibrosis, inflammation, and heart failure. Current efforts include investigations into LMNA-related dilated cardiomyopathy, endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT), and mechanisms of fibrotic remodeling.
A second major area of research is cardio-oncology. The laboratory develops human disease models to understand cardiovascular complications associated with cancer therapies, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors. These studies have identified novel vascular mechanisms underlying treatment-related hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure.
The laboratory also investigates cardiovascular aging, toxic environmental exposures, rare vascular diseases, and regenerative medicine. By integrating human tissues, advanced stem cell models, genome engineering, spatial biology, and artificial intelligence–enabled multi-omic analyses, our goal is to develop precision therapeutic strategies that improve cardiovascular health and patient outcomes. -
Michael Scahill
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
BioOn a trip to Mozambique while in med school here at Stanford, Dr Scahill saw the power of market interventions to transform healthcare. This led to his current focus on technology, data & AI. A veteran data scientist, his research trawls the oceans of data each patient generates for patterns to predict dangerous outcomes before they happen in Stanford's top level NICU, where he also still serves as a frontline clinician. Outside Stanford, he is the digital lead at Valley Children's hospital and advises health technology startups in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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David Scheinker
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Endocrinology
Clinical Professor, MedicineBioDavid Scheinker is the Executive Director of Systems Design and Collaborative Research at the Stanford Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. He is the Founder and Director of SURF Stanford Medicine, a group that brings together students and faculty from the university with physicians, nurses, and administrators from the hospitals. SURF has implemented and published dozens of projects demonstrating improvements to the quality and efficiency of care. His areas of focus include clinical care delivery, technical improvements to hospital operations, sensor-based and algorithm-enabled telemedicine, and the socioeconomic factors that shape healthcare cost and quality.
Before coming to Stanford, he was a Joint Research Fellow at The MIT Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts General Hospital. He received a PhD in theoretical math from The University of California San Diego under Jim Agler. He advises Carta Healthcare, a healthcare analytics company started by former students. -
Noelle Schlenk
Rsch Data Analyst 1, Pediatrics - Rheumatology
BioNoelle is a Research Data Analyst for the Immune Behavioral Health Clinic / research team. She applies her expertise in statistics and bioinformatics to investigate genetic components of Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS).
Noelle holds a master's degree in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from the University of Kansas. -
Austin Schoeffler
Affiliate, Department Funds
Fellow in Peds/Clinical InformaticsBioAustin Schoeffler, M.D., is an emergency medicine physician and clinical informatics fellow at Stanford University. Dr. Schoeffler earned his M.D. from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He is currently pursuing a two-year fellowship in Clinical Informatics at Stanford, focusing on the integration of machine learning and digital health solutions within emergency care.
Dr. Schoeffler has a strong background in both clinical operations and digital innovation. He has assisted on projects leveraging AI-driven facial recognition software for depression screening in the emergency department, and is currently critically evaluating the impact of ambient AI scribes on clinical care and helping to create the first AI benchmark for emergency medicine. His operational experience includes governance and workflow optimization at his previous institution, where he contributed to initiatives enhancing patient care delivery and hospital efficiency.
His scholarly interests center on responsible AI integration, innovation, building the future of digital health technology, and expanding access to populations not traditionally reached by existing clinical infrastructure. He is committed to fostering industry-academic partnerships, rigorously evaluating emerging AI tools, and benchmarking AI products for deployment in acute care settings. Clinically, he is passionate about evidence-based care, digital health, and the development of novel care delivery models in emergency medicine.
