Unmet clinical needs and case studies in blood testing

Dr. Bryant Lin

Stanford University

Bryant Lin, MD, M.Eng. is a primary care physician, educator, and researcher. The cornerstone of Dr. Lin's work is keeping medicine focused on humans - patients, providers, families, and trainees - and not lost in technology and algorithms. His research and educational interests span (1) developing and testing novel medical technologies, (2) improving the health of Asian populations with precision and population health, and (3) increasing expression and interconnections in the health community with the humanities and arts. After receiving his undergraduate and master's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, he completed his MD and internal medicine training at Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center. He came to Stanford to serve as a Research Fellow in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Biodesign Fellow where he learned to identify unmet human-centered needs. Since completing his post-graduate training, he stayed at Stanford as clinical faculty in Primary Care and Population Health in the Department of Medicine where he has invented and researched new medical technologies addressing unmet human-centered needs and started the Consultative Medicine Clinic evaluating patients with medical mysteries. He serves as the Training Director for the Joe and Linda Chlapaty DECIDE Center which has created a novel shared decision-making tool for atrial fibrillation anticoagulation and is an investigator in several active clinical trials. Three years ago, he co-founded and currently co-directs the Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE), with Dr. Latha Palaniappan, which aims to improve the health of Asians everywhere. Most recently, he has worked closely with the Medicine and the Muse leadership to help start the Stuck@Home concert series, the Stanford SoundWalk and the COVID Remembrance project.