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William Shomali
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Hematology
BioDr. Shomali is a clinical assistant professor of Hematology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is board certified in hematology & medical oncology.
Dr. Shomali specializes in the treatment of blood cancers such as myeloproliferative neoplasms and myelodysplastic syndromes. He aims to provide compassionate, personalized, and evidence-based care to each patient.
Dr. Shomali received his medical degree from the University of Jordan, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center where he studied infections in cancer patients and the role of biomarkers in defining tumor fever. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he served as a Chief Medical Resident. He then joined Stanford University for his combined Hematology & Oncology fellowship training.
Dr. Shomali’s research interests include the study of novel agents in myeloproliferative neoplasms and myelodysplastic syndromes. He developed investigator-initiated clinical trials for patients with eosinophilic neoplasms and advanced myelofibrosis. In addition, he co-authored several papers and book chapters discussing the care of patients with cancer. His work has been presented in national meetings and published in peer reviewed journals including Blood, American Journal of Hematology, British Journal of Hematology, Leukemia & Lymphoma, and Cancer.
Among his honors, Dr. Shomali received the Cleveland Clinic Excellence in Teaching Award and was named to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He has received a Young Investigator Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation, an NIH Institutional National Research Service Award, and a Stanford Cancer Institute Fellowship Award.
Dr. Shomali is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. -
Jade Shorter, MD, MSHP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
BioDr. Shorter specializes in complex family planning, early pregnancy management, and general gynecology. She is committed to improving the continuity of care for patients with early pregnancy complications and serves as the Director of the Early Pregnancy Assessment Program. Her clinical research interests include improving patients’ experience with abortion and early pregnancy care, addressing reproductive health disparities, and promoting health equity.
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Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe
Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor in the School of Medicine, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe timing for intervention in obstruction in the infant and child is poorly understood.Our group has been interested in trying to define the risks that may be involved in obstructive and infectious uropathies and discovering early signs of damage to the urinary tract and kidney. We have explored ways of imaging the urinary tract using nonionizing radiation (US, MRI). We have studied the relationships of sex steroid hormones, pregnancy, reflux, urinary tract infection and urinary tract function.
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John Shoven
The Charles Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus
BioJohn B. Shoven is the Trione Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He specializes in public finance and corporate finance and has published on Social Security, health economics, corporate and personal taxation, mutual funds, pension plans, economic demography and applied general equilibrium economics. His books include The Real Deal: The History and Future of Social Security, Yale University Press, 1999 and The Evolving Pension System, Brookings Institution Press, 2005. His most recent book is co-authored with former Secretary of State and Treasury George Shultz and deals with both Social Security and health care reform in the U.S. (Putting Our House in Order: A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform, WWNorton, 2008). He also recently published a research paper on new ways of measuring age (“New Age Thinking: Alternative Ways of Measuring Age, Their Relationship to Labor Force Participation, Government Policies and GDP,” NBER Working Paper No. 13476. October 2007). His journal publications appear in such places as the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Perspectives, and the Journal of Public Economics. In total, he has published more than one hundred professional articles and twenty books.
Professor Shoven is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of the Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security, and an award winning teacher at Stanford. He received his Ph.D in Economics from Yale University in 1973 and has been associated with Stanford ever since. He was Dean of Humanities and Sciences from 1993 to 1998. He is Chairman of the Board of Board of Cadence Design Systems and serves on the boards of American Century Funds, Exponent, Inc. and Financial Engines, Inc. -
Bonginkosi Shozi
Fellow, Center for Law and Biosciences
BioDr Bonginkosi Shozi is currently a Fellow at the Sanford Law School's Center for Law and the Biosciences. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Law, affiliated with the Health Law and Ethics Research Interest Group. He holds the degrees the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (LLB); Master of Laws (LLM) in Constitutional Law, Theory and Human Rights Litigation; and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law — all obtained from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Prior to joining Stanford Law School, he completed a two-year postdoctoral scholarship at the University of California San Diego's Institute for Practical Ethics.
Dr Shozi's research engages with legal and bioethical issues in the governance of novel human-health-related technologies at a global level, with a particular focus on developing world perspectives. His research has produced novel insights into non-Western perspectives on a number of cutting-edge technological areas, including genetic technologies, assisted reproductive technologies, and pharmaceuticals. He has authored academic works that have been featured in several prestigious international publications including the Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Bioethics, CRISPR Journal, Journal of Medical Ethics, the American Journal of Bioethics, and PLoS ONE. His academic works have research support from world-renowned institutions including the Royal Society and the National Institutes of Health.
In addition to his academic works, Dr Shozi has been heavily involved in various roles that are aimed at influencing policy at a global level, including as a member of the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UN-OSAA) African Knowledge Network consultative platform on intellectual property rights and; and as a board member of the Association for Responsible Research and Innovation in Genome Editing (ARRIGE). -
Joseph Shrager
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsIn clinical research, Dr. Shrager studies outcomes in a variety of areas within Thoracic Surgery including: parenchyma-sparing operations and minimally invasive resections for lung cancer, transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, diaphragm plication, and surgical treatment of emphysema.
Dr. Shrager's lab is focused on the impact of disease states upon the diaphragm. His group published the seminal paper (NEJM) describing diaphragm atrophy assoc'd with mechanical ventilation.
