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Victoria (Tori) Arendt
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Resident in Rad/Interventional RadiologyBioTori grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Duke University, where she majored in Biology and minored in Computer Science. After graduation, she moved to San Diego, where she worked at a biotechnology company researching stabilization of blood products at room temperature. In 2014, she moved to Palo Alto and began medical school at Stanford. During medical school, she worked with Dr. Rusty Hofmann in interventional radiology researching best practices in venous interventions, leading to multiple publications and presentations at SIR. After graduating from medical school in 2018, she began her general surgery intern year at the Cleveland Clinic and after a year in Cleveland, she returned to the California sunshine to begin radiology residency in July 2019. Tori continues to be active in her research into the treatment of venous disease. Outside of residency, she also enjoys hiking around northern California, traveling the world, running, and reading all types of books.
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Yigit Baykara
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Fellow in PathologyBioDr. Yigit Baykara received his MD from Ankara University and completed his Anatomic & Clinical Pathology residency at Brown University before joining Stanford for his Transfusion Medicine Fellowship.
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Elizabeth Beam
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Resident in Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesBioEllie Beam is a psychiatry resident pursuing research at the intersection of neuroscience, computer science, and language. She completed MD/PhD training at Stanford Medical School with funding from the MSTP and the NRSA fellowship. Her doctoral thesis synthesized the neuroimaging literature into a framework for knowledge of human brain function, published in Nature Neuroscience and forming the basis for a US patent. Her work has been recognized by the Leah J. Dickstein Medical Student Award and Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship.
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Deeksha Suresh Bidare
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Resident in Surgery - General SurgeryBioGeneral Surgery PGY-1
Stanford Medicine - Department of Surgery
M.D. | Baylor College of Medicine, 2023
B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Rice University, 2019 -
Jennifer Swanton Brown, RN
Director, Clinical Research Quality; Asst. Dean Compliance, Regulatory & Quality, Clinical Research Quality (CRQ)
Current Role at StanfordDirector, Clinical Research Quality
Assistant Dean, Compliance, Regulatory and Quality
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Philip Bulterys
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Fellow in PathologyBioI am a clinical fellow in hematopathology at Stanford Health Care, and will complete a fellowship in dermatopathology at Stanford in 2024-25. I completed my anatomic and clinical pathology residency and a chief residency in clinical pathology at Stanford Health Care in 2023. I have a background in bacterial pathogenesis and drug discovery, and am interested in emerging and neglected infections, hematologic disease, and therapeutics and diagnostics development.
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Jeffrey Bunker
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Fellow in Graduate Medical EducationBioJeffrey Bunker is an infectious diseases physician-scientist, immunologist, and microbiologist. He is currently a clinical fellow in infectious diseases at Stanford University. Bunker’s research investigates interactions between the microbiome and the immune system, including fundamental questions about how and why certain microbes generate immune responses and how these processes influence homeostasis and disease. His clinical interests focus on microbial pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance, and the diagnosis and treatment of complex infections.
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Diana Carbajal
Bilingual Outreach and Engagement Research Coordinator, Office of Community Engagement
Current Role at StanfordBilingual Research Coordinator at the OREC dept. in the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
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Nymisha Chilukuri
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Fellow in Graduate Medical EducationBioNymisha Chilukuri is a clinical informatics fellow and a pediatric physician at Stanford Medicine. She completed her medical school, pediatric residency and fellowship training in General Academic Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, during which time she was an Armstrong Institute Patient Safety and Quality Scholar.
Her operational and research interests are to use clinical informatics to improve access to equitable care for children with chronic conditions in underserved communities. -
Charlene Chow
Instructional Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies
BioCharlene Chow, PA-C is a Physician Assistant with the Urologic Oncology Department at Stanford Healthcare. She is originally from San Francisco, but obtained her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies at Oregon Health & Science University in 2013 in Portland, OR. She has a background in thoracic surgery working with lung cancer patients at Providence Portland Medical Center from 2013-2015. She then returned to the Bay Area and started with Stanford Urologic Oncology in March 2016.
She is the sole Urologic Oncology Advanced Practice Provider (APP) at the Cancer Center South Bay (CCSB) and specializes in urologic cancers including those of the bladder, prostate, kidney, ureter, testicle, and penis. Aside from seeing both new and return patients on her own and alongside physicians, she is also well versed in performing outpatient procedures such as prostate biopsies, cystoscopies, and bladder cancer treatments.
Her clinical interest lies in quality improvement. She has successfully completed the Clinical Excellent & Leadership Training (CEPT) program at Stanford, and is constantly involving herself and others in ongoing process improvement projects.
When she is not at work, she enjoys dance parties with her two young children, cooking, exercising, and spending time outdoors. -
Michael David Clark
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Resident in Graduate Medical EducationBioInternal medicine resident interested in molecular and cellular determinants of heart failure and arrhythmia
Background in biophysics of ion channels and biochemistry of chromatin-modifying complexes
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Brynn Connor
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Fellow in Graduate Medical EducationBioDr. Connor has spent the majority of her life in Southern California, growing up in Los Angeles and obtaining her B.S. in Human Biology from UC San Diego. She completed her Doctorate of Medicine at Georgetown University and stayed at Georgetown for her combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She subsequently returned to the west coast, completing her categorical Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Stanford. She is currently completing an advanced fellowship in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Stanford.
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Halley Darrach
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Resident in Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryBioHalley Darrach is a plastic and reconstructive surgery resident (2020-2027) at Stanford Health. She is currently completing a professional development year with ReSurge International, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing global access to reconstructive surgery through surgeon education and sustainable, local-driven initiatives.
Dr. Darrach received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins and her bachelor's in cellular biology from California State University Northridge. While at Hopkins, she completed a dedicated research fellowship studying oncologic reconstruction outcomes under the mentorship of Dr. Justin Sacks and worked as a medical illustrator designing patient and surgeon education tools.
Prior to residency, she spent several years conducting astrobiology research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was the first hire at a biotech startup company, where she helped adapt NASA technology for medical and counterterrorism applications. Outside of the OR, she enjoys figure drawing, long-distance swimming, and travelling the world in search of new favourite cuisines.
Dr. Darrach's research interests include gender affirming surgery, oncologic reconstruction, ethnic plastic surgery, societal perceptions of deformity, and use of medical illustration in patient and surgeon education. -
Alex Maurice Dussaq
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Fellow in Graduate Medical EducationBioAlex Maurice Dussaq, M.D., Ph.D., is a fellow in both the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program and the Breast Pathology Fellowship. Dr. Dussaq holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Biochemistry from University of Nevada, Reno and an M.D./Ph.D. from University at Alabama, Birmingham. His Ph.D. focused on novel platform informatics and statistical analysis. He completed a Pathology residency at Stanford. Dr. Dussaq's research interests include the implementation and creation of workflow tools for surgical pathology and lab. He is particularly interested in API implementation and use in reporting and whole slide image management systems.
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Vanessa El Kamari
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Fellow in Graduate Medical EducationBioI am an infectious disease fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. My research interest lies at the intersection of the small intestinal microbiome, gut mucosal integrity, and complex inflammatory disorders.