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Director of Legal Services

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Susan Stayn,
Senior University Counsel

Contact Information:
Stanford Office of the General Counsel
Phone: (650) 724-3132
Fax: (650) 723-4323
E-mail: SStayn@stanford.edu

Susan Stayn is a Senior University Counsel representing Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and Stanford University.  She advises on a wide range of healthcare and research regulatory and corporate matters.  She received her A.B. from Harvard College, magna cum laude, and her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review.

Before joining Stanford, Ms. Stayn worked for nine years in the Office of the General Counsel of Partners HealthCare System, Inc., which includes Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and several other community and specialty hospitals and health-related entities.  She previously worked in both the private and non-profit sectors, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Levin H. Campbell on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Ms. Stayn has lectured frequently at national and regional conferences and has published a chapter of a treatise and many articles on health care and research law and policy.