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Rizwaan Abdulkadir
Affiliate, Cardiovascular Institute Operations
BioRizwaan is a second-year medical student pursuing an MD/MPH dual degree at East Tennessee State University. Bringing a strong quantitative background to clinical medicine, Rizwaan holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dedicated to operating at the intersection of engineering and healthcare, Rizwaan is focused on the research and development of novel medical devices, particularly within the field of interventional cardiology.
Beyond clinical training, Rizwaan is the founder of Parleii LLC, an educational hardware startup, demonstrating a commitment to scalable, tech-driven solutions. As a participant in the 2026 Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Summer Research Program, Rizwaan aims to bridge the gap between engineering innovation, direct patient care, and broader public health outcomes. -
Gita Chu Abhiraman
Affiliate, Department Funds
Resident in MedicineBioGita Abhiraman is a resident physician in Internal Medicine at Stanford in the Translational Investigator Program. She is interested in immune signaling and immune dysregulation in malignancy. She completed her MD and PhD at Stanford in the Medical Scientist Training Program. Her PhD in Immunology was advised by Dr. Chris Garcia, in which she studied cytokine signaling, immune receptor structure, and protein engineering. She was the recipient of a Hertz Fellowship during her graduate training. She previously solved the structure of the interleukin-21 signaling receptor complex. She also developed immune switch molecules called "cytokine adaptors" with applications in cancer and autoimmune disease. She has contributed to work on several other cytokines, including IL-21, IL-12, and IL-10, for diverse therapeutic applications. Prior to her graduate training, Gita completed a bachelor's degree in Physics with a focus in Biophysics at Harvard University. She previously conducted research in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Dougan at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Matthew Alexander Abikenari
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Molecular Basis of Medicine / Immunology, expected graduation Spring 2028
BioMatthew earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from UCLA, where he conducted full-time basic and clinical neuroscience research investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disease. He subsequently completed a graduate degree in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford as The Queen’s College Herbruck Scholar, an award granted to only one American student per year, where his research focused on paraneoplastic autoimmunity and spatial genomic regulation of malignant CNS neoplasms.
As a medical student at Stanford University, Matthew has trained under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Lim, developing expertise in translational neuro-oncology, in order to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive immunosuppression in glioblastoma. His research has centered on glial immunology and the metabolic organization of the tumor microenvironment, with particular emphasis on intercellular organelle transfer and immunometabolic reprogramming of tumor-infiltrating immune cells.
His family’s experience with brain cancer continues to ground his work and deepen his commitment to understanding, and ultimately improving, neurosurgical oncology.
