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Irene Sonu
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
BioI am passionate about gut health and strive to provide the best care to my patients. I specialize in complex motility disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. My areas of clinical expertise include achalasia, dysphagia, eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastroparesis, functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, and pelvic floor dysfunction. I also see patients in need of fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent C. difficile infection.
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Steven Soo
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
BioSteven Soo, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Stanford. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, he earned his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Oregon State University and began his career in the paper and semiconductor manufacturing industries before pivoting to medicine. Dr. Soo completed medical school and internal medicine residency at New York University Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he has been actively involved in a range of quality improvement and research projects. His academic interests include cardiology, with particular focus on cardio-oncology and advanced heart failure, as well as systems-based strategies for improving patient care and clinical operations.
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Piya Sorcar
Academic Staff - Hourly - CSL, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
BioDr. Piya Sorcar is the founder and CEO of TeachAids, an Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education. She leads a team of world experts in medicine, public health, and education to address some of the most pressing public health challenges.
TeachAids is an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit social venture that creates breakthrough software addressing numerous persistent problems in health education around the world, including HIV/AIDS, concussion, and COVID-19. A pioneer in the development of infectious disease education, TeachAids HIV education software is used in 82 countries. In partnership with the US Olympic Committee’s National Governing Bodies, TeachAids has launched the CrashCourse concussion education product suite, which includes research-based applications available online as a standard video and in virtual reality. CoviDB is their third health education initiative, a community-edited platform organizing resources across a comprehensive set of topics relating to COVID-19 for free public use.
Sorcar received her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design and her M.A. in Education from Stanford University. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a B.A. in Economics, B.S. in Journalism, and B.S. in Information Systems. She has been an invited speaker at leading universities such as Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Tsinghua, and Yale. MIT Technology Review named her to its TR35 list of the top 35 innovators in the world under 35 and she was the recipient of Stanford’s Alumni Excellence in Education Award.
