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Asheen Rama
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Asheen Rama is a member of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology. He regularly organizes and conducts medical simulations across various hospital units, utilizing both traditional in-situ methods and advanced immersive technologies, such as virtual and augmented reality. He also collaborates with the Stanford CHARIOT program, leading efforts to integrate immersive technologies into medical education and working to scale these innovations nationally and internationally.
Dr. Rama teaches a diverse range of learners, including medical students, residents, fellows, and nurses. His academic interests focus on simulation, medical education, and artificial intelligence. Additionally, he has a strong interest in the medical humanities and has taught several Stanford undergraduate and medical student courses that explore the intersection of art and medicine. -
Sneha Ramakrishna
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)
BioSneha Ramakrishna obtained her B. A. from the University of Chicago and her M.D. from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. In medical school, through the Howard Hughes Medical Research Scholar Award, she joined Dr. Crystal Mackall’s laboratory, where she designed and developed various GD2 CAR-Ts and tested them in preclinical models. During her residency training in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she cared for some of the first patients treated with CD19 CAR T cells, learning the power of this therapy first-hand. During her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the Johns Hopkins/National Cancer Institute combined program, she worked with Dr. Terry Fry. She evaluated the mechanism of CD22 CAR T cell relapse in patients by developing an antigen escape model and establishing a deeper understanding of the effects of antigen density on CAR-T phenotype, expansion, and persistence (Fry…Ramakrishna…Mackall Nat Med, 2018; Ramakrishna, et al., Clinical Cancer Research, 2019). Since arriving at Stanford, Dr. Ramakrishna leads an interdisciplinary team that designs, develops, and successfully implements a robust correlative science platform for our novel CAR-T therapies. Analyzing patient samples from our first-in-human GD2 CAR-T trial (NCT04196413) treating a universally fatal cancer, diffuse midline glioma (DMG), we identified that intracerebroventricular CAR-T administration correlates with enhanced pro-inflammatory cytokines and reduced immunosuppressive cell populations in cerebrospinal fluid as compared to intravenous CAR-T administration (Majzner*, Ramakrishna*, et al., Nature 2022 *co-first authors). Her research program evaluates unique sets of patient samples using novel single-cell immune profiling to identify the drivers of CAR-T success or failure. Building on these findings, her team assesses approaches to enhance CAR-T efficacy and translate these findings to the clinic.
Clinically, Dr. Ramakrishna cares for children with solid tumors and treats hematologic, solid, and brain tumor pediatric patients with CAR T cell therapies in the Cancer Cellular Therapies program. -
Chandra Ramamoorthy
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Pediatric), Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNeuro protection and neurologic outcomes in cardiac patients prior to and concurrent with cardiac surgery and catheterization
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R J Ramamurthi
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsProspective collection of pediatric regional block procedures and complications on to a national database
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Mahalakshmi Ramamurthy
Basic Life Research Scientist, Peds/Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
BioI am a postdoctoral scholar working with Dr. Jason Yeatman. With a background in vision science, psychophysics and developmental cognitive neuroscience my long-term goal is to study the intersection of basic visual mechanisms and various neurodevelopmental disorders and to extend this understanding in creating effective early screening tools, and in advancing evidence-based therapeutic and remediation programs. Inherent to this interest is the need for developmental data in large and demographically diverse populations. I strongly believe that such inclusive research not only contributes to scientific advancements but can go beyond to bridge health and education disparities.
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Mira Raman
Rsch Data Analyst 2, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
Current Role at StanfordNeuroimaging Data Analyst at The BrIDGe Lab, The Division of Interdisciplinary Brain Science Research, Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine.
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Ashwin Ramayya, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
BioDr. Ramayya is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. He specializes in the treatment of patients with chronic pain, movement disorders, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury. His research program will focus on understanding brain mechanisms underlying pain experience and how to alleviate pain using brain stimulation.
Dr. Ramayya specializes in neuromodulation, including deep brain stimulation (DBS), spinal cord stimulation, MRI-guided laser therapy, and focused ultrasound. Dr. Ramayya obtained his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also completed his neurosurgery residency and a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.
His research efforts have identified neural substrates underlying learning, memory, and decision-making using computational behavioral modeling, neurophysiology, and neuroimaging.
Dr. Ramayya has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage, and Cerebral Cortex. He has also presented his work at national and international meetings, including those for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Pan Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference. -
Kavitha Ramchandran
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Oncology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on innovative models of care delivey to understand how to integrate primary and specialist palliative care. We also do work in palliative care education and how to scale our education to be impactful and sustainable. We are evaluating online models.
In cancer care I do research on novel therapeutics in thoracic malignancies including immunotherapy, new targeted agents, and new sequencing of approved drugs. -
Margarita Ramirez Silva, MPH
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Community Health, expected graduation Spring 2027
BioMargarita is an MD student born in Colombia and raised in Miami, FL. While formerly undocumented and unstably housed, she personally experienced the downstream effects of a broken healthcare system, motivating her to pursue an MPH at Northwestern and to work on diversity initiatives at Stanford. Nowadays, Margarita is interested in reproductive psychiatry and integrated behavioral health, and aspires to address the health inequities which most deeply affect minorities in the United States.
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Meghan Ramsey
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
BioDr. Meghan Ramsey is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania with a major in Neuroscience. She then attended Stanford University for medical school where she stayed to complete her internal medicine residency, and pulmonary/critical care fellowship. Her clinical time is split between the inpatient setting in the medical ICU and the ambulatory setting in Interventional Pulmonology with a focus on thoracic malignancies. Outside of her clinical time she has a dedicated commitment to teaching, serving as a mentor for residents and fellows, as well as leading as a co-director the pulmonary physiology course for medical students.
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Mona Ranade
Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology
BioMona Ranade, MD is a radiologist specializing in Vascular & Interventional Radiology and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology at Stanford University. She is a board-certified interventional radiologist with a clinical and academic focus on venous thromboembolism (DVT and PE), peripheral arterial disease, superficial venous disease, and women’s interventional health.
She completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (2012–2016) and a fellowship in Vascular & Interventional Radiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York (2016–2017). She began her career in academic medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System, where she practiced from 2017 to 2020, followed by five years on faculty at UCLA Health (2020–2025) prior to joining Stanford.
Dr. Ranade is recognized as a thought leader in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, with extensive experience in managing complex venous disease. She has participated in several clinical trials in this space and currently serves as the national principal investigator for the APEX-AV IDE trial evaluating the AngioDynamics AlphaVac device. Her scholarly work includes multiple peer-reviewed and non–peer-reviewed publications that have advanced clinical understanding and techniques in venous intervention.
In addition to her venous expertise, Dr. Ranade has a strong clinical focus on arterial disease, including the treatment of claudication and critical limb ischemia. She is also highly experienced in the treatment of superficial vein disease, offering comprehensive, minimally invasive options to improve both clinical outcomes and quality of life for her patients.
Dr. Ranade has a deep commitment to improving care for women through minimally invasive therapies, with special research and clinical interests in DVT, PE, and arterial disease in women, as well as uterine fibroids, adenomyosis, and pelvic congestion syndrome. Her work seeks to address the unique presentations and treatment needs of female patients across a range of vascular and interventional conditions.
A proponent of patient-centered innovation, Dr. Ranade has championed procedural advancements such as radial artery access to improve safety, comfort, and recovery. Her approach integrates evidence-based care with a focus on individualized treatment.
Dr. Ranade’s clinical leadership, research contributions, and advocacy for women’s health continue to influence the evolving landscape of interventional radiology. -
Devin Rand-Giovannetti
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Devin Rand-Giovannetti is a licensed psychologist who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma. She received her BA with Honors from Wellesley College and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She completed her clinical internship at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center and her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University's School of Medicine. She provides psychotherapy and supervision from a cognitive-behavioral framework. Dr. Rand-Giovannetti currently serves patients through the PTSD and Eating Disorders Clinics at Stanford School of Medicine.
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Thomas Rando, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms regulating stem cell function, the effects of aging on skeletal muscle and skeletal muscle stem cells, and the pathogenesis and experimental therapeutics for hereditary muscle diseases, specifically the muscular dystrophies.
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Julia Raney
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAdolescents are dying from drug overdoses at unprecedented rates, largely secondary to fentanyl contamination in the drug supply. A Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit for school-based health centers is needed to combat this trend. The toolkit should include key stakeholder-informed harm reduction approaches that focus on reducing injury or death from fentanyl and other opioids without exclusively recommending abstinence; this approach is evidence-based and critical to saving lives.
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Ekanath Srihari Rangan
Affiliate, Department Funds
Resident in MedicineCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsCardiovascular, Neurological, and other organ systems health through non-invasive and pervasive - Wear, Watch & Warn - disease severity trajectories; Measure, Monitor, & Modify for Predictive, Preemptive & Preventative health.
Multidisciplinary synergy of collaborative creativity through the joining of forces of technology and intelligence with medicine to overcome intractable diseases.
Coherence of Computation and Compassion for holistic health @ home. -
Julia D. Ransohoff
Instructor, Medicine - Oncology
BioDr. Ransohoff received her B.A. from Harvard College in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology and completed her medical training at Stanford University, where she received her M.D., completed residency in internal medicine, and fellowship training in hematology and oncology as part of the American Board of Internal Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program.
Dr. Ransohoff is a physician-scientist dedicated to improving breast cancer treatments and outcomes through developing genomic methods to profile how tumors respond to treatment. Her research focuses on molecular approaches to understand the variable clinical responses of breast cancers to treatment at the genomic level by profiling molecular residual disease. Her current work involves exploring mechanisms of chemoresistance and immune evasion and identifying novel therapeutic targets. In related work, she also studies epidemiological risk factors for breast cancer mortality with a focus on the gut microbiome, oncofertility, and racial and ethnic differences in treatment response. Dr. Ransohoff's research has been supported by the ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation, the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation, the Stanford Cancer Institute, ECOG-ACRIN, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
As an Instructor in the Division of Medical Oncology, Dr. Ransohoff is also a clinically active oncologist, treating patients with breast cancer. -
Adrit Rao
Affiliate, School of Medicine - MDRP'S - Biodesign Program
BioAdrit is passionate about research at the intersection of deep learning, healthcare, and mobile apps. For the past four years, he has been conducting digital health research at Stanford's Vascular Surgery division. He is also a member of the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign's Digital Health group and serves as a TA for Stanford's CS342 course.
Adrit has co-authored 16 peer-reviewed publications, including 13 as first author. He has presented at several prestigious international conferences, including MICCAI, ICCV, CVPR, and MWSCAS. He developed AutoABI, a patent-pending AI-enabled app for peripheral artery disease diagnosis. He developed the A4 deep learning pipeline for automated abdominal aortic aneurysm measurement which is open-sourced through Stanford AIMI's Comp2Comp. His research also focuses on improving the explainability of computer vision for medical image analysis. He is also a contributor to Stanford Spezi's digital health ecosystem. -
Anoop Rao
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWearable senors, unobtrusive vital sign monitoring, natural language processing/text mining
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Jianghong Rao
Professor of Radiology (Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford) and, by courtesy, of Chemistry
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsProbe chemistry and nanotechnology for molecular imaging and diagnostics
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Mitesh Rao
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioDr. Mitesh B. Rao, MD, MHS is the Founder and CEO of OMNY, a venture-backed company revolutionizing how healthcare data is shared and valued. A Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Rao practices clinically as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford. Most recently, he served as the Chief Patient Safety Officer for Stanford Healthcare where he led Patient Safety, Quality, and System Redesign for the Enterprise. Dr. Rao also served as Director of the Center for Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS), which focused on advancing the science and implementing new innovations in the fields of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.
Previously, he was trained in leadership and research skills as a Fellow in the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. Subsequent to his time at Yale, he served as the Director of the Patient Safety Education Program at Northwestern Medicine. As a physician leader, he was helped implement systems-level improvements for quality and safety in institutions across the country and overseas that have had lasting effects on patient care provision. He has also led teams serving contracts with various governmental and non-profit agencies such as the Joint Commission Resources, CMS, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Partners Health Care, and the American College of Surgeons in multiple campaigns and initiatives to improve Patient Safety on a national level.
Dr. Rao also served as the Head of Research and Integration for the health innovation program at Northwestern. In this role, he developed an expertise in improving care provision through innovative methodologies. He spearheaded efforts to integrate innovative technologies into the health system to improve patient care in a variety of settings, including telemedicine and mHealth initiatives. Working both with innovators and researchers across the various schools of the University as well as promising startups from around the country, Dr. Rao helped guide and refine the process for vetting and integrating pilot programs to test new technologies within the clinical venue. He also serves as a mentor to multiple healthcare-focused startups and accelerator groups across the country in order to help guide the development of implementation of innovative solutions that can sustainably impact patient care provision. -
Yuan James Rao, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)
BioDr. Yuan James Rao is a board-certified radiation oncologist with Stanford Health Care. He is also an associate professor of radiation oncology and the associate director of proton therapy in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Therapy at Stanford University School of Medicine.
As a radiation oncologist, Dr. Rao treats chest (thoracic) and head and neck cancers. He specializes in using proton therapy, a type of high-energy radiation therapy that precisely targets cancer cells while sparing surrounding tissue. The proton therapies he uses include 3D conformal radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and stereotactic body radiation therapy. He also uses brachytherapy, which treats cancer by placing radiation sources inside or very close to a tumor.
Dr. Rao’s research interests include the use of proton therapy in treating various cancers. He has also studied the role of machine learning and advanced imaging techniques to improve radiation treatments. In addition, Dr. Rao has investigated ways to integrate immunotherapy into radiation treatment regimens.
Dr. Rao has published his work in and served as an ad hoc reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Cancer, Frontiers in Oncology, Advances in Radiation Oncology, and PLOS One. In addition, he has co-written chapters in books including Perez & Brady’s Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology and Pocket Guide to Radiation Oncology. He has presented his work nationally and internationally, including at meetings of the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and European Society for Radiation Oncology.
Dr. Rao is a member of the ABS and ASTRO. -
Esa Rasanen
Visiting Scholar, Chemical and Systems Biology Operations
Affiliate, SPARK at StanfordBioI am a Professor of Physics at Tampere University with a background in quantum physics and dynamics, and broad experience in multidisciplinary research at the interface of physics, engineering, and medical sciences. My work has increasingly focused on computational cardiology, electrocardiography, and physiological signal analysis, where our team develops algorithms and software for extracting clinically meaningful information from complex biosignals. I have been involved in both academic research and applied innovation, including clinical validation studies and technology translation in healthcare and wearables. I am particularly interested in problems where rigorous physical modeling, data-driven methods, and real-world medical applications intersect.
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Natalie L. Rasgon
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry and Psychology-Adult) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Rasgon has been involved in longitudinal placebo-controlled neuroendocrine studies for nearly two decades, and she has been involved in neuroendocrine and brain imaging studies of estrogen effects on depressed menopausal women for the last eight years. It should be noted that in addition to her duties as a Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dr. Rasgon is also the Director of the Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program and of the Women's Wellness Program.
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Lindsey Rasmussen
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Critical Care
Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Adult NeurologyCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests reside in the field of Neurocritical Care Medicine and stem from my experience developing and directing Stanford's comprehensive Pediatric Neurocritical Care program. I am interested in neuro-prognostication and neuro-monitoring in the pediatric intensive care setting. These interests are integrated clinically to focus on optimal care for pediatric patients with neurologic injury, through specialized nursing and physician care, protocols, and physiologic considerations.
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Mohammad Reza Rasouli, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Rasouli is a board-certified anesthesiologist specializing in pain management. He practices at Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare in Pleasanton. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine.
Dr. Rasouli takes pride in developing a comprehensive, compassionate treatment plan personalized to each patient in his care. His goals are to relieve patients’ chronic pain, and enable them to enjoy the best possible quality of life. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Rasouli has conducted research and published extensively. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Dr. Rasouli has presented the findings of his research at conferences such as the North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Meeting, American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting, and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Topics have included using spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation for treatment of pain, perioperative pain management, and post-surgical recovery.
He has published more than 100 articles in the peer-reviewed journals Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Neurosurgery, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Surgery, and elsewhere. He also has co-authored chapters in Spine Trauma, Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injuries, Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty, and Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sciatica, and other textbooks.
Dr. Rasouli has earned numerous honors including the Dr. Jeffrey and Celia Joseph Anesthesiology Scholarly Achievement Award. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, California Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, North American Neuromodulation Society, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, and Society of Critical Care Medicine. -
Caroline E. Rassbach
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Professor, Emergency MedicineCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMedical education including learner assessment, program development and mentoring and coaching in medicine.
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John Ratliff, MD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Orthopaedic Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests focus upon preventing complications in spine surgery, assessing patient outcomes after spine surgery procedures, and developing population-based metrics for assessing surgical outcomes.
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Emily Ratner
Clinical Professor Emeritus (Active), Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Staff Emeritus Retiree, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain MedicineCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsClinical effectiveness of acupuncture in medical conditions, use of acupuncture in perioperative settings to reduce opiate and antiemetic use, use of acupuncture in pregnancy for the treatment of nausea, vomiting and other conditions, use of acupuncture in the treatment of the side effects in cancer patients.
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Anna Ratuski
Postdoctoral Scholar, Comparative Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAnna Ratuski has published on refinement of euthanasia procedures for rodents and the use of environmental enrichment for rats and mice housed in laboratories. She is currently working on 3Rs initiatives for animals used in research, with a particular focus on mice.
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Ravi Dhurjati
Academic Prog Prof 2, SoM Proposal Development Office
BioThe focus of my work is on the design, implementation and evaluation of health care delivery system interventions to improve quality of perinatal care delivery.
Specific areas of interest are:
Design and evaluation of systems-based approaches to reduce disparities in care delivery
Evaluating the impact of delivery system design on quality of care and outcomes
Implementation and evaluation of innovative strategies to promote clinical practice improvement -
Vishnu Ravi
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Vishnu Ravi combines his expertise as a board-certified, practicing internal medicine physician, senior software engineer, and board-certified clinical informaticist to create transformative solutions for healthcare.
As the Technology Architect for Stanford Medicine Catalyst, the Stanford School of Medicine's flagship innovation program, he designs, develops, and implements innovations including AI-driven platforms for Parkinson's care, chronic cardiovascular disease management, and precision pharmacogenomics that are helping patients receive more personalized and effective care.
At the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign, Vishnu helps lead the center's digital health initiatives spanning education, research, and translation. To support this work, he co-founded Stanford Spezi, an open-source framework and ecosystem for building modular, standards-based digital health solutions that is now used by leading healthcare institutions and companies worldwide.
Vishnu also instructs Stanford's CS342/MED253 Building for Digital Health, an innovative course that brings together computer science, engineering, and medical students with clinical faculty to develop real-world healthcare applications. In 2025, he helped lead the international expansion of this program, with a successful launch at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is also deeply involved in the effort to weave AI into the medical school curriculum at Stanford.
Vishnu's entrepreneurial experience includes co-founding a TechStars-backed startup and developing COVID-19 solutions deployed internationally. He has pioneered clinical AI applications, creating conversational agents and advanced analytics for unstructured health data, while contributing to international mobile health data standards. He serves as a technical consultant to companies including Google and speaks regularly at industry conferences.
Alongside his technology work, Vishnu maintains his connection to clinical practice as an Internal Medicine physician providing comprehensive primary care to a diverse patient population at Stanford Health Care.
