Sunita Pal

Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology

Clinical Focus

Diagnostic Radiology

Academic Appointments

Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology

Professional Education

Internship: Penn State College of Medicine (1999) PA
Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine (1998) CA
Residency: Stanford University School of Medicine (2003) CA
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology (2003)

Contact

Academic atinus@Stanford.EDU

Clinical Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center 875 Blake Wilbur Dr Rm 2239 MC 6560 Stanford CA 94305 Tel: (650) 723-8462 Fax: (650) 736-7562
Clinical Stanford Cancer Center South Bay 2589 Samaritan Dr San Jose CA 95124 Tel: (650) 498-6000 Fax: (669) 233-2172

2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Radiology
  RAD 299 (Win, Spr)
- Early Clinical Experience in Radiology
  RAD 280 (Win, Spr)
- Graduate Research
  RAD 399 (Win, Spr)
- Medical Scholars Research
  RAD 370 (Win, Spr)
- Readings in Radiology Research
  RAD 101 (Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  RAD 199 (Win, Spr)

All Publications

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Robert W. Carlson

Professor of Medicine (Oncology and General Internal Medicine/Medical Informatics) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Research Interests
Clinical investigations in breast cancer include institutional and NSABP studies of chemoprevention, adjuvant therapy, psychosocial interventions, treatment of metastatic disease, methods of decreasing anthracycline cardiotoxicity, and modulation of multidrug resistance. Research in meta-analysis includes the performance of meta-analysis in a wide variety of settings in cancer treatment by the international Meta-Analysis Group in Cancer.

166 Total Publications
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Wendy DeMartini

Professor of Radiology (Breast Imaging)
Clinical Focus
Diagnostic Radiology, Breast Diseases

24 Total Publications
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Frederick M. Dirbas, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)
Clinical Focus
Cancer > Breast Cancer, Cancer > Breast Cancer > Accelerated Breast Radiation, General Surgery, MRI in Breast Cancer Staging, Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery, Targeted Axillary Node Dissection, Accelerated, Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI), Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer, Nipple Sparing Mastectomy, Triple Negative Breast Cancer (see https://med.stanford.edu/dirbas.html)
Research Interests
Currently collaborating with Dr's Aaron Newman and Michael Clarke to study cancer stem cells associated with triple negative breast cancer. Advancing studies of FLASH radiotherapy in preclinical models for potential future use in humans. Investigating preclinical use of high dose gaseous nitric oxide in the treatment of solid tumors.

98 Total Publications
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James Ford

Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Genetics and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
Clinical Focus
Cancer > GI Oncology, Cancer Genetics, Gastrointestinal Cancers - Genetics, Gastrointestinal Cancers - Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer - Genetics, Ovarian Cancer - Genetics, Medical Oncology, Molecular Tumor Board
Research Interests
Mammalian DNA repair and DNA damage inducible responses; p53 tumor suppressor gene; transcription in nucleotide excision repair and mutagenesis; genetic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to DNAdamage; genetics of inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and human GI malignancies; clinical cancer genetics of BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer and mismatch repair deficient colon cancer.

297 Total Publications
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Steven Hancock, MD

Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy), Emeritus
Clinical Focus
Cancer > Cutaneous (Dermatologic) Oncology, Cancer > Radiation Oncology, Cancer > Urologic Oncology, CNS Cancers, Prostate Cancer, Bladder cancer, Kidney Cancer, Lymphomas, Radiation Therapy, Radiation Injuries, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy, Acoustic Neuroma, Meningioma, Radiation Oncology
Research Interests
Outcomes of radiation treatment for prostate cancer. Clinical research interests in the late effects of radiation on normal tissues and chemical modification of radiation injury. Hodgkins's disease and late effects of radiation and combined modality therapy. Radiation sensitizers. Hypoxic cell cytotoxins. Esophageal cancers.
General adult and pediatric radiation therapy.

185 Total Publications
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David Iberri

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Hematology
Clinical Focus
Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythemia, Myeloproliferative Disorders, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Venous Thromboembolism, Aplastic Anemia, Hematology

23 Total Publications
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Debra M. Ikeda, M.D.

Professor of Radiology (Breast Imaging), Emerita
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Cancer > Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer - Diagnostic Imaging, Diagnostic Radiology, Radiology, breast density, breast cancer needle biopsy, breast cancer screening, breast cancer mammography, breast cancer ultrasound, breast cancer magnetic resonance imaging, breast cancer outcomes, breast cancer tomosynthesis
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My research interests are mammography positioning, tomosynthesis (DBT) cancer detection and diagnosis, MRI, DWI, MRI-guided breast biopsy, breast cancer recurrence, tattoo/ fiducial/wire localization of axillary lymph nodes, breast cancer and FDG PET-CT imaging, artifical intelligence/deep learning, breast density, density notification legislation, COVID-19 effects on Breast Imaging Centers and personnel

190 Total Publications
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Stefanie S. Jeffrey, MD

John and Marva Warnock Professor, Emerita
Research Interests
Dr. Jeffrey led the multidisciplinary team from the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Genome Technology Center that invented the MagSweeper, an automated device that immunomagnetically captures live circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patient blood for single cell analysis or culture. Her lab also works on microfluidic technologies for tumor cell capture, characterization, and growth - with the goal of defining individual patient response to newer biologically-based cancer therapies.

160 Total Publications
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Kristin Jensen

Associate Professor of Pathology
Research Interests
I am a clinical translational investigator with a primary interest in breast cancer biology, and the use of investigational and clinical ancillary techniques such as gene and tissue microarray analysis and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis and prognosis of this disease. As a practicing cytopathologist, I also have an interest in improving the fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of breast lesions, again using immunohistochemistry and gene expression analysis as adjuncts to cytomorphology.

83 Total Publications
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Allison W. Kurian, M.D., M.Sc.

Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Epidemiology and Population Health
Clinical Focus
Cancer > Breast Cancer, Cancer Genetics, Breast Cancer Risk, Medical Oncology
Research Interests
I aim to understand cancer burden and improve treatment quality at the population level. I have a strong focus on genetic risk assessment and precision oncology. I lead epidemiologic studies of cancer risk factors, clinical trials of novel approaches to cancer risk reduction, and decision analyses of strategies to optimize cancer outcomes.

441 Total Publications
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Margaret Chin-Chin Lin

Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology
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Jafi Alyssa Lipson

Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology
Clinical Focus
Cancer > Breast Cancer, Diagnostic Radiology, Breast Imaging, Medical Informatics
Research Interests
Dr. Lipson's research interests include breast density and breast cancer risk assessment; informatics applications in breast imaging; early breast cancer detection and extent of disease evaluation using contrast enhanced mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, and high resolution breast MRI; novel blood and imaging biomarkers of breast cancer burden and neoadjuvant treatment response; and image-guided wireless localization techniques for breast surgery.

39 Total Publications