Our Team

The Stanford Lifestyle Medicine Program is dedicated to promoting healthy aging and optimal performance through an educational approach that combines scientific expertise across our seven pillars. Our program leaders, faculty advisors, and advisors work collaboratively to conduct research and create reliable lifestyle medicine resources for all. Our goal is to make healthy living accessible and achievable for everyone, regardless of their background or circumstances.

Our team members are researchers and physicians from around the world who are experts in one or more of our seven pillars: exercise, nutrition, sleep, stress management, cognitive enhancement, social engagement, and gratitude & reflection.

We are a program within the Stanford Prevention Research Center, which aims to support lives that are longer, healthier, and more rewarding. Together, we aim to increase healthspan and lifespan for all.

Lifestyle

Program Leadership

Michael Fredericson

Michael Fredericson, MD, FACSM
Program Director

Anne Friedlander, PhD
Assistant Director

Douglas Noordsy, MD
Assistant Director

Sharon Brock, MEd, MS
Senior Writer & Editor

Movement & Exercise

Anne Friedlander, PhD
Head, Movement & Exercise
Adjunct Professor of Human Biology and Exercise Physiologist

Michael Fredericson

Michael Fredericson, MD, FACSM
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery/PM&R
Stanford School of Medicine

Jonathan Bonnet, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated)
Stanford School of Medicine

Marcia Stefanick, PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford Prevention Research Center

Robert C. Oh, MD, MPH, CAQSM
Chief, Clinician Well-Being Officer, Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated)
VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Levi Frehlich, MSc, PhD
Lifestyle Medicine Statistician
Epidemiology PhD, University of Calgary

Corey Rovzar, PhD, DPT
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford Prevention Research Center

Peter Park, CSCS
Fitness & Wellness Coach
Owner of Platinum Fitness

Brooke Gurland, MD, FACS, FASCRS, DipABLM
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine

Matt Kaufman, MD
Physician Resident
Stanford Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Healthful Nutrition

Marily Oppezzo, PhD, MS
Head, Healthful Nutrition
Instructor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center

Stacy Sims, PhD, MSc, SIMS
Exercise Physiologist and Nutrition Scientist
Senior Research Associate, Auckland University of Technology

Michelle Hauser

Michelle Hauser, MD, MS, MPA, FACLM, Chef
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine

Rachele Pojednic, PhD, EdM
Adjunct Lecturer of Human Biology
Stanford University

Jessica Hope, RN, MSN, WHNP
Research Scientist
Humane & Sustainable Food Lab, Quantitative Sciences Unit

Carlie Arbaugh, MD, MS(c), Chef
Surgery Resident
Stanford General Surgery

Cindy Kin, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS
Associate Professor of General Surgery
Stanford School of Medicine

Sean Spencer, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Stanford School of Medicine

Education

Rachele Pojednic, PhD, EdM
Director of Education, Lead for High School Summer Program
Stanford University

Levi Frehlich, MSc, PhD
Lead for Undergraduate Education
Epidemiology PhD, University of Calgary

Cindy Kin, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS
Head of the ACLM Medical Student Interest Group
Stanford School of Medicine

Rusly Harsono, MD, MSc, MBA, FAAP, DipABLM, CHEF
Head of ACLM Medical Resident Certification Program
Clinical Associate Professor Pediatric & Pediatric Critical Care, Stanford School of Medicine

Restorative Sleep

Cheri Mah, MD, MS
Co-Head, Restorative Sleep
Adjunct Lecturer, Stanford Sleep Medicine Center

Jamie Zeitzer, PhD
Co-Head, Restorative Sleep

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford School of Medicine

Feby M. Puravath Manikat, MD
Restorative Sleep

Sleep Medicine Physician

Rafael Pelayo, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford School of Medicine

Cognitive Enhancement

Douglas Noordsy, MD
Head, Cognitive Enhancement
Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford School of Medicine

Maris Loeffler, LMFT, MA
Founder of Agate Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist

Shaliza Shorey, PsyD
Neuropsychologist
Aepiphany Health

Social Engagement

Steven Crane, MS
Head, Social Engagement
Behavior Design Lab, Stanford University

Rusly Harsono, MD, MSc, MBA, FAAP, DipABLM, CHEF
Director of Community Events
Clinical Associate Professor Pediatric & Pediatric Critical Care, Stanford School of Medicine

BJ Fogg, PhD
Director of Implementation
Adjunct Professor for Stanford Living Education

David Shi-Ann Chang, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Primary Care & Population Health
Stanford School of Medicine

Ann Hsing, PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology
Stanford School of Medicine

Stress Management

Sarah Meyer Tapia, PhD
Head, Stress Management
Director of Stanford Living Education & Program Head of the Wellness Education

Alia Crum, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Stanford School of Medicine

Eva Weinlander, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health
Stanford School of Medicine

Gratitude & Purpose

Bruce Feldstein, MD, BCC
Head, Gratitude & Purpose
Founder, Jewish Chaplaincy Services

Sharon Brock, MEd, MS
Senior Writer & Editor
Mindfulness Teacher & Bestselling Author

Akivah Dixon Northern, DSc, MDiv
Research Coordinator and Facilitator, Reflection Rounds
Stanford School of Medicine

Lisa Shah, PA-C, DipACLM
Physician Assistant
Stanford Women’s Cancer Center

Students & Fellows

Marissa Huang, BS
MD Candidate
Stanford University School of Medicine

Angel Cleare, BS

Stanford University Alumna
Bachelor of Science in Human Biology,
Physiological and Psychological Elements of Wellbeing

Sophia Fay, BS

Stanford University Alumna
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computational Biology Track

Yasaman Nourkhalaj, BS

Stanford University Alumni
Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Advisory Board

Ray Bingham, MBA
Managing Director with General Atlantic LLC

Maz Brumand
Founder of Barrow, Former Leader at Apple and Levels Health

Elizabeth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM
President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Peter Levine
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Ronjon Nag, PhD

Adjunct Professor in Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine

Jack Russo, JD, MBA
Founding Partner Computerlaw Group LLP

Barbara Waxman, MS, MPA, PCC
Coach, Life Stage Expert, Gerontologist,
Speaker, Author, Angel Investor

Founding Advisor

Walter Bortz II, MD
Longevity & Healthy Aging Expert

Team Members in the News