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Joyce Njoroge, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Njoroge is a board-certified physician and fellowship-trained cardiologist with the Advanced Heart Failure Program at Stanford Health Care. She is also a clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.
Dr. Njoroge has extensive clinical experience diagnosing and treating cardiovascular complications that develop during pregnancy or postpartum. She currently provides care at the Stanford Health Care Heart and Vascular Clinic with a particular focus on patients with a history of pregnancy-associated heart failure and cardiomyopathy.
Dr. Njoroge’s research efforts involve identifying inherited genetic changes and biological markers that could help improve screening and care for pregnant women in higher risk populations. This includes determining the causes of disproportionately high incidences of heart-related complications and deaths experienced by Black women during and after pregnancy. Dr. Njoroge is also currently recruiting patients for a large-scale, multicenter clinical trial evaluating a drug to treat cardiovascular complications during pregnancy.
Dr. Njoroge has published her work in numerous prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including Circulation Research and the Journal of Cardiac Failure. She also co-authored a chapter on cardiovascular disease in pregnancy in the most recent edition of the book Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Cardiology.
Dr. Njoroge is a member of the Association of Black Cardiologists, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Failure Society of America. -
Chloe Nobuhara
Masters Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, admitted Autumn 2025
BioChloe Nobuhara is a fourth year general surgery resident at Stanford University, currently doing two years of research in the application of artificial intelligence in the operating room. Her projects include computer vision pipelines for automated performance assessment, the use of ambient intelligence for operational efficiency, and the use of automated documentation for burnout reduction. She completed her undergraduate studies at Northeastern University and her MD at Duke University School of Medicine. She is also concurrently in a Masters in Epidemiology with a focus in informatics.
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Julia E. Noel, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), OHNS/Head & Neck Surgery Divisions
Staff, OHNS/Otolaryngology/Head & Neck SurgeryBioDr. Noel is a head and neck surgeon with fellowship training in endocrine surgery, specializing in surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid gland and lymph nodes. She is the chief of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and an affiliate assistant professor in the Stanford School of Medicine.
Among the many conditions she treats are thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, hypercalcemia, Grave’s disease, and goiter. She has expertise and training in minimally invasive treatment approaches and ultrasound-guided techniques performed in the office, such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and alcohol ablation.
For every patient, Dr. Noel prepares a personalized care plan that is comprehensive and compassionate. Her goal is to educate and empower each patient to achieve the best possible health and quality of life. Patient reviews praise her clinical expertise as well as her skills as a listener and communicator.
Dr. Noel conducts a robust research program to advance patient care. She has published extensively on the diagnosis, appropriate management, and optimization of outcomes for patients with thyroid and parathyroid disorders. Her articles have appeared in JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nature Communications, Endocrine Practice, and many more peer-reviewed journals. She has co-authored numerous guideline and consensus statements, including an international statement on the use of RFA in benign and malignant thyroid nodules. She is an editorial board member for VideoEndocrinology, a video journal covering leading-edge diagnostic and treatment techniques and technologies, and has served as an associate editor for Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology.
Dr. Noel has made presentations to her peers at national and international meetings of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, American Thyroid Association, American Head & Neck Society, and the World Congress of Thyroid Cancer. She also has shared her insights into the future of thyroid surgery at the International Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Conference.
She is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, American Head and Neck Society, American Thyroid Association, American College of Surgeons, and the North American Society for Interventional Thyroidology, of which she has served on the executive council since 2023.
