•
John R. Adler – Professor of Neurosurgery, inventor of the
Cyberknife •
Ben Barres – Professor of Neurobiology, renowned for research on
glial biology •
George W. Beadle – Professor of Biology, winner of the 1958
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Paul Berg – biochemist, winner of the 1980
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of
recombinant DNA •
Jay Bhattacharya – 18th
Director of the National Institutes of Health, research associate at the
National Bureau of Economic Research, and Director of Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging •
Andra Blomkalns – professor and chair of the department of emergency medicine •
Melissa Bondy – inaugural chair of the department of epidemiology and population health •
Eugene C. Butcher – Professor of Pathology, winner of the 2004
Crafoord Prize •
Howard Y. Chang - Chief Scientific Officer of
Amgen; winner of the 2024
Albany Medical Center Prize, 2024
Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, 2024
King Faisal Prize in Biology, 2024
Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award, and 2018
NAS Award in Molecular Biology •
Robert A. Chase – Professor of Surgery, founder of Stanford Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery •
Gilbert Chu – Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine •
Alexander A. Clerk – Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry; director of the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine (1990–1998) •
Stanley Norman Cohen – Professor of Genetics and of Medicine, accomplished the first transplantation of genes between cells, winner of the
National Medal of Science, winner of the National Medal of Technology, inducted into
National Inventors Hall of Fame •
Frances K. Conley – neurosurgeon known for advancing women in American medicine •
Karl Deisseroth – Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, pioneer of
optogenetics, winner of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences •
William C. Dement – Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, pioneer in sleep research •
Stanley Falkow – Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research, conducted pioneering work in how bacteria can cause human disease and how antibiotic resistance spreads, winner of the
National Medal of Science •
Andrew Fire – winner of the 2006
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Thomas J. Fogarty – Clinical Professor of Surgery, member of
National Inventors Hall of Fame, owner of more than 100 surgical patents, including the Fogarty balloon catheter •
Ralph S. Greco – Johnson and Johnson Distinguished Professor, Emeritus of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine •
Christian Guilleminault – Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, pioneer in sleep research, first to describe
obstructive sleep apnea •
Philip Hanawalt – Hertzstein Professor of Biology and Dermatology, discovered
transcription coupled repair of DNA •
Griffith R. Harsh – vice chair of the Stanford Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Stanford Brain Tumor Center, spouse of
Meg Whitman •
Leonard Herzenberg – winner of the
Kyoto Prize for development of
fluorescent-activated cell sorting •
Herbert N. Hultgren –
Professor of Medicine (
Cardiovascular) Emeritus, high-altitude medicine pioneer and researcher •
Henry S. Kaplan – pioneer in
radiation therapy for
cancer, inventor of the first
linear accelerator in the Western hemisphere •
Jennifer L. Kelsey – expert in epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, former Chief of Epidemiology •
Brian Kobilka – Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, winner of the 2012
Nobel Prize in Chemistry •
Silvana Konermann - co-founder and executive director of
Arc Institute •
Arthur Kornberg – winner of the 1959
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Severo Ochoa) for discovery of the mechanisms of the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA •
Roger Kornberg – winner of the 2006
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, discoverer of nucleosome and transcriptional mediator, member of National Academy of Sciences •
Sheri Krams – professor of surgery specializing in abdominal transplantation •
William Langston – founder and chief executive officer of the Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center in
Sunnyvale, California •
Donald Laub – founder of
ReSurge International •
Quynh-Thu Le – chair of the department of radiation oncology •
Joshua Lederberg – founder of the Stanford department of genetics, co-recipient of 1958
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Mary Leonard – chair of the department of pediatrics •
Michael Levitt – winner of the 2013
Nobel Prize in Chemistry •
Kate Lorig – director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center •
Alex Macario – Professor of Anesthesiology •
Yvonne Maldonado – COVID-19 researcher •
Daria Mochly-Rosen – George D. Smith Professor for Translational Medicine •
Judith Graham Pool – discovered cryoprecipitate, founded and chaired the Professional Women of Stanford University Medical School, founding member and co-president of the
Association for Women in Science •
Stephen Quake – professor and co-chair of Bioengineering, founder of Fluidigm Corp, Helicos Biosciences, inventor of non-invasive prenatal diagnostics by sequencing, winner of
Lemelson–MIT Prize; Head of Science at the
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative •
Bruce Reitz – performed first combined adult human heart-lung transplant •
Laura Roberts – chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences •
Robert Sapolsky – neuroscientist and Professor of Neurology, most noted for his studies on
stress •
Lucy Shapiro – Professor of Developmental Biology, winner of the
National Medal of Science •
Norman Shumway – heart transplant pioneer, performed first heart transplant in the US •
Eila C. Skinner – Chair of Urology •
Konstantina M. Stankovic – Bertarelli Foundation Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery •
Marcia Stefanick – professor and PI of the Women's Health Initiative Strong and Healthy Trial (WHISH) •
Lyman Maynard Stowe – former Stanford Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and first dean of the
University of Connecticut School of Medicine •
Samuel Strober – former chief of the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, co-founder of
Dendreon •
Lubert Stryer –
National Medal of Science recipient, Winzer Professor of Neurobiology, author of
biochemistry textbook •
Thomas C. Südhof – winner of the 2013
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Edward Tatum – co-winner of the 1958
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Jared Tinklenberg – Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences •
Irving Weissman – leading stem cell biologist, director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, founder of Systemi ==References==