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Maren Grainger-Monsen, MD

Contact Information

  • Academic Offices
    Personal Information
    Email mmonsen@stanford.edu

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, Program in Bioethics and Film , (1998– present )

Professional Education

  • MD, University of Washington (1991)
  • BA, Stanford University Art History (1984)

Research Interests

Maren Grainger-Monsen creates films and education programs that touch people emotionally and intellectually to cause them to think deeply about important issues in healthcare, change health policy and improve patient care. She has developed a signature style of interweaving documentary footage with beautiful stylistic imagery and sound to create visually, intellectually and emotionally stirring documentaries for medical students, healthcare providers and the general public.

Publications