Stanford University
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Solmaz Ehteshami Afshar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
BioDr. Ehteshami Afshar is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pulmonologist with Stanford Health Care. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She earned her MSc from the University of British Columbia, specializing in health economics, before completing her residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. She furthered her training at Stanford University, pursuing fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine as well as sleep medicine.
Dr. Ehteshami Afshar’s clinical expertise lies in the management of complex pulmonary conditions and sleep-related respiratory disorders, with a particular focus on patients with neuromuscular diseases. She diagnoses and treats acute and chronic respiratory failure requiring noninvasive home mechanical ventilation, sleep-related respiratory disorders including sleep apnea, and airway disease including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She also provides care for critically ill patients in the intensive care units (ICU).
Dr. Ehteshami Afshar’s current research interests include improving the respiratory status of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as well as identifying novel treatment options for patients with tracheobronchomalacia. She has previously worked on research studies on COPD care, asthma interventions, and patient education around asthma.
Dr. Ehteshami Afshar has published her research in many peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Research, and Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. She has presented to her peers at international, national, and regional meetings, including the American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting, the American Thoracic Society International Conference, and the California Thoracic Society Annual Educational Conference. -
Anna Chen Arroyo, MD MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
BioAnna Chen Arroyo, MD, MPH, is a board-certified allergy/immunology physician and clinical researcher. She is the section chief of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunodeficiency in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and the medical director of the Allergy, Asthma, and Immunodeficiency Clinic at Stanford Health Care. She specializes in diagnosing and treating allergic conditions, with a focus on severe asthma, maternal asthma, and drug (including chemotherapy) allergies.
Dr. Arroyo’s clinical research focuses on early life risk factors for allergic disease development and how allergic diseases impact people across the lifespan. She is also interested in studying how allergic diseases affect the Asian American population and hormonal influences on allergic diseases. She has published her original research in peer-reviewed scientific journals, such as The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice and The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). She has also presented at national conferences, including annual meetings for the American Thoracic Society and the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology. Dr. Arroyo is a member of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, the American Thoracic Society, and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
