Shankara Anand
Resident at Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShankara Anand is a physician-scientist and current Stanford Medicine resident transitioning into a Hematology/Oncology fellowship, bringing nine years of combined clinical and computational biology experience. Previously an Associate Computational Biologist at the Broad Institute under mentorship from Dr. Gad Getz, he blends genomic data science with patient-centered care. His trajectory includes graduate training and research roles at Stanford, internships in drug discovery and biotech, and an MD from Boston University, reflecting deep cross-disciplinary fluency. Comfortable in both wet-lab and computational environments, he has experience translating large-scale tumor genomics into clinically relevant insights. Based in Palo Alto, he pairs academic rigor with practical hospital experience and a track record of collaborative research in high-impact institutions. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves fluidly between coding, data interpretation, and bedside decision-making—an uncommon bridge in translational oncology.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Medicine - MD, Doctor of Medicine - MD at Boston University School of MedicineMaster of Science (MS), Master of Science (MS) at Stanford University School of MedicineBachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at Stanford University
Github Skills (11)
compatibility10
spectra10
gpu8
nmf4
rna-seq4
seq4
bioinformatics3
cuda2
python1
browser1
cli1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
getzlab/CLUMPS2
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Re-factored code for CLUMPS.
Contributions:14 commits, 1 push in 2 years 9 months
getzlab/CLUMPS-PTM
Jan 2021 - Mar 2023
CLUMPS adapted to post-translational modifications.
Contributions:54 commits, 2 PRs, 51 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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