Christine Santiago, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

Clinical Focus

Internal Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Health Equity
Graduate Medical Education
Quality Improvement
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

Administrative Appointments

Associate Chair for Community Partnership, Stanford Department of Medicine (2026 - Present)
Stanford Wards Educational Co-Director, Stanford Hospital Medicine (2025 - Present)
Divisional Director of Community Partnerships, Stanford Hospital Medicine (2024 - Present)
Course Director, Capstone course (2023 - Present)
Faculty Director, Stanford Health Equity Advocacy and Research (HEARs) program (2023 - Present)
Chief Resident, Stanford Internal Medicine Residency Program (2022 - 2023)

Honors & Awards

Integrated Strategic Plan (ISP) Star Award: FIRST (Food Insecurity Reduction Strategy Team), Stanford University School of Medicine & Stanford Healthcare (2025)
Medical Provider of the Year, California Disability Services Association (2025)
California Young Physician Health Equity Leadership Award, Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) (2025)
Stanford Quality, Safety & Health Equity Award: Preventing Avoidable Readmissions, Stanford Healthcare (2025)
Stanford Quality, Safety & Health Equity, Honorable Mention: Improving Care of our Unhoused Patients, Stanford Healthcare (2025)
Stanford Quality & Performance Improvement Award: FIRST (Food Insecurity Reduction Strategy Team), Stanford Healthcare (2025)
Inspiring Early Academic Career Award, Faculty Women’s Forum (2024)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, SHC Medical Staff Award (2024)
Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholar Award, J&J, Stanford and Yale (2022)
Dr. Miquell Miller Award for Promoting Diversity & Inclusion, Stanford University (2021)
Presidential Scholars Public Service Initiative Award, Harvard University (2019)
APD Diversity Impact Award, McKinsey & Company (2018)
Northern California Medical Student Scholarship, Kaiser Permanente (2017)
Public Health Fellow Award, Kaiser Permanente (2017)
Neil Samuel Ghiso Fellowship Recipient, Harvard Medical School (2015)
Robinson Appel Humanitarian Award, Cornell University (2011)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Member, Stanford Food Insecurity Coalition (2024 - Present)
Member, American College of Physicians (2019 - Present)
Council of Resident/Fellow Members, American College of Physicians (2021 - 2022)
Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member, California Medical Association (2018 - 2019)

Professional Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2022)
Residency: Stanford University Internal Medicine Residency (2022) CA
Medical Education: Harvard Medical School (2019) MA
Masters of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Health Policy and Management (2018)
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, Human Biology, Health and Society Minor: Inequality Studies (2013)

Contact

Academic csantia2@stanford.edu

Clinical (Primary)

This is the primary clinic for this clinical provider. For additional clinical locations and information, please visit the link(s) listed below in the 'Additional Clinical Info' section.

Medicine 300 Pasteur Dr Rm JC007 Stanford CA 94305 Tel: (650) 725-5071 Fax: (650) 721-6567

Additional Clinical Info

Stanford Health Care

2025-26 Courses

Independent Studies
- Medical Scholars Research
  MED 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  MED 199 (Win)

Stanford Advisees

Med Scholar Project Advisor
Jason Shen

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