Bio
Linda. M. Dairiki Shortliffe is the Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor Emerita of Urology at Stanford. She was Department Chair (1995-2011), Residency Program Director, founding Chief Pediatric Urology, first Stanford Fellowship Director Pediatric Urology, and Chief of Urology at the Palo Alto VA.
She received AB cum laude in History and Science from Harvard, MD from Stanford, urologic training at Stanford University Medical Center, and pediatric urologic training at Children’s Hospital Philadelphia. She was the Hewlett Foundation Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, and a Stanford Clayman Institute Faculty Fellow. She was a featured physician in the National Library of Medicine exhibit, “Changing the Face of Medicine,” received a 2015 AUA Distinguished Service Award, and awarded the 2016 Ferdinand Valentine Medal of the New York Academy of Medicine and 2018 SWIU Jean Fourcroy Leadership Award.
She had grants to examine prostatitis, effects of pregnancy and sex hormones on the urinary tract, and pediatric urinary tract imaging and physiology, and published over 180 manuscripts, chapters, and articles. She served as Deputy Chair NIH Consensus Panel on Impotence, NIDDK Special Grants Chartered Review Committee member, and Chair of the NIH Bladder Research Program Review Group that produced the publication to guide NIDDK research, Overcoming Bladder Disease: a Strategic Plan For Research. She serves as a Council Member on the California Council for Science & Technology and is co-investigator on R01EB026136 ( (PI Vasanawala), : Development and Validation of Radiation-Free Pediatric Renal Function Quantification 4/5/18 –1/31/22.
She was oral examiner, Trustee, and President of the American Board of Urology, President Society University Urologists, Chair Society University Chairs & Program Directors, Chair Urology Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Chair of AUA/EAU Academic Fellowship Program, an Associate Editor AUA News, and member of ABU/AUA Joint Exam Committee, ACGME Urology Residency Review Committee, AAP Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infections, Executive Committee AAP Section on Urology, Bladder Health Council of AFUD, Board of AFUD, Council on Education, Publications, Core Curriculum Steering, and the AUA Annual Program Committee.
Academic Appointments
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Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Urology
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Administrative Appointments
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Mentor, American Urological Association (AUA) Leadership Program (2021 - 2022)
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Vice President (President Elect), American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS) (2019 - 2021)
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Council Member, Distinguished Expert, California Council on Science & Technology (2017 - Present)
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Director (Board of Directors), Palo Alto Art Center Foundation (paacf.org, nonprofit) (2021 - 2024)
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Director (Board of Directors), Avenidas (Avenidas.org, nonprofit) (2015 - 2021)
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Chair Nominations & Governance Committee of the Board of Directors, Avenidas (Avenidas.org, nonprofit) (2018 - Present)
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Senior Councilor, American Association Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS) (2018 - 2019)
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Faculty Advisor, Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) (2013 - 2017)
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Chair, Society Urology Chairs & Program Directors (2007 - 2008)
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Chair, American Academy Pediatrics Urology Section (2007 - 2008)
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President, American Board of Urology (2006 - 2007)
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Pediatric Urology Program Director, Stanford University Medical Center (2005 - 2009)
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Director, American Foundation for Urologic Disease (2004 - 2005)
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President, Society University Urologists (2004 - 2005)
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Member, Residency Review Committee (2003 - 2009)
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Trustee, American Board of Urology (2001 - 2007)
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Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Urology (1995 - 2011)
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Program Director, Urology Residency (1993 - 2007)
Honors & Awards
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Honorary Member, American Urological Association (2020)
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2018 Jean Fourcroy Leadership Award, SWIU (Society of Women in Urology) (May 20, 2018)
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Visiting Faculty Childrens Hospital Kantha Bopha, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Foundation of Childrens Hospitals Kantha Bopha (2/19/18-3/6/18)
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Richard C Durham Visiting Professor, Albany Medical Center (June 22-24, 2016)
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2016 Ferdinand C Valentine Award and Lecture New York Academy of Medicine, New York Academy of Medicine (April 13, 2016)
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2015 American Urological Association Distinguished Service Award, American Urological Association (2015)
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Stanford Clayman Faculty Research Fellow, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University (2012-2013)
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Distinguished Alumnae Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric Urology, Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (2012)
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Radcliffe Institute Center for Advanced Study at Harvard University (2008-2009)
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Asian American Faculty Award, Stanford University Asian American Association (2008)
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Featured Physician http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_293.html, National Library of Medicine (2003-2005)
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Top Doctors in Silicon Valley, San Jose Magazine (2001-)
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Best Doctors, San Francisco Magazine (2003-)
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Best Doctors in America--Pediatric Urology, Naifeh & Smith; Woodward and White (1991-2, 1994-5, 1996-7)
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America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly (2001- 2010)
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Top Doctors US News & World Report (Urology), US News & World Report (http://health.usnews.com/top-doctors) (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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External Experts Panel, NIDDK (Urologic Diseases of America UDA) (2020 - Present)
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Council Member, California Council on Science & Technology (2017 - Present)
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Member, Dornier Aries Advisory Panel (2017 - Present)
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External Experts Panel, NIH Urologic diseases of America (UDA) UCLA-RAND (2013 - Present)
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Independent Elected Director, BOD, Vivus Inc. (1999 - 2013)
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Elected Member, Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons (2004 - Present)
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Elected Member, American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (1998 - Present)
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Chair, Editor, Bladder Research Program Review Group for NIH, NIDDK (2001 - 2003)
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External Advisory Committee, Urologic Diseases in America (UCLA/RAND) NIDDK (2002 - 2005)
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Elected Member, Society for Paediatric Urological Surgeons (1999 - Present)
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Fellow, Society Pediatric Urology (1999 - Present)
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Deputy Chair, Consensus Panel on Impotence. Sponsored by the NIH, NIDDK, Office of Medical Applications of Research, National Institutes of Health (1994 - 1994)
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Elected Member, Western Urologic Forum (1990 - Present)
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Member, Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK-D) Special Grants Chartered Review Committee, National Institutes of Health (1990 - 1994)
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Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics-Urology Section (1989 - Present)
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Fellow, American College of Surgeons (1985 - Present)
Professional Education
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n/a, Stanford Law School, Stanford Directors' College, Rock Center for Corporate Governance (2012)
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n/a, Stanford University School of Medicine, Spectrum Adult Health Research Intensive Course in Clinical Research: Design and Performance (2010)
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Subspecialty Certification, American Board of Urology, Pediatric Urology (2008)
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n/a, Harvard School of Public Health, Advanced Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services (1998)
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Certification, American Board of Urology, Urology (1983)
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AB, Harvard University, History and Science (1971)
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MD, Stanford University, Medicine (1975)
Community and International Work
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Board of Directors Avenidas, Palo Alto
Topic
Older Adults
Populations Served
Bay Area older adults and families
Location
Bay Area
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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MEDshare Western Regional Council, San Leandro, CA
Topic
Nonprofit organization to recover surplus medical sup
Populations Served
Developing countries
Location
US
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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AAP: Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infections, Chicago, IL
Topic
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Partnering Organization(s)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Populations Served
Children with UTI
Location
US
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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First International WHO Consultation on Health Care Associated Infections in Urology (HCAIU)
Topic
Pediatric Risk Factors
Partnering Organization(s)
World Health Organization
Populations Served
Global
Location
International
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Urologic Diseases in America
Partnering Organization(s)
NIDDK
Location
US
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No