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  • Acts of Allyship: Featuring Tara Chang, MD, MS, Division Chief of Nephrology

    As part of Stanford Department of Medicine’s Act of Allyship Campaign, we sat down with Dr. Tara Chang, Division Chief of Nephrology, to discuss the significance of allyship and share her personal experiences and insights.

  • Can AI Deliver Compassion?

    Discover how AI chatbots are revolutionizing patient counseling and empathy in medicine with insights from Jonathan H. Chen and Tina Hernandez-Boussard.

  • MODEL Lead Showcase: Shuchi Anand, MD

    Explore insights from the MODEL Lead Showcase, a monthly series featuring the key figures shaping mentorship in medicine at Stanford's DoM. This July we proudly feature Shuchi Anand, MD.

  • Stanford Medicine Appoints New Department of Medicine Chair

    Stanford Department of Medicine is pleased to announce Euan Ashley, MB ChB, DPhil, as chair. He is the Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor of Genomics and Precision Health and a professor of cardiovascular medicine, genetics, and biomedical data science at Stanford.

  • MODEL Lead Showcase: Linda Nguyen, MD

    Explore insights from the MODEL Lead Showcase, a monthly series featuring the key figures shaping mentorship in medicine at Stanford's DoM. This June we proudly feature Linda Nguyen, MD.

  • Celebrating Hannah Valantine: 2024 Hewlett Award Winner

    We are proud to announce that the 2024 Albion Walter Hewlett Award goes to Hannah Valantine, MD, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at Stanford Department of Medicine.

  • Chief Residents Announced for 2025-26

    The class of 2025-26 Chief Residents have been announced: Emily Chu, Emily Keamy-Minor, Albert Park, and Hoda Sayegh.

  • MODEL Lead Showcase: William Collins, MD

    Explore insights from the MODEL Lead Showcase, a monthly series featuring the key figures shaping mentorship in medicine at Stanford's DoM. This May we proudly feature William Collins, MD.

  • A Catalyst for Collaboration

    Autoimmune and allergic diseases are complex, and they nearly always affect multiple organs and systems. The Stanford Autoimmune & Allergy Supergroup, led by Mark Davis, PhD, works to advance research and help patients, synthesizing a range of specialties.

  • MODEL Lead Showcase: Paul Wang, MD

    Explore insights from the MODEL Lead Showcase, a monthly series featuring the key figures shaping mentorship in medicine at Stanford's DoM. This April we proudly feature Paul Wang, MD.


Policy Options to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs Across Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial Insurance

October 1, 2024. Kavitha Patel, MD, MS, and Kevin Schulman, MD, MBA, argue that comprehensive reforms – such as expanding Medicare's negotiation power, reforming Medicaid drug rebates, and other sensible policy solutions – are critical to safeguarding the financial health of Medicare and ensuring that millions of beneficiaries can access the medications they need without facing undue financial hardship.