School of Medicine
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Jennifer Swanton Brown, RN
Director, Clinical Research Quality; Asst. Dean Compliance, Regulatory & Quality, Clinical Research Quality (CRQ)
Current Role at StanfordDirector, Clinical Research Quality
Assistant Dean, Compliance, Regulatory and Quality
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Charlene Chow
Instructional Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies
BioCharlene Chow, PA-C is a Physician Assistant with the Urologic Oncology Department at Stanford Healthcare. She is originally from San Francisco, but obtained her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies at Oregon Health & Science University in 2013 in Portland, OR. She has a background in thoracic surgery working with lung cancer patients at Providence Portland Medical Center from 2013-2015. She then returned to the Bay Area and started with Stanford Urologic Oncology in March 2016.
She is the sole Urologic Oncology Advanced Practice Provider (APP) at the Cancer Center South Bay (CCSB) and specializes in urologic cancers including those of the bladder, prostate, kidney, ureter, testicle, and penis. Aside from seeing both new and return patients on her own and alongside physicians, she is also well versed in performing outpatient procedures such as prostate biopsies, cystoscopies, and bladder cancer treatments.
Her clinical interest lies in quality improvement. She has successfully completed the Clinical Excellent & Leadership Training (CEPT) program at Stanford, and is constantly involving herself and others in ongoing process improvement projects.
When she is not at work, she enjoys dance parties with her two young children, cooking, exercising, and spending time outdoors. -
Julie Flores-Alvarado
Project Mgr 1 - General, Industry Relations
Current Role at StanfordProject Manager 1 - General, Industry Relations
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Avani Gupta
Casual - Non-Exempt, Catalyst
Current Role at StanfordDirector of Strategy and Operations, Center for Digital Health
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Michael Halaas
Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer, SoM, Chief Operating Officer - Operations
Current Role at StanfordIn my role as Chief Operating Officer and Associate Dean, I provide oversight and strategic leadership of the operations of the School of Medicine. This includes developing and leading the execution of major strategic initiatives and ensuring foundational operations are rigorous and effectively support the tripartite missions of Education, Research and Patient Care. I am a member of the Dean's leadership team and a representative of the School of Medicine in a variety of forums throughout Stanford and externally
My role encompasses responsibilities as Associate Dean, Industry Relations and Digital Health, In this capacity, I lead Stanford Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and Digital Health (IRDH) whose mission is to foster relationships that will promote discovery, accelerate the use of technologies that advance human health, and translate today’s breakthroughs into tomorrow’s standard of care. IRDH serves as the front door for organizations interested in exploring a strategic relationship with Stanford Medicine. The work is part of Stanford Medicine's Strategy Team, led by Priya Singh.
I also co-lead the Stanford Medicine Catalyst program with Dr. Euan Ashley. We focus on discovering, supporting and propelling healthcare innovation from within the Stanford community. When these innovations are ready, we assist in the commercialization and scaling to reach maximum impact and improve human health. https://smcatalyst.stanford.edu
The combination of these roles provides a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of transformative health innovation and the operations of complex academic medical center ecosystem. -
Sandra R. Holden, Ph.D.
Director, Proposal Development Office, SoM Proposal Development Office
Current Role at StanfordDirector, School of Medicine Proposal Development Office
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Kaitlin Elizabeth Kilian, MSN, RN, AGNP-C
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioKaitlin Kilian, MSN, RN, AGNP-C is an Advanced Practice Provider at the Digestive Disease and Hepatology Community Academic Practice at Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare. She graduated with her Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and Master's degree from California State University, Long Beach. She joined Stanford in 2019, after relocating from Southern California. Her practice areas include outpatient general gastroenterology, as well as both inpatient and outpatient hepatology. She is an Advanced Practice Provider Member of the American College of Gastroenterology and an Associate Member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease.
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Grace Lee
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioGrace Choi, PA is a physician assistant at Stanford Health Care's Orthopedic department. She specializes in arthritis and joint replacement.
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Hung-Fu "Charlie" Lin
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
Current Role at StanfordNurse Practitioner, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital / Stanford Children's Health
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Sheri Loo
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioSheri joined the Stanford Neurosurgery team as a nurse practitioner in 2018. Her current clinical focus is in brain and spine tumors and complex spinal deformities in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Prior to becoming an NP, she worked as a Registered Nurse specializing in neuro-stroke. She is a member of California Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, and Sigma Theta Tau. In her free time, Sheri enjoys volunteering at a local primary care free clinic, going on medical missions trips, and mentoring and precepting students.
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Ranjit Nair
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioRanjit Nair, NP is a nurse practitioner who specializes in cardiothoracic surgery.
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Jessica Parkyn, PA-C
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioJessica Parkyn PA-C is an advanced practice provider who specializes in Thoracic Surgery. She studied General Biology at University of California at San Diego, and completed her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Western University of Health Sciences. Jessica has spent nearly her entire career in the field of Thoracic Surgery, with close to 10 years of inpatient and outpatient clinical experience. She has subspecialized expertise assisting in the operating room on minimally invasive lung resections, and she has been actively involved in developing lung cancer screening programs at multiple institutions including Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. Jessica is active in PA education and regularly serves as the supervising PA for students during their Thoracic Surgery clinical rotation.
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Ravi Dhurjati
Research Development Specialist, SoM Proposal Development Office
BioThe focus of my work is on the design, implementation and evaluation of health care delivery system interventions to improve quality of perinatal care delivery.
Specific areas of interest are:
Design and evaluation of systems-based approaches to reduce disparities in care delivery
Evaluating the impact of delivery system design on quality of care and outcomes
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Lauren Remer, PA-C
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioLauren graduated from the Stanford Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program in the Spring of 2022. While in the program, she conducted a capstone study investigating the psychiatric impact of COVID-19 on older adults with depression as they navigated the healthcare system, which she presented as a podium speaker of Stanford HEALTHCARE CON in June of 2021. During PA school, she also served as president of Stanford University Physician Assistant Student Association and co-president of the Women and Medicine student group which worked to provide mentorship to women in medicine and help recognize and combat gender disparities in medicine. She was also the inaugural student to take the Healthcare Administration and Leadership elective with Clair Kuriakose, the Executive Director of Stanford Health Care's Center for Advanced Practice. Before attending PA school, she worked as an EMT in San Francisco, volunteered in the ER at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, volunteered as a TA for Stanford’s EMT program, and helped conduct research with the Ashley Cardiovascular Lab at Stanford. She earned her B.S. in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, where she also enjoyed one year of varsity track and three years of club soccer. During her undergraduate experience she was CEO of Governor’s Corning Dining Society, a student-run non-profit dining service for over 260 undergraduate students. Presently, she is working as a hospitalist APP at Tri-Valley and is driven to help expand APP utilization in hospital medicine.
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Shavawn Ryan
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioShavawn is a seasoned PA with extensive background in cardiac surgery and advanced abilities in endoscopic vein harvesting. She is adept at a broad range of medical procedures with first and second assistant surgical experience. She readily embraces responsibility across multiple healthcare settings. She thrives by contributing across multiple specialties including cardiac surgery as well as internal, observational, and hospitalist medicine roles. She has experience as an insightful mentor and valued collaborator working alongside physicians in assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients.
