Welcoming New Staff and Faculty


In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Department of Medicine Chair Bob Harrington, MD, took a moment to recognize and welcome all of the new people who have joined the Department of Medicine. “It gives me great pleasure to announce and celebrate 41 new promotions and appointments to the faculty and the addition of 92 new staff members between January and July,” he said in a recent update. “I am proud of the community we have created here in the Department of Medicine and am thrilled to have you join us. I look forward to all that we will accomplish together in the weeks and months ahead."

By the Numbers:

41 New Faculty Promotions and Appointments

  • 20 new appointments
  • 21 new promotions

92 New Staff Hires and Transfers

  • 25 in Primary Care and Population Health
  • 6 in Oncology
  • 5 in Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Faculty Appointments

Kevin Alexander

Assistant Professor – Med Ctr. Line, Cardiovascular Medicine

Benjamin Brown

Clinical Associate Professor, Primary Care and Population Health

Neel Chari

Clinical Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine

Swati DiDonato (Yanamadala)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine

Kevin Duong

 Clinical Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Matthew Frank

Assistant Professor – Med Ctr. Line, Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Pascal Geldsetzer

Assistant Professor, Primary Care and Population Health

Eric Green

Clinical Instructor, Primary Care and Population Health

Cheryl Ho

Clinical Assistant Professor, Primary Care and Population Health

Edith Ho

Clinical Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Audra Horomanski 

Clinical Assistant Professor, Immunology and Rheumatology

Haroon Jakher

 Clinical Instructor, Hospital Medicine

Andrea Jonas

Clinical Assistant Professor,  Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Maya Kasowski

Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Saad Khan

Assistant Professor – Med Ctr. Line, Oncology

Yeuen Kim

Clinical Instructor, Primary Care and Population Health

Eldrin Lewis

Professor – Med Ctr. Line, Cardiovascular Medicine

Julianna Marwell

 Clinical Assistant Professor, Primary Care and Population Health

Altulkumar Shah

Clinical Instructor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

William Shomali

Clinical Assistant Professor, Hematology

Faculty Promotions

Jason Andrews

Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases

Vivek Bhalla

Associate Professor – Med Ctr Line, Nephrology

Hector Bonilla

Clinical Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases

Kendell Cannon

Clinical Assistant Professor, Primary Care and Population Health

Christina Curtis

Associate Professor, Oncology

Rajesh Dash

Associate Professor – Med Ctr Line, Cardiovascular Medicine

Francois Haddad

Clinical Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

Gregory Heestand

Clinical Associate Professor, Oncology

Poonam Hosamani

Clinical Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine

Lucy Goddard Kalanithi

Clinical Associate Professor, Primary Care and Population Health

Shanthi Kappagoda

 Clinical Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases

Kian Keyashian

Clinical Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Abha Khandelwal

Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

Marina Martin

Clinical Associate Professor, Primary Care and Population Health

Joel Neal

Associate Professor – Med Ctr. Line, Oncology

Judith Prochaska

Professor, Stanford Prevention Research Center

Stephan Rogalla

Clinical Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Sundeep Singh

Clinical Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Eric Strong

Clinical Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine

Jane Tan

Professor – Med Ctr. Line, Nephrology

Margaret Yu

Clinical Associate Professor, Nephrology

Monique Barakat

 Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Staff

Nia Adeniji

Oncology

Lucille Aviles

Cardiovascular Medicine Administration

Juliana Baratta

Primary Care and Population Health

Cathleen Bottini

Primary Care and Population Health

Amanda Calzada

Stanford Prevention Research Center

Deitria Chapman

 Medicine Operations

Heping Chen

Endocrinology

Stephen Choy

Primary Care and Population Health

Lanessa Christal

Cardiovascular Medicine Administration

Claudia Cristina Cornilescu

Medicine Operations

Erica Dapelo-Garcia

Primary Care and Population Health

Ingrid Davilla

Infectious Diseases

Gisselle De Leon

Primary Care and Population Health

Hena Naz Din

Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research

Tina Dominguez 

Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research

Michael Elhardt

Primary Care and Population Health

Mateusz Firchal

Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Ayesha Fraser

Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Lauren Gaither

Primary Care and Population Health

Raquel Garcia

Primary Care and Population Health

Irina Gorodetskaya

Nephrology

Al Gerard Gourrier

Primary Care and Population Health

Ekaterina Guvva

Stanford Center for Clinical Research

Isabelle Hack

Stanford Center for Clinical Research

Luis Hernandez

Primary Care and Population Health

Daria Heydari

Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Tung Manh Hoang

Hematology

Alexander Holsinger

Stanford Health Policy/PCOR

Craig Hutchinson

Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research

Drake Gotham Johnson

Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research

Sujatha Kalle

Cardiovascular Medicine - Clinical Trials

Robert Kato

Primary Care and Population Health

Ahsan Khan

Stanford Center for Clinical Research

Natalia Ariette Khoudian

Health Services Research

Garrett Kieffer

Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Reserach

Chulwoo Kim

Immunology and Rheumatology

Koshi Kunimoto

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Brandon Lam

Stanford Center for Clinical Research

Tobias Volker Lanz

Immunology and Rheumatology

Maggie Le-Chuong

Cardiovascular Medicine - Administration

Young Lee

Stanford Prevention Research Center

Jacob Less

Primary Care and Population Health

Michele Lima

Immunology and Rheumatology

Taryn Liu

Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research

Alejandra Lopez

Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Di Lu

Quantitative Sciences Unit

Reagan Lu

Endocrinology

Rong Lu

Quantitative Sciencs Unit

Sonal Maharaj

Cardiovascular Medicine Administration

Lakshmi Mani

Cardiovascular Medicine Administration

Diego Martinez Mori

Infectious Diseases

Kristine Martinez

Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research

Marcia Mata Salinas

Primary Care and Population Health

Aaron McCormick

Hematology

Madeline McNamara

Oncology

Victoria Mesquita

Residency and Education Program

Powell Molleti

Oncology

Lina Montes

Primary Care and Population Health

George Nahass

Infectious Diseases

Paul Newswanger

Cardiovascular Medicine

Nicholas Nugent

Biomedical Informatics Research

Christopher Oh

Primary Care and Population Health

Lucas Oswald

Primary Care and Population Health

Hiral Patel

Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Megha Patel

Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Dmitri Pavlichin

Oncology

Cynthia Perez

Primary Care and Populatrion Health

Jake Plewa

Stanford Center for Clinical Research

Wanjiru Rwigi

Cardiovascular Medicine - Administration

Chloe Sales

Primary Care and Population Health

Erika Saliba Gustafsson

Primary Care and Population Health

Elizabeth Galloway Sams

Primary Care and Population Health

Silvia Santiago

Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Chandarani Shinde

Stanford Center for Clinical Research

Gagandeep Singh

Cardiovascular Medicine

Margaret Ann Smith

Primary Care and Population Health

Doris Standley

Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Aparna Suresh

Center for Digital Health

Kaiming Tao

Infectious Diseases

Maryam Torosyan 

Primary Care and Population Health

Nisha Udupa

Cardiovascular Medicine - Clinical Trials

James Van Campen

Primary Care and Population Health

Daniel Vuong

Stanford Prevention Research Center

Kian Waddell

Cardiovascular Medicine - Clinical Trials

Zemin Wang

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Ashley Wong

Primary Care and Population Health

Jordan Wood

Cardiovascular Medicine

Justina Wu

Primary Care and Population Health

Yuxi Wu

Hematology

Jacqueline Young

Oncology

Dingjie Zhang

Center for Health Policy / Center for Primary Care
and Outcomes Research

Zhili Zhou

Oncology