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Amelia Sattler
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Currently working on projects identifying effective use of actual patient encounters in undergraduate medical education. Specifically interested in the role of actual patient encounters in the training of shared decision making. Also interested in medical student empathy and physician wellness.
Also working on many different projects in the realm of quality improvement and population health in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health. -
Erika Schillinger
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My passion is clinical skills education: the patient's experience of health and healthcare, doctor-patient communication, professionalism and physical exam. I am focused on curriculum design and innovation, having helped develop the Continuity of Care Clerkship, the clinical skills curriculum in Practice of Medicine, the Family Medicine core clerkship, outpatient faculty development modules and the SHIELD course (Stanford Healthcare Innovations and Experiential Learning Directive).
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Rebecca Seekamp, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Interested in complementary/alternative medicine, international health, international adoption medicine and providing full spectrum health care.
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Nirav Shah
Adjunct Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Bio Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, is Senior Scholar at Stanford University?s Clinical Excellence Research Center. He is a leader in patient safety and quality, innovation and digital health, and the strategies required to transition to lower-cost, patient-centered health care. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Shah is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale School of Medicine, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He serves as an independent director for STERIS plc, as trustee for The John A. Hartford Foundation, as Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and as a member of the HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030. Previously, he served as senior vice president and Chief Operating Officer for clinical operations for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health.
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Christopher Sharp, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Clinical Informatics
Clinical Education
Teaching Physical Examination
Quality Improvement
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Jonathan Shaw
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Primary care, psycho-social determinants of health & care, maternal-child health
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Meera Sheffrin
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Geriatric education
Stanford Geriatric Trauma Initiative
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Kristen K. Sherman
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Bio Dr. Sherman is a primary care internist, taking care of adults of all ages with a focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and the management of chronic conditions. She enjoys long term relationships with her patients and she aims to be a partner in their health care, no matter what stage of life and health each patient is in. Dr. Sherman grew up in New Mexico, but has lived in the Bay Area for over 20 years--California is now definitely her home! She is the mother of 2 school-aged children and enjoys exercising, reading, and spending time with her family.
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Takudzwa Shumba
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Bio Dr. Takudzwa Shumba is a family medicine clinician-educator who delights in care of the entire family, with particular interests in preventative medicine, women's health, pediatrics and global health. She is pro-vaccine and evidence-based medicine, and committed to taking care of the whole patient.
She was born and raised in Zimbabwe. Prior to beginning medical school at Stanford, she completed a Master's in Public Health, with a focus in global health. She has been involved in public health projects in Zimbabwe, Hong Kong and mainland China. She currently spends part of the year caring for patients and involved in medical education in Kenya. She completed her residency at Stanford Health Care - O'Connor Hospital Family Medicine in San Jose, prior to joining Stanford Family Medicine. LGBTQQI friendly. -
Kendra Patton Silverman
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Bio Kendra Patton Silverman is a board-certified Physician Assistant, practicing clinically in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. She cares for patients of all ages at several Stanford outpatient clinics. She is also the Director of Clerkship Education at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Master of Science in PA Studies Program. In this role she ensures PA students obtain the highest quality clinical experience, training with healthcare professionals within the Stanford Health Care community, the San Francisco Bay Area, and healthcare institutions across the country. Kendra completed her undergraduate education in Biomedical Physics at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), and her master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine (North Chicago, IL). Her clinical experience includes emergency medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, women?s health, and urgent care.
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Kelley M. Skeff, MD, PhD
George DeForest Barnett Professor in Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Development and evaluation of improved teaching methods; assessment of teacher's attitudes toward their teaching role; study of clinical teaching; evaluation of alternative methods of learning in clinical clerkships (e.g. computer assisted instruction, video tape review, etc.).
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Peter Michael Sklarin
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Bio Dr. Sklarin practices endocrinology at Menlo Medical Clinic. He is a graduate of Harvard College, where he majored in biology. He attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, completed his internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston, and completed his endocrinology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Sklarin is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and treats patients with a wide variety of endocrine disorders. He has special expertise in thyroid ultrasound and ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration and directs the Menlo Clinic bone density center.
In his free time Dr. Sklarin enjoys spending time with his family, playing tennis, running, biking, swimming, and doing triathlons. -
Grant M. Smith, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Bio Dr. Grant Smith is originally from Knoxville, TN. He graduated with a bachelor of science in psychology from Duke University, where he first developed an interest in palliative care. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco with a focus in primary care, followed by a chief resident year at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He subsequently completed his palliative care fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Outside of work, Dr. Smith lives in San Francisco, and he enjoys running in Golden Gate park, cooking, and visiting the many great restaurants in the area. Dr. Smith is excited to be part of the Stanford faculty, where he provides direct patient care while pursuing his academic and educational interests improving patient-centered care across settings, increasing access to palliative care, and promoting clinician well-being.
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Malathi Srinivasan
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Bio Dr. Srinivasan is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, Associate Director at the Stanford Center for Asian Healthcare Research and Education (Stanford CARE), Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH), board member at the Stanford Clinical Teaching Seminar Series, and member of the Stanford Teaching and Mentoring Academy (TMA). She is co-Director of the One Health Teaching Scholars Faculty Development Program, an international program focusing on faculty development for health professions education around the world. She is a contributor to CBS-KPIX ?Medical Mondays?. Dr. Srinivasan brings her skills as an educator, physician, health services researcher, and entrepreneur to considering how scalable technologies can improve health care. Her work in Virtual Health/telemedicine and new patient engagement models has been published in the NEJM Catalyst ? a leading healthcare innovation journal.
Previously, Dr. Srinivasan was a Master Clinical Educator and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. She was the Senior Associate Editor and Editorial Fellowship Director for the Journal of General Internal Medicine, and was the Kimitaka Kaga Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo at the International Research Center for Medical Education. At UC Davis, Dr. Srinivasan was the Director of Practice Based Learning and Improvement and Medical Director of the Clinical Performance Examination for a decade. She is former President of the California-Hawaii Society of General Internal Medicine, and ex-officio National Council Member for SGIM. She was a RWJ Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar and US Health and Human Service Public Policy Fellow. Dr. Srinivasan has been awarded the California SGIM Educator of the Year Award, and was recognized by her university with the Dean?s Award for Excellence in Education. Her research has focused on improving physician competency around clinical decision-making, through Virtual Health, technology-aided education and reflective practice. -
Eric Sun
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult-MSD) and, by courtesy, of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My research examines questions of health economics and health policy, with a focus on economics and policy in the perioperative setting. Current research topics include the economics of treatments for chronic pain, as well as how physician practice organization affects outcomes and costs.