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Mary Estakhri
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Surgery - General Surgery
BioDr. Mary Estakhri practices General and Bariatric Surgery in Pleasanton. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Estakhri has also held a number of leadership positions including: Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, past chair of the Department of Surgery, and a past board member at the American Cancer Society of Contra Costa County.
She is a 3rd Degree Black Belt (2nd Dan) for the US International Taekwon-Do Federation. -
Amin Etemad, MBA, SSGB
Quality Programs Manager, Surgery
BioAmin Etemad earned a Bachelor's degree in management from l'Université de Montréal's HEC School of Commerce followed by an MBA in Medical Management from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis in 2008. He led Amazon fulfillment as an Operations Manager at MSP5 in Shakopee, MN before joining the supply chain team of Minnesota-based Allina Health as a process improvement manager. He then moved to a central QI role at Allina where he was part of MN's Covid surge planning for the ED and ICU in 2020.
In the fall of 2020, Amin joined Stanford Health as a Quality Improvement Project Manager in Radiology. In 2023, he transitioned to the school of medicine where he leads the quality improvement team in the department of surgery.
Amin is an avid tennis and soccer player and loves playing acoustic guitar and a classical string instrument called Santoor. He speak5 languages, having grown up on 3 continents and 5 countries, raised in a family of 10+ medical doctors with a continuous love for traveling the world and learning new cultures and cuisines. -
Chandrayee Ghosh
Basic Life Research Scientist, Surgery - General Surgery
Current Role at StanfordBasic Life Research Scientist
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Joshua D. Grab
Biostatistician 2, Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
BioJoshua Grab is a Biostatistician at the S-SPIRE Center in the Department of Surgery. He has Masters' degrees in Biostatistics and Mathematics.
Josh has 12 years of experience as a biostatistician and data analyst. As a data analyst at UCSF, he worked primarily for the Liver Transplant Center doing survival analyses. At Wake Forest University, he worked on genome-wide association studies for various disease conditions. Before that, he worked at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), building logistic models for mortality within the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database.
Josh has been a SAS user for all of his time in biostatistics and has beginner to intermediate skills with various other software packages, including R, STATA, and MATLAB, and is learning Python.
In addition to his biostatistics career, Josh also has 7 years of experience teaching mathematics and introductory statistics at the community college level. -
Laura Graham
Casual - Non-Exempt, Surgery
BioDr. Graham is a health services researcher with extensive experience in data management and analysis. She focuses on surgical outcomes research using large administrative datasets from the Veterans Health Administration (VA) and other single-site healthcare systems. Her research interests include improving clinical care processes using causal inference methodologies and implementation science to translate evidence into practice. Her research has significantly contributed to understanding and improving surgical outcomes, particularly within the VA healthcare system, through rigorous epidemiological and health services research methods.
During her tenure with the Veterans Health Administration and Stanford Medical Center, Dr. Graham's research has focused on using large administrative datasets to improve surgical outcomes, enhance surgical training, and optimize healthcare delivery for veterans undergoing surgical procedures. She has expertise in novel analytic approaches, including causal inference methodologies, and has presented on examining complex relationships and reporting nonlinear trends in surgical outcomes research.
Dr. Graham has a substantial publication record, with over 4,600 citations and an h-index of 32 (as of June 2024). Her work has been published in a number of reputable high-impact journals, including JAMA Surgery, Annals of Surgery, and Health Affairs. These experiences have equipped her with a robust understanding of health data and novel data science methodologies, as well as the ability to design and execute complex experiments, analyze data, and communicate results effectively.
In addition to her technical skills, she is a strong collaborator and communicator. She frequently collaborates with clinician-scientists to produce valid and impactful surgical outcomes research. She has successfully led multidisciplinary teams, mentored junior researchers, and fostered productive partnerships with industry and academic collaborators. She is adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously and thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
