School of Medicine
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Farzad Azimpour
Casual - Non-Exempt, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
BioFarzad leads Edwards Lifesciences’ strategic innovation and future therapies incubator in the Advanced Technology unit as Senior Vice President. He’s a cardiologist by background, bringing academic, start-up, and industry experience applying needs-driven innovation discipline to define and 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 Mussallem Center for Biodesign.
In January of 2025, Farzad was selected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation.
He previously served as Director of Health at the global design and innovation firm IDEO, and Chief Medical Officer of an American College of Cardiology Foundation and venture capital-backed health technology start-up focused on heart failure.
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. -
Michelle de Haaff
Casual - Non-Exempt, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordAssistant Director of Digital Health
Co-Instructor Biodesign for Digital Health (Fall) and Biodesign for Societal Health (Winter)
Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign -
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 -
Krista Donaldson
Casual - Non-Exempt, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordDirector of Innovation to Impact, Byers Center for Biodesign
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Paul Goldschmidt
Affiliate, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
BioBachelor of Science - HAW Hamburg
Software Engineer / Student Researcher - Stanford Biodesign Digital Health
Class Tutor - Experimental Physics
Founder, CEO @ Dotreflection GmbH - Startup for large-scale medical communication platforms
Member - Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN)
Member - German Physical Society
Scholar, Spokesperson - Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes -
David Grüning
Affiliate, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
BioI'm a researcher at Stanford's Digital Health Team within the Center for Biodesign and at the Max-Planck Institute at the Center for Adaptive Rationality. In my research I focus on digital interventions for well-being and user autonomy through app-based tools and on-platform interventions.
Besides my academic affiliations, I'm the Scientific Director of the one sec app (https://one-sec.app) and Structured app (https://structured.app), and the Science Board Director at the Prosocial Design Network (https://www.prosocialdesign.org), leading their research on digital interventions and creating frameworks and guidelines for use by researchers and practitioners in the field. -
Carolyn Heller
Academic Operations Mgr 3, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordDirector, Finance and Administration, Stanford Biodesign
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Linda Lucian
Sr. Manager, Translational Programs, 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.
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Daniela Rodriguez Martinez
Assistant Manager, Communications, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
Current Role at StanfordAssistant Manager, Communications @Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
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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.
