Stanford Neurohospitalist Team
Faculty
Kathryn Kvam, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Division Chief, Stanford Neurohospitalist Division
Dr. Kvam is a board-certified neurologist and fellowship-trained neurohospitalist. She completed her neurology residency and an advanced Neurohospitalist Fellowship at UCSF and was recruited to Stanford in 2014 to become the founding director of the Stanford Neurohospitalist Program. She is the inaugural Division Chief of the Stanford Neurohospitalist Division.
Dr. Kvam founded and continues to co-direct the novel Neurology Resident Quality Improvement Curriculum. She is an award-winning teacher and is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents and fellows. Her research interests include defining value in acute neurologic care and care models, healthcare utilization, and acute and postacute care of autoimmune encephalitis. She is a former editorial board member of The Neurohospitalist and the current Deputy Editor of Neurology Clinical Practice.
Rachelle Dugue, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dr. Dugue is a board-certified neurologist and fellowship trained vascular neurologist. She completed her M.D. and Ph.D in Neuroscience at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, followed by neurology residency at Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian with distinctions in research, patient care, and medical education, including the Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. She then completed vascular neurology fellowship at Stanford and joined the Neurohospitalist Division in 2023.
Dr. Dugue is passionate about clinical research, health equity, mentorship and education within neurology. Since July 2024, she has served as Program Director for the Stanford Neurohospitalist Fellowship. She has published in numerous journals on topics ranging from neuroinfectious disease to ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injury, with the goal of advancing our understanding and treatment of acute neurologic diseases.
Shefali Dujari, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dr. Dujari is a board-certified neurologist and fellowship-trained neurohospitalist. She joined the Stanford Neurohospitalist Program in 2021. She completed neurology residency at Stanford University where she served as chief resident during her final year. She completed neurohospitalist fellowship training at Stanford University.
Dr. Dujari serves as the Associate Program Director for the Stanford Adult Neurology Residency Program and Director of Quality for Neurosciences at Stanford Health Care - TriValley. She is currently the Vice President of the Neurohospitalist Society.
Kristin Galetta, MD, MSEd
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dr. Galetta is a is a board-certified neurologist and fellowship trained neuro-immunologist. She graduated from the Brigham Mass General Residency program in Boston. Following this she completed a fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital then remained on faculty as a neurohospitalist and neuro-immunologist. She joined the neurohospitalist division at Stanford in 2023.
Dr. Galetta is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of acute neuro-inflammatory disorders. She also has a special interest in patients who have acute neurologic manifestations of systemic inflammatory disorders such as sarcoidosis. Publications have focused on the management of MS, optic neuritis and a variety of education topics.
Dr. Galetta loves teaching and learning from trainees. She has previously held a number of education leadership roles.
Carl Gold, MD, MS
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dr. Gold joined the Stanford Neurohospitalist Program in 2016. He completed neurology residency at Columbia University Medical Center and Neurohospitalist Fellowship training at UCSF.
Dr. Gold serves as Vice Chair of Quality, Safety, and Experience for the Department of Neurology. He also serves as Medical Director of Service Excellence for Stanford Health Care. In this role, he supports the Resident Communication Coaching Programs in numerous academic departments. Dr. Gold is a member of the Board of Directors of the Neurohospitalist Society, where he also serves as Co-Chair of the Education Committee. Dr. Gold was the inaugural Program Director of the Stanford Neurohospitalist Fellowship Program from 2019-2024.
Brian J. Scott, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dr. Scott is a board-certified neurologist with subspecialty board certification in neuro-oncology and neurocritical care. He is a graduate of the Tufts Neurology Residency program in Boston. After residency, he pursued a clinical neuro-oncology fellowship at the Partners combined Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute program, where he developed expertise in the diagnosis and management of individuals with primary brain tumors, brain metastasis, central nervous system lymphoma, neurologic paraneoplastic syndromes, and complications of cancer therapy. He went on to complete the UCSF Neurohospitalist fellowship after which he remained on faculty at UCSF. He subsequently spent 4 years as the director of inpatient neurology and the medical director of neuro-oncology at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA. He helped launch the neurocritical care unit at Lahey in 2015, and served as site PI on clinical trials for stroke and glioblastoma. Dr. Scott joined the Stanford Neurohospitalist Program in 2017.
Dr. Scott is passionate about improving the system of acute care for individuals with neurologic illness. He has published on how to optimize care pathways for patients with complex neurologic disease, including CNS lymphoma and CAR T cell neurotoxicity. He is invested in thoughtful transitions of care and designed a series of projects to improve patients' knowledge about their medications. He loves teaching medical students and residents and has been selected for institutional and departmental teaching awards. He is the Associate Director of the Neurology Clerkship. He also serves as the faculty director of the resident-led Morbidity, Mortality, & Improvement conference.
Nirali Vora, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dr. Vora provides high quality, compassionate, and comprehensive care to patients with stroke, brain hemorrhage, and TIA as well as all hospitalized adults with acute neurological presentations. She is board-certified in both neurology and vascular neurology. In addition to leading clinical trials in stroke prevention, she has received national and international recognition for her scholarly work in quality improvement surrounding systems of care.
She is also a leader in the field of global neurology and the founding director of the Stanford Global Health Neurology program through which she started the first stroke unit in Zimbabwe and gained experience in HIV neurology and other neuro-infectious diseases. The program focuses on sustainable neurology capacity building through education. In addition to global neurology education efforts, she is deeply involved in the local education of Stanford trainees, where she serves as the Director of the Adult Neurology Residency Program.
Fellows
Jinyuan Liu, MD
Neurohospitalist Fellow
Jin earned her undergraduate degree in biology from Columbia University. She then completed medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She stayed to complete both neurology residency and epilepsy fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Her research interests include health equity and the lifestyle determinants of health in patients with neurological diseases. She is excited to be a Stanford neurohospitalist fellow and aims to further improve her management of complex neurological conditions. Outside of work, Jin enjoys traveling and trying new recipes.
Sokena Zaidi, MD
Neurohospitalist Fellow
Dr. Zaidi completed her Internal Medicine internship at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, and completed her Neurology residency at the University of Southern California. A Bay Area native, her clinical and research interests include social determinants of health in neurologic disease and the intersection of technology with advancing detection, care, and access to neurologic services, particularly through telemedicine. She was drawn to Stanford’s Neurohospitalist Fellowship because of its rigorous inpatient training, strong academic environment, and emphasis on comprehensive neurologic care across diverse patient populations. She hopes to further develop her expertise in acute neurologic care, medical education, and systems based approaches to expanding access to neurologic care.
Stanford Neurohospitalist Multidisciplinary Team
Stanford Neurohospitalist Multidisciplinary Team
(L to R): Leslie Bennett, MSN, RN, ACM, Neurology Case Manager; Carl Gold, MD, MS, Neurohospitalist Faculty; Megan Biasotti, LCSW, ACM, Neurology Social Worker; Megan Winslow, DPT, Inpatient Rehab Manager; Kathryn Kvam, MD, Neurohospitalist Faculty; Michelle Chen, RN, BSN; Tobiah Talsma, RN, BSN, MS, Neurology Unit Assistant Patient Care Manager; Hazelle David, RN, BSN, PCCN, Neurology Unit Assistant Patient Care Manager; Brian Scott, MD, Neurohospitalist Faculty, Victor Tamayo, RN, BSN, CNRN, Neurology Unit Patient Care Manager
Stanford Inpatient Neurorehabilitation Team
Stanford Inpatient Neurorehabilitation Team
(L to R) Anuja Chandrana, PT, DPT; Alyssa Brown, MS, OTR/L, CBS, Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist; Meghan Miyamoto, PT, DPT, GCS, CEEAA, Program Coordinator for Stanford Health Care Acute Care Residency; Megan Winslow, PT, DPT, Inpatient Rehabilitation Manager; Hillary Coates, PT, DPT; Regina Serebriani, MS, OTR/L; Prudence Lin, OTD, OTR/L, C/NDT, CSRS, CBIS, Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist