Claire Abijay, MD

EDUCATION

  • Residency: Stanford Health Care (2024 - 2027)
  • Internship: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2023 - 2024)
  • MD: UT Southwestern (2023)
  • Undergraduate: Georgetown University, BS in Biochemistry (2019)

CLINICAL & RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Quality Improvement

PUBLICATIONS

  • Abijay CA, Agan AD (2023). Pharmacologic Treatment Options in Functional Illness. In: Blakley, B.W., Blakley, J.E. (eds) Functional Illness of the Head and Neck. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12998-8_20
  • Abijay C, Miller S, Booth T, Mitchell RB, Liu C. A Cheek Mass in a 5-Year-Old Child. Ear Nose Throat J. 2022;101(6):365-367. doi:10.1177/0145561320964270
  • Abijay CA, Tomkies A, Rayasam S, Johnson RF, Mitchell RB. Children With Down Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Outcomes After Tonsillectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022;166(3):557-564. doi:10.1177/01945998211023102
  • Abijay CA, Kemper WC, Pham A, Johnson RF, Mitchell RB. Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sickle Cell Disease: Demographic and Polysomnographic Features. Laryngoscope. 2023;133(7):1766-1772. doi:10.1002/lary.30638
  • Rayasam S, Johnson R, Lenahan D, Abijay C, Mitchell RB. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children Under 3 Years of Age. Laryngoscope. 2021;131(9):E2603-E2608. doi:10.1002/lary.29536
  • Rayasam S, Johnson R, Lenahan D, Abijay C, Mitchell RB. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children Under 3 Years of Age. Laryngoscope. 2021;131(9):E2603-E2608. doi:10.1002/lary.29536

PRESENTATIONS

  • Abijay CA, Hodosevich Z, Digma LA, Johnson CM, Patlolla R, de Paz G, Sasaski M, Shah P, Shen JW, Veuthey T, Dugue R (2025). Increasing Access to Sunshine Therapy for Primary Neurology PatientsPoster presented at: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium at Stanford University; 2025 May 15; Palo Alto, CA.
  • Kim JK, Abijay C, Dodson C, Johnson A, Sasaki M, Shen J, Toth J, Dugue R. (2024).  Impact of Language Barriers on the Care of Dizzy Emergency Room Patients. Poster presented at: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium at Stanford University; 2024 May 6; Palo Alto, CA.
  • Abijay C, Suarez A, Liu A, Kim R, Azam J, Bonner N, Desai N, Khurram A, Shi A, Zhang H, Mallipaddi P, Bonner N, Hoang K, Lafferty A, Barrie U, Rossopoulos T, Campalans N, Gimpel N, Day P, & Pagels P. Implementation and evaluation of a student curriculum on patient navigation for individuals experiencing homelessness (2020). Poster presented at: North American Primary Care Research Group 48th Annual Conference at Virtual Meeting, USA; 2020, November 20
  • Campalans N, Barrie U, Rossopoulos T, Liu A, Bonner N, Ma K, Seal B, Abijay C, Suarez A, Lafferty A, Swartz K, Gimpel N, Day P, & Pagels P. (2020). Developing a Student-Led Patient Navigator Program for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness. Poster presented at: North American Primary Care Research Group 48th Annual Conference at Virtual Meeting, USA; 2020, November 20

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Alpha Omega Alpha, UT Southwestern Chapter (2023)
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, UT Southwestern Chapter (2023)
  • Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Gold Award (May 2021): 500+ hours of service
  • Summa cum laude, Georgetown University (2019)
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Georgetown University Chapter (2019)
  • Georgetown University College Chemistry Achievement Award of the Chemical Society of Washington, DC (2019)
  • Honors Program for Biochemistry, Georgetown University (2017)

HOBBIES

  • Watercolor
  • Hiking
  • Classical Music