Fellowship Training Program

Gretchen Shawver
Fellowship Administrator

750 Welch Road, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94304
gshawver@stanford.edu
(650) 723-5535

Fourth-Year |    Third-Year    |     Second-Year    |    First-Year

Advanced Fellowships

Fourth Year Fellowship

Stem Cell Transplant Fellow

Heather Alva, MD

Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Residency:  Tulane University School of Medicine

Fellowship: Stanford University School of Medicine

Accelerated Research Track

Ram Rao, MD, PhD

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

Residency: University of California, Los Angeles

Fellowship: Stanford University School of Medicine (Graduating 2024)

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellows

Third Year Fellows

(2021-2024)

Anju Goyal, MD

Medical School:  University of California, Los Angeles

Residency:  Stanford University

Christine Lai, MD

Medical School: Cohen Children’s

Residency: Northwell Health

Emily Larimer, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco 

Residency: Stanford University

Second Year Fellows

(2022-2025)

Claire Johns, MD

Medical School:  University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

Residency:  University of California, San Francisco

Billy (Thien) Nguyen, MD

Medical School:  University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

Residency:  University of California, San Francisco

First Year Fellows

(2023-2026)

Ankur Gupta, DO

Medical School:  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency:  St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Rohaum Hamidi, MD

Medical School:  California Northstate University

Residency:  Yale School of Medicine

Shilpa Nataraj, MD

Medical School:  University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine

Residency:  University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital - Oakland