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  • Rachel Gilgoff

    Rachel Gilgoff

    Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Allergy and Clinical Immunology

    BioAs a board-certified general pediatrician, child abuse pediatrician, and integrative medicine specialist, Dr. Gilgoff brings a multidisciplinary, whole-family approach to ACEs, toxic stress, healing, and well-being. She is currently an advisor with the California Aces Aware Initiative, UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN), and the Center for Youth Wellness, a program of Safe and Sound, as well as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the co-founder of the National Committee on Asthma and Toxic Stress and co-PI on “Systems-based, Multidisciplinary Assessment of Adversity and Toxic Stress for Individualized Care (The SYSTEMAATIC Project),” an ACEs and Precision Medicine research project through the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM). She co-created the “Stress Busters: Clinical Strategies for Preventing and Mitigating Toxic Stress,” a free, on-line course to help clinicians develop their clinical response to childhood adversity and toxic stress. In tandem, she led the development of the ACEs Aware Stress Busters Resource Webpage, sharing tools and resources to prevent and heal toxic stress for all of us. Dr. Gilgoff is dedicated to conducting translational research and promoting patient-centered, individualized, multidisciplinary clinical care to address health issues resulting from child abuse and toxic stress.

    Board Certification:
    American Board of Physician Specialties, Integrative Medicine (2022)
    American Board of Pediatrics, Child Abuse Pediatrics (2011)
    American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics (2004)

    Professional Education

    Fellowship:
    Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Integrative Psychiatry (2023)
    Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (2022)
    Stanford University Medical Center, Pediatric Integrative Medicine (2021)
    UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and UC Davis, Child Abuse Pediatrics (2007)

    Residency:
    UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (2004)

    Medical Education:
    Keck School of Medicine, USC (2001)

    Selected Publications

    Gilgoff R, Marshall J, Kotz K, Ismail S, Harsamizadeh Tehrani S,…; ACEs Aware Patient Advisors; ACEs Aware Community Partner Council. (2025) “Stress Busters Toolkit for Community Based Organizations: Strategies to help clients prevent and heal from toxic stress.” California ACEs Aware Initiative, Office of the California Surgeon General, and the California Department of Health Care Services. https://www.acesaware.org/managestress/cbotoolkit/

    Gilgoff, R., Mengelkoch, S,, Elbers, J., Kotz, K., Radin, A., Pasumarthi, I., Murthy, R., Sindher, S., Burke Harris, N., Slavich, G.E. (2024) The Stress Phenotyping Framework: A Multidisciplinary Biobehavioral Approach for Assessing and Therapeutically Targeting Maladaptive Stress Physiology. Stress. 27 (1).

    Gilgoff R, Schwartz T, Owen M, Bhushan D, Burke Harris N. (2023) Opportunities to Treat Toxic Stress. Pediatrics. Jan 1;151(1):e2021055591.

    Jeung, J., Hessler Jones, D., Frame, L., Gilgoff, R., Long, D., Thakur, N., Koita, K., Bucci, M., Burke Harris, N. (2022) A Caregiver-Child Intervention for Mitigating Toxic Stress (“The Resiliency Clinic”): A Pilot Study. Matern Child Health J.

    Bhushan D, Kotz K, McCall J, Wirtz S, Gilgoff R, Dube SR, Powers C, Olson-Morgan J, Galeste M, Patterson K, Harris L, Mills A, Bethell C, Burke Harris N. (2020) Office of the California Surgeon General. Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health. Office of the California Surgeon General.

    Gilgoff R, Singh L, Koita K, Gentile B, Marques SS. (2020) Adverse Childhood Experiences, Outcomes, and Interventions. Pediatr Clin North Am. Apr;67(2):259-273.

  • Harcharan Gill

    Harcharan Gill

    Kathryn Simmons Stamey Professor, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia- Evaluation and development of new minimally invasive techniques

    Endourology: developing, designing and evaluating new instruments

    Bladder cancer: outcomes of treatment

    BPH: cryotherapy and HIFU

  • Joshua Gillard

    Joshua Gillard

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine

    BioDr. Josh Gillard is a Canadian biomedical data scientist with experience in bioinformatics, machine learning, and immunology. After completing a BSc and a MSc in Experimental Medicine at McGill university, he relocated to the Netherlands for his PhD in bioinformatics at Radboud University in Nijmegen. During his PhD, he gained experience analyzing and interpreting complex immunological data (bulk and single-cell transcriptomics, high-dimensional cytometry, high-throughput proteomics) derived from human observational or intervention studies (vaccination and experimental human infection). This work revealed molecular and cellular correlates of clinically important endpoints such as disease severity, symptom progression, and antibody responses. In 2022, Josh relocated to Stanford to join the Gaudilliere lab to develop and apply multi-omic data integration and machine learning techniques, establishing that early gestational immune dysregulation can predict preterm birth. Since 2024, in the Ashley lab, Josh is developing deep learning models to investigate aberrant splicing in cardiovascular disease.

  • Michelle Gimenez

    Michelle Gimenez

    Social Science Research Professional 2, Emergency Medicine

    Current Role at StanfordSocial Science Researcher
    School of Medicine
    Emergency Department

  • Christophe Gimmler, MD, MFT

    Christophe Gimmler, MD, MFT

    Casual - Non-Exempt, Multispecialty Anesthesiology

    BioChristophe Gimmler, MD, MFT, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Affiliated) at Stanford School of Medicine;
    Staff Physician, Medical Service, VA Palo Alto Health Care System;
    Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
    Associated Psychology Faculty, Palo Alto University
    Clinical Monitor, Carhart-Harris Lab; Weill Institute for Neurosciences, UCSF
    Study Physician, Open Mind Collective

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    After establishing and building the hospitalist and consult/liaison medicine service at the VA, Christophe now practices and teaches medical students and house staff in the primary care clinics there. He concurrently practices as a community psychotherapist and specializes in medical professionals. His central interest is the intersection of medicine and psychotherapy and, in particular, the application of psychological frameworks and skills to the practice of medicine, in addition to resiliency and burnout prevention. He developed the Medical Student Resiliency Skills Training program (MedReST) for the Stanford School of Medicine as well as the Resiliency Curriculum Series for the internal medicine residency program. He received as undergraduate degree in biology and psychology and an MD from the University of Virginia, completed his internal medicine residency at Stanford.

    Christophe received a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Sofia University. He has a private practice psychotherapy practice in Los Altos seeing adults and couples specializing in health care professionals (www.openpaththerapy.one). After completing a certificate in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Christophe works as a Clinical Monitor at the Carhart-Harris Lab at UCSF and the Stanford Anesthesia Dream Project with the Heifets Lab, as well as a study physician at Open Mind Collective in San Francsico.


    Publications:
    Foster Well-being Throughout the Career Trajectory: A Developmental Model of Physician Resilience Training:
    Mayo Clinic Proceedings
    Cordova MJ, Gimmler CE, Osterberg LG
    2020; 95 (12):

    Developing institutional infrastructure for physician wellness: qualitative Insights from VA physicians.
    BMC Health Services Research
    Schwartz, R., Shanafelt, T. D., Gimmler, C., Osterberg, L.
    2020; 20 (1): 7

    Career-Long Skills for Personal and Professional Wellness: A Staged Developmental Model of Veterinarian Resilience Training.
    J Vet Med Education
    Cordova MJ, Gimmler C, Dibbern A, Duesterdieck-Zellmer KF.
    2025 Apr 16

  • Lisa Giocomo

    Lisa Giocomo

    Professor of Neurobiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy laboratory studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the organization of cortical circuits important for spatial navigation and memory. We are particularly focused on medial entorhinal cortex, where many neurons fire in spatially specific patterns and thus offer a measurable output for molecular manipulations. We combine electrophysiology, genetic approaches and behavioral paradigms to unravel the mechanisms and behavioral relevance of non-sensory cortical organization. Our first line of research is focused on determining the cellular and molecular components crucial to the neural representation of external space by functionally defined cell types in entorhinal cortex (grid, border and head direction cells). We plan to use specific targeting of ion channels, combined with in vivo tetrode recordings, to determine how channel dynamics influence the neural representation of space in the behaving animal. A second, parallel line of research, utilizes a combination of in vivo and in vitro methods to further parse out ionic expression patterns in entorhinal cortices and determine how gradients in ion channels develop. Ultimately, our work aims to understand the ontogenesis and relevance of medial entorhinal cortical topography in spatial memory and navigation.

  • Nicholas Giori MD, PhD

    Nicholas Giori MD, PhD

    Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOsteoarthritis
    Medical Device Development

  • Skyler Giron

    Skyler Giron

    Affiliate, Neurosurgery

    BioCIRM Bridges Intern in the Llorente Lab, Stanford University Department of Neurosurgery

  • Anna Girsen

    Anna Girsen

    Director of Finance and Administration, Obstetrics & Gynecology

    Current Role at StanfordAs Director of Finance and Administration for Stanford’s Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, I lead strategic, financial, and operational functions supporting clinical care, research, and education. I oversee a $60M portfolio spanning hospital partnerships, research administration, and faculty affairs—advancing innovation, equity, and precision health across Stanford Medicine.

  • Dr Michael Gisondi

    Dr Michael Gisondi

    Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adult Clinical/Academic)

    BioDr. Michael A. Gisondi is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Dean for Academic Advising at Stanford School of Medicine. He is a medical education researcher and the Principal of The Precision Education and Assessment Research Lab (The PEARL). Dr. Gisondi a Distinguished Member of the Stanford Medicine Teaching and Mentoring Academy and the recipient of numerous prestigious teaching awards, including the National Faculty Teaching Award of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine recognized him as Alumnus of the Year in 2014.

  • Aaron D. Gitler

    Aaron D. Gitler

    Stanford Medicine Basic Science Professor

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe investigate the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, and ALS. We don't limit ourselves to one model system or experimental approach. We start with yeast, perform genetic and chemical screens, and then move to other model systems (e.g. mammalian tissue culture, mouse, fly) and even work with human patient samples (tissue sections, patient-derived cells, including iPS cells) and next generation sequencing approaches.