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Hannah Louise Kirsch, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Adult Neurology
BioHannah Louise Kirsch, MD is a board-certified neurologist and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Neurocritical Care Division of the Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Kirsch is also a hospitalist who pays special attention to delivering Stanford Health Care patients the best possible neurological care.
She serves on the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke committee dedicated to coma and conditions related to consciousness. She has implemented numerous neurology-centered educational activities for health care professionals from diverse specialties, including training psychiatrists on the neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19. She also has helped educate oncologists and hematologists regarding common neurological conditions among cancer patients.
Dr. Kirsch has conducted research on a range of topics, including thrombotic complications in critically ill COVID-19 patients, advances in intracranial pressure monitoring, and predictors of outcomes in acute encephalitis. She has published her findings in Neurology, the Journal of Trauma, Emergency Medicine, and Procedures, among other journals.
She has given presentations on topics including variations in coagulation among patients with cerebral hemorrhage and the association of cerebral pressure with cardiac arrest. She has shared her discoveries at meetings of the Neurocritical Care Society and Society of Hospital Medicine.
The Neurocritical Care Society has honored her work. She also won the prestigious Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, which recognizes clinical excellence, outstanding compassion in the delivery of care, and respect for patients, families, and health care colleagues.
Dr. Kirsch received her medical degree from New York University. She completed her residency in neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, and a fellowship in neurocritical care at Columbia University. She also completed the Columbia University narrative medicine certificate program and is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. -
Derek M. Klarin, MD
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
BioDr. Klarin is a fellowship-trained vascular surgeon.
For each patient, he develops a comprehensive, compassionate care plan customized to individual needs. His goal is to help each patient achieve the best possible health and quality of life.
Dr. Klarin performs the full spectrum of diagnostic and treatment procedures for cardiovascular conditions. He treats carotid disease, peripheral artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, venous thromboembolism, and other vascular diseases.
To help advance his field, Dr. Klarin has conducted research. The American Heart Association, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and other organizations have provided grants to support his studies. He also has co-patented advances in predicting and scoring risk factors for cardiovascular disease and other conditions.
He has published extensively and co-authored more than 50 articles on new techniques and technology for diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disorders. His work has appeared in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Circulation, JAMA, Nature Medicine, and other peer-reviewed journals.
He also has made many invited presentations to his peers. He has spoken at the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference presented by the Society for Vascular Surgery, the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, and the annual meeting of the American Society for Human Genetics. Topics include risk factors for peripheral artery disease, the benefits of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm, and the impact of genetic variations on cardiovascular disease.
He is a member of the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium. He is a founding member of the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Genetics Consortium and the Peripheral Artery Disease Genetics Consortium. He is also a candidate member of the Society for Vascular Surgery. -
Jeffrey Howard Kleck
Adjunct Professor, Rad/Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
BioDr. Jeff Kleck
Current Roles
Adjunct Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California
Senior Partner, Eleven of Ten (Elevens) — Menlo Park, California
Chairman, Open Power & Energy Network (OPEN) — Washington, District of Columbia
Senior Advisor, United States Department of War (US DoW) — Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
Previous Academic Appointments
Dean of Academics, Catholic Institute of Technology (CIT) — Cambridge, Massachusetts & Castel Gandolfo, Italy
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Visiting Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Visiting Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Previous Commercial Technology Ventures
President and Board Member, Rapid AI
Founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, Attainia
Founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, Neoforma
Previous Government Service
Senior Advisor, United States Department of Defense (US DoD)
Director, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), United States Department of Defense (US DoD)
Education
Ph.D., Biomedical Physics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
M.S., Engineering Management, Stanford University, Stanford
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station (TAMU)
B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station (TAMU)
St. John's University, Collegeville (SJU)
The University of Texas, Austin (UT)
Awards in Current Roles
Ukraine Foreign Military Medal, bestowed by the Commander of the Ukraine Armed Forces (2023)
U.S. Department of Defense Award for Team Cyber & IT Excellence, bestowed by the US DoD Chief Information Officer (2019) -
John Kleimeyer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
BioDr. Kleimeyer specializes in orthopaedic spine surgery, treating cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disorders including disc herniations, stenosis, myelopathy, fractures, scoliosis and more. He treats both simple and complex spine problems including revisions. His goal is to provide the most minimally invasive solution to improve patients’ quality of life. This includes less invasive discectomies, decompressions, disc replacements, and fusions. He is particularly focused on single-position procedures to limit surgical time and recovery.
Prior to coming to the Stanford Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Stanford Spine Center, Dr. Kleimeyer completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Stanford University where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He then completed his spine fellowship at the renowned Emory University Spine Center. He is board-certified.
Dr. Kleimeyer has received honors and recognition for his research in the fields of orthopaedic surgery and spine surgery. He participates in national and international specialty societies and as a journal reviewer. His research interests include improving clinical outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical care, the genetics of orthopaedic and spine disorders, and cost efficacy. Dr. Kleimeyer has published over 20 journal articles in addition to other reviews and textbook chapters, and has presented research nationally and internationally. -
Clarissa Klein
Scientific Data Curator 2, Biomedical Data Science
BioScientific curator and coordinator for the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) and the Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase (PharmGKB) / ClinPGx. Program Manager for Stanford ClinGen.
Coordinator for ClinGen's Data Access, Protection, and Confidentiality (DAPC) Working Group, the Rheumatologic and Autoimmune Diseases Clinical Domain Working Group (RAD-CDWG), Multigenic Taskforce, HLA Working Group, and the Pharmacogenomics Working Group (PGxWG). Coordinator for PharmGKB's submission for FDA recognition of their clinical annotation database, and curator with a focus on PharmGKB Pediatric. -
Jonathan D Klein
Marron and Mary Elizabeth Kendrick Professor of Pediatrics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy studies address:
1. Confidentiality and Access to Care studies of confidential time during well-visits and policy analyses addressing quality of care and health systems capacity for adolescents and young adults in the US and globally; and,
2, Tobacco, nicotine, and second-hand smoke studies of primary care counseling to reduce nicotine addiction in adolescents and programs to engage medical specialty groups in secondhand smoke clinical and policy interventions.
