Stanford University
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Megan Marie Pendleton
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioMegan Pendleton MD, PhD is a graduate of Stanford Emergency Medicine residency and was a former NASA engineer. She earned her MD from UCSF and prior to this earned her Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech, and her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley. Her doctoral research, in collaboration with NASA Ames, examined the effects of spaceflight radiation on the human body, particularly on fracture risk. Before medicine she worked at NASA Johnson Space Center on spacesuit and Orion seat design. She is originally from Austin, Texas.
Her academic interests center on the intersection of space medicine and innovation of translational medical devices. Her work explores how technologies developed for human spaceflight can then be adapted to improve patient care in telehealth, pre-hospital medicine and the Emergency Department. Dr. Pendleton also loves to design visually driven lectures in emergency medicine and developed medicinewithmegan.com, an open-access educational platform featuring high-yield clinical teaching topics.
Outside of medicine, she loves to scuba dive and is a licensed private pilot. Ask her about diving all over the world: Fiji, Thailand, Palau, Cabo Pulmo, Bonaire, Turks, Grand Cayman, Hawaii, Panama, Galapagos. She is always looking for new recommendations and happy to send some as well. -
Terry Platchek
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Professor (By courtesy), Medicine - Primary Care and Population HealthCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Platchek's research interest focuses on improving value in healthcare delivery using healthcare model design thinking and a "Lean" business strategy. Dr. Platchek is also interested in effective methods for engaging clinicians in systems-based clinical improvement efforts.
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Carl Preiksaitis
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
BioDr. Carl Preiksaitis is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he directs the Human Experience and Advancement Lab (HEAL). His research examines how artificial intelligence and digital technology are reshaping the future of work and training in emergency medicine — spanning human-AI interaction in clinical environments, the cognitive and relational impact of AI tools on physicians, and educational informatics. Using large-scale EHR and administrative data, he studies how AI changes the way emergency physicians think, document, and develop expertise over time.
His work has been published in Nature Medicine, NEJM Catalyst, and Annals of Emergency Medicine, and is funded by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the National Library of Medicine.
Nationally, Dr. Preiksaitis serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education and leads AI initiatives at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. At Stanford, he directs the Medical Education Residency Track and leads the graduate medical education curriculum in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Preiksaitis earned his MD from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, completed his emergency medicine residency and medical education fellowship at Stanford, and holds a Master of Education from the University of Cincinnati.
