Barrett Levesque, M.D., MS

Dr. Levesque is an Assistant Professor in the Scripps Translational Science Institute and currently serves as Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. He obtained his medical degree at New York Medical College and completed his Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. While at Stanford, Dr. Levesque also earned a Master’s in Health Services Research. He did an advanced fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Mayo Clinic where he was appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine.

Eric Collisson, M.D.

Dr. Collisson is on faculty as a Medical Oncologist at the University of California San Francisco and is a practicing physician at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs hospital. He is an expert in gastrointestinal malignancies and the use of molecular tests to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Dr. Collisson graduated from the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, completed his Internal Medicine residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and his Medical Oncology fellowship at the University of California San Francisco.

Elizabeth Verner-Cole, M.D.

Dr. Verner-Cole, is a fellow in vitreoretinal surgery at the Oregon Health & Sciences University. She received her medical school training at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. She completed her internship at The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, and her ophthalmology residency at the University of Texas Houston. Dr. Verner-Cole completed a year-long fellowship in Ophthalmic Pathology at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Yvonne Cheng, M.D., MPH

Dr. Cheng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California San Francisco. Her research includes labor management, mode of delivery, and screening/diagnosis/management of pregestational and gestational diabetes mellitus. She received her medical training at Tulane University School of Medicine and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cheng completed a Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. As a fellow, she obtained a Masters in Public Health from the University of California Berkeley and is now currently completing a PhD in Epidemiology.

Andrew Lasher, M.D.

Dr. Lasher is the Director of Palliative Medicine and Vice-Chairman of Internal Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, CA. He received his medical training from the University of Texas Southwestern. Dr. Lasher completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and a fellowship in Palliative Medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs hospital. He is the co-author of The End of Life Handbook, a practical guide for families of seriously ill patients.

Anisha Patel, M.D.

Dr. Patel is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco. She is a practicing pediatrician and performs research on childhood obesity and chronic disease prevention. Dr. Patel earned a medical degree at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and completed a residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. She was Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of California Los Angeles and a post-doctoral fellow in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California San Francisco.

Jon-Erik Holty, M.D., MS

Dr. Holty is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and an Adjunct Associate at the Center for Health Policy and Primary Care Outcomes Research, Stanford University. He received his medical training at Columbia University, Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Holty completed his residency in Internal Medicine, his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care, and his advanced fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. While at Stanford, he also earned a Master’s in Health Services Research.

Gregg Adams, M.D., FACS

Dr. Adams is the Chairman of the the Department of General Surgery at the Santa Clara Medical Center, San Jose, CA and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery (affiliated) at Stanford University, School of Medicine. He received his medical school training at Oregon Health & Sciences University. He completed a residency in Pediatrics at Oregon Health & Sciences University and a residency in General Surgery at Stanford Hospital and Clinics.

Daniella Perlroth, M.D.

Dr. Perlroth is a faculty instructor at the Center for Health Policy and Primary Care Outcomes Research at Stanford University. Her research includes infectious disease epidemiologic modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis of health interventions, outcomes analysis using statistical and econometric methods, analysis and composition of provider quality measures, and population modeling techniques. She received her medical school at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Perlroth completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. She then completed an advanced fellowship in Medical Informatics at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs hospital.

Daniel Sciubba, M.D.

Dr. Daniel Sciubba is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Orthopaedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. His current research interests focus on developing new treatment options for the management of spine tumors, creating and refining new animal models of spine tumors, biomechanically evaluating current and novel spine instrumentation constructs, and assessing the efficacy of surgical and medical therapeutics for spinal pathology through prospective and retrospective outcomes studies. Dr. Sciubba received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in neurological surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. During his residency training, Dr. Sciubba completed an infolded complex spine fellowship under Dr. Ziya Gokaslan. He also conducted a traveling orthopaedic spine fellowship in pediatric spine deformity under Drs. Randall Betz and Amer Samdani.

Elan Rubinstein, Pharm.D., MPH

Dr. Rubinstein is a management consultant, with focus on marketing, business development and strategy related to pharmaceuticals.  Operating as EB Rubinstein Associates since 1989, he serves manufacturers, channels of distribution, managers of pharmacy benefits, self-insured employers and startups. Dr. Rubinstein was awarded a pharmacy doctorate by the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, and completed a post-doctoral residency program at University of California at San Francisco.  He was awarded a masters in public health (health services administration) by the University of California at Los Angeles.