Bio


Jesus (Jay) Navoa, PA-C, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stony Brook University and continued his Physician Assistant education at St. John’s University in NY. He has also obtained his master's in business administration from Penn State University. He has over 18 years of neurosurgery and neurocritical care experience at Mount Sinai and Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospitals and has been with Stanford since relocating to the west coast in 2016 as the lead for the inpatient neurosurgery and neurocritical care APP teams. He also has an additional year of thoracic surgery experience at Georgetown University Hospital. Throughout his career, Jay has helped in expanding the roles of the advanced practice providers in the neurosciences and in inpatient medicine and assisted in the growth and expansion of multiple inpatient services including hospital medicine and in critical care. Jay has held multiple leadership roles and now holds a position as Director of Advanced Practice Providers for Inpatient Services and Strategy with the Center for Advanced Practice supporting operational and programmatic initiatives for advanced practice providers throughout Stanford Medicine.

Clinical Focus


  • Physician Assistant
  • Neurosurgery
  • Neurocritical Care
  • Manager of Advanced Practice Providers

Honors & Awards


  • Clinical Effectiveness Leadership Training, Stanford Health Care/Stanford Medicine ((2019-2020))

Professional Education


  • Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant (2003)
  • Professional Education: Saint Johns University Physician Assistant Program (2003) NY

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