Bio

Jennifer H. Pien is a Clinical Associate Professor through the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. She is the Director of The Pegasus Physician Writers, Founder of The Pegasus Review, and is a founding faculty editor for the Oxford Review of Books x Stanford collaboration. She also serves on the Advisory Board for The Bellevue Literary Press and the Stanford School of Medicine Medical Humanities Fellowship. Jennifer is represented by Amy Collins of Talcott Notch. She is the author of Healing the Healers, Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming 2025 and is the Co-Founder of Hesperides Literary Agency.

In addition to her work in Medical Humanities, her interests include advocacy for adults with developmental disabilities where she cofounded Puente Clinic through the San Mateo County Medical System, an innovative dev. disabilities subspecialty clinic. She serves on the Regional Advisory Committee to the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities. Currently, her clinical focus is on physician well-being through the WellConnect team.

Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Regional Advisory Committee Member, State Council on Developmental Disabilities (2023 - Present)
  • Director, Pegasus Physician Writers (2022 - Present)
  • Associate Director, Pegasus Physician Writers (2019 - 2022)
  • Affiliated Faculty, Stanford Medical Humanities & Arts (2018 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • George C. Gulevich Award-humanistic values, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine (2005)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society (2001)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Advisory Board Member, Stanford School of Medicine Medical Humanities Fellowship (2023 - Present)
  • Advisory Board Member, Bellevue Literary Press (2023 - Present)
  • Stanford Faculty Editorial Board, Oxford Review of Books (2023 - Present)
  • Executive Board Director, Pegasus Physician Writers (2022 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (2007)
  • Residency: Stanford University Adult Psychiatry Residency (2005) CA
  • Medical Education: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2001) IL
  • BA, Northwestern University, Molecular Biology-HPME (Honors Program in Medical Education) Accelerated BA/MD combined program (1996)

Contact

  • Academic
    University - Academic staff Department: Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult) Position: Clinical Associate Professor
  • Clinical (Primary)  Psychiatry Clinic 401 Quarry Rd Rm 1320 Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 724-3144 (fax)

Additional Clinical Info

Additional Info

2024-25 Courses

All Publications

  • Healing the Healers PIEN, J. H. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2025
  • Participation in a Physician Creative Writing Community: 15‑Year Program Survey Outcomes at an Academic Medical Center Participation in a Physician Creative Writing Community: 15‑Year Program Survey Outcomes at an Academic Medical Center Pien, J., Ali, T., Schlozman, S., Jamaal, A., Bucknor, M., Srinivasan, M. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11606-023-08595-5

  • SUSTAINING A PHYSICIAN CREATIVE WRITING COMMUNITY: CORE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETENCIES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM 15 YEARS OF THE PEGASUS PHYSICIAN WRITERS PROGRAM AT STANFORD Pien, J., Schlozman, S., Ali, T. K., Jamaal, A., Bucknor, M., Srinivasan, M. SPRINGER. 2023: S787-S788

    View details for Web of Science ID 001043057203208

  • The Healing Power of Storytelling Pien , J. H. Northwestern Medicine Magazine. Chicago, Illinois. 2022
  • Termination in Inpatient and Residential Settings A Clinician's Guide: Termination in Psychotherapy Harris, K., Pien-Wong, J., Cucciare, M. A. edited by O'Donohue, W. T. 2007: 425-444
  • Weight Gain and Atypical Antipsychotics Directions in Psychiatry Wirshing, D. A., Boyd, J., Pien, J., Wirshing, W. C. 2000; 20
  • The Community Re-Entry Program for Schizophrenia: Neurocognitive and Psychopathologic Correlates of Treatment Response Annual Meeting of West Coast Biological Psychiatry Wirshing, D. A., Gonzalez, L., Rossoto, E., Watson, J., Smurda, J., Sokolov, J., Ballon, J., Pien, J., Marder, S., Wirshing, W. 2000
  • Effects of aging and gender estimated by in vivo probes of cytochrome P450 3A Pien, J., Slimko, J., Schwartz, J. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. 1998: S79

    View details for Web of Science ID 000075741400315

  • Mechanisms underlying the aluminum-induced potentiation of the pro-oxidant properties of transition metals NEUROTOXICOLOGY Bondy, S. C., Guo-Ross, S. X., Pien, J. 1998; 19 (1): 65-71

    Abstract

    Aluminum is known to enhance the ability of iron to promote the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) but the mechanism subserving this is unknown. In an attempt to understand the means by which this potentiation occurs, several types of experiment have been conducted. It was found that iron must be in the ferrous form for aluminum-based stimulation of ROS to take place in a cerebral cortical synaptosomal-mitochondrial fraction. The ability of other transition metals of varying valences, copper and chromium, to catalyze formation of ROS was also increased in the presence of aluminum. Catalase but not superoxide dismutase blocked such stimulation suggesting hydrogen peroxide as an intermediate. The formation of aluminosilicates in the presence of brain tissue did not enhance iron-stimulated ROS formation. Furthermore, configurational changes of proteins which have been proposed to account for this phenomenon, do not appear to be a key element since iron-aluminum potentiation could be observed using protein-free liposomal micelles bearing an external negative charge.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000072271000010

    View details for PubMedID 9498222

  • Effects of Aging and Gender Estimated by IN VIVO Probes of Cytochrome P450 3A American Geriatrics Society/American Federation for Aging Research Annual Scientific Session Pien, J., Slimko, J., Schwartz, J. 1998
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