School of Medicine
Showing 1-46 of 46 Results
-
Farzad Azimpour
Casual - Non-Exempt, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
BioFarzad leads Edwards Lifesciences' strategic innovation and future technologies incubator in the Advanced Technology unit as Senior Vice President. He is a cardiologist and medtech designer by background, bringing academic, start-up, and strategic industry experience applying needs-driven innovation discipline to solve high-impact challenges in cardiovascular disease.
Within his role, Farzad heads the Edwards Lifesciences Innovation Fellowship Program for cardiovascular physicians and surgeons, in partnership with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).
Academically, Farzad serves as Associate Director, Lead for Design at Stanford University's Byers Center for Biodesign where he teaches the application of design thinking to lifesciences.
He previously served as Director of Health at the global design and innovation firm IDEO, and Chief Medical Officer at Myia Labs, an American College of Cardiology and venture capital-backed digital health start-up.
Farzad completed his training in medicine and cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Minnesota / Lillehei Heart Institute respectively, served as Chief Cardiology Fellow and NIH T32 Research Fellow designing and testing advanced cardiovascular technologies, and operated as the St. Jude Medical and Dean's Innovation Fellow at Stanford Biodesign.
He holds patents and patents pending in the fields of interventional cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, and robotic surgery.
Farzad earned both his bachelor's degree in biological sciences and his MD from the University of Texas at Austin, and his post-doc in Biodesign from Stanford University School of Medicine.
He is a recipient of Phi Beta Kappa distinction and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award. -
Lyn Denend
Academic Prog Prof Mgr, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordDirector for Academic Programs, Stanford Biodesign
Lecturer, Stanford Medicine -
Carolyn Heller
Academic Operations Mgr 3, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordDirector, Finance and Administration, Stanford Biodesign
-
Rohini Kosoglu
Biodesign Collaborator, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
BioRohini Kosoglu is a leading national expert on domestic policy and veteran of the White House, Congress, and presidential campaigns. She currently serves as a Policy Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and Director of Public Policy and Political Affairs at the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. She is also a Venture Partner at Fusion Fund, a venture firm that focuses on early-stage technology and health care investments. Kosoglu has been at the forefront of driving transformative change in social, technology, and economic policy over the last two decades. She also has the distinction of being the first South Asian American woman to hold the roles of both Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President and Chief of Staff in the United States Senate.
Kosoglu recently served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President. In this role, Kosoglu became the first Asian American woman to hold this position. She led and promoted initiatives on behalf of the President and Vice President to strengthen democracy, advance gender and racial equity, and create economic mobility for millions of American workers and families. Kosoglu also served as a key advisor during the creation and implementation of the American Rescue Plan, including the national response to the COVID-19 crisis, the CHIPS Act, the AI Bill of Rights, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Cancer Moonshot. On behalf of the Vice President, she helped forge a number of public-private partnerships in the White House, ultimately driving billions of private sector dollars towards national priorities of the President and Vice President and leveraged the strengths of both the government and private-sector. Vice President Harris praised Kosoglu as “a brilliant and trusted leader” who “brought vision, strategic judgement, and a depth of experience as our Administration has addressed some of the most urgent challenges facing our nation.”
Earlier, Kosoglu made history as the first South Asian American woman to serve as Chief of Staff in the United States Senate under then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris. She managed hearing preparations for some of the highest-profile Senate hearings over the last decade including investigations around data privacy, cybersecurity, and social media interference during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as Supreme Court nomination hearings. Additionally, under her organizational leadership, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies named Harris’ office under Kosoglu's tenure as the most diverse in the U.S. Senate.
Kosoglu’s career in the United States Congress has also included over a decade of leadership positions crafting social, economic, and technology policy initiatives with senior Democratic Senators, including U.S. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. Notably, Kosoglu was a key negotiator during the passage of the historic Affordable Care Act. She also was a lead negotiator and drafter during the reform of the Food and Drug Administration which led to landmark designations for approval of innovative drugs and devices, known today as Breakthrough Therapies and Breakthrough Devices, respectively, as well as laws to strengthen patient-centered care in the 21st Century Cures Act.
Kosoglu was a former resident fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School and received her bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from George Washington University. She serves on several nonprofit boards and advises across the public and private sectors. -
Annette Kosterman Ewanich
Casual - Non-Exempt, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordExecutive Assistant to Paul G. Yock M.D., Weiland Professor Bioengineering & Medicine, Stanford University and Founder and Director, Stanford Biodesign
Stanford Biodesign | Stanford University
James H. Clark Center | 318 Campus Drive, Rm E100, MC5428 | Stanford, CA 94305
ewanicha@stanford.edu | (650) 736-1161 -
Linda Lucian
Translational Program Manager, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordPrimary Biodesign role of Translation Project Manager for the eight internal funding programs administered through Biodesign. Stanford- Coulter TRPP Award, NIH funded Spectrum-Medtech Award, Wu Tsai Neuroscience:Translate Award, Innovation Fellowship Extension Award, Innovation Course Extension Award, Faculty Fellowship Award, NEXT Award, and Robert Howard Next Step Award.
-
Robert Scott Rebitzer
Biodesign Collaborator, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
BioBob Rebitzer is a senior advisor to Manatt Health and a fellow of the Distinguished Career Institute. Previously he was a partner in the healthcare strategy practice of Accenture and a vice president at UnitedHealth Group. He has also served as an advisor to the California Health Care Foundation and Stanford's Clinical Excellence Research Center.
-
Meghan Stawitcke
Fellowships Manager, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordI am currently the Fellowships Manager at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. Prior to this, I was the Education Program Manager in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal & Developmental Medicine, overseeing three clinical fellowships: Neonatology, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, and Clinical Informatics.
-
Shiqin Xu
Senior Manager, Courses and Global Programs, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordSenior Manager, Courses and Global Programs, Stanford Biodesign
