Leadership

Governing Board

Cynthia J. Brandt, PhD
CEO and President, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health

Jonathan Coslet
Chair of Board of Directors, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

Karthik Balakrishnan, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS
Surgeon-in-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)

Paul A. King
CEO and President, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE
Director, MCHRI; Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine; Physician-In-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Lloyd B. Minor, MD
Dean, Stanford School of Medicine; Professor of Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery)

Ruth O'Hara, PhD
Senior Associate Dean of Research, Stanford School of Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

MCHRI Executive Committee Members

Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE
Director, MCHRI; Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine; Physician-In-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Anthony Oro, MD, PhD
Co-Director, MCHRI; Chair of MCHRI Education Committee; Professor Of Dermatology

Mary M. Chen, MS, MBA
Executive Director, MCHRI; Assistant Dean, Maternal and Child Health Research, Stanford School of Medicine

Rosa Bacchetta, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation)

Karthik Balakrishnan, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS
Surgeon-in-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)

David Camarillo, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Schools of Engineering and Medicine

Elizabeth Egan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology

Paul Fisher, MD
Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Pediatrics (Operations)

Ian Gotlib, PhD
Professor of Psychology, School of Humanities and Sciences

Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH, MSHS
MCHRI Director of Community-Engaged Research; Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and, by Courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

Karl Sylvester, MD 
Director, Clinical Research Support Office, MCHRI; Associate Dean, Maternal and Child Health Research and Professor of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery)

Virginia Winn, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Reproductive Biology)

Former Executive Committee Members

MCHRI Education Committee Members

Anthony Oro, MD, PhD
Chair of MCHRI Education Committee and Co-Director of MCHRI; Professor of Dermatology

Nima Aghaeepour, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine 

Sumit Bhargava, MD
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)

Danny Chou, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Jonathan Litt, MD, ScD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatology & Developmental Medicine)

Kelly Mahaney, MD
Assistant Professor , Neurosurgery

Kara Meister, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery Divisions)

Matteo Amitaba Mole', PhD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive, Stem Cell and Perinatal Biology)

Ryan Padrez, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)

Claudia Petritsch, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery

Sushma Reddy, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Christy Tise, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Medical Genetics)

Former Education Committee Members

  • Crystal Botham, PhD, Pediatrics (Office of Research Development)
  • Elizabeth Burgener, MD, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
  • Baraka Floyd, MD, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
  • Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD, Pediatrics (Medical Genetics)
  • Meena Kadapakkam, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD, Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation)
  • Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
  • Trung Pham, MD, PhD, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology
  • Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, Pediatrics and Medicine
  • Manpreet K. Singh, MD, MS, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Virginia Winn, MD, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Reproductive Biology)
  • Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD, Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation)
  • Fan Yang, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
  • Bo Yu, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility)