Our New Chief Residents for 2008-2009

Congratulations to our two new chief residents for the 2008-2009 academic year, Pat Auveek Basu, MD, MBA, and Pejman Ghanouni, MD, PhD! They assume their chief duties on July 1, 2008.

Chief Resident Pat Auveek Basu, MD, MBA, currently serves as a member of Stanford's Graduate Medical Education Committee and as course director of the "Health Economics, Finance, and Policy" course offered to Stanford physicians and medical students. He has been invited to speak both nationally and internationally regarding issues of healthcare policy and finance. Dr. Basu's experiences outside of clinical medicine include working as a medical advisor to a venture capital firm; as a management consultant to corporations and hospitals; and as co-founder of a start-up firm. Having previously interned in Congress, Dr. Basu is still heavily involved in matters of health policy and was honored for his efforts in 2007, receiving the American Medical Association's (AMA) Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award.

Prior to coming to Stanford, Dr. Basu served as chief resident during his transitional year at Resurrection Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Basu graduated with honors from the University of Chicago, where he received his MD and MBA. During this time, he was elected president of his business school cohort and the Dean's Council representative of his medical school class. Dr. Basu earned his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, where he was elected to the University's Senate and Homecoming Court.

On New Year's Eve, 2006, Dr. Basu married his wife, Erika, who is a school teacher by training and currently works at the Stanford Design Institute. They enjoy spending time with their friends and family. Dr. Basu's older brother is a radiologist in Chicago and his younger sister is a consultant at Mckinsey. Together, Dr. Basu and Erika enjoy working out, travelling, and reading. Dr. Basu loves to play a variety of sports, and he is a die-hard fan of the Chicago Cubs, Bulls, Bears, and Illinois Fighting Illini. He is looking forward to helping keep Stanford Radiology at the top of its game.

Chief Resident Pejman Ghanouni, MD, PhD, has been a part of the Stanford community since 1994 when he arrived as a member of the Medical Scientist Training Program, after completing his BA and MA at Harvard. His research interest in the biophysical mechanism of drug-receptor activation led him to collaborations at universities in Copenhagen, Portland, and Baltimore, and included a two-year stint as a senior scientist at a start-up biotechnology company. Dr. Ghanouni graduated from Stanford in 2005, winning the Norman Blank Award for the Outstanding Medical Student in Radiology.

Academically, he hopes to contribute to the ongoing marriage of radiology and molecular biology, and he is currently pursuing MR imaging research in musculoskeletal pain and inflammation. Outside of radiology, Dr. Ghanouni enjoys Mom's kofta, backcountry camping, rock climbing, chess, and the occasional Sunday afternoon at the Giants' ballpark. He feels privileged to have been selected as a chief resident, and he is looking forward to getting involved in the educational and administrative aspects of the residency program.

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