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Oliver O. Aalami, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery - Vascular Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe launched a national precision medicine PAD trial called, VascTrac (http://vasctrac.stanford.edu/). This trial is mobile phone based and leverages Apple's ResearchKit Platform to monitor a patient's activity both pre- and post-intervention. We are validating mobile phone surveillance for PAD patients and are currently enrolling.
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Alistair Aaronson, MD, MHA, FACP
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
BioCourses Taught through SHIELD (Stanford Healthcare Innovations and Experiential Learning Directive):
A Patient Centered Exploration of Health and the Health Care System
INDE 290B, INDE 290C, PAS 280B, PAS 280C
This elective course for first year medical students explores challenges that patients face regarding the management of optimal health in a complex health care system. Specific topics include national healthcare reform, health economics and financing, social determinants of health, medication reconciliation, transitions of care, and the hospital discharge process. -
Sumaira Z. Aasi, MD
Clinical Professor, Dermatology
Clinical Professor (By courtesy), Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive SurgeryCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsHigh risk squamous cell carcinoma; frozen histopathology; reconstructive surgery.
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Fahim Abbasi
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Fahim Abbasi specializes in diagnosis and treatment of prediabetes and insulin resistance. Dr. Abbasi has a special interest in prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease through lifestyle modifications.
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Oscar J. Abilez
Instructor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBioengineering, biophysical control of cardiovascular development, pluripotent stem cell biology, optogenetics, electrophysiology, cell mechanics, directed cellular evolution, multiscale engineering, microfluidics, computational biology
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Gillian Abir
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioGillian Abir graduated from Glasgow University (UK) in 1998. After initially undertaking surgical residency and emergency medicine residency, she changed to anesthesiology and completed her residency training in Glasgow and Sheffield (UK). Following this she undertook an obstetric anesthesia fellowship-equivalent at Stanford University School of Medicine and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor.
Gillian is the obstetric anesthesia residency program coordinator.
Gillian has published several manuscripts and has contributed chapters to five books, and is the current co-editor of the obstetric anesthesia section of Anesthesia Tutorial of the Week, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (www.wfsahq.org/resources/anaesthesia-tutorial-of-the-week).
Gillian is a member of the multidisciplinary obstetric simulation team which carries out regular in-situ drills. She is also a member of the obstetric disaster preparedness committee and labor and delivery patient safety committee. She is a current member of the patient safety and international outreach committees at SOAP.
Gillian also has an interest in global health and regularly volunteers with Kybele Inc. (www.kybeleworldwide.org) teaching obstetric anesthesia. -
Elias Aboujaoude, MD, MA
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOCD, impulse control, problematic Internet use, telemedicine, telepsychiatry
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Aysha Abraibesh
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate, Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)
BioAysha Abraibesh, MPA is a clinical research coordinator in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She works primarily on the Stanford Apnea and Insomnia Study (AIR) Study, led by Dr. Rachel Manber (more info can be found at airstudy.stanford.edu)
Aysha earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (2012) and Master’s in Public Administration (2013) both from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She has since held multiple positions supporting research studies related to social and behavioral health issues, most recently as a Lead Behavioral Health Interviewer at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon. -
Daniel Arthur Abrams
Instructor, Psych/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator
BioSpeech is a critical communication signal for the development of social skills and language function. Autism spectrum disorders affect 1 in 88 school-age children and are characterized by deficits in social communication and language skills, and many of these individuals also experience speech perception difficulties. My primary research goals are to understand the brain bases of social communication and language impairments in children with ASD, and to describe neural changes associated with remediation of these behavioral deficits. The theoretical framework that motivates my work is that impaired perception and neural decoding of speech impact social skill and language development in many children with ASD. Moreover, I believe that a grasp of these relationships is central to understanding the etiology of these disorders and will provide insight into their remediation.
I have initiated a program of research to further our understanding of auditory brain function serving key elements of speech perception in children with ASD. The first study produced by this program of research was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and shows that children with ASD have weak brain connectivity between voice-selective regions of cortex and the distributed reward circuit and amygdala. Moreover, the strength of these speech-reward brain connections predicts social communication abilities in these children. These results provide novel support for the hypothesis that deficits in representing the reward value of social stimuli, including speech, impede children with ASD from actively engaging with these stimuli and consequently impair social skill development. My future research will leverage this finding by probing this aberrant brain circuit in detailed explorations of speech perception in children with ASD. An important component of my future research is to explore neural plasticity associated with training programs designed to ameliorate social communication deficits in children with ASD, with a focus on the speech-reward brain circuit identified in my recent publication. In addition to my interest in studying social communication and language impairments in children with ASD, my research program also includes investigating the relationship between speech perception impairments and phonological and reading difficulties in children with reading disorders (RD). This work is a continuation of my dissertation work, which examined neural decoding of temporal features in speech in children with RD. -
Geoffrey Abrams, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Abrams' research is focused on elucidating the pathobiology behind tendinoapthy and developing new treatment modalities for the disease. Specifically, his team is studying the role of micro-RNA as it relates to chronic inflammation and stem cell differentiation in the development and perpetuation of chronic tendinopathy.
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Janelle Aby
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy interest is in the care and evaluation of newborns. In particular, I have been focusing on improving the educational experience for our residents and students in the nursery regarding the examination and management of term or near-term infants.
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Peter Acker MD, MPH, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAs part of the Stanford Emergency Medicine International team my work has focused on emergency medicine education and capacity development in resource limited settings, including Myanmar, India, Uganda, Nepal and others.
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Emma Adair
Clinical Research Manager, Neurosurgery
Current Role at StanfordEmma co-manages the Neurology & Neurosurgery Clinical Trials Team consisting of 17 Clinical Research Coordinators conducting 70+ clinical trials in areas including: Device Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, Headache, Epilepsy, Neuroimmunology, Alzheimers/Memory Disorders, Parkinson's, Radiology, and Bio Banks.
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Maya Adam
Lecturer, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
BioMaya Adam MD is the Director of Health Education Outreach at Stanford's Center for Health Education and the Faculty Lead for the Digital Medical Education International Collaborative in South Africa. Adam has been teaching at Stanford University since 2009. She received her BA in Human Biology from Stanford before studying medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to her post-secondary studies, she spent 10 years as a professional ballet dancer with the State Theater of Saxony in Germany. At the Stanford Center for Health Education, Adam creates online educational content for use in under-served populations, including those in low- and middle-income countries. Adam leads five massive open online health education courses, serving more than 450,000 international learners. In South Africa, her team collaborates with UNICEF and the National Department of Health to create digital educational content for community health workers and mothers as part of the Road to Health initiative. Adam is the author of Food Love Family: A Practical Guide to Child Nutrition.
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Meagan Adams
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate, Neurology
Current Role at Stanford2017
Clinical Research Coordinator, Stanford ADRC & Pacific Udall Center -
Maheen Mausoof Adamson
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated) [VAPAHCS], Neurosurgery
Staff, NeurosurgeryBioDr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson is the senior scientific research director for DVBIC at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She is also the clinical associate professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Adamson completed her undergraduate degrees in neurobiology and women studies at University of California, Irvine. She completed her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Southern California and a postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine.
Dr. Adamson’s expertise and interests span employing translational neuroscience methodologies for diagnostic and therapeutic treatments (mainly repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in mild and moderate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), including structural and functional changes in the brain in both Veteran, active military and civilian population. She currently serves as PI or Co-I on several Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense funded grants.
Dr. Adamson has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on cognitive and neural basis of Alzheimer’s disease and TBI, has received recognition in national and international settings and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. She is also intricately involved in mentoring research and clinical fellows in the psychiatry and neurosurgery departments at Stanford. Her long-term goal is to integrate advanced treatment and diagnostics into standard-of-care provided to veterans and military personnel to improve their daily function and reintegration into society. -
Ehsan Adeli Mosabbeb
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research lies in the intersection of Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Medical Imaging.
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Steven Adelsheim, MD
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioSteven Adelsheim, MD is a child/adolescent and adult psychiatrist who works to support community behavioral health partnerships locally, regionally, at the state level and nationally. He is the Director of the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Adelsheim has partnered in developing statewide mental health policy and systems, including those focused on school mental health, telebehavioral health, tribal behavioral health programs, and suicide prevention. For many years Dr. Adelsheim has been developing and implementing early detection/intervention programs for young people in school-based and primary care settings, including programs for depression, anxiety, prodromal symptoms of psychosis, and first episodes of psychosis. Dr. Adelsheim is also involved in the implementation of integrated behavioral health care models in primary care settings as well as the use of media to decrease stigma surrounding mental health issues. He is currently leading the US effort to implement the headspace model of mental health early intervention for young people ages 12-25 based in Australia. Dr. Adelsheim also leads the national clinical network for early psychosis programs called PEPPNET.
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John R. Adler, MD
The Dorothy and Thye King Chan Professor in Neurosurgery, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe development and implementation of computerized, image-guided surgical tools to be used during minimally invasive brain operations. The clinical outcome of new technologies, and in particular the application of radiosurgery, for the treatment of brain tumors. The creation of new radiosurgical techniques for a wide array of brain and spine disorders.
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Sarah Adler, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in the design and delivery of clinical care using, data and technology. I have focused on disordered eating behaviors and obesity.
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Ranjana Advani
Saul A. Rosenberg, MD, Professor of Lymphoma
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsClinical investigation in Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas and cutaneous lymphomas. Experimental therapeutics with novel chemotherapy and biologically targeted therapies.
The research program is highly collaborative with radiation oncology, industry, pathology and dermatology. -
Olga Afanasiev, MD, PhD
Resident in Dermatology
BioOlga Afanasiev, MD, PhD joined the Stanford Dermatology Residency Program in 2016 to pursue a career in general dermatology, complex medical dermatology and procedural dermatology. Dr. Afanasiev graduated with honors from University of California, Berkeley, where she studied Molecular and Cell Biology and Psychology. She then completed the Medical Scientist Training Program to receive her MD/PhD degrees from University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Afanasiev’s PhD thesis was conducted in Dr. Paul Nghiem’s lab, where she characterized the immune responses to the virus-driven Merkel cell cancer that led to novel and promising immunotherapies for patients. Her current clinical and research interests include cutaneous oncology (melanoma, high risk non-melanoma skin cancers, Merkel cell carcinoma), clinical trials of novel therapies, and development of digital health platforms to expand access to and efficacy of dermatology care.
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Rayhaneh Afjei
life Science Research Professional, Rad/Neuroimaging and Neurointervention
BioLife Science Research Professional 1 ( LRSP1 )Stanford University, Prof. Tarik Massod 2015 - Present
School of Medicine, Department of radiology section of Neuroradiology,
Moleuclar imaging program at Stanford (MIPS) Lab
• Performed antioxidant project to treat brain/breast cancer
• Enhanced the therapeutic ecacy
of Temozolomide (cli/Users/zahraa/Desktop/resumes/Seyedeh
Rayhaneh Afjei/Seyedeh Rayhaneh Afjei.texnical drug) towards glioblastoma by 20 with miR-21
downregulation and PLGA nanoparticles
• Co-delivery of therapeutic microRNAs and drugs for triple negative breast cancer treatment in
pre-clinical small animal model by multifunctional polymer nanocarriers
• Performed Cellular and Molecular Biology techniques including :
- Cell cultureing (T98G, LN229, U87, T98G, 293T,MDA, Hela cells) experiments
- Maintenance of cells, transfection, transduction and drug treatment
- Cloning, transformation, plasmid extraction, gel electrophoresis
- Flow cytometer, mitochondria staining, luciferase assay
- Nanomedicine, Molecular imaging, Targeted delivery, Gene therapy
Assistant to the chair, Spiritual Care, UC Davis Med Center 2012 - Present
Research Assistant, Stanford University, Prof. Ahmad Salehi 2013 - 2015
• BDNF signaling in mouse model of Down syndrome:
Performed biochemical techniques including western blots, immunohistochemistry, qPCR and
ELISA
• Study di↵erences between normal and abnormal physiology to find appropriate biological targets
for drug intervention
• Study the pathways by which the drugs are causing the observed e↵ects on cognitive function
and neurodegeneration
• Performed in-vitro and in-vivo experiments using mouse models of Down syndrome to study the
e↵ects of drugs on neurodegeneration and learning ability (cognition)
Research Assistant, University of California Davis, Prof. Kit Lam 6/2012-12/2012
Performed experiments on cancer treatment techniques including:
Library design, General library screening techniques, Optimizing concentration of dye
Image j, picked up beads, sequencing
Research Assistant, University of Tehran, Plant Physiology Lab, Prof. Mirmassomi 2000-2004
- Performed research in plant genetics, DNA extraction, plant tissue culture (Walnut), spectrophotometry,
flamephotometry, complexometry, analysis Photosynthetic Pigments, thin layer chromatography
(TLC), recognition?of respiratory enzymes in plants, quantitative determination of protein, PCR,
electrophoresis, plant gene transmission (African violet)
- Hands on the techniques in animal physiology, histology, embryology, and developmental biology
Teacher Assistant, University of Tehran, Genetics lab 2000-2004
Performed experiments in genetics with Drosophila, including preparation and maintenance of cell
culture, techniques in handling flies and conducting experiments with them, preparation of salivary
chromosome, mating preferences and sexual isolation
EDUCATION University of Tehran, BSc in Biology, speciality in Zoology 2002
Selected courseworks :Genetics (course and lab), Cell and molecular biology (course and lab),
Human Genetics
The University of Texas at Austin , Attended undergraduate program classes 2000
Selected courseworks : Cellular and Molecular Biology (Grade A), Genetics
PATENTS The use of transdermal formoterol for the treatment of depression in humans 2/2015, -
Catherine Aftandilian
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in the prevention and management of infectious complication in pediatric oncology patients. I am also interested in developing a protocol for the management of low risk patients with fever and neutropenia.
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Poonam Agarwal
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dermatology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsUnderstanding epigenetic mechanisms of stem cells, development and cancer
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Rajni Agarwal-Hashmi
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHematopoietic Stem cell biology-created a SCID mouse model to study engraftment of cord blood derived hematopoietic cells and use of this model to develop gene transfer technology for Fanconi anemia.
Clinical research interests are to develop new protocols to reduce graft vs host disease,treatment of viral infections post transplant and use of manipulated HSC graft in patients who receive mismatched donor transplants. -
Rita Agarwal
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPart of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Information Network (SPAIN) Steering Committee, looking at shirt and long tern outcomes of various pain management techniques in children.
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Vibhu Agarwal
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Informatics, admitted Autumn 2015
Ph.D. Minor, StatisticsCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMining patterns in routine physical activity that correlate with medical outcomes; Statistical methods for phenotyping from Electronic Health Records; Web search-log mining
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Vinay Aggarwal
Clinical Instructor, Orthopaedic Surgery
BioVinay K. Aggarwal grew up in Bethesda, MD where he attended Walt Whitman High School. He attended Boston University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with double majors in Economics and Medical Sciences. He was part of the Seven-Year Medical program and went on to Boston University School of Medicine. Between his third and fourth years of medical school, he completed a yearlong research fellowship at The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Department of Adult Reconstruction. He attended NYU-HJD for his orthopaedic surgery residency in New York City. He is currently completing his Adult Reconstruction Clinical Fellowship at Stanford University. He enjoys following his native DC sports teams and outdoor activities, food and drinks, with friends and family in his free time.
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Lusine Aghajanova, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
BioDr. Aghajanova received her medical degree from Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia, followed by residency in obstetrics and gynecology, then completed clinical PhD training in fertility followed with embryology training in Stockholm Sweden with an Internship in Austria.
Subsequently, Dr. Aghajanova completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College in Texas and UC San Francisco with reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship training at UC San Francisco. She is a respected researcher in the field of endometrial receptivity and endometriosis.
Dr. Aghajanova speaks five (5) languages and is very well published with over 50 peer-reviewed publications as well as numerous other oral and poster presentations and is a professional peer-reviewer for over 12 journals.
Dr.Aghajanova enjoys spending time with her husband and children, and traveling. -
W. Stewart Agras
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research is focused on disorders of human feeding including the eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Ongoing or recently completed studies include: A controlled trial of the implementation of interpersonal psychotherapy for eating disorders and depression on college campuses across the U.S. A multisite controlled study of two types of family therapy for the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa. Early prevemtion of overweight and obesity.
