Dr. Abigail Rao

04/14/2026

Saturday marked World Parkinson’s Day, and doctors are using the opportunity to teach about the signs of the disease and why awareness matters.

04/12/2026

🧠Stanford Medicine Pituitary Patient Education Day is Saturday, May 16, 2026 (8:00 AM–5:00 PM PT). Join us in person at Stanford Hospital (Assembly Hall) or virtually via Zoom.

Friday, May 15, 2026 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
Reception Room
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Learn more and register now: https://med.stanford.edu/neurosurgery/news/events/2026pituitaryday.html

The Stanford Pituitary Center Directors:
Julia Chang, MD - Medical Director
Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS - Surgical Director

Community leaders: Leslie Edwin, Jill Sisco, Laurence Katznelson, MD, Catherine Jonas, CMC, LMFT, (video)

Robert Dodd, MD, PhD, Andrew Hoffman, MD, Peter Hwang, MD, Elham Rahimy, MD, Susan Seav, MD, Olivia Chu, NP, and Erin Wipff, MSN, RN, ANP-BC.

04/10/2026

She's sharing her diagnosis publicly for the first time after undergoing an exciting new treatment procedure.

03/02/2026

On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”

Read this and more in the latest issue 👉 http://spkl.io/6183AauAl

08/18/2025

11/14/2024

Honored to lead our team as I did the first MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery in the state of Kentucky today!

09/27/2024