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Alexandra Cours, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Cours is a dedicated clinician educator specializing in geriatrics at Stanford University. She provides compassionate care as a primary care physician for older adults and serves as a geriatric medicine consultant at Stanford Hospital, addressing complex health needs in aging populations. Dr. Cours is the Medical Director for the Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit, where she oversees specialized care for hospitalized older adults to optimize their health outcomes. Her research focuses on bone and muscle health, with the aim of advancing medical understanding and potential treatment options in these critical areas. Dr. Cours also leads a personal and professional development program for geriatrics fellows, fostering the next generation of leaders in geriatrics. Additionally, she is an active participant in the Foundations of Academic Clinical Excellence and Transformation (FACET) Faculty Development Fellowship, a program designed to build ecosystem awareness, practical skills, community, and connections to support career growth.
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Alia Crum
Associate Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, of Medicine (Primary Care & Population Health)
On Leave from 10/01/2024 To 06/30/2025Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur lab focuses on how subjective mindsets (e.g., thoughts, beliefs and expectations) can alter objective reality through behavioral, psychological, and physiological mechanisms. We are interested in understanding how mindsets affect important outcomes both within and beyond the realm of medicine, in the domains such as exercise, diet and stress. https://mbl.stanford.edu/
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Nancy Cuan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Nancy Cuan is an internal medicine primary care physician at Stanford Coordinated Care (SCC). SCC is a primary care medicine practice that is a benefit for eligible members of the Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, SLAC and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital community and their covered adult dependents with ongoing health conditions. More information, including a self-assessment to determine eligibility based on health condition(s) and health insurance, can be found at the Stanford Coordinated Care website.
Prior to joining Stanford Coordinated Care, she had practiced for many years at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and helped with the resident training program there. She has had experience in working with patients with multiple ongoing medical conditions. -
Korina De Bruyne
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe EMPOWER study (PI: Dr Beth Darnall) is looking at how to best support patients with chronic pain on long-term opioid therapy through a slow taper (maximal duration of 1 year). Patients are randomized to taper only versus taper plus community-based pain self-management group sessions versus taper plus psychologist-led cognitive behavioral therapy for pain group sessions. Along the way alternative measures to control pain are also explored. Enrollment is open until 10/2021.
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James R. Doty, M.D.
Adjunct Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy interest for many years has focused on neuro-oncology (brain tumors) and utilizing both surgery and stereotactically focused radiation to treat solid tumors of the nervous system primarily utilizing the CyberKnife.
In addition, I am an expert in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery.
More recently, my interests revolve around understanding the neural, social and mental bases of compassion and altruism using a multi-disciplinary approach. -
Anthony DuBose
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSoft tissue musculoskeletal injuries with focus on repetitive strain injuries
