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Rachel Baker
Unit/Program Communicator 4, Surgery
BioAs the Director of Communications for Stanford Surgery, Rachel Baker tells the stories of her department's faculty, staff, and trainees.
With the help of an amazing team of content creators, she produces and curates original articles, photos, videos, graphics, and even podcasts.She works personally with each division, center, program, and lab within her purview to define their audience and reach their goals while maintaining a consistent brand voice.
She hosts quarterly professional development workshops open to all AEM web authors--please email her if you'd like to join! She also offers both 1:1 and group education to faculty and residents on a variety of topics including media training, using social media to advantage, and presentation refinement.
Rachel holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism with a focus on photography from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. A transplant from the DC-area, she still misses foliage and argyle but has happily adopted the official NorCal hobbies of visiting wineries, hiking local trails, and eating avocado. -
Tiffany E. Chao, MD, MPH, FACS, FCS (ECSA)
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated), Surgery - General Surgery
Staff, Surgery - General SurgeryBioDr. Tiffany E. Chao is a board-certified general surgeon at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Affiliated) in the Stanford Department of Surgery (Division of General Surgery), and an Adjunct Professor in the university's Program in Human Biology. At SCVMC, Dr. Chao is the Site Director for the Stanford medical student surgical clerkship and the Associate Site Director for the Stanford General Surgery Residency Program. Her interests in surgery include minimally invasive foregut, hernia, and colorectal surgery, in addition to acute care & trauma surgery.
At Stanford, she is the Primary Instructor of the undergraduate course HUMBIO 29: Introduction to Global Health and the medical school seminar SURG 236: Seminar in Global Surgery and Anesthesia, both Winter Quarter classes. Her other roles at Stanford include Faculty Fellow with Center for Innovation in Global Health and the Clinical Competency Committee of the General Surgery Residency. Dr. Chao's research interests are in global surgery, including cost-effectiveness analysis, surgical device innovation, and expansion of surgical delivery for low-income populations through surgical workforce and infrastructure development.
Dr. Chao holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Symbolic Systems and Psychology from Stanford University, as well as MD and MPH degrees from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where she graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. She completed General Surgery residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School's Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, and the CTSA/Lucile Packard Innovation Fellowship at Stanford Biodesign. Through the Biodesign program, she co-founded Zenflow, Inc., a venture-backed medical device company working in minimally-invasive therapy for prostate disease, and is a Founding Partner of 4i Ventures.
In addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 2018, Dr. Chao was also elected to be an Overseas Fellow of The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) in 2022. She has also been appointed as an Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Global Surgery at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa and serves on the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Surgery. -
Cheng Chen
Biostatistician 1, S-SPIRE, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
Current Role at StanfordBiostatistician 1, S-SPIRE
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Peiqi Chen
Social Science Research Professional 1, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioPeiqi Chen, M.A., B.A., is a Social Science Research Professional at the S-SPIRE Center. She holds a BA from the University of Iowa with a background in Sociology and Psychology. She also gained a certificate in Nonprofit Organization Management & Philanthropy. Currently she is still in her MA program in Social Science at the University of Chicago and writing a thesis about family planning policy evaluation on women’s maternity rights. At S-SPIRE, she assists with clinical researchers on qualitative data gathering and analysis. Before attending Stanford, she completed two internships at nonprofit organizations. She conducted research on social stigma toward COVID19 patient and front-line health workers during the pandemic. Her research interests lie in between sexual health, policy outcomes evaluation, and social welfare improvement for underrepresented population.
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Mei-Sze Chua
Sr Res Scientist-Basic Ls, Surgery - General Surgery
Current Role at StanfordI spearhead multiple projects stemming from the lab’s initial genomics study on liver cancer, with the goal of translating gene expression data of liver cancer patients into improved clinical approaches for the diagnosis and therapy of this fatal disease. I have successfully led inter-disciplinary projects, mentored postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists, and effectively worked with diverse groups of collaborators from academic and industrial settings. I am committed to help eliminate global health care burden associated with hepatitis B and liver cancer.
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Zaria Cosby
Social Science Research Professional 2, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioZaria Cosby, MPH, is a Social Science Research Professional at the S-SPIRE Center. She completed her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, as well as her Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, at the University of Southern California. During her time at USC, Zaria worked on multiple projects across a variety of topics, the most recent being her master’s capstone: a mixed-methods study into the lived experiences of women of color with HIV during the Covid pandemic. At S-SPIRE, she supports qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Zaria also holds a Certified Personal Trainer certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. No matter the position or project, Zaria’s overarching goal is to help people become their healthiest selves through research and education.
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Kristen Davis-Lopez
S-SPIRE Project Manager, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioKristen Davis-Lopez, MPH, PMP is the Research Project Manager at the S-SPIRE Center. She has a background in biology as well as public health. She supports multiple principal investigators with their current funded projects as project manager. She leads the Social Science Research Professionals in the S-SPIRE Center and also assists with the grant submission process within the Department of Surgery acting as a liaison with the Research Management Group.
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Heather Sydney Day
Biostatistician 2, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
Current Role at StanfordBiostatistician 1, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
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Serena DeTata
Temp - Non-Exempt, Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Current Role at StanfordHealthcare Sustainability Research Assistant
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Mary Estakhri
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Surgery - General Surgery
BioDr. Mary Estakhri practices General and Bariatric Surgery in Pleasanton. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Estakhri has also held a number of leadership positions including: Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, past chair of the Department of Surgery, and a past board member at the American Cancer Society of Contra Costa County.
She is a 3rd Degree Black Belt (2nd Dan) for the US International Taekwon-Do Federation. -
Amin Etemad, MBA, SSGB
Quality Programs Manager, Surgery
BioAmin Etemad holds a Bachelor's degree in Management from HEC Montréal and an MBA in Medical Management from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, earned in 2008. He began his career as an Operations Manager at Amazon’s MSP5 fulfillment center in Shakopee, MN, before moving to Allina Health, where he served as a Process Improvement Manager within the supply chain team. Amin later transitioned to a central Quality Improvement role at Allina, where he contributed to Minnesota’s COVID-19 surge planning for the ED and ICU in 2020.
In the fall of 2020, Amin joined Stanford Health as a Quality Improvement Project Manager in Radiology. In 2023, he moved to the School of Medicine, where he now leads the quality improvement team in the Department of Surgery.
Outside of work, Amin is passionate about tennis, soccer, and music—playing both acoustic guitar and a traditional string instrument called the Santoor. He is fluent in five languages, having lived on three continents and in five countries. Raised in a family of over 10 medical professionals, Amin has a deep love for travel, exploring new cultures, and experiencing diverse cuisines. -
Chandrayee Ghosh
Basic Life Research Scientist, Surgery - General Surgery
Current Role at StanfordBasic Life Research Scientist
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Eric Matthew Gomez
Administrative Associate 3, Surgery - Vascular Surgery
Current Role at StanfordAdministrative Assistant III in the Department of Vascular Surgery
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Joshua D. Grab
Biostatistician 2, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioJoshua Grab is a Biostatistician at the S-SPIRE Center in the Department of Surgery. He has Masters' degrees in Biostatistics and Mathematics.
Josh has 12 years of experience as a biostatistician and data analyst. As a data analyst at UCSF, he worked primarily for the Liver Transplant Center doing survival analyses. At Wake Forest University, he worked on genome-wide association studies for various disease conditions. Before that, he worked at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), building logistic models for mortality within the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database.
Josh has been a SAS user for all of his time in biostatistics and has beginner to intermediate skills with various other software packages, including R, STATA, and MATLAB, and is learning Python.
In addition to his biostatistics career, Josh also has 7 years of experience teaching mathematics and introductory statistics at the community college level. -
Yen-Chung Andrew Lee
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Surgery - General Surgery
BioDr. Yen-Chung Andrew Lee is a board certified surgeon who practices General and Bariatric Surgery in Pleasanton. He completed a fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery at Brown University.
Dr. Lee's personal interests include golfing, fishing, cars, drawing, and playing violin. -
April Leyson
Section Administrative Supervisor, Surgery - General Surgery
Current Role at StanfordAdministrative Associate
For Drs. Dan E. Azagury, Byrne Lee, Carolyn Seib, and Dr. George Poultsides
Stanford Department of Surgery
Section of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Daniel S Logan
Research Data Analyst 1, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioDaniel Logan is a Research Data Analyst with the Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research & Education Center (S-SPIRE). Daniel obtained a bachelors degree in Sociology from Bates College as well as a bootcamp diploma in Data Science. He has experience with a variety quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, making him unique situated for mixed methods research. As a research data analyst, he puts this background to use for machine learning optimization, data management, and general analytics for clinical and observational studies.
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Vanni Manthiram
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Surgery - General Surgery
BioDr. Vanni Manthiram is board certified in General Surgery. She practices a broad range of general surgery including breast, colon, gall bladder, hernia, and minimally invasive surgery.
She is also a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Breast Surgeons.
Dr. Manthiram became a surgeon because it is extremely rewarding as patients are very grateful and often feel better immediately. She also enjoys making sure her patients understand the planned procedure.
Her personal interests include watching football, hiking, fitness, and spending time with family. -
Ana Mezynski
S-SPIRE Office Administrator 3, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
Current Role at StanfordWorking with Director and Vice-Chair of Clinical Research in The Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education (S-SPIRE) Center at Stanford University School of Medicine.
•Website development
•Facilities
•Finance: Budgets
•iProcurement, SU Expense, Pcard
•Postdoctoral Affairs/ Visa Process
•Academic & Faculty Affairs
•Quarterly reporting
•Event’s organizer: Mixed Methods Research Workshop, PD Bootcamp Sessions, Work In Progress Sessions, NVivo Software Training, Writing Workshop Training.
•Grant preparation and submission assistance
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Anjali Nambiar
Social Science Research Professional 1, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioAnjali Nambiar, B.S., is a Social Science Research Professional at the Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education (S-SPIRE) Center. Anjali completed her degree in Biological Sciences. She has coordinated a variety of clinical research projects and worked with several public health nonprofits to implement new programs at community-based clinics and organizations.
