Medical Advisory Board
Our Medical Advisory Board members are healthcare professionals who bring their unique expertise and perspective to inform the strategic direction and success of the organization.
We gratefully acknowledge these dedicated volunteers who serve on the HeartFit For Life Medical Advisory Board.
Marina Basina, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine – Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism, Stanford
Kathy Berra, RN, NP, FAHA, FAAN
Director, The LifeCare Company
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiovascular Medicine and Coronary Interventions, Redwood City, CA
Aria DiBiase, MD
Cardiology, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
William Haskell, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus, Medicine – Stanford Prevention Research Center
Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine – Stanford Prevention Research Center
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Abha Khandelwal, MD
Cardiology, Stanford Health Care
Clinical Associate Professor – Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Cindy Lamendola, MSN, NP, FAHA, FPCNA
Clinical Nurse Research Coordinator, Stanford University School of Medicine
David Maron, MD
Director of Preventive Cardiology Clinic, Stanford Health Care
Professor, Stanford Prevention Research Center
Jonathan Meyers, PhD
Health Research Scientist, Palo Alto VA Health Care System
Clinical Professor, Stanford University (Affiliated)
Irene Ritterman, NP
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Karen Ross, RD
HeartFit For Life Dietitian
Katharine Sears Edwards, Ph.D
Psychologist, Women’s Heart Health at Stanford
Seema Sinha, MD
Cardiology, Menlo Medical Clinic
Jennifer Tremmel, MD
Clinical Director, Women’s Heart Health at Stanford
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Specialty: Interventional Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology
Randall Vagelos, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of the Cardiac Care unit of Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
Medical Consultant
Frank Koch, MD
Cardiologist, Stanford
