Wendy Todaro Thanassi MD

Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

Clinical Focus

Emergency Medicine
Occupational Health
Tuberculosis

Academic Appointments

Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

Administrative Appointments

Medical Director, Workforce Health and Wellness, Stanford Medicine (2022 - Present)
Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs, Occupational Health 10P (2015 - 2019)
Advisory Board, Department of Veterans Affairs, Occupational Health 10P (2013 - 2019)
Chief, Occupational Health Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (2009 - 2022)
Associate Chief, Emergency Medicine, Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System (2006 - 2009)

Honors & Awards

Multiple grants and publications, Keynote and Plenary presentations, Multiple (2013 - present)
Summa Cum Laude, Yale University (1989)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Member of the Board, Malaria Partners International (2019 - Present)
Advisory Board, Care Indeed (2016 - Present)
Member, Western Occupational Environmental Medicine Association Legislative Action Committee (2016 - Present)
Member, International Congress on Occupational Health (2013 - Present)

Professional Education

Master's Degree, Stanford University Food Research Institute, International Economics - Agriculture (1995)
Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine (1996) CA
Internship, Yale School of Medicine Dept of Emergency Medicine, CT (1998)
Residency: Yale School of Medicine Dept of Emergency Medicine (2001) CT
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2002)

Contact

Academic thanassi@stanford.edu Tel: (650) 725-9445

Clinical Stanford Express Care 211 Quarry Rd Ste 102 MC 5989 Palo Alto CA 94304 Tel: (650) 736-5211 Fax: (650) 736-5299
Clinical Occupational Health Services 300 Pasteur Dr MC 5205 Stanford CA 94305 Tel: (650) 725-6130 Fax: (650) 723-7047

All Publications

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Niaz Banaei

Professor of Pathology and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Clinical Focus
Clinical Pathology, Mycobacterium Infections, Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Research Interests
His research interests include (1) development, assessment, and improvement of novel infectious diseases diagnostics, (2) enhancing the quality of C. difficile diagnostic results, and (3) characterization of M. tuberculosis virulence determinants.

220 Total Publications
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David Bergman

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Emeritus
Clinical Focus
Pediatrics, General, Pediatrics, Health Service Area
Research Interests
My research has involved the use of new technologies to create different types of patient-doctor transactions. I am also interested in how these new transactions impact clinical care processes. Current work includes the evaluation of a patient portal for children with cystic fibrosis, the use of telemedicine to bring asthma experts into the schools and the attitudes of teens and parents about the use of a secure patient portal for teens.

50 Total Publications
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Lisa J. Chamberlain

Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Education
Clinical Focus
Pediatrics
Research Interests
Child Health disparities - Projects focus on elucidating the non-clinical factors that impact access to appropriate care for children with chronic illness.

Health Policy - Projects explore the intersection of medicine as a profession and formation of child health policy.

112 Total Publications
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Kevin Couloures

Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Critical Care
Clinical Focus
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

24 Total Publications
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Cornelia L. Dekker, M.D.

Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Emerita
Research Interests
The Stanford-LPCH Vaccine Program provides an infrastructure for conducting clinical studies of vaccines in children and adults. We conduct immunology studies of seasonal influenza vaccines in twins, in a longitudinal cohort of young and elderly adults and studies of various vaccine candidates for NIH and industry. Additionally, we were a CDC Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment site for 10 years working on safety issues concerning licensed vaccines.

135 Total Publications
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Joseph (Joe) D Forrester MD MSc FAWM FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)
Clinical Focus
Trauma, Surgical Infectious Disease, General Surgery, Wilderness Medicine, Rib Fractures, Rib Fracture Non-Union, Surgical Critical Care, Climate change
Research Interests
I am broadly interested in research exploring the care of the injured patient both in high- and low-resource settings. I have specific on-going projects assessing surgical site infection surveillance in low-resource settings, and surgical management of acute and chronic non-union rib fractures.

152 Total Publications
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Alan M. Garber

Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor and Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Research Interests
Topics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease

240 Total Publications
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Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert

Professor of Health Policy

241 Total Publications
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Alex J Goodell

Clinical Instructor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Focus
Anesthesiology, Hospital Medicine, Heart Failure

10 Total Publications
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Lynne C. Huffman

Professor (Teaching) of Pediatrics (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Focus
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Developmental Delay Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Research Interests
Research interests and activities include (1) shared decision-making in clinical care; (2) medical education research; (3) the early identification and treatment of behavioral problems, particularly in children with special health care needs; and (4) community-based mental health/educational program evaluation and outcomes measurement.

116 Total Publications
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Karen Blake Jacobson

Instructor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Clinical Focus
Infectious Disease

19 Total Publications
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Uri Ladabaum

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Clinical Focus
Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management, Gastrointestinal cancer genetics, Colon polyps, General gastroenterology, Family history of gastrointestinal and other cancers
Research Interests
Gastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management. Risk stratification. Cost-effectiveness analysis. Health services research.

186 Total Publications