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Swaraj Thaman
Life Science Research Professional, Pediatrics - Endocrinology
Current Role at StanfordLife Science Research Professional 1, Translational Genomics of Diabetes Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics - Endocrinology, School of Medicine
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George F Tidmarsh
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
BioDr. Tidmarsh received M.D. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he also completed fellowship training in Pediatric Oncology and Neonatology and is currently Adjunct Faculty of Pediatrics and Neonatology. He served as clinical faculty at Stanford for a number of years after fellowship prior to devoting his full time to clinical research and development in order to bring new treatments through the FDA approval process. Dr. Tidmarsh was President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and a Director of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company from January 2012 until November 2019. While at La Jolla, Dr. Tidmarsh helped discover the use of angiotensin II for the treatment of shock and led all aspects of the development including approval by the US FDA and the EMA for the treatment of patients suffering from distributive shock. He also led the development of artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria, now FDA approved. Dr. Tidmarsh has over 30 years of experience in biotechnology, including the successful clinical development of 6 FDA-approved drugs. He previously served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Pharma, Inc., a company he founded in 2005. While at Horizon, he led all aspects of development of Duexis, which was approved by the FDA for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. In 2022, Horizon was sold to Amgen for $28B. He also founded Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and held senior positions at Coulter Pharmaceutical, Inc. (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline) and SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (acquired by Johnson & Johnson). While at Coulter and SEQUUS, Dr. Tidmarsh led the clinical development of BEXXAR and Doxil, respectively, two FDA-approved anti-cancer agents.
At Stanford, Dr. Tidmarsh is devoted to teaching clinical research and development to residents, fellows and junior faculty. He founded and taught the Masters in Translational Research and Applied Medicine, one of the only translational medicine programs at Stanford. In addition, he is working to help improve the quality of medical care through various efforts which include serving on the board of Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, as co-Director of the Drug Device Development Program he started in 2017 and as a Senior Advisor for the Center for Pediatric and Perinatal Education (CAPE). He focuses most of his efforts currently on improving scientific data integrity in published literature. -
Sarina Tom
Associate Director for Education Operations, Pediatrics
Current Role at StanfordEducation Operations Manager
Office of Pediatric Education
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Yousef Turshani MD FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
BioYousef Turshani MD is Chief Medical Officer at San Mateo Medical Center, part of the County of San Mateo leadership team. He cares for pediatrics outpatients at Fair Oaks Health Center in Redwood City. He is a pediatric nocturnist at San Francisco General Hospital, where he holds a faculty appointment at UCSF. Dr Turshani facilitates the County Health connection with Stanford va iMPACt: Mid-peninsula Pediatric Advocacy Coalition. https://med.stanford.edu/childhealthequity/engagement/impactcoalition.html
Born to Libyan immigrants in Louisville, KY, he developed his passion for teaching and global health as a medical student at the University of Chicago. His pediatric residency began with UCLA's "Community Health and Advocacy Training" and completed at UCSF in 2009 when he joined the UCSF faculty as a neonatal hospitalist at California Pacific Medical Center, directing the newborn nursery rotation for medical students. He spent the next part of his career as a global health clinician until returning to California in 2014 with his wife, a human rights attorney, to continue their social justice work domestically.
Professional Affiliations:
-UC-San Francisco: Associate Clinical Professor [volunteer], Department of Pediatrics. Affiliate Faculty member at Institute for Global Health Sciences, HEAL Initiative Mentor
-American Board of Pediatrics: Director
International experiences include
-Former Chair of Pediatrics at the only hospital on Saipan (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
-HIV consultant in Zimbabwe for "Doctors without Borders" collaborating with ICRC, UNICEF and partners to hand over a Pediatric HIV project to the Ministry of Health.
-Evaluating community health workers in Nicaragua
-Disaster relief work in Iceland and Peru -
Jessica Whalen, MS
Program Director, Peds/Child Health Research Program
Current Role at StanfordProgram Director (PEDSnet) & Data Manager (Stanford Assessments of Bone Across the ages (SAMBA Center))
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John Whitin
Senior Research Scientist, Pediatrics
Current Role at StanfordSenior Research Scientist
