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Faculty

Myriam Amsallem, MD, PhD

Instructor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
mamsalle@stanford.edu

Ben A. Barres, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
(In Remembrance)

Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD (Female, Lesbian)

Professor of Chemistry
Stanford H&S
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
bertozzi@stanford.edu

Neil Brast, MD (Male, Gay)

Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
nbrast@pacbell.net

Kevin Brennan, PhD

Research Instructor
Stanford University School of Medicine
kbren@stanford.edu

Patrick Burns, MD (Male, Gay)

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
pburns@stanford.edu

Wendy Caceres, MD 

Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
caceres@stanford.edu

Colleen Caleshu, MSc (Female, Bisexual)

Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine & (by courtesy) Medical Genetics
Lead Genetic Counselor, Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Stanford Health Care
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
ccaleshu@stanfordhealthcare.org

Victor G. Carrion, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty Development and Diversity
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
vcarrion@stanford.edu

Amy D. Dobberfuhl, MD

Instructor, Dept. of Urology
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
adobber@stanford.edu

Michael Gisondi, MD (Male, Gay)

Vice Chair of Education, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
mgisondi@stanford.edu

Geoff Hart-Cooper, MD (Male)

Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
gdhartco@stanford.edu

Amit Joseph, MD (Male)

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/His/Him

Tendo Kieonde, MD 

Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/His/Him
tkironde@stanford.edu

Marvin Langston, PhD, MPH (Male, Gay)

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health 
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
marvin.langston@stanford.edu

Benjamin Laniakea, MD 

Clinical Instructor 
Stanford Medicine/Primary Care
laniakea@stanford.edu

James Lock, MD, PhD (Male)

Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
jimlock@stanford.edu

Leo Lopez, MD (Male, Gay)

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director of Echocardiography LPCH
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
leolopez@stanford.edu

Javier Lorenzo, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
javierl@stanford.edu

Zelda Love, PhD (Trans Woman)

Lecturer, Bioengineering
Stanford Universty School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Engineering
Pronouns: She/They
zlove@stanford.edu

Mitchell Lunn, MD, MAS (Male, Gay)

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Stanford Medicine/Primary Care 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
lunn@stanford.edu

Crystal Mackall, MD

Endowed Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Healthcare, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
cmackall@stanford.edu

Lawrence McGlynn, MD (Male)

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
lmcglynn@stanford.edu

Juno Obedin-Maliver, MD, MPH, MAS (Woman, Queer)

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
junoom@stanford.edu

Eric Meffre, PhD 

Professor, Medicine (Immunology and Rheumatology)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/His/Him
Emeffre@stanford.edu

Jennifer Pien, MD (Female)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
jennpien@stanford.edu

Tom Raffin, MD (Male, Gay)

Professor Emeritus, Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
tar@stanford.edu

Travis Reece-Nguyen, MD, MPH (Male, Gay)

Clinical Instructor of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
travisreecenguyen@stanford.edu

Catherine Salem, MD (Female)

Clinical Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
csalme12@stanford.edu

Andrew Clayton Saunders, MD (Male)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford ValleyCare
asaunder@stanford.edu

Leslee Subak, MD (Woman, Lesbian)

Professor and Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
lsubak@stanford.edu

Patrick Swift, MD (Male, Gay)

Professor, Radiation Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
pswift2@stanford.edu

Zachary Threlkeld, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
zthrelk@stanford.edu

Molly Timmerman, DO (Female, Lesbian)

Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Orthopedic Surgery, PM&R
VA Palo Alto 
Pronouns: She/Her
molly.timmerman@va.gov

José Vilches-Moure, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Male, Gay)

Assistant Professor, Comparative Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
jvilches@stanford.edu

David Vu, MD (Male, Gay)

Instructor, Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
davidvu@stanford.edu

Seema Yasmin, MB BChir

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
dr.yasmin@stanford.edu

Staff

Jorge A. Alvarado, BA (Male, Gay)

Life Science Research Professional, Ophthalmology
Stanford University School of Medicine
jorge90q@stanford.edu

Marcella Anthony, MPA 

Community Outreach Programs Manager
Stanford University School of Medicine
manthony@stanford.edu

Becca Appelt, DPT (Female)

Physical Therapist
Stanford Health Care
rappelt@bu.edu

Darren Arquero, MA (Male, Gay)

LGBTQ Communications Specialist, the PRIDE Study OBGYN
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
darquero@stanford.edu

George Aulson, BSN (Male, Bisexual)

Assistant Patient Care Manager- Float Team and Staffing Office
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
gaulson@stanfordchildrens.org

Bahij Austin, BA (Male, Gay)

Director of Curricular Affairs
Stanford University School of Medicine
bahij@stanford.edu

Adrien Barbas, NP-C

Vascular Surgery and Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Stanford Health Care, Emeryville 
Pronouns: They/Them/Their
abarbas@stanfordhealthcare.org

Erica Britton, PsyD

Psychologist, Faculty Staff Help Center
Faculty Staff Help Center
ebritton@stanford.edu

Nathaniel (Nate) Braun, BA (Male, Gay)

Research Manager/Analyst, Division of Primary Care and Population Health
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
nbraun@stanford.edu

Michelle Brooks, C-TAGME (Female, Pansexual)

Pediatrics Residency Coordinator
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 
Pronouns: They/Their/Them
mbrooks@stanfordchildrens.org

Tricia Cerone, RN (Female)

Registered Nurse
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
triciacerone@gmail.com

Stephen Cital, RVT, VTS, CVPP (Male, Gay)

Lab Manager
Stanford University School of Medicine
HHMI 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
scital86@stanford.edu

Cassi Crouse, MM, MT-BC (Female, Lesbian)

Music Therapist
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
ccrouse@stanfordchildrens.org

Nicola Curtin, PhD 

Program Evaluator, Center of Excellence 
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
ncurtin@stanford.edu

Kurt David, MS (Male, Gay)

Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS, APRN) 
Stanford Health Care
Pronouns: He/Him/His
KuDavid@stanfordhealthcare.org

Robert M. DiFazio, PhD 

Research and Science Analyst
Stanford University School of Medicine
rdifazio@stanford.edu

George Dias (Male, Gay)

Staff
Stanford University
gdias@stanford.edu

Zac Eggers, BSN (Male, Gay)

Assistant Patient Care (RN) Manager
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
zeggers@stanfordhealthcare.org

Marissa Floro, PhD (Female, Queer)

Weiland Health Initiative Program Manager
School of Medicine lecturer
Stanford Health Care
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
mfloro@stanford.edu

Francis Joseph Gallego, LCSW (Male, Gay)

Oncology Social Worker (Outpatient)
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
fgallego@stanfordhealthcare.org

Kris Galleg0s, RN, BSN (Female, Lesbian)

Trauma Nurse Coordinator
Stanford Health Care
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Joe Gayk (Male, Gay)

Director of Strategic Initiatives for Medical Education
Stanford University School of Medicine
jgayk@stanford.edu

Tania Haake, MSN (Genderqueer/Gender Non-conforming, Pansexual)

Clinical Nurse
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: They/Their/Them
thaake@stanfordhealthcare.edu

Lauren Hailey, MA (Female, Bisexual)

Administrative Associate
Office of Faculty Diversity and Development
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Inge Hansen, PsyD (Cisgender Woman, Pansexual)

Director of Weiland Health Initiative; Asst Director of Outreach, Equity & Inclusion at CAPS
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
ihansen@stanford.edu

Claire Hawks (Female, Transgender Woman)

Information Technology Project Manager
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
chawks@stanfordchildrens.org

Sean Hennessey, MBA (Male, Gay)

Chief Planning Officer
Stanford Health Care
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
seanjh@stanford.edu

Alison Holzer-Speed, PhD (Female, Lesbian)

Associate Director
Stanford University School of Medicine
aholzer@stanford.edu

Matthew Horridge, PhD (Male, Gay)

Software Engineer
Stanford University School of Medicine
horridge@stanford.edu

Sigi Javitz, MSc (Genderqueer/Gender Nonconforming, Pansexual)

Sr. Data Architect
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: They/Them
sjavitz@stanfordhealthcare.org

Craig Johnson, BSN, RN, PHN

Clinical Nurse
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/Him/His/They
craigjohnson@stanfordhealthcare.org

River Joo (Genderqueer/Gender nonconforming)

Life Science Research Professional 1
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: They/Them/Their
sjoo18@stanford.edu

Deb Karhson, PhD

Staff Scientist
Stanford University School of Medicine
dkarhson@stanford.edu

Kyle Kovtun, MS (Male, Gay)

Clinical Trial Project Manager
Stanford University School of Medicine
kyle.kovtun@stanford.edu

Wesley Lashbrook, MPH, MPAS, PA-C (Male, Gay)

Primary Care Physician Assistant
Stanford Health Care
wlashbrook@stanfordhealthcare.org

Chris LeCastillo, RT, CIIP (Male, Gay)

3D Technologist
Stanford University School of Medicine
clecastillo@stanford.edu

Jason Thanh Lee, PhD (Male, Gay)

Deputy Director, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
jsntlee@stanford.edu

Weichen Ling, BA (Female, Bisexual)

Education Program Manager, Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
wvling@stanford.edu

Melina Lopez, BA

Performance Improvement Associate
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
melinaerika55@gmail.com

John Mantovani, MA

Computing Info Systems Analyst Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine
johnjm@stanford.edu

Donnie Matsuda, MD

Assistant Director, Pre-Clerkship Education
Stanford University School of Medicine Preferred Pronouns: He/His/Him
doctordonnie1@gmail.com

Elizabeth McCarthy, BS 

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: She/They
emccarth@stanford.edu

Leah McFadden, RN (Female, Bisexual)

Clinical Nurse II K4 ICU
Stanford Health Care
Lmcfadden@stanfordhealthcare.org

Caroline Moore, BA (Female, Bisexual)

ELSI Social Science Research Professional
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
cmoore8@stanford.edu

Chris Morris, BS (Male, Gay)

Physician Practice Manager
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
cmorris@stanfordchildrens.org

Kat Nameth, BS (Genderqueer/Gender Non-Conforming, Gay)

Clinical Research and Project Management/Development, Psychiatry
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: They/Them/Their, She/Her/Hers
knameth@stanford.edu

Kim Osborn, MPA

Administrative Director, Clinical Outreach and Education
Stanford University School of Medicine
kosborn@stanford.edu

Cody Parsons, PharmD (Male, Gay)

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Clinical Care
Stanford Health Care
cparsons@stanfordhealthcare.org

Glenn Peacock, BA (Male, Gay)

Senior Solutions Architect, Technology and Digital Solutions (TDS)
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
gpeacock@stanfordhealthcare.org

Vincent Pena, MSN, RN (Male, Gay)

Nurse Professional Development Specialist
Stanford Health Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
vpena@stanfordchildrens.org

Claire Pham, MS (Genderqueer/Gender Non-Conforming, Pansexual)

IT Project Manager of Comparative Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: She/They
clairepham@stanford.edu

Jake Plewa, BSc 

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate, SCCR/Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
jplewa@stanford.edu

John Reuling, BS

Director of IT Support
Stanford University School of Medicine
reuling@stanford.edu

Stephanie Routson, BSN, MSN (Female)

Nurse Practitioner, Gynecolic Oncology
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
sroutson@stanfordhealthcare.org

Ray Russ, MS (Male, Gay)

Radiation Protection Tech
SLAC
rruss@stanford.edu

Timothy Seay-Morrison, MSW 

Executive Director Patient Care Services
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
timorrison@stanfordhealthcare.org

Bruce Schaar, PhD (Male, Gay)

Academic Program Professional 2
Stanford University School of Medicine
bschaar@stanford.edu

Juana Serrano, MPA (Female, Lesbian)

Applications Manager, IT
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
jserrano@stanfordchildrens.org

Vera M. Shadle, MHA, MHS 

Data Manager, Cancer Clinical Trials Office
Stanford University School of Medicine
vmshadle@stanford.edu

Robert Shields, P.T. M.B.A. (Male, Gay)

Physical Therapist
Manager of Physical Rehabilitation
Director of Rehabilitation and Post Acute Care
Director Rehabilitation and Respiratory Care Choral Director
Stanford Health Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Pronouns: He/Him/His
rshields564@gmail.com

Kevin Silvestre, MS (Male, Gay)

Senior Consultant, Human Resources - Talent Acquisition
Stanford Health Care
ksilvestre@stanfordhealthcare.org

Caleb Spiro, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator Assistant (CRCA)
Department of Psychiatry
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
calebspiro@gmail.com

Ryan Starks, MBA (Male, Gay)

Sr. Director of Strategy
Stanford Health Care
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
rstarks@stanford.edu

Christopher Stevens-Yu, MS

Speech-Language Pathologist
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
stevens92@gmail.com

David Strick, PhD (Male)

Director of Safety and Emergency Management
Stanford University School of Medicine
djstrick@stanford.edu

Gustavo Vazquez, BA (Male, Gay)

Life Science Research Professional
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
vazq@stanford.edu

Erica Velasco, AS (Female, Lesbian)

Clinical Research Coordinator-CCTO
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
ericav@stanford.edu

Robert Victor, BS (Male, Gay)

Research and Program Officer
Office of Faculty Development and Diversity
Stanford University School of Medicine
rbvictor@stanford.edu

Grace Villarin Duenas, MPH 

Associate Director of California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC)
Division of Neonatology, Dept of Pediatrics
Steering Committee, Queer University Employees at Stanford (QUEST)
Stanford University School of Medicine
gduenas@stanford.edu

Ryan Nicholas Wachter, MSN, RN, RRT-NPS (Male, Gay)

Assistant Patient Care Manager
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Pronouns: he/his/him
RWachter@stanfordchildrens.org

Kimberly Wand, PA (Female, Pansexual)

Physician Assistant, Stanford Express Care
Stanford Health Care
kwand@stanfordhealthcare.org

Shana White, MS (Female, Bisexual)

Genetic Counselor | Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), Pediatrics
Stanford Health Care
shanawhite@stanfordhealthcare.org

Dawn Marcia Wilson, M.S.A, Physics (Transgender Woman)

VAPAHCS, Veteran
VAPAHCS 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
aNewDawn@gmail.com

Vandita Wilson, MBA, MPP (Female)

Administrative Assistant
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: She/They
vandita@stanford.edu

Chris Witwer, CIP (Male, Lesbian)

IRB Staff
Stanford University
cwitwer@stanford.edu

Taylor Wyatt, MPP (Genderqueer/Gender Non-Conforming, Pansexual)

Project Coordinator, Office of Emergency Management (Stanford Healthcare)
Stanford Health Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Pronouns: They/She
twyatt@stanfordhealthcare.org

Ann-Marie Yap, BS (Female)

Executive Director of IT
Stanford Health Care
ayap@stanfordhealthcare.org

Sam Zelch, MBA

Associate Dean, Chief Financial Officer
Stanford University School of Medicine
szelch@stanford.edu

Dani Zionts, MScPH (Female)

Social Science Researcher, Primary Care & Population Health
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
dzionts@stanford.edu

Residents, Fellows, and Post-Docs

Vincent Alford, PhD (Male, Gay)

Postdoc
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
valford@stanford.edu

Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH

Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
tessaa@stanford.edu

Ranen Avenir, PhD (Male, Gay)

Fellow, Cell Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
ranen@stanford.edu

Alexander Ball, MD, MPH

Resident, Pediatrics
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
ajball@stanford.edu

Sean Berquist, MD, MS (Male, Gay)

Resident, Urology
Stanford Health Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Pronouns: He/Him/His
seanwb@stanford.edu

Weston J. Bertot, MD (Male, Gay)

Resident, Anesthesia
Stanford Health Care
Pronouns: He/Him/His
wjbertot@stanford.edu

Krishna L. Bharani, MD, PhD (Genderqueer/Gender nonconforming, Pansexual)

Resident, Pathology
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford Health Care
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/They
kbharani@stanford.edu

Cindy Buffone, PhD (Female, Lesbian)

Postdoc
Stanford University School of Medicine
cbuffone@stanford.edu

Kirsten Cherian, PhD (Female, Lesbian)

Postdoc, Neuropsychology
Stanford University School of Medicine
kcherian@stanford.edu

Michael Davenport, MD 

Resident, Urology
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
mtdavenp@stanford.edu

Nicole De Jesus, PhD (Female, Lesbian)

Postdoc
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
ndejesus@stanford.edu

Jonathan DeLong, MD (Male, Gay)

Clinical Instructor
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
jcdelong@stanford.edu

Florence Doo, MD (Female, Queer)

Clinical Fellow, Body Imaging
Department of Radiology
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
fdoo@stanford.edu

Erik Eckhert, MD, MS (Male, Gay)

Resident, Internal Medicine
Stanford Health Care
eckhert@stanford.edu

Neir Eshel, MD, PhD (Male)

Resident Physician, Psychiatry
Stanford Health Care
neshel@stanford.edu

Micaela Esquivel, MD

Resident Physician, General Surgery 
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Stanford University School of Medicine
mesquive@stanford.edu

Elana Feldman, MD (Female)

Pediatrics R2
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
elanaf@stanford.edu

Marissa Floro, PhD (Female, Queer)

Postdoc, Gender & Sexual Identities track at Counseling & Psychological Services
Stanford University 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
mfloro@stanford.edu

Jie Fu, PhD (Male)

Medical Physics Resident
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
jiefu@stanford.edu

Adam Gomez, MD

Chief Resident, Clinical Pathology
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
ajgomez@stanford.edu

Matthew Henninger, EdM (Male, Gay)

Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Intern
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Matthew.Henninger@va.gov

Lily Horng, MD

Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
lhorng@stanford.edu

Ronald Alan Hull, D.P.M. (Male, Gay)

Podiatrist
Stanford Health Care
rhull@stanfordhealthcare.org

Dre Irizarry, MD

Resident in Psychiatry
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
dre2123@stanford.edu

Matthew Landry, PhD (Male, Gay)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
matthewlandry@stanford.edu

Cassie Ludwig, MD, MS (Female, Gay/Lesbian)

Resident in Ophthalmology, PGY2 (soon to be PGY3)
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
caludwig@stanford.edu

Zhonglin Lyu, PhD (Gay)

Postdoc
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
zllyu@stanford.edu

Adam MacLellan, MD

Fellow, Vascular Neurology
Stanford Health Care
amaclell@stanford.edu

Mikey Maurer, MD

Resident, Pediatrics
Stanford Childrens' Health
mjmaurer@stanford.edu

Raul Montiel-Esparza, MD (Male, Gay)

Fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
rmontiel@stanford.edu

Brent Monseur, MD, ScM (Gay)

Clinical Fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
bmonseur@stanford.edu

Dhriti Nagar, PhD (Female, Bisexual)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
dhriti@stanford.edu

Bradford Nguyen, MD (Male, Gay)

Pediatrics Intern
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
btn@stanford.edu

Brian Nuyen, MD

Resident Physician, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics 
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
banuyen@stanford.edu

JP Oliviera, PhD (Male, Gay)

Postdoc, Immunology
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
oliveria@stanford.edu

Alisa Olmsted, MD 

Advanced MD Fellow
Center for Precision Mental Health
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/They
amolmste@stanford.edu

Elizabeth Ozery, MD (Female)

Resident Physician, Anesthesiology
Stanford Health Care
eozery@stanford.edu

Anthony Pho, PhD, MPH, ANP-C
(Male, Gay)

Clinical Scholar / LGBTQ+ Program Primary Care NP
Stanford Health Care
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
apho@stanford.edu

Mahaveer Purohit, PhD (Male, Gay)

Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
mpurohit@stanford.edu

Chris Rishel, MD, PhD (Male, Gay)

Resident, Anesthesiology
Stanford Health Care
rishel@stanford.edu

Eve Rosenfeld, PhD (Female, Bisexual)

Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
earosenf@stanford.edu

Jessica Ross, PhD (Female, Bisexual)

Postdoc
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
jlross@stanford.edu

Brandon Seminatore, MD (Male, Gay)

Child Neurology Resident
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
bdsemina@stanford.edu

Chelsea L. Shover, PhD

Postdoc
Stanford University School of Medicine
clshover@stanford.edu

Matthew Stevens, PhD (Male)

Postdoc
Stanford University School of Medicine
mcstev@stanford.edu

Ken Sutha, MD, PhD

Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
ksutha@stanford.edu

Travis Swiatlo, MS, RDN (Male, Gay)

Clinical Dietician
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
t.michaelswiatlo@gmail.com

Steven Tate, MD, MSc (Male, Gay)

Addiction Medicine Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
tates@stanford.edu

Meg Tabaka, MD, MPH

Resident, Family Medicine
Stanford Health Care
mtabaka@stanford.edu

Samuel Thompson, PhD (Gay, Genderqueer/Gender-Nonconforming)

Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/She/They
samthom@stanford.edu

Tess Veuthey, MD, PhD 

Resident, Neurology
Stanford Health Care
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
tveuthey@stanford.edu

Christiaan de Vries, MD, PhD

Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
devries2@stanford.edu

Abraham Waldman, PhD (Male, Gay)

Postdoc
Department of Chemistry
awaldman@stanford.edu

Avery Carter M. Walker, PsyD (Male, Gay)

Postdoc Fellow, Eating Disorders
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Pronouns: He/Him/His
acmw831@stanford.edu

Jackie Wang, MD

Resident, Psychiatry
Stanford Health Care
wangj19@stanford.edu

Gregory J. Wong, MD (Male, Bisexual)

Resident Physician, Neurology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care
Pronouns: He/Him/His
gjwong@stanford.edu

Amanda Yeaton-Massey, MD

Clinical Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology              Stanford University School of Medicine
amandaym@gmail.com

Nix Zelin, MD (Female, Queer)

Resident, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford Health Care 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
nzelin@stanford.edu

Medical & Graduate Students,
Physician Assistants

Gabe Barrón, BS (Male, Gay)

Ph.D. Student in Immunology
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: he/him/él
gbarron@stanford.edu

Liana Bonanno 

MSTP Student, 7th Year
Stanford University School of Medicine
lianab@stanford.edu

Laura Bloomfield, MD/PhD

Student
Stanford University School of Medicine, EIPER, School of Earth Sciences 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
labloom@stanford.edu

Maia Borensztein, BS

Genetic Counseling Student
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
mboren@stanford.edu

Rebecca Bromley-Dufano, MS (Female, Pansexual)

Medical Student, MS1
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
rabd@stanford.edu

Tyler Bryant, MD (Male, Gay)

Medical Student, MS2
Stanford University School of Medicine
tsbryant@stanford.edu

Marcello Chang, MS (Male, Gay)

Medical Student, MS3
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronous: He/Him/His
marcelkc@stanford.edu

Malcolm Chelliah, MD/MBA (Male)

Medical Student
Stanford University School of Medicine
mchelliah@stanford.edu

Binbin Chen

Medical Student, MSTP
Stanford University School of Medicine
bchen45@stanford.edu

Melodyanne Cheng, BA, BS

M.S. Candidate, Comparative Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers, They/Their/Them
mycheng8@stanford.edu

John Coan, BS (Genderqueer, Gay)

PhD Candidate in Cancer Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
jcoan@stanford.edu

Jeffrey Cohen

Psy.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Research Assistant in the Laboratory for Behavioral Medicine
PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium
jeffreycohen@stanford.edu

Sayantan Deb

Medical Student, MS4 
Stanford University School of Medicine
deb1014@stanford.edu

McKenzie Eakin, BBA (Female, Queer)

Medical Student, MS2
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her
mckeakin@stanford.edu

Em Friedman, BS (Non-Binary, Queer)

PGSP - Stanford PsyD Student
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs
emfriedman@stanford.edu

Luis Garcia, MS

Medical Student
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
lcgarcia@stanford.edu

Shawn Gillespie, BS (Male, Gay)

Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/His/Him
shawng2@stanford.edu

Jason Gomez, Forthcoming MD (Male, Gay, Asexual)

Medical Student, MS1
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
jasngomz@stanford.edu

Zintis Inde, B.Sc. (Male, Gay)

Ph.D. Candidate, Cancer Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
zinde@stanford.edu

Geoff Ivison, BA (Bisexual)

PhD Candidate, Immunology
Stanford University School of Medicine
givison@stanford.edu

Mark Jeng, PhD

Medical Student, MS2
Stanford University School of Medicine
markjeng@stanford.edu

Justin Jia, BS

Medical Student
Stanford University School of Medicine
jljia@stanford.edu

Lily Johnson, MSPA

Medical Student, PA3
Stanford University School of Medicine

Marija Kamceva (Female)

Medical Student
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
mkamceva@stanford.edu

Timothy Keyes, BA (Male)

MD/PhD Student
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
tkeyes@stanford.edu

Travis Lantz, PhD (Male, Gay)

PhD student in Chemical and Systems Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/His
tclantz@stanford.edu

Logan Leak (Male, Gay)

PhD Candidate, Cancer Biology (Biosciences)
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
lleak@stanford.edu

Ethan Li, MS (Non-Binary, Queer)

Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University School of Engineering 
Pronouns: They/Them
ethanli@stanford.edu

Nathan Makarewicz, MD (Queer)

MS1, Finance Officer of LGBTQ+ Meds, Plastic Surgery Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
Pronouns: He/Him/They
nathansm@stanford.edu

Aditya Mukund, BS

Medical Student, MSTP
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: They/Them
amukund@stanford.edu

Dylan Peterson (Male, Gay)

Medical Student, MS1
Stanford University School of Medicine
dpeters9@stanford.edu

Jessica Plaza, BS (Female, Lesbian)

PA1
Stanford University School of Medicine
Plazaj22@stanford.edu

Nicolas Quach, BS (Male, Gay)

Medical Student, MS1
Stanford University School of Medicine
nquach@stanford.edu

David Mahoney

Medical Student, MS4
Stanford University School of Medicine
mahoneyd@stanford.edu

Kevin Nuno, PhD (Male, Gay)

Ph.D. Candidate, Cancer Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
knuno@stanford.edu

Jarod Rutledge, BA (Male)

Graduate Student
Stanford University School of Medicine
jarod@stanford.edu

Jason Tinero, MS (Male, Gay)

PsyD Candidate in Clinical Psychology
PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium 
Pronouns: He/Him/His
jtinero@stanford.edu

Emily Tran, BA (Female, Lesbian)

Medical Student, MS1
Stanford University School of Medicine
emtran@stanford.edu

Jayashri Viswanathan, BS (Female, Lesbian)

Ph.D. Student, Neurosciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
jayashri@stanford.edu

Daniel J. Wesche, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Candidate, Stem Cell Biology
Masters of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
dwesche@stanford.edu

Masaki Yamada (Male, Gay)

HCP Masters Student, Biomedical Informatics
Stanford University School of Medicine, Genentech
Pronouns: He/Him/His
mryamada@stanford.edu

Alumni

Lianna Bonanno, MD, PhD (Female, Lesbian)

Pathology Resident, MGH
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum 
lianab@stanford.edu

Stephanie Brenman, MD

Resident, Emergency Medicine 
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum 
Sbrenman8@gmail.com

John Downey, MD, MPH

Breast Imaging Fellow and Clinical Instructor (Affiliated)
Deptartment of Radiology 
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
jrdowney@stanford.edu

Jennifer Johnsen, MD, MPH

Master Certified Professional Coach, Equus Coach, and Mindfulness Trainer
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum
jen@jenniferjohnsen.com

Cassie Ludwig, MD, MS

Resident, Opthalmology
Stanford University
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum
cassieludwig@gmail.com

Matthew Mansh, MD (Male, Gay)

Resident, Dermatology
University of Minnesota
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum
Pronouns: He/Him/His
mmansh@umn.edu

Arturo Molina, MD, MS (Male)

Chief Medical Officer, Sutro Biopharma and President-Elect, Stanford Medicine Alumni Association
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum
amolina@sutrobio.com

Elizabeth Snyder, MD

Resident, Department of Urology
UNC School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum 

Leslee Subak, MD (Woman, Lesbian)

Professor and Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Health Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
lsubak@stanford.edu

Michael Turken, MD

Stanford University Hospital and Clinics Alumni
mturken@stanford.edu

Maggie Wells, MD, MPP

Resident, Family Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum
mewells@stanford.edu

Howard L. Rice, MD (Male, Gay)

Private Practice, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum 
drrice@drrice.com

Buck Wallace, MD (Male)

Emergency Medicine Physician
Stanford University School of Medicine Alum 
Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency
wallaces@usacs.com

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