GABRIEL GARCIA
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Gabriel Garcia, MD is the Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Professor of
Medicine, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Gabe was born in Cuba and grew up in Puerto Rico.
He is a graduate of Cornell University, studied medicine at New York University and did his
residency in internal medicine and a specialty in gastroenterology and hepatology at Stanford.
He served as a physician in the liver transplant program and as a clinician and researcher on
liver disease. During his more than four decades at the University, he held positions as the Mimi
and Peter Haas Faculty Director of the University's Haas Center for Public Service, a member at
large of the School of Medicine Faculty Senate, and the Associate Dean of Admissions at the
School of Medicine, during which time he also served as national chair of the Association of
American Medical Colleges Committee on Admissions. He taught 5 undergraduate courses at
Stanford on community health fundamentals in the communities near the university, in the
central valley of California, at the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota, and in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Lastly, he served as a faculty advisor to the LGBT Medical Education Research Group. After
retirement, he continues to work with his Stanford Colleagues as a consultant for an NIH
funded study on access to mental health services in East San Jose. In his local community, he
has served on the San Mateo County LGBTQ+ Commission and on the Advisory Board of Girl
Scouts of Northern California. He currently sits on the San Mateo County Health Care for the
Homeless & Farm Worker Health (HCH/FH) Program Co-Applicant Board and is the chair of the
advisory board for Puente de la Costa Sur, a community resource center in rural, coastal San
Mateo County. He enjoys stream fishing, gardening and jazz in his spare time.
Medicine, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Gabe was born in Cuba and grew up in Puerto Rico.
He is a graduate of Cornell University, studied medicine at New York University and did his
residency in internal medicine and a specialty in gastroenterology and hepatology at Stanford.
He served as a physician in the liver transplant program and as a clinician and researcher on
liver disease. During his more than four decades at the University, he held positions as the Mimi
and Peter Haas Faculty Director of the University's Haas Center for Public Service, a member at
large of the School of Medicine Faculty Senate, and the Associate Dean of Admissions at the
School of Medicine, during which time he also served as national chair of the Association of
American Medical Colleges Committee on Admissions. He taught 5 undergraduate courses at
Stanford on community health fundamentals in the communities near the university, in the
central valley of California, at the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota, and in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Lastly, he served as a faculty advisor to the LGBT Medical Education Research Group. After
retirement, he continues to work with his Stanford Colleagues as a consultant for an NIH
funded study on access to mental health services in East San Jose. In his local community, he
has served on the San Mateo County LGBTQ+ Commission and on the Advisory Board of Girl
Scouts of Northern California. He currently sits on the San Mateo County Health Care for the
Homeless & Farm Worker Health (HCH/FH) Program Co-Applicant Board and is the chair of the
advisory board for Puente de la Costa Sur, a community resource center in rural, coastal San
Mateo County. He enjoys stream fishing, gardening and jazz in his spare time.
