Euan Ashley, department chair, in conversation with Errol Ozdalga

New department chair Euan Ashley discusses the future of medicine — and much more — with Errol Ozdalga

September 18, 2024

Effective September 18, Euan Ashley, MB ChB, DPhil, is officially chair of the Stanford Department of Medicine. (Read more about his appointment here.) 

To learn about Dr. Ashley’s vision for the department and for medicine as a whole, Associate Chair of Communications Errol Ozdalga, MD, sat down with Dr. Ashley for a wide-ranging, candid conversation. 

Highlights include: 

  • What drove Dr. Ashley’s interest in becoming department chair. 
  • Future directions in medicine, including AI, gene therapy, and cell therapy.
  • His perspectives on the department’s work across our triple mission of research, education, and patient care. 
  • The role of collaboration, both within the department and beyond.

 

They also discussed the arc of his career and how it brought him from Scotland to California and the importance of his family in his life.

Check out the full conversation in this video on the Department of Medicine YouTube channel.