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Alex Chan

  • PhD Student Alumni, SHP

Biography

Alex Chan graduated with a PhD in 2023.

In The News

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News

PhD Student Alex Chan Develops Algorithm Leading to Rare Three-Way Liver Exchange, Easing Shortage of Organs

A rare three-way exchange of liver transplants in Pakistan was made possible with a new algorithm developed by Stanford Health Policy PhD student Alex Chan. The transaction was one of the world’s first documented three-way liver exchanges and the first to use a new liver exchange algorithm that finds optimal matches from a pool of candidates.
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