Kristy Iyama is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in financial planning and analysis, forecasting, strategic planning, and accounting operations within the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. She brings a strong track record of partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to drive financial performance, improve forecasting accuracy, and support complex business initiatives.

Prior to Stanford, Kristy held leadership roles at McKesson Corporation, where she served as FP&A Director for the U.S. Pharma Generic Rx business, leading budgeting, forecasting, month-end close processes, and strategic financial initiatives. Earlier in her career, she worked at Ernst & Young as an Audit Manager, advising life sciences and biotechnology clients, managing audit teams, and overseeing financial reporting engagements. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting and Finance from California Polytechnic State University.

Vishal Patel joins Lane Medical Library from a career spanning clinical AI product development, healthcare analytics, and luxury wellness hospitality.

He holds an MD and PhD (genetics) from Case Western Reserve University and a BS in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Science & Innovation Officer at Sensei, leading technology, R&D, and scientific affairs. His prior work includes building NLP-powered clinical products at Pieces Technologies, teaching clinical informatics at Case Western Reserve, and founding Phronos, a research studio developing computational tools to measure AI's effects on human cognition.

At Lane, he leads digital strategy for the library's 43-million-record biomedical search infrastructure, with a focus on augmenting knowledge discovery while preserving the critical role of libraries in the evidence-based practice of medicine and science. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Men's Wellbeing Initiative at the Global Wellness Institute.

As Director of Research, Anna guided the research programs, led a team of research staff, and partnered closely with the School and hospital leadership to enhance research operations - contributing to the Department’s rise in NIH rankings from #40 in 2020 to #18 in 2024.

Anna has helped advance key strategic efforts, including the launch of the Dunlevie Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center and planning for a $14M NIH-funded maternal health center of excellence. Anna earned her M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Oulu in Finland and has completed leadership and finance training at Stanford and Yale.

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