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  • Marcus Sinewe

    Marcus Sinewe

    Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine

    BioMarcus Sinewe is the Stanford EM Simulation Fellow. He is a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician who received his training at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. His background prior to Stanford includes active duty military service in the United States Air Force as a practicing physician. During that time, he practiced in Virginia, Ohio, Alaska, and Minnesota on a variety of taskings and missions. He also deployed and was recognized as a clinician for his work on Ground Surgical Teams (GST) in austere trauma care. From this recognition, he served for two years as an Emergency Medicine Instructor for the GST Austere Course at the School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) in Dayton, Ohio. He is an expert in medical simulation, debriefing, team dynamics and cross specialty training. Among his other passions include patient-centered care and social emergency medicine.

  • Shyam Mohan Sivasankar

    Shyam Mohan Sivasankar

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

    BioMy interests lie in the intersection of Medicine and Media, Global Pediatric Emergency Medicine Education, Child Abuse Pediatrics, and in Medical Student Education.

  • Rebecca Smith-Coggins, MD

    Rebecca Smith-Coggins, MD

    Professor (Teaching) of Emergency Medicine, Emerita

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEffect of work schedule on work performance, mood and, sleep architecture in attending emergency medicine physicians,residents.

  • Matthew Strehlow

    Matthew Strehlow

    Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adult Clinical/Academic)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research aims to improve healthcare delivery in LMICs through evidence-based training, emergency care epidemiology, and strengthening maternal and child health via EMS. Partnering with Digital Medic and WHO, I evaluate training methods and develop guidance for health emergencies. I’ve contributed to prehospital care systems in India and other countries. Additionally, I explore EMS as access points for intimate partner violence victims and climate related health emergencies.

  • John Su

    John Su

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

    BioJohn Su, MD, MA, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Associate Medical Director for the San Jose Fire Department. He is an emergency physician and EMS physician-scientist with fellowship training in Emergency Medical Services and an MA in Biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley.

    Dr. Su’s academic work focuses on improving the quality, safety, and delivery of prehospital care, with particular attention to children and older adults. His research integrates artificial intelligence, clinical informatics, biostatistics, and implementation science to develop and evaluate clinical decision support tools, quality measurement strategies, and system-level interventions. By partnering with EMS agencies, health systems, and community organizations, he studies how these approaches can be integrated into routine practice, inform EMS policy, and strengthen systems of care across diverse populations and settings.

    In his role with the San Jose Fire Department, Dr. Su provides EMS medical direction, quality improvement, and clinician education. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Safe Passages, supporting community-based programs for children, youth, and families.

  • Brian Suffoletto

    Brian Suffoletto

    Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adult Clinical/Academic)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy work sits at the intersection of acute care, behavioral science, and digital health and I have applied this approach across a wide range of health challenges, including alcohol and substance use, medication adherence, sleep, mental health, hypertension self-management, post-concussive symptoms, and recovery following emergency care.

  • N. Nounou Taleghani MD, PhD

    N. Nounou Taleghani MD, PhD

    Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine

    BioDr. Nounou Taleghani completed her undergraduate education at UCLA, graduating in 1986, and subsequently earned both her M.D. and Ph.D. (Neuroscience) degrees at the Chicago Medical School.
    She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1999 and joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery at Stanford as a Board Certified Emergency Medicine specialist in the same year.
    She briefly left Stanford in August 2005 and joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she served as the Associate Dean for Clinical Curriculum for the Qatar campus and was responsible for the implementation, management and coordination of the WCMC-Q undergraduate clinical curriculum, including the third year clerkships and the fourth year electives. Under her leadership, WCMC-Q developed a pioneering, multilingual program in medical interpreting designed to assist medical students as they interacted with patients in their clinical courses at the local teaching hospital. Dr. Taleghani has received many awards for teaching, including several Excellence in Teaching awards, both at Stanford and at Cornell.

    She re-joined the faculty of the Stanford School of Medicine in Fall 2009 as Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery and as an Attending Physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Stanford Hospital. She holds an appointment in the medical school and taught in the clinical curriculum as part of the Educator for CARE faculty for 10 Years and as Assistant Dean for Academic Advising. She now serves as Associate Dean for Academic Advising in the School of Medicine and is the founder and director of the Center for Specialty Career Advising.

    Dr. Taleghani was also the Director for Medical Student Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine and oversaw all the courses her department teaches in the Medical School, including being the inaugural required Clerkship Director for the EMED Clerkship. She also served as the founding Director for the Rapid Assessment Program , MD in triage for the Emergency Department.

    Aside from her clinical and academic responsibilities at Stanford, Dr. Taleghani is also involved in many organizations around the Bay Area including serving as
    Medical Director, Palo Alto Fire Department from 1999–2005,
    Volunteer Ski Patrol, Diamond Peak, CA 2020-
    Volunteer Medical Director, Susan G Koman 3 Day Walk, SF from 2003-2010
    Volunteer Medical Provider for the Painted Turtle Camp
    Volunteer Medical Director, AVON, Breast Cancer Walk, SF 2012-2015.
    She is also one of the VTML’s, team medical liaison for the National Football League.