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Patrick O. Brown
Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsReplacing humanity's most destructive invention - the use of animals as a food technology - by developing a new and better way to produce the world's most delicious, nutritious and affordable meats, fish and dairy foods directly from plants.
Developing a scalable system for producing a high-quality soluble protein from leaves.
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Poppy Brown
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioPoppy Brown (she/her) completed both her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and training to become a Clinical Psychologist (D.Clin.Psych) at the University of Oxford, UK before joining the INSPIRE Clinic at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr Brown’s research and clinical work focusses on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and compassion focussed therapy (CFT) for individuals experiencing psychosis. Her PhD was in the Oxford Cognitive Approaches to Psychosis team, supervised by Prof Daniel Freeman and Prof Felicity Waite and her DClinPsych was with the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research. Alongside her research and clinical work, she provides CBTp expertise and consultancy within the statewide EPI-CAL technical assistance project, training within the INSPIRE clinic's CBTp training division, and supervises a number of current trainee clinical psychologist research projects.
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Ryanne Ashley Brown, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology
Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), DermatologyBioRyanne Brown, M.D., M.B.A., is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology and (by courtesy) Dermatology. She completed her residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology followed by Surgical Pathology and Dermatopathology fellowships at Stanford. She is board certified in both Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology (American Board of Pathology) and Dermatopathology (American Boards of Pathology/Dermatology). Her interests include cutaneous lymphoma and histiocytic neoplasms.
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Melody Brown-Clark, MD
Resident in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioMelody Brown-Clark, MD is a Stanford PGY-2 psychiatry resident and member of the Public and Community Psychiatry Track. She graduated from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include severe mental illness, mental health disparities in Indigenous populations, and reproductive psychiatry.
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Lawrence Walden Browne ("Walden")
Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology
BioI am an Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist with sub-specialty Fellowship training in Liver and Gastrointestinal Pathology. Prior to my career in medicine I earned a doctorate from Stanford University in Spanish and Comparative Literature.
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Janine Bruce
Academic Program Professional Manager, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Current Role at StanfordAssociate Director, Office of Child Health Equity, Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director for the Scholarly Concentration in Community Engagement and Advocacy, Pediatric Residency Program
Co-director for the Scholarly Concentration in Community Health for Medical Students
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Anne Brunet
Michele and Timothy Barakett Endowed Professor
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe want to understand aging based on the integration of model organisms with diverse lifespans. We have identified pathways involved in delaying aging in response to external stimuli such as availability of nutrients. We are also interested in addressing complex questions about aging in vertebrates, focusing on brain aging and rejuvenation. Finally, we have pioneered the short-lived African killifish as a powerful model to identify new principles of vertebrate aging and ‘suspended animation’.
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Axel Brunger
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, of Photon Science and, by courtesy, of Structural Biology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOne of my primary goals is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of synaptic neurotransmitter release by conducting imaging and single-molecule/particle reconstitution experiments, in conjunction with near-atomic resolution structural studies of the synaptic vesicle fusion machinery.
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Jennifer L. Bruno
Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Bruno is a translational researcher at the interface of developmental cognitive neuropsychology and neurobiology. An overarching goal of her work is to understand developmental windows of vulnerability—periods of risk for falling off the trajectory of typical brain development. Her research utilizes genetics, brain imaging, and deep behavioral phenotyping to bridge computational science with clinical knowledge, translating cutting-edge science to solve problems of great clinical need.
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John B. Brunski
Senior Research Engineer, Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
BioJohn B. Brunski is currently Senior Research Engineer in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. From 1977 to December 2009, he was Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He received his B.S. degree at the University of Pennsylvania, his M.S. degree at Stanford University, and his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, all in Metallurgy and Materials Science. Dr. Brunski’s 1977 Ph.D. thesis identified factors responsible for development of fibrous tissue vs. bone at the oral implant interface, and it was the first doctorate degree to be granted for dental implant research at an engineering school in the US.
Dr. Brunski’s research has largely focused on bioengineering aspects of dental and orthopaedic implant design, bone-implant interactions, and the biomechanics of bone healing. Dr. Brunski is one of the Principal Investigators of an ongoing R01 research grant from NIH to Stanford University and the University of Montreal entitled “Mechanobiology at healing bone-implant interfaces.” Dr. Brunski has authored over 30 textbook chapters on oral implants, bone, and related topics, plus 125 papers and extended abstracts. He has also delivered over 160 public presentations on these and related topics at national and international meetings, including many keynote lectures. Over his career, Dr. Brunski has been the Principal Investigator or co-investigator on over 20 research grants.
For more than 10 years Dr. Brunski was a Consultant to the Dental Devices Panel of the FDA. From 2009-2012 he was a member of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering (MTE) Study Section of the NIH. Dr. Brunski has also professionally consulted for over 20 legal firms and corporations on topics ranging from patent infringement to product design and product liability. Dr. Brunski serves as Section Editor for Biomechanics and Biomaterials for the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants. He has also served on the editorial boards of Clinical Oral Implant Research, J Dent Research, J Biomechanics, and other journals, and has served as a reviewer for many other journals including Bone, J Orthopaedic Research, and J Biomechanical Engineering.
Dr. Brunski has received a number of awards for innovation and excellence in teaching and engineering education, including being a member of a 10-person Rensselaer team that won the first Boeing Outstanding Educator Award in 1995. Also, he was part of a Rensselaer faculty team that won the Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware, Dec. 2000, sponsored by NEEDS and John Wiley and Sons, as well as the 2001 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Curriculum Innovation Award.
For his research, Dr. Brunski received the Isaiah Lew Memorial Research Award from the American Academy of Implant Dentistry Research Foundation in 2001, being only the third engineer to receive this award. In 2006, Dr. Brunski was appointed as the first William R. Laney Visiting Professor at the Division of Prosthodontics at the Mayo Foundation in Rochester, NY, and also received the Jerome M. and Dorothy Schweitzer Research Award from the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics, New York City, NY. In 2007 Dr. Brunski was the recipient of the Anders Tjellström Award from the Craniofacial Osseointegration and Maxillofacial Prosthetics Rehabilitation Unit, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In 2008 he received the Astra Tech Scientific Award for Applied Research in Osseointegration. -
Douglas L. Brutlag
Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy primary interest is to understand the flow of information from the genome to the phenotype of an organism. This interest includes predicting the structure and function of genes and proteins from their primary sequence, predicting function from structure simulating protein folding and ligand docking, and predicitng disease from genome variations. These goals are the same as the goals of molecular biology, however, we use primarily computational approaches.
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Madika Bryant
Assoc Director, Clinical Skills Programs & Admin Lead, Practice of Medicine, School of Medicine - Student Affairs
Current Role at StanfordAdministrative Director for the Practice of Medicine (POM) course.
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Zev Bryant
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Structural Biology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular motors lie at the heart of biological processes from DNA replication to vesicle transport. My laboratory seeks to understand the physical mechanisms by which these nanoscale machines convert chemical energy into mechanical work.
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Rafael Y. Brzezinski
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
BioRafael Y. Brzezinski, MD, PhD, is a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar in the laboratory of Drs. Michael T. Longaker and Derrick C. Wan in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford University. He is a physician-scientist, plastic and reconstructive surgery resident at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. He completed the MD–PhD program at Tel Aviv University, where his doctoral research focused on regenerative medicine, extracellular vesicles, and cardiovascular inflammation and tissue repair.
His research investigates the biological mechanisms underlying fibrosis, inflammation, and tissue regeneration, with an emphasis on translating scientific discoveries into clinically relevant therapies. His current work focuses on the foreign-body response and capsular contracture, adipose-derived extracellular vesicles, radiation-induced soft-tissue injury, and innovative imaging approaches in reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Brzezinski has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and has received several competitive research grants supporting investigations into personalized approaches to preventing and treating fibrosis. His work has also received recognition, including the Kahn Foundation Orion Scholarship for outstanding physician-scientists.
At Stanford, Dr. Brzezinski collaborates with faculty to advance translational research at the intersection of regenerative medicine, bioengineering, and reconstructive surgery. His long-term goal is to develop personalized strategies to prevent fibrosis and improve tissue healing and functional recovery. -
Kate Bubar
Postdoctoral Scholar, Infectious Diseases
BioKate is a postdoc in the Lo Lab. With a background in applied mathematics, statistics, and infectious disease epidemiology, she is passionate about using data-driven models to better understand infectious disease dynamics with the ultimate goal of informing public health policies and reducing disease burden.
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Vivek P. Buch, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
BioDr. Buch is a board certified neurosurgeon with fellowship training in pediatric and adult epilepsy, functional, and minimally invasive neurosurgery. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Bioengineering, and the Christina and Hamid Moghadam Endowed Faculty Scholar at Stanford University.
Dr. Buch focuses his expertise on the open and minimally invasive treatment of epilepsy, low grade brain tumors, movement and neuropsychiatric disorders, facial and body pain syndromes, and other complex neurological conditions. He uses advanced and innovative techniques to treat both pediatric and adult patients. For each patient, he develops a personalized care plan that is designed to be both comprehensive and compassionate.
Dr. Buch has conducted extensive research. His academic career goal is to develop restorative bioengineering approaches for complex neurocognitive, neurodevelopmental, and neuropsychiatric disorders. He is creating network-neuroprosthetics and precision molecular therapies to restore abnormal brain circuit function in these vulnerable patient populations. He is further pioneering novel intraoperative technologies including personalized network-based targeting, holographic mixed reality, and artificial intelligence platforms for minimally invasive cranial surgery. He has presented this work at numerous professional conferences at the national and international level.
He has co-authored articles on his research discoveries in Science, Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Communications, Neuron, Brain, Annals of Surgery, New England Journal of Medicine, ACS Nano, and many other journals. Articles focus on developing novel network control theory applications to human brain functions and new techniques and technologies to enhance neurosurgical effectiveness and patient outcomes.
He is the AI/Data Science Section Editor for NEUROSURGERY, and a guest editor for Surgical Innovation and Brain Sciences. He also has co-authored chapters in the books Neurosurgical Atlas, Operative Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery, Deep Brain Stimulation, and The Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics.
For his clinical, research, and academic achievements. Dr. Buch has earned many honors. He has won awards from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Roentgen Ray Society, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and National Institutes of Health, including twice earning the honor of national Young Neurosurgeon award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in his first 5 years of practice.
Dr. Buch is a national leader in epilepsy surgery, functional neurosurgery, and surgical AI. He is a member of the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute, Human Performance Alliance, Stanford BioX, and Human Centered AI Institute. He is also a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, American Association of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, American Epeilepsy Soeciety, and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
He has designed and holds patents on artificial intelligence systems for surgical guidance, neural control signals for closed-loop stimulation therapy, novel arrays for bioelectrical sensing and stimulation, and surgical devices including percutaneous anchoring mechanisms and digital neurological assessment tools.
Essential tremor patient story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV6BzyU9b3c
Parkinson's disease patient story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAKP7SRKs08
Epilepsy patient story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXy-gXg0t94&t=3s
Deep brain stimulation treatment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLgEcb447gA&t=1s
Laser interstitial thermal therapy treatment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-nRUMbs2kY&t=2s
MR-guided focused ultrasound treatment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bwq2YxD9eU -
Bruce Buckingham
Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy major interest is in type 1 diabetes mellitus, continuous glucose sensor, and the development of an artificial pancreas. Other research interests include using continuous glucose monitoring and algorithms to control blood glucose levels in intensive care units.
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Paul Buckmaster, DVM, PhD
Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMechanisms of epilepsy, especially temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (Adult Neurology) and of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe goal of the Buckwalter Lab is to improve how people recover after a stroke. We use basic and clinical research to understand the cells, proteins, and genes that lead to successful recovery of function, and also how complications develop that impact quality of life after stroke. Ongoing projects are focused on understanding how inflammatory responses are regulated after a stroke and how they affect short-term brain injury and long term outcomes like dementia and depression.
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Sujatha Buddhe
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Cardiology
Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Radiology - Pediatric RadiologyBioDr. Buddhe earned her medical degree from the Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India. She completed her pediatrics residency and chief residency at the Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, NY and pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Michigan. Her advanced fellowship training in pediatric cardiac non-invasive imaging was completed at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York. She earned her Masters degree in Clinical research and statistical analysis at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She worked at Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington for almost ten years where she served as the Director of Non-invasive Imaging research and the Co-Director of cardiac MRI program. Her research interests include echocardiography and Cardiac MRI.
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Soha Azeen Budhani
Affiliate, Genetics
BioSoha Budhani is an Undergraduate Research Intern with Stanford University's Snyder Lab under Dr. Brady Hislop. Budhani is a UC Berkeley freshman and Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar. She is also a published author in the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience and the founder of Project 28, a volunteer-led education initiative on reproductive health.
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Jessica Kopcho Buesing, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Med/Hospital Medicine
BioDr. Jessica Buesing is a board-certified internal medicine physician dedicated to providing empathic, honest, and compassionate patient care. Before joining Menlo Medical, she cared for veterans as a hospitalist at the Palo Alto VA. Prior to that, she completed her internal medicine residency and chief resident year at Stanford.
Her professional interests include improving health span and quality of life, chronic disease prevention and management, obesity medicine, lipid management and cardiovascular risk reduction, comprehensive cancer survivorship care, mental health support, women’s health, and addiction treatment. She is committed to personalized medicine and emphasizes shared decision-making, recognizing that effective healthcare must be tailored to each patient’s unique circumstances. Outside of work she enjoys exercise (especially Barry’s Bootcamp!), playing piano and singing, camping, travel, and spending time with her husband, two children, and cats. -
Kelly Bugos MS, ANP-BC, NPD-BC, AOCNP
Affiliate, Central Mgmt-Misc AR
BioKelly Bugos MS, ANP-BC is a Director for the Center for Advanced Practice and a nurse practitioner specializing in cancer survivorship at Stanford Health Care. Ms. Bugos is the Director of Professional Development and the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship Program. As director, Ms. Bugos focuses on APP leadership development. Opened in 2016, the APP Fellowship Program educates and trains APPs in transition to professional practice and specialty care, like administration and cancer care. She founded the cancer survivorship clinics at Stanford in 2012 and continues to focus her clinical work on helping people touched by cancer restore their health after treatment. Ms. Bugos has developed other professional roles and programs over her career at Stanford, like the nurse practitioner position in the 1990s. She has expertise in leadership of advanced practice providers, complex patient care in the outpatient setting, long term and late effects of cancer and its treatment, including symptom management. She is a frequent speaker and author on these topics at the regional and national level.
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Nam Quoc Bui
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Oncology
BioDr. Bui is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Stanford Cancer Institute and a specialist in Sarcoma. Dr. Bui earned an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Stanford University and went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He completed Internal Medicine residency at Stanford Hospital and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at the University of California San Diego, where he performed extensive research in bioinformatics to analyze tumor sequencing data.
He is involved in numerous sarcoma clinical trials, leading efforts to take new therapeutics from the lab to clinical practice. His research background and interests are in the field of bioinformatics as applied to large data sets and the study of novel compounds in rare malignancies. He also is involved in education at the Stanford University School of Medicine, serving as a lecturer and mentor to medical students, residents, and oncology fellows. Dr. Bui is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports”, an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes groundbreaking cases that give insight into redefining concepts in cancer. He also serves as the Chair of the Data Safety Monitoring Committee at the Stanford Cancer Institute, overseeing the board that reviews all investigator-initiated cancer trials run at Stanford. -
Phi Long Bui
Affiliate, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
BioTony Bui (Research AI Software Engineer) is a computer scientist working at the intersection of natural language processing, mental health, and human-centered AI. He collaborates with Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)—in the Computational Psychology and Well-Being Lab—and with Vanderbilt University’s Human Language Analysis Beings (HLAB). He builds evaluation-driven systems that make large language models safer and more useful in clinical training and public-health research. Tony co-organizes SemEval 2026 Task 2 on predicting variation in emotional valence and arousal over time, leading dataset curation, evaluation scripts, and competition infrastructure. He is the lead engineer of TherapyTrainer, a voice-enabled simulation platform that combines retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), LLMs, and analytics to provide feedback to trainees. An active open-source contributor, he modernized the Differential Language Analysis Toolkit (DLATK) and deployed multiple behavioral-analysis pipelines. His broader interests include trustworthy and multilingual LLMs, multimodal signals (text and audio), rigorous evaluation, and equitable access to evidence-based care. Tony holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stony Brook University and has shipped full-stack products across research labs, hospitals, and startups.
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Merve Buke Sahin
Affiliate, Epidemiology and Population Health
BioEducation:
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine – Residency in Public Health (2018–2022)
Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine – Doctor of Medicine (2010–2016)
Professional Experience:
Public Health Specialist – Konya Kulu District Health Directorate (2024–Present)
Public Health Specialist – Van İpekyolu District Health Directorate (2024)
Public Health Specialist – Etimesgut District Health Directorate (2022–2024)
Research Assistant – Hacettepe University, Department of Public Health (2018–2022)
Coordinating Physician – Van Tuberculosis Control Dispensary (2017)
General Practitioner – Van Tuşba District Health Directorate (2016) -
Kim Bullock, MD
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDirector of Virtual Reality & Immersive Techology (VR-IT) Clinic and Lab.
Use of technology to understand the interaction of sensation, embodiment, and emotional/ behavioral regulation.
Virtual reality treatments as a sensory modulating device to treat disorders involving body image, sensation, and control. Exploration of the use of mirrored visual feedback while inhabiting a virtual avatar to treat pain and somatic symptom related disorders. -
Jeffrey Bunker
Fellow in Medicine - Med/Infectious Diseases
Instructor, Medicine - Med/Infectious DiseasesBioI am a physician-scientist trained in immunology, microbiology, and infectious diseases. I completed an MD and PhD at the University of Chicago and residency in internal medicine at Stanford University, where I am currently a clinical fellow in infectious diseases and postdoctoral researcher.
My research focuses on adaptive immune responses to microbiota, diet, and pathogens at mucosal surfaces. Dysregulation of these responses is thought to underlie inflammatory bowel diseases, food allergies, celiac disease, and certain infections. My work applies a “specificity-first” approach: by developing tools to resolve lymphocyte antigen receptor specificity at scale, we are interrogating fundamental mechanisms of mucosal tolerance, immunity, and disease, uncovering how specific antigens drive cell fate and function.
I am an active clinician specializing in the diagnosis and management of complex infectious diseases, including antimicrobial-resistant infections and HIV. -
Gabrielle Bunney
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioGabrielle Bunney, MD, MBA, MS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. She has a passion for using artificial intelligence (AI) models to support emergency medicine care delivery and efficiency. She has worked on projects spanning the whole life cycle in AI for clinical use, from model design and building, to model optimization, and finally the technical and clinical translation of AI for use in patient care. Her current research is focused on designing a model to select patients efficiently and equitably for an early electrocardiogram to detect myocardial infarction.
She received her Master’s degree from Stanford University’s Department of Biomedical Data Science, where she gained data science the technical experience to apply to her clinical knowledge. Additionally, she holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with a focus in finance and is working with groups at Stanford that are bridging the gap between academic medicine and industry. She is a part of the Stanford Emergency Medicine Partnership Program (STEPP) aimed at building collaborations between the emergency department and companies focused on patient care solutions. The combination of a business background and research skills allow her to focus on the implementation of AI technologies into practice. She is continuing working on AI in healthcare with the philosophy that at the heart of innovation there must be a confluence of the strategic vision of the healthcare organization, economic viability, and practical operationalization. -
Mark Burbridge
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioI am an anesthesiologist who subspecializes in the perioperative care of patients undergoing complex neurosurgical procedures. I regularly publish clinical research and have presented this research at national and international meetings. I am also heavily involved in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows at Stanford.
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Thomas Burdon
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNew technologies in the area of catheters, clamps, and, visualization devices for aid in cardiac surgery; distribution of, cardioplegia, both anterograde and retrograde as determined by, techniques in technetium pyro-phosphate scans; glucose insulin, potassium as an adjunct in cardiac surgery.
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Alyssa Burgart (she/her)
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Professor (By courtesy), PediatricsBioWith double board certification in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology and over 20 years of experience in bioethics, Dr. Alyssa Burgart is a unique cross-disciplinary clinician-scholar. Dr. Burgart holds numerous leadership positions, including Associate Director of Pediatric Ethics at the Laurie J. Girand Center for Biomedical Ethics, Medical Director of Ethics for the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, and physician co-chair of the Stanford Children’s Ethics Committee. She actively supports the Program in Medical Humanities and the Arts and is the Associate Director for Symposium. In the undergraduate school, she serves as affiliate faculty in the Stanford Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the School of Humanities and Sciences.
Dr. Burgart is an expert in difficult conversations and skillfully mediating complex choices with families and healthcare providers. She speaks nationally on bioethics, relationship-centered communication, trauma-informed care, moral distress/moral injury, disability justice, gender equity, and reproductive justice issues.
Dr. Burgart's unwavering dedication to pediatric trauma mitigation is exemplified in her committed to finding the most successful way for each child to interact with the anesthesia team, ensuring an overall positive experience and reducing the risk of medical trauma. She advocates on behalf of children with unique sensory and behavioral needs. Her clinical focus within pediatric anesthesiology is abdominal solid organ transplant.
Dr. Burgart's influence in the field of bioethics extends beyond her clinical and academic roles. As an associate editor and digital media editor at the American Journal of Bioethics, her work is instrumental in shaping the discourse on ethical healthcare practices. Her writing, featured in JAMA, The Washington Post, USA Today, Slate, and Ms. Magazine, and her newsletter, Poppies & Propofol, are all part of her mission to enhance public education on bioethics issues in public life. She frequently engages with journalists to ensure accurate and comprehensive reporting on complex medical ethics issues. -
Jonathan Burgess, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioJonathan Burgess MD, MPH is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Lifestyle Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is co-editor of The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Lifestyle Psychiatry (publication planned 2027). He has published 11 academic book chapters on diet and lifestyle interventions for psychiatric disorders, as well as co-authored The Culinary Medicine Textbook: Psychiatry, Food and Mood. With over 50 publications and oral presentations, he is credited with nine Grand Rounds presentations, is a recurring faculty presenter at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, as well as an international speaker at major academic hospitals. Dr. Burgess is co-author of the Lifestyle Interventions for Depression module of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine certification course. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, received a Doctor of Medicine from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and a Master of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr Burgess is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and completed psychiatry residency at the University of Vermont Larner School of Medicine.
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Tracy Burk
Sr. Program Manager, Quality and Clinical Initiatives, Rad/Radiology Finance and Administration
Current Role at StanfordSr. Program Manager, Quality and Clinical Initiatives
Department of Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine
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Linnea Burke
Postdoctoral Scholar, General Surgery
BioLinnea Burke is a general surgery resident at Loma Linda University Health and a research fellow in the Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at Stanford University. Her research interests include minimally invasive and bariatric surgery, healthcare disparities and implications on clinical outcomes, health services and policy, quality improvement, and the application of AI to improve surgical care.
