General Info

Dr. Dirbas is originally from Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. with Departmental Honors in Chemistry in 1981. While in college, Dr. Dirbas worked as a lab tech under Dr. Bruce Reitz in Dr. Norman Shumway's lab during initial studies of cyclosporin A as an immunosuppressive agent for preclinical studies of heart/lung transplantation. He then completed his M.D. training with A.O.A honors at Columbia University's College of Physician and Surgeons (now the Vagelos School of Medicine). Dr. Dirbas received the Whipple Award as the top surgery student in his medical school class. Internship and residency then followed at Stanford Hospital (now Stanford Health Care). During his professional development years Dr.