Meet us on the second floor of the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge on campus to start your day! Pick up your name tag, take a program, and enjoy a light breakfast while catching up with your classmates.

Welcome remarks will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m.

MATT WILSEY, BA ’00, MBA ’08

President and Founder, Grace Wilsey Foundation

Wilsey is a Silicon Valley angel investor, advisor, and co-founder of CardSpring, Zazzle.com, and other companies. In addition to consumer products and services, he invests in and advocates for biomedical research, drug development, and genetic sequencing technologies. Wilsey became a rare disease hunter and advocate after his daughter Grace was born with NGLY1 deficiency. He has since funded more than 40 scientists at seven medical centers in three countries with the sole purpose of curing the disease and changing the way genetic science helps to identify and treat hereditary disorders.

MILDRED CHO, PhD ’92, PD ’93

Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine
Associate Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
 

Cho is associate director at the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics and associate professor of pediatrics (genetics). She received her BS in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her PhD from the Stanford University Department of Pharmacology. She is a member of national advisory boards for the National Human Genome Research Institute and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Public Policy Directorate. Cho’s major areas of interest are the ethical and social impacts of genetic research, genetic testing, and gene therapy.

HENRY (HANK) T. GREELY, BA ’74

Professor, Stanford Law School
Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences

Greely specializes in the ethical, legal, and social implications of new biomedical technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience, genetics, or stem cell research. He frequently serves as an advisor on state, national, and international policy issues. A graduate of Yale Law School, Greely directs the Stanford Law School Center for Law and the Biosciences. He is also a professor (by courtesy) of genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine, chair of the Steering Committee of the Center for Biomedical Ethics, and director of the Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society.

MICHAEL SNYDER, PhD, PD ’86

Stanford Ascherman Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics
Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine

Snyder received his PhD at the California Institute of Technology and postdoctoral training at Stanford University. He is a leader in functional genomics and proteomics, and is one of the major participants of the ENCODE project. His laboratory was the first to perform a large-scale functional genomics project in any organism. Snyder has also combined different state-of-the-art “omics” technologies to perform the first longitudinal detailed integrative personal omics profile (iPOP). He is a member of the Stanford Cancer Institute, Bio-X, and a co-principal investigator at the Stanford Center for Personal Regulomes.

MARK J. ZDEBLICK, MS ’84, PhD ’88

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Proteus Digital Health


Prior to co-founding Proteus Digital Health, Mark Zdeblick served as the chief technology officer for the optical switch group at K2 Optronics. Dr. Zdeblick is also founder, director and past chief technical officer of Redwood Microsystems.. While working in Professor Calvin Quate’s engineering group at Stanford, Dr. Zdeblick co-invented the microfabricated cantilever beam with an atomically sharp tip that enabled atomic force microscopy. He holds a B.S. in civil engineering and a B.A. in architecture, both from the University of Illinois, and an M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

TINA SEELIG, PhD ’85

Professor, Stanford University School of Engineering
Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program


Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering. She is executive director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program. Dr. Seelig earned her PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford Medical School, and has been a management consultant, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books, including inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity (2012), and Insight Out (to be released May 2015). She is the recipient of the Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, the Olympus Innovation Award, and the Silicon Valley Visionary Award.

EUAN A. ASHLEY, MD, PhD, RF ’06

Associate Professor of Medicine and of Genetics
Co-Director, Stanford Clinical Genomics Service

Ashley directs the Stanford Clinical Genomics Service and the Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease. He led the team that carried out the first clinical interpretation of a human genome in 2010, and in 2013 was recognized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for his contributions to personalized medicine. Ashley is a recipient of the National Innovation Award from the American Heart Association and a New Innovator Award from the National Institute of Health. He is co-founder of Personalis Inc., a genome-scale genetic diagnostics company.

ESTEBAN GONZALEZ BURCHARD, MD ’95, MPH

Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF School of Medicine
 

Burchard has been part of the UCSF faculty since 2001. He directs the UCSF Center for Genes, Environments and Health and the Asthma Origins Laboratory, which are both focused on translational genetic research. Burchard’s research interests center around identifying “ethnic-specific” genetic and biologic risk factors for asthma and drug responsiveness among U.S. Racially/ethnically diverse children throughout the U.S. In addition, he studies how race and racially-specific genetic differences influence disease and response to therapies (pharmacogenetics) in children.

LLOYD B. MINOR, MD

Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean
Stanford University School of Medicine

Lloyd B. Minor, MD, became the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine on December 1, 2012. As dean, Minor is leading the Campaign for Stanford Medicine, which seeks to Fuel Innovation, Transform Patient Care, and Empower Future Leaders at the school, at Stanford Health Care, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Among his accomplishments, Minor has led the development of an innovative model for cancer research and patient care delivery at Stanford Medicine and has launched a biomedical data science initiative. Minor is also a professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and a professor of Bioengineering and of Neurobiology, by courtesy, at Stanford University.

KELLEY M. SKEFF, MD, RF ’80, PhD ’81

George DeForest Barnett Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine

Dr. Skeff is co-director and founder of the Stanford Faculty Development Center for Medical Teachers that has trained more than 240 medical faculty from over 118 institutions. Kelley was a residency program director for two decades, overseeing the education of Stanford internal medicine residents from 1989 to 2009. He currently serves on the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the nation’s largest medical specialty organization. He has also received Stanford and national teaching awards, including Stanford’s Walter J. Gores Faculty Achievement Award and the APDIM Distinguished Medical Educator Award.

Dr. Skeff is the 2015 RISE Award honoree for outstanding alumni service to Stanford Medicine.

Shuttle Service to Anderson Collection & Cantor Arts Center – 2:15 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

The Cantor Arts Center's diverse collections span continents, cultures, and 5,000 years of art history and include one of the largest presentations of Rodin bronzes outside Paris.

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University is a collection of 121 modern and contemporary American paintings and sculpture generously gifted by Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. This gift represents the core of their larger collection, one of the world’s most outstanding private assemblies of art, built by the family over the past 50 years.

Shuttle service will be available between LKSC and the Anderson Art Collection & Cantor Arts Center, which are both open to the public on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Anderson Collection – Public tour at 2:30 p.m. (Space is not guaranteed)

Shuttle departs LKSC promptly at 2:15 p.m.

Anderson Collection – Private medical alumni tour at 3:30 p.m. (Limited space)

Shuttle departs LKSC promptly at 3:15 p.m.

Tickets are available for this tour at the Alumni Day information desk on a first-come, first-served basis.

Delphine Lucielle Art Exhibit at LKSC – Self-guided

Delphine Lucielle’s artwork is a tribute to the Earth. Her glass paintings reveal the geological patterns hidden inside rocks and illuminate images of crystalline structures that make up the very material Silicon Valley is based upon. Her works are currently featured in a rotating art exhibit throughout LSKC.

New Stanford Hospital Observation Deck – Self-guided

Catch a unique glimpse of the future Stanford Hospital building from the viewing platform located outside of the elevators of the Pasteur Visitor Garage (PS-4).

Stanford Audio Art Tour – Self-guided

Using your cell phone and literature provided at the Alumni Day Information Desk, you will learn about each unique piece of art on the first floor of Stanford Hospital. The Stanford Hospital & Clinics Art Commission presents this tour as one of its many efforts to enhance the environment within the hospital. This self-guided tour is accessed through the main entrance to the hospital.

DEAN'S RECEPTION

6:00 p.m. - Ford Alumni Gardens

*Reunion class photos will be taken during this reception.*

All alumni are invited to attend this evening reception hosted by Dean Lloyd B. Minor. Raise a glass to Stanford University School of Medicine and to your fellow graduates!

REUNION DINNER

7:00 p.m. - McCaw Hall

Before Alumni Day 2015 draws to a close, conclude the evening alongside classmates at an elegant dinner in honor of all reunion year alumni.

Seating will be assigned based on year of graduation. If you have any specific seating or dietary requests, please be sure to mention them when you register.