Cardiovascular Institute–

Cardiovascular Institute Members

Cardiovascular Institute membership consists of over 500 faculty clinicians, researchers, and students from more than 27 Stanford University departments and schools. The Cardiovascular Institute's research and educational programs attract a large and diverse group of outstanding students, from undergraduate to postdoctoral fellows at Stanford University and worldwide. The Cardiovascular Institute's diverse and dynamic membership fuels the innovative interdisciplinary research activities of the Institute.

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Oscar Abilez, MDAbilez, Oscar J., MD - Postdoc, Surgery: Vascular Surgery
 Research Lab: http://vascular.stanford.edu/research/index.html
Research Interests: Stem cell biology, vascular developmental biology, vascular tissue engineering, medical device design
Adam, Matti, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Adams, Eloa, MD - Instructor, Pediatrics: Critical Care
Amin Al-Ahmad, MDAl-Ahmad, Amin, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Alexander-Banys, Bambi, MSN, CPNP – Clinician, Pediatric Cardiology
Research Interests: Pain management, breastfeeding with congenital heart defects, clinical practices that speed post operative recovery
Alhasaniah, Saad, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Ali, Ayyaz Anwar, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Ali, Shah Rukh, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Immunology
Wesley Alles, PhDAlles, Wesley, PhD - Research Scientist, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Health Improvement Program
Research Lab: http://hprc.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Health promotion, specifically behavior modification.  We are
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Almendral, Jesus, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Russ Altman, MD, PhDAltman, Russ, MD, PhD - Faculty, Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine - BMIR, Computer Science
Research Interests: The application of computational technologies to problems in molecular biology of relevance to medicine
Altman, Wendy, PhDAltman, Wendy, PhD - Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering
Research Lab: http://microsystems.stanford.edu/wiki/Micro:Main_Page
Alvira, Christina, MDAlvira, Christina, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics
Research Lab: http://alviralab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Transcription regulation of angiogenesis in the developing lung. Developmental differences in endothelial cell phenotype
Katrin Andreasson, MDAndreasson, Katrin, MD - Faculty, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Research Interests: Stroke and neurodegeneration and the role of protective prostaglandin receptors.
Timothy Angelotti, MD, PhDAngelotti, Timothy, MD, PhD - Faculty, Anesthesia
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/anesthesia/research/#angelotti
Research Interests: Autonomic nervous system pharmacology, ion channels and G-protein coupled receptors; improved communication and collaboration to develop next generation pharmaceuticals.
Armstrong, Kaylyn, RN - SHC Staff, SHC Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Euan Ashley, MRCP, PhDAshley, Euan, MRCP, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: My research interests are translational. We use high dimensional genomic analysis to identify myocardial gene expression networks then use molecular, cellular and classical physiology tools to assay the biological systems. Our interests range from fit to failing hearts.
Themistocles Assimes, MD, MSAssimes, Themistocles (Tim), MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Genetic Epidemiology, Genetic Determinants of Complex Traits related to Cardiovascular Medicine, Pharmacoepidemiology of Cardiovascular Drugs & Outcomes, Biomarkers to predict major adverse cardiovascular events

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Baker, Julie C., PhD - Faculty, Genetics
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/bakerlab/
Research Interests: Understanding the signals necessary for patterning and specifying diverse cellular fates during gastrulation in the mouse
Laurence Baker, PhDBaker, Laurence, PhD - Faculty, Health Research Policy, Economics
Research Interests: Health economics
Roland Bammer, PhDBammer, Roland, PhD - Faculty, Radiology: Pediatric Radiology, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Lab: http://rsl.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Rapid MRI, flow visualization, better imaging methods to investigate morphology and function of the heart in adults and children
Bartos, Jason A. - Student, Bioengineering
Batra, Sonny - Student, School of Medicine
Benkwitz, Claudia, MD, PhD - Instructor, Anethesia
Research Interests: Genetic causes underlying primary hypertension by applying molecular biology techniques; effects of general anesthetic on neuronal network activity using various electrophysiological methods. 
Beraud, Anne-Sofie, MD - Instructor, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Clinical research in cardiovascular imaging, with a special interest in echocardiography in the assessment of mitral valve prolapse, pulmonary hypertension, and the characterization of Marfan cardiomyopathy
Daniel Bernsein, MDBernstein, Daniel, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: Cardiomyopathy, adrenergic receptors and polymorphisms, transgenic models, transplantation. Heart failure in complex congenital heart disease
Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP, FAANBerra, Kathy, MSN, ANP, FANP, FAAN- Research Nurse, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Interests: CVD Prevention Women's Health; innovative strategies for prevention and heart health promotion
Berry, Gerald, MD - Faculty, Pathology
Research Interests: Cardiopulmonary transplantation, Pulmonary Hypertension
Ramin Beygui, MDBeygui, Ramin, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Vivek Bhalla, MD, FASNBhalla, Vivek, MD, FASN - Faculty, Medicine: Nephrology
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vivek_Bhalla/
Research Interests: (1) End-organ complications of diabetes mellitus (2) Molecular mechanisms of salt-sensitive hypertension (3) Kidney disease Insulin resistance and the kidney
Sandip Biswal, MDBiswal, Sandip, MD - Faculty, Radiology
Richard Bland, MDBland, Richard, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/labs/rabinovitchbland/
Research Interests: Pulmonary circulation and lung injury; Gene regulation of lung development; Impact of mechanical ventilation on genes that control the formation of alveoli and lung blood vessels after premature birth
Blankenberg, Francis G., MD - Faculty, Radiology
Research Interests: Studies on apoptotic cell death using the H MRS phenomenon
Terry Blaschke, MDBlaschke, Terry, MD - Emeritus Faculty, Medicine: Clinical Pharmacology
Research Interests: My ongoing Stanford research activities involve studies on the clinical pharmacology of drugs used in HIV-infected patients.
Helen Blau, PhDBlau, Helen, PhD - Faculty, Microbiology & Immunology: Baxter Laboratory
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/blau/
Research Interests: Stem cell repair of heart damage
Boltz, M. Gail, MD - Faculty, Anesthesia
Botham, Crystal, PhD - Postdoc, Pediatrics
Bothe, Wolfgang, MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Brandt, Jan Moritz, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Bravman, John, PhD - Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Materials for medical devices
Todd BrintonBrinton, Todd J., MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Thomas Burdon, MDBurdon, Thomas, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: New technologies in the area of catheters, clamps, and, visualization devices for aid in cardiac surgery; distribution of, cardioplegia, both anterograde and retrograde as determined by, techniques in technetium pyro-phosphate scans; glucose insulin, potassium as an adjunct in cardiac surgery.
Burridge, Paul, PhDBurridge, Paul, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Lab: http://wulab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Human induced pluripotent stem cells, cardiac differentiation, chemotherapy induced cardiomyopathy
Atul Butte, MD, PhDButte, Atul, MD, PhD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Systems Medicine, Computer Science
Research Interests: Develop translational bioinformatics methods to reason over many available genome-scale measurement and experimental modalities, and apply these methods to study complex disorders in genomic medicine, especially obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Butte, Manish, MD, PhDButte, Manish, MD, PhD - Faculty, Pediatrics
Research Lab: http://tcell.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Mechanobiology. My laboratory's goal is to address fundamental and therapeutic questions in cell biology using innovative nanotechnological and biophysical approaches to visualize and manipulate cells. We use atomic force microscopy (AFM) and confocal microscopy to study the mechanobiology of immune cells, biomaterials, cardiac cells and stem cells.
Buzzard, Christopher, RT(R)(CV) - CathAngio Labs

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Michele Calos, PhDCalos, Michele, PhD - Faculty, Genetics
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/~calos/
Research Interests: Gene Therapy, Stem Cells
Carroll, Tannon, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Caves, Jeffrey, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Chai, Jack - Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: I work with Professor Alexander Dunn in the Chemical Engineering department
Champagne, Mary Ann, RN, MSN - SHC Staff, SHC Preventive Cardiology/Cardiovascular Service Line
Chan, Trevor - Student
Chang, Alex, PhDChang, Alex, PhD - Postdoc, Microbiology and Immunology - Baxter Laboratories
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/blau/
Research Interests: DMD cardiomyopathy, microenvironment, and embryonic heart development.
Ching-Pin Chang, MD, PhDChang, Ching-Pin, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: mechanisms of cardiovascular development; transcriptional and signaling events that coordinate their interactions and assembly into heart tissues; developmental mechanisms that control tissue formation and recapitulate the developmental processes for therapeutic or regenerative purposes; repair mechanisms of vascular injury in adults
Chang, Christine, MD - Postdoc, Anesthesia
Chang, Paul - Senior Research Scientist, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests: Congenital Heart Disease and Transplant
Chang, Steven D., MDChang, Steven D., MD - Faculty, Neurosurgery
Research Lab: http://snip.stanford.edu
Research Interests: disorders of the cerebrovasculature, tumours of the CNS
Chang, Tara, MD, MSChang, Tara, MD, MS - Faculty, Medicine: Nephrology
Research Interests: Identifying ways to improve the care of patients with concomitant cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease
Charo, David, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Chen, Jai-Yen - Visiting Scholar, Center for Cardiovascular Technologies
Chen, Rong, PhD - Researcher, Pediatrics
Chen, Wen-Yi, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Chennazhi, Krishna Prasad , MD - Postdoc, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chock, Monika - Student
Chuang, Wenpo, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Chun, Hyung J., MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Churko, Jason, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Lab: http://wulab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: ARVC/D Genetic signatures of left and right ventricles iPSC reprogramming
Cochran, Jennifer, PhDCochran, Jennifer, PhD- Faculty, Bioengineering
Research Interests: Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, protein and peptide engineering, growth factor engineering. We have developed novel engineered growth factors with enhanced stability and biological potency. We hope to further develop these molecules as agents for cardiac tissue regeneration. We are interested in building ties with the cardiac community at Stanford.
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/cochrangroup/index.html
Andrew Connolly, MD, PhDConnolly, Andrew , MD, PhD - Faculty, Pathology
Research Interests: vascular biology and cardiovascular pathology. We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology
Carol Conrad, MD, PhDConrad, Carol , MD, PhD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Pulmonary Medicine
Research Lab: http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Lung Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis and other pulmonary diseases, oxidation-reduction balance, NO biology
Christopher Contag, PhDContag, Christopher, PhD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Neonatal & Developmental Medicine
Research Interests: Multimodality imaging approaches to study the dynamics of biological processes; cells and molecules that control the body’s response to insult and enable regeneration of damaged tissues and organs
John Cooke, MD, PhDCooke, John, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: http://cvmedicine.stanford.edu/vascularmedicine/
Research Interests: Endothelial biology, atherosclerosis, angiogenesis, Genomic and proteomic determinants of peripheral arterial disease
David Cornfield, MDCornfield, David, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Gerald Crabtree, PhDCrabtree, Gerald, PhD - Faculty, Developmental Biology, Pathology
Research Lab: http://crablab.stanford.edu/index.html
Research Interests: the role of chromatin regulation in stem cells and have recently discovered a stem cell specific chromatin remodeling complex which plays an essential role in the formation and function of stem cells; the mechanisms by which signals through Ca2+, calcineurin and NFATc proteins regulate development and morphogenesis in vertebrates; developing new ways of making conditional alleles of mammalian genes using synthetic ligands
Martha Cyert, PhDCyert, Martha S., PhD - Faculty, Biology
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/cyert/
Research Interests: Mechanisms of Ca2+-dependent signaling using the unicellular eukaryote,saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a model system

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Dai, Hongjie, PhD - Faculty, Chemistry
Dake, Michael, MDDake, Michael, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Improved endovascular procedures and devices to treat aortic lesions, peripheral arterial disease and venous abnormalities; drug-eluting stents and balloons, endovascular stent-grafts, including branched aortic devices and techniques for the endovascular management of aortic dissection.
Ronald Dalman, MDDalman, Ronald , MD - Faculty, Surgery: Vascular Surgery, VAPA
Research Interests: We are investigating the biologic and mechanical basis of aneurysmal degeneration of the aorta; new surgical technology and its application to aneurysmal and occlusive arterial and venous diseases
Daniels, David, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Dao, Catherine, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Dash, Rajesh, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, MRI
Research Interests: Imaging cell signaling in the heart; develop new ways to detect early cardiac injury before permanent damage occurs, so that preventive medical therapy can be started.
Daughters, George T., MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests: 3-D Cardiac dynamics, including aortic and mitral valves
Dauskardt, Reinhold H., PhD - Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Mechanical and fracture behavior, biomaterials, soft tissue mechanics
Davies, Frances, PhD - Researcher, Anesthesia
DeBusk, Robert , MD- Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, PCOR/CHP: Center for Health Policy, Institute for International Studies
Research Interests: Creation of new systems to integrate the prevention and rehabilitation of coronary artery disease
deGoma, Emil - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MDde Jesus Perez, Vinicio, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: Understanding how the following processes impact the development of abnormal vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension
Desai, Sepna, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Dewey, Frederick, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Gundeep Dhillon, MDDhillon, Gundeep, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: Use of an administrative database (UNOS) to study lung transplant outcomes; Expression of the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 1 antibody in peripheral blood after lung transplantation and its association with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (chronic rejection); Impact of airway hypoxia, due to lack of bronchial circulation, on long-term lung transplant outcomes; CMV specific T-cell immunity in lung transplant recipients and its impact on acute rejection.
Ding, Qinxue (Richard), PhDDing, Qinxue (Richard), PhD - Research Associate, Surgery: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Research Lab: http://vascular.stanford.edu/zhoulab/
Research Interests: We are interested in and working on new mechanisms, new surgical/pharmacological approaches and new biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases, particularly vascular restenosis and atherosclerosis
Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhDDolmetsch, Ricardo, PhD - Faculty, Chemical and Systems Biology
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/dolmetschlab/
http://www.stanford.edu/group/dolmetschlab/Dolmetsch_Lab_Website/About_Ricardo.html
Research Interests: Calcium signaling in neurons and cardiomyocytes. Cell biologist who combines advanced microscopy, biochemistry, and genetics to determine how calcium channels regulate the cell biology of neurons and myocytes. His lab also studies the cell biological basis of autism spectrum disorders.
Anne Dubin, MDDubin, Anne, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: Resynchronization clinical trials
Dunn, Alex, PhDDunn, Alex, PhD - Faculty, Chemical Engineering
Research Lab: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Dunn
Research Interests: 1) Understand how the motor protein myosin uses chemical energy to generate force and motion. 2) Design new motor proteins. 3) Generation of force and motion inside living cells.
Dziesietnik, Marie-Helene - Researcher, Chemical and Systems Biology

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Edwards, Kim A. - Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Elias, Josh, PhDElias, Josh, PhD - Faculty, Chemical and Systems Biology
Research Interests: The Elias Lab seeks to develop and apply methods for large scale proteome characterization to solve fundamental problems in cell biology and disease.
Fabian Emrich, MDEmrich, Fabian, MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests: Marfan, aortic surgery, cerebral protection, structural heart diseases
Engels, Marc, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: ES cell cardiac differentiation
Everett, Marilyn, RN - SHC, Cardiac Rehabilitation

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Rebecca Fahrig, PhDFahrig, Rebecca, PhD - Faculty, Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology
Fajardo, Giovanni - Postdoc, Pediatrics
James Fann, MDFann, James, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Cardiac surgery simulation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac valve disease, thoracic aortic disease
Farahmandia, Saideh, MD - Researcher, Cardiothoracic Surgery
William Fearon, MDFearon, William, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Interventional cardiology and coronary vascular reactivity
Jeff Feinstein, MD, MPHFeinstein, Jeff, MD, MPH - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: (1) computer simulation and modeling of cardiovascular physiology with specific attention paid to congenital heart disease and its treatment, (2) development and testing of transcatheter therapies for the treatment of congenital heart disease, and (3) the evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary vascular disease.
Feldman, Brian, MDFeldman, Brian, MD, PhD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Endocrinology and Diabetes
Research Lab: http://feldmanlab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: We study the molecular mechanisms connecting hormonal signals with the regulation of metabolism and circadian rhythms.
Finsterbach, Tom, MD - Researcher, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Michael Fischbein, MD, PhDFischbein, Michael, MD, PhD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Mechanisms of allograft rejection, ischemic/reperfusion injury, and molecular and genetic mechanisms of aortic aneurysm/dissection development. Clinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aneurysms, dissections).
Fitzgerald, Peter, MD, PhD- Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Intravascular ultrasound
Fleischmann, Dominik, MD - Faculty, Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests: Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging; Image Post-processing; Contrast Medium Dynamics
Foppiano, Linda, MD - Faculty, Anesthesia
Forrester, Matthew, MDForrester, Matthew, MD - Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Michael Fowler, MDFowler, Michael, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Congestive Heart Failure
Frank, Curtis, PhD - Faculty, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering
Research Interests: Polymer surfaces and interfaces; virology, immunology; biomolecular materials including phospholipids, lipopolymers, polypeptides, and oligonucleotides.
Freeman, James, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Victor Froelicher, MDFroelicher, Victor, MD - Faculty, Medicine
Research Interests: Exercise sciences; computers, ECG, Treadmill exercise testing
Fuller, Gerald G., PhD - Faculty, Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Vascular Anastomosis Using Thermoreversible Gels
Margeret Fuller, PhDFuller, Margaret T., PhD - Faculty, Developmental Biology, Human Biology & Genetics
Research Interests: Mechanisms that regulate stem cell behavior

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Sam Gambhir, MD, PhDGambhir, Sam, MD, PhD - Faculty, Radiology: Nuclear Medicine, Bioengineering, Engineering Materials Science
Research Lab: http://mips.stanford.edu; http://nucmed.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Molecular Imaging, Gene Therapy

Christopher Gardner, PhDGardner, Christopher, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Prevention Research Center
Research Lab: http://nutrition.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Nutrition. Chronic disease prevention. Cardiovascular disease risk factors. Clinical trials.
Ghebremariam, Yohannes, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Drug Discovery, Translational Research in drug-screening & Application. Molecular & Cellular Biology and Stem-cell Research.
John Giacomini, MDGiacomini, John, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, VAPAHCS
Research Interests: Cardiovascular pharmacology
Girard-Hughes, Erin - Postdoc, Bioengineering
Gold, Joseph, PhD - Researcher, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests: Pluripotent stem cell biology; cardiomyocyte differentiation/development
Goldstein, Benjamin, PhDGoldstein, Benjamin, PhD - Instructor, Medicine
Research Lab: http://medicine.stanford.edu/research/quantitative_welcome.html
Research Interests: My interest involves risk prediction with a focus on predicting acute risk using real time (e.g. EMR) data. I also work on the development of genetic risk scores and their application to personalized medicine. I am also interested in statistical methods for complex longitudinal studies.
Mary Goldstein, MDGoldstein, Mary, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Primary Care & Outcomes Research, Health Research & Policy, VAPA
Research Lab: http://chppcor.stanford.edu/research/2091/
Research Interests: My major research focus is evaluation of methods of implementing clinical practice guidelines, particularly with computerized, guideline-based, automated decision support; innovative methods of health care delivery for hypertension.
Gong, Yongquan, MD, PhD - Researcher, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Radiology
Research Interests: Ischemia heart disease stem cells therapy animal heart lung kidney transplant
Grady, Stafford, Jr, MDGrady, Stafford, Jr, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Pediatric Cardiology
Research Interests: Congenital heart disease, Kawasaki syndrome
Grahn, Dennis, PhD - Faculty, Biological Sciences

Ralph Greco, MDGreco, Ralph, MD - Faculty, Surgery
Research Interests: Application of micro/nanotechnology to biological systems

Green, Eric - Medicine
James Gross, PhDGross, James J., PhD - Faculty, Psychology, Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory
Research Lab: http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~psyphy/; http://www-psych.stanford.edu/%7Ejames/
Research Interests: Biobehavioral aspects of cardiovascular disease (with a particular focus on the role of emotion regulation)
Geoffrey Gurtner, MDGurtner, Geoffrey, MD - Faculty, Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive
Research Interests: Understanding the mecahnism of new blood vessel growth following injury and how pathways of tissue regeneration and fibrosis interact in wound healing
Gyang, Elsie, MDGyang, Elsie, MD - Postdoc, Vascular Surgery
Research Interests: Health policy in cardiovascular medicine, decision analysis, cost-effectiveness, quality improvement

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Richard Ha, MDHa, Richard, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Francois Haddad, MDHaddad, Francois, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension Group
Haddad, Mitra - Student Services Manager, Pediatrics
Hang, Calvin T. - Graduate Student, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Frank Hanley, MDHanley, Frank, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Fetal surgery, surgery of complex cardiac malformations in neonate
Hanssen, Rush - Student, Endocrinology
Research Interests: Lipid transport
William L. Haskell, PhDHaskell, William L., PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Lab: http://prevention.stanford.edu/; http://stanfordheart.net
Research Interests: Preventive Cardiology
Paul Heidenreich, MDHeidenreich, Paul, MD, MS - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Health Research and Policy, VAPA
Research Interests: Outcomes research; cost-effectiveness of therapies for myocardial ischemia and congestive heart failure
Heilshorn, Sarah, PhD - Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/heilshorn/
Research Interests: biomaterials, tissue engineering, protein engineering, microfluidics
H. Craig Heller, PhDHeller, H. Craig, PhD - Faculty, Biological Sciences
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/biology/faculty.html; http://neuroscience.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Sleep, Rhythms, and Human performance
Jill Helms, MDHelms, Jill, MD - Faculty, Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Research Interests: craniofacial development and regenerative medicine.
Robert Herfkens, MDHerfkens, Robert, MD - Faculty, Radiology
Research Interests: Noninvasive CV imaging = CT MRI PET/CT; CV imaging and/or Aorta/valve disease.
Higgs, Gadryn - Student, Mechanical Engineering
Hill, Charles, MD - Faculty, Anesthesia
Mark Hlatky, MDHlatky, Mark, MD - Faculty, Health Research and Policy, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: http://reynolds.stanford.edu/, http://reynolds.stanford.edu/proj4.html
Research Interests: Outcomes research, clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, clinical trials; ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias
Ho, Yen-Dong, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Chuong Hoang, MDHoang, Chuong, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Thoracic Surgery
Research Interests: cancer biology; genomics research in lung cancer with a focus on translational research aimed at identifying molecular mechanisms of metastasis.
Hollak, Brooke - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Honda, Yasuhiro, MD, FACC, FAHAHonda, Yasuhiro, MD, FACC, FAHA - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Hou, Luqia, PhD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Houston-Miller, Nancy, RN, BSN - Researcher, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine

Hsu, Mark - Student, Medicine

Shijun HuHu, Shijun, MD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Lab: http://mips.stanford.edu/public/faculty-info?personnel_id=2813
Research Interests: Gene and cell therapy on cardiovascular disease
Huang, Ching-Chang, MD - Visiting Scholar, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
 Research Interests: Intravascular imaging
Huang, Mei, MD - Researcher, Radiology
Huang, Ngan, MDHuang, Ngan, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests: Stem cells, biomaterials, tissue engineering, cardiovascular disease
Huber, Bruno C., MD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Interests: Stem cell biology, molecular imaging
Sharon Hunt, MDHunt, Sharon, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Clinical care and research in heart transplantation

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Neil Ingels Jr., PhDIngels, Jr., Neil B., PhD - Researcher, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests: Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Valvular Heart Disease
Ioannidis, John PA, MD, DScIoannidis, John P.A., MD, DSc - Faculty, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Interests: Evidence-based medicine, clinical investigation, clinical and molecular epidemiology, clinical research methodology, empirical research methods, statistics, and genomics
Irani, Afraaz R.
Itakura, Haruka, MD - Postdoc, Medicine

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Rex Jamison, MDJamison, Rex, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Nephrology
Research Interests: lowering plasma homocysteine in patients with kidney disease; decrease in heart attack, stroke, amputation of all or part of a lower extremity; a composite of the foregoing secondary endpoints and primary end point, and, in patients undergoing hemodialysis, thrombosis of the vascular access.
Jia, Fangjun - Radiology
Jiang, Xinguo, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: microvascular repair/remodeling of airways undergoing rejection, with emphasis on determining the role of recipient-derived angiogenic cells, including endothelial progenitor cells and other angiogenic cells.

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Kaiser, Clayton, MDKaiser, Clayton, MD - Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Max Kanevsky, MD, PhDKanevsky, Max, MD, PhD - Faculty, Anesthesia
Research Interests: 1. Potassium channels and cardioprotection; 2. Transesophageal echocardiography
Peter Kao, MD, PhDKao, Peter, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension
Kelly Speight, Martina, RN - Student, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Kenna, Heather - Researcher, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Khan, Mohammad Afzal, PhD - Postdoc, Pediatrics
Research interests: Pediatric gastrointestinal microbiome, primary sclerosing cholangitis, biliary atresia, serum citrulline in short bowel syndrome
Kiran Khush, MDKhush, Kiran, MD - Instructor, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: heart failure, heart transplantation, cardiorenal syndrome
Michaela Kiernan, PhDKiernan, Michaela, PhD - Researcher, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Interests: Developing theory-based interventions for long-term behavior change in the areas of weight management, dietary change, and physical activity; Methodological improvements for the design, delivery, and analysis of randomized trials
Joel Killen, PhDKillen, Joel, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center and General Medical Disciplines
Research Interests: the efficacy of a selegiline transdermal system in promoting cigarette smoking cessation; genetic factors that may influence response to treatment.
Kim, Paul, MD - Postdoc, Medicine
Research Interests: Molecular Imaging using CMR Stem cell development and differentiation
Kim Seung, MD, PhDKim, Seung, MD, PhD - Faculty, Developmental Biology, HHMI
Research Interests: identify and understand the pathways that govern organogenesis of the pancreas, a vital organ with endocrine and exocrine functions.
Kimura, Naoyuki, MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Abby King, PhDKing, Abby, PhD - Faculty, Health Research and Policy
Research Interests: applications of social cognitive theory and similar behavioral and ecological approaches to achieve large scale change in disease prevention and health promotion areas of relevance to adults, especially women, and mid-life and older adults; moving interventions that have proven effective in the laboratory to field settings; influences of the built and social environments on health behaviors and outcomes, including person-environment interactions; and long term maintenance to hygienic regimens, including physical activity, dietary change, and stress reduction.
Kleppner, Sofie, PhDKleppner, Sofie, PhD - Assistant Dean, Postdoctoral Affairs
Josh Knowles, MDKnowles, Josh, MD - Instructor, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Understanding the genetic basis of complex cardiovascular diseases such as coronary disease and insulin resistance
Kodo, Kazuki, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Interests: Regenerative medicine for cardiovasucular disease by using iPS technology
Kobilka, Brian, MD - Faculty, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: http://www.med.stanford.edu/kobilkalab/index.html
Research Interests: Genetic mouse models of cardiovascular disease
Koizumi, Nobusato, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Surgery: Vascular Surgery
Research Interests: Thoracic aortic aneurysm, Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Surgical treatment and Endovascular intervention
Kooreman, Nigel, MD - Postdoc, Medicine, Radiology
Research Lab: http://wulab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: iPS cells, cardiovascular disease, vascular surgery
Kosuge, Nori, MD - Postdoc, Medicine
Nishita Kothary, MDKothary, Nishita N., MD - Faculty, Radiology: Interventional Radiology
Research Interests: Peripheral vascular disease, Angiogenesis, Lung ca, GI oncology
Fredric Kraemer, MDKraemer, Fredric B., MD - Faculty, Medicine: Endocrinology
Research Interests: Cellular lipid metabolism
Mark Krasnow, MD, PhDKrasnow, Mark, MD, PhD - Faculty, Biochemistry
Research Interests: Lung development from drosophila to mice
Krishnamurthy, Gaurav - Student, Mechanical Engineering
Thomas Krummel, MDKrummel, Thomas, MD - Faculty, Surgery: Pediatric General Surgery
Research Interests: Surgical innovation, simulation and virtual reality in surgical education, fetal healing-cellular and biochemical mechanisms
Kuhl, Ellen, PhD - Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Computational simulation of cardiac disease: heart failure, left ventricular remodeling, electrophysiology, excitation-contraction coupling, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, computer-guided surgical planning, patient-specific simulation
Kundu, Ramendra, PhD - LSRA, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Kuo, Calvin, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Hematology
Research Lab: http://hematology.stanford.edu/research/kuo_lab.html
Research Interests: Regulation of angiogenesis
Kuppusamy, Rajarajan, DVM, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, patient specific stem cells, cardiac development

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Lachenmyer, Judi, RN - Researcher, Surgery: Cardiac, Cardiovascular Service Line
Richard Lafayette, MDLafayette, Richard, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Nephrology
Research Interests: Initiating a glomerulonephritis cohort study, including immunologic characterization. Interventional studies of preeclampsia exploring the nitric oxide, endothelin system and effects on glomerular function and morphometry. Outcome studies in dialysis and acute renal failure patients. Interventional and observational studies of glomerular disease, particularly IgA nephropathy.
Cindy Lamendola, MSN/ANPLamendola, Cindy, MSN/ANP - Researcher, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Insulin Resistance and Diabetes and CVD - Primary and Secondary Prevention in CVD
Philip Lavori, PhDLavori, Philip, PhD - Faculty, Health Research and Policy, Biostatistics, VAPA
Research Interests: Biostatistics, clinical trials, longitudinal studies, casual inference from observational studies, genetic tissue banking, informed consent. Trial designs for dynamic (adaptive) treatment regimes, psychiatric research, cancer.
Lee, Andrew - Student, Medicine
Lee, Chi Hwan, PhDLee, Chi Hwan, PhD - Student, Mechanical Engineering
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/zheng/
Research Interests: Nano-materials and engineering of flexible/transparent nano-scale sensors and electronics.
David Lee, MDLee, David, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Interventional cardiology and devices
Jason Lee, MDLee, Jason T, MD - Faculty, Surgery: Vascular Surgery
Research Interests: Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair outcomes versus open repair; Carotid Angioplasty/Stenting outcomes versus endarterectomy; Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; Peripheral Atherectomy/Lower extremity interventions; Renal Angioplasty/Stenting; Surgical Education/Simulation
Lee, Jieun, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Angiogenic mechanisms by which endothelial alpha 1 and alpha 7-nAChR mediates the vascular effects of nicotine
Leeper, Nicholas, MD - Instructor, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Lawrence Leung, MDLeung, Lawrence, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Hematology
Research Lab: http://hematology.stanford.edu/research/leung_lab.html
Research Interests: #1. Thrombin biochemistry and biology - we have generated a large panel of thrombin mutants by alanine scanning site-directed mutagenesis, and used them to characterize thrombin's interaction with various substrates. We are interested in the physiological mechanisms that regulate thrombin's prothrombotic and pro-inflammatory functions and in the development of novel antithrombotic drugs. #2. Novel endothelial cell markers - we have identified a number of novel endothelial cell transcripts using SAGE and microarray transcript profiling. The biochemistry and cell biology of some of these novel endothelial proteins are being pursued.
Levenston, Marc, MD - Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Physical effects on cells; tissue engineering; soft tissue mechanics; cartilage and meniscus degradation
Craig Levin, PhDLevin, Craig S., PhD - Faculty, Radiology, Molecular Imaging
Research Lab: http://mips.stanford.edu/public/faculty.adp ; http://mips.stanford.edu/public/faculty-info?personnel%5fid=1937 ; http://mips.stanford.edu/index.tcl
Research Interests: Development of novel instrumentation, software, methods, and applications for in-vivo molecular imaging
Li, Guang, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Ips, stem cell, cardiac progenitor cell
Li, Jin BillyLi, Jin Billy, MD - Faculty, Genetics
Research Lab: http://lilab.stanford.edu/people.html
Research Interests: Genomics, RNA biology, and technology development
David Liang, MD, PhDLiang, David, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Medical imaging and medical devices, with a particular interest toward image guided minimally invasive therapy. I also have a clinical research interest in Marfan syndrome and aortic disease. Intravascular MRI.
Libman, InnaLibman, Inna - Medical Devise Professional
Research Interests: Atrial Fibrillation, personalized medicine
Lilo, Emily, MPH - Surgery: Vascular Surgery
Lima-Filho, Moyses - Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Lin, Bryant, MDLin, Bryant, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Electrophoresis
Lin, Patrick - Student
Lin, Shin, MD - Fellow, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Lin, Terence, MD - Fellow, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Liu, Li-Fen, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Endocrinology
Liu, Zhao – Graduate Student, Surgery: Vascular Surgery
Research Interests: Tissue Engineering Graft, Treatment for Vascular Diseases
Lo, Ronald, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Lobato, Robert L., MD, MSLobato, Robert L, MD, MS - Faculty, Anesthesia
Research Interests: Systems biology approaches to organ injury detection and prevention during cardiovascular surgery
Longaker, Michael T, MD, MBALongaker, Michael T, MD, MBA - Faculty, Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive, Children's Surgical Research Program, Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
Lui, Diana - Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Luikart, Helen, RN, MSNLuikart, Helen, RN, MSN - Clinical Research Nurse Manager, Stanford Heart Transplant Program, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiac transplant, general cardiology clinical research, surgical research

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Ma, Gene - Student, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Congenital heart disease, heart valve morphogenesis
Ma, Xiaoyuan, MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Sean Mackey, MD, PhDMackey, Sean, MD, PhD - Faculty, Anesthesia: Pain Management
Research Lab: http://snapl.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Functional Imaging, Pain Management, Outcomes, Therapies Aimed at Peripheral Vascular Disease
Merritt Maduke, PhDMaduke, Merritt, PhD - Faculty, Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Lab: http://maduke.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Chloride-selective ion channels
Maeda, Katsuhide, PhD - Instructor, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Richard Mainwaring, MDMainwaring, Richard D., MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Pediatric cardiovascular surgery, surgery for adults with congenital heart disease
Mancuso, Michael - Graduate Student, Medicine, Cancer Biology
Mar, Elliot - Student, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
A.C. Matin, PhDMatin, A.C., PhD - Faculty, Microbiology & Immunology
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/~amatin/MatinLabHomePage/MatinLabHome-Page.htm
Research Interests: Study of biofilms that cause endocarditis; and infections of indwelling devices such as pacemakers
Mayer, Dirk, PhD - Researcher, Radiology
Research Interests: Application of fast chemical shift imaging in research on cardiovascular diseases
McCloskey, Kara, PhD - Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
Research Lab: https://eng.ucmerced.edu/people/kmccloskey/KaraMcCloskey
Research Interests: Vascular and cardiovascular tissue engineering
Michael McConnell, MD, MSEEMcConnell, Michael, MD, MSEE - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Electrical Engineering
Research Lab: http://reynolds.stanford.edu/proj5.html
Research Interests: MR imaging of cardiac structures
McWard, Cheryl, RN - Researcher, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology - new devices
Mehta, Toral - Graduate Student
Research Interests: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, PHA, Immunology, Geriatrics
Robert Merritt, MDMerritt, Robert, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Thoracic Surgery
D. Craig Miller, MDMiller, D. Craig, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Research Interests: 1.cardiac, LV, and mitral/aortic valve mechanics, dynamics, physiology and response to disease and repair; 2. thoracic aortic blood flow (normal, pathological [aneurysms, dissections], and after surgical-repair); 3.mitral valve repair, aortic valve preservation.
R. Scott Mitchell, MDMitchell, R. Scott, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Mitiku, Teferi, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Edward Mocarski Jr., PhDMocarski, Jr, Edward S, PhD - Faculty, Microbiology & Immunology
Research Lab: http://cmgm.stanford.edu/micro/fac/mocarski.html
Research Interests: Herpesviruses, Cytomegalovirus in Vascular disease
Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhDMochly-Rosen, Daria, PhD - Faculty, Chemical & Systems Biology
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/mochly-rosen/ ; http://www.kaipharma.com/
Research Interests: Molecular basis of human disease, elucidating the role of PKC in the development of heart failure; identifying the PKC isozymes that regulate the development of the disease with the hope of identifying the PKC isozyme(s) that should be targeted for drug discovery effort for the treatment or prevention of heart failure
Mora-Mangano, Christina, MD - Faculty, Anesthesia
Mordwinkin, Nicholas, Pharm D, PhDMordwinkin, Nicholas, Pharm D, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Lab: http://wulab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Induced pluripotent stem cells and diabetes.
John Morser, PhDMorser, John, PhD - Sr Research Scientist, Medicine: Hematology
Research Interests: Interactions between coagulation, inflammation and immunology
Michael Moseley, PhDMoseley, Michael, PhD - Faculty, Radiology
Research Interests: Research and diagnosis of disease states using new techniques of magnetic resonance (MR) in research and clinical. Water diffusion-sensitive MR imaging of the brain and other tissues. Motonaga, Kara, MD - Postdoc, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Mourkioti, Foteini, PhDMourkioti, Foteini, PhD - Instructor, Baxter Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology
Research Interests: Cardiac remodeling, regeneration and inflammation, stem cells, telomere function, oxidative stress, and muscular dystrophy
Daniel Murphy, MDMurphy, Daniel, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: Congenital heart disease in adults, echocardiography of congenital heart defects
Myers, Jon, MD - Researcher, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, VAPA

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Nakagami, Futoshi, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: Tsao Lab
Research Interests: Abdominal aorta aneurythm, atherosclerosis, inflammation, immunology
Sandy Napel, PhDNapel, Sandy, PhD - Faculty, Radiology, EE (courtesy), Medicine (informatics (courtesy)
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/people/Sandy.Napel ; Bio-x Lab: http://biox.stanford.edu/ ; 3D Lab: http://3dradiology.org
Research Interests: Image visualization and understanding, CT imaging
Nihar Nayak, MDNayak, Nihar R., PhD, DVM - Faculty, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: Understanding the mechanisms of endometrial angiogenesis and vascular remodeling during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy; understanding the mechanisms of spiral artery growth and remodeling in the primate uterus
Nejedly, Mary P., RN, MS, NP-C - SHC, Stanford Heart Center
Nelson, Drew, PhD - Faculty, Mechanical Engineering: Design Group
Research Interests: engineering design; mechanical behavior of materials (including fatigue of materials); stress analysis; intelligent materials and structures; optical fiber sensing
Neofytou, Evgenios, MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Nguyen, Patricia, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Mark Nicolls, MDNicolls, Mark R., MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care, ITI
Research Interests: Our lab focuses primarily on the contribution of the immune response to lung disease. We are specifically examining the contribution of inflammation to the development of pulmonary hypertension. We also study how airway remodeling occurs in lung transplantation with specific respect to the microvascular circulation and to the initiation of fibroproliferation.

Muriel Miederle, PhDNiederle, Muriel, PhD - Faculty, Economics
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/~niederle/
Research Interests: the organization of heart transplants and the education aspect of residents which relates to the match (the NRMP).
Niiyama, Hiroshi, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Nishimura, Dwight, PhD - Faculty, Electrical Engineering: Information Systems Lab
Norfleet, Mary Ann, PhD - Faculty, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Norton, Linda, RN, MSN, CCRC - Nurse Research Manager, EP
Research Interests: Patient care problems in Atrial fibrillation memory anticoagulation
Nosrati, Adi, MDNosrati, Adi, MD - Researcher, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, Kawasaki disease, BPD (neonatology), congenital heart defects

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Hugh O'Brodovich, MDO'Brodovich, Hugh M., MD - Faculty, Pediatrics
Research Interests: Develop new therapies to prevent and treat the respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and its sequelae, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
David Ogden, MDOgden, David, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Ruth O'Hara, PhDO'Hara, Ruth, PhD- Faculty, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Lab: http://psychiatry.stanford.edu/research/ ; http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/100/25/2499
Research Interests: Physiological underpinnings of cognitive impairment in older adults. In particular, I am interested in the contribution of cardiovascular disease to cognitive decline and/or the onset of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Additionally, I have conducted studies and published on the impact of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on cognition in the elderly. A central part of my work is on the impact of the genetic risk factor for dementia, Apolipoprotein E4 allele, on cognition and its involvement in mediating the relationship between cardiovascular disease and dementia.
Olivot, Jean-Marc MD, PhD - Faculty, Neurology: Stroke and Neurocritical Care
Research Interests: TIA and Stroke imaging; and relationships between acute stroke and hemostasis and thrombosis
Richard Olshen, PhDOlshen, Richard, PhD - Faculty, Health Research and Policy: Biostatistics, Statistics
Research Lab: http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~olshen ; http://reynolds.stanford.edu/biost.html
Research Interests: Statistics and mathematics and their applications to medicine and biology. Many efforts have concerned binary tree-structured algorithms for classification, regression, survival analysis, clustering, and analyses of longitudinal data.
Inger Olson, MDOlson, Inger, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: education and echocardiography, including fetal, transthoracic and transesophageal
Ong, Sang-Ging, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Mark Orcholski, MSOrcholski, Mark, MS - Researcher, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: Stem cell biology, chromatin remodeling, and gene expression in the CNS
Ositelu, Olufisayo – Student, Medicine
Ottoboni, Linda, RN, MS - SHC Staff, Cardiovascular Service Line, Cardiac Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Phil Oyer, MD, PhDOyer, Phil, MD, PhD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Adult Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Development of an artificial heart assist device; heart, and heart-lung transplantation

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Latha Palaniappan, MD, MSPalaniappan, Latha, MD, MS - Researcher, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Women's Health at Stanford
Research Lab: http://www.pamf.org/research/policy/palaniappanl.html
Research Interests: Insulin metabolism and metabolic syndrome in ethnic minority women
Palaniyandi, Suresh, PhD – Postdoc, Chemical and Systems Biology
Palmon, Michal, Bsc, MPH - Researcher, Pediatrics: Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Congenital heart disease
Alan Pao, MDPao, Alan, MD - Faculty, Medicine, Nephrology
Research Interests: New hormonal system that appears to be important for the pathogenesis of salt-sensitive hypertension
Park, Shirley, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Patlolla, Bhagat, MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Andrew Patterson, MD, PhDPatterson, Andrew, MD, PhD - Faculty, Anesthesia: Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests: Adrenergic Receptor Biology, Congestive Heart Failure, Molecular Biology, Cardiovascular Physiology
Arogyaswami Paulraj, PhDPaulraj, Arogyaswami, PhD - Faculty, Electrical Engineering
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/~apaulraj/
Research Interests: Signal Processing
John Pauly, PhDPauly, John, PhD - Faculty, Electrical Engineering
Research Lab: http://mrsrl.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Image Guided Interventions
Pavlovic, Aleksandra - Researcher, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Ron Pearl, MD, PhDPearl, Ron, MD, PhD - Faculty, Anesthesia
Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, cardiovascular monitoring, hemodynamic therapy, cardiovascular anesthesia
Norbert Pelc, ScDPelc, Norbert, ScD - Faculty, Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology, Electrical Engineering
Research Lab: http://rsl.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Cardiovascular imaging, especially with CT and MRI
Perez, Marco, MD - Instructor, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Perlroth, Mark, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: CV web, Natural history of disease
Pham, Michael, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Timothy Pirolli, MDPirolli, Timothy J., MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Plews, Jordan, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Lab: http://wulab.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Somatic cell reprogramming, understanding and defining pluripotency, transdifferentiation, genetic cardiac diseases and disorders, regenerative medicine, heart repair and regeneration
Poon, Ada, PhDPoon, Ada S. Y., PhD - Faculty, Electrical Engineering
Research Lab: http://biosystems.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Wireless, actuator, and sensor applications in biomedicine including wireless power transfer to tiny implants, wireless locomotive implantable device, intracardiac probes, and intracellular sensing.
Pouliot, Michael - Student, Medicine
Powell White, Sharla, PhDPowell White, Sharla, PhD - Postdoc, Surgery
Research Lab: http://vascular.stanford.edu/zhoulab/
Research Interests: Primary research interest is in biomedical research to support the use of CAM in conjunction with conventional medicinal approaches through investigating the efficacy of botanical natural products in treating various cardiovascular conditions and diseases
Priest, James, MD - Postdoc, Pediatric Cardiology
Research Interests: Congenital heart disease
Beth Pruitt, PhDPruitt, Beth L., PhD - Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
Research Lab: http://microsystems.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Microsystems for study of cellular mechanotransduction and monitoring of cardiovascular pressures and flows

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Stephen Quake, PhDQuake, Stephen, PhD - Faculty, Bioengineering
Research Lab: http://thebigone.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Single Molecule Biophysics and Microfluidics
Quertermous, Tom, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/advance/
Research Interests: The genetic basis of atherosclerotic heart disease
Qvit, Nir, PhD - Postdoc, Chemical and Systems Biology

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Raaz, Uwe, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Vascular biology
Marlene Rabinovitch, MDRabinovitch, Marlene, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology, Developmental Biology
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/labs/rabinovitchbland/
Research Interests: 1. Pulmonary circulation in congenital heart disease; 2. Pulmonary hypertension; 3. Molecular mechanisms regulating vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cell-extracellular matrix interactions, and how these relate to novel enzymes, endogenous vascular elastase, and chymase, to fibronectin and tenascin-C, and to a microtubule-associated protein that regulates mRNA translation; 4. Gene regulation, gene therapy and transgenic mouse models of altered cardiovascular development and disease.
Rabkin, Ralph, MD - Emeritus Faculty, Medicine: Nephrology, VAPA
Research Interests: elucidating the pathomechanisms causing the resistance to growth hormone
Thomas Raffin, MDRaffin, Thomas A., MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
Research Lab: http://scbe.stanford.edu/ ; http://scbe.stanford.edu/people/leadership.html
Research Interests: Biomedical ethics; pulmonary disease
Rajadas, Jayakumar, PhDRajadas, Jayakumar, PhD - Researcher, Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory
Research Lab: http://bioadd.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Application of biophysical techniques to develop drugs and delivery systems; development of extracellular and intracellular matrices to facilitate regeneration of nerve, skin and cardiovascular systems
Rajaratnam, Bala, PhD - Faculty, Statistics
Research Interests: Biostatistics / Genomics / Gene network modeling
Chandra Ramamoorthy, MBBS, FRCARamamoorthy, Chandra, MBBS, FRCA - Faculty, Anesthesia: Pediatric Anesthesia
Research Interests: CV anesthesia in children
Thomas Rando, MD, PhDRando, Thomas A., MD, PhD - Faculty, Neurology
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/~casco/
Research Interests: Muscular Dystrophies, stem cells
Julia RansohoffRansohoff, Julia - Student, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Natalie Rasgon, MD, PhDRasgon, Natalie, MD, PhD- Faculty, Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program, Women's Wellness Program
Research Lab: http://bne.stanford.edu
Research Interests: The interaction between reproductive hormones and brain function. Specifically, research efforts of our lab are concentrated in two areas: (1) the reproductive endocrine status of women with affective disorders, and (2) the neurobiology of the effects of hormone therapy in aging women
Ray, Ranjan, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Razavi, Hedi - Graduate Student, Bioengineering
Research Lab: http://taylorlab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Hemodynamics of Congenital Pulmonary Artery Disease
Reaven, Gerald, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Insulin resistance
Reddy, Sushma, MD - Instructor, Pediatrics
Research Interests: The role of microRNA in the progression of right ventricular failure in animals models of congenital heart disease
V. Mohan Reddy, MDReddy, V. Mohan, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Fetal cardiac surgery; cerebral protection; Pulmonary vascular remodeling
Red-Horse, Kristy, PhD - Faculty, Biology
Research Lab: Red-Horse Lab
Research Interests: Transgenic mouse models, cell and organ culture
Reijo Pera, Renee, PhD - Faculty, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: 1) Understanding early decisions in human development, 2) examining genetic and epigenetic requirements for formation of the germ cells that give rise to each generation, and 3) understanding the basis for sporadic diseases such as Parkinson's Disease that may be linked to complex genetic and/or epigenetic and developmental errors.
Olaf Reinhartz, MDReinhartz, Olaf, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Mechanical support of failing TCPC
Rhodes, Chris, PhD - Postdoc, Pediatrics
Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/labs/rabinovitchbland/
Ribeiro, Alexandre, PhDRibeiro, Alexandre, PhD - Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering
Research Lab: http://microsystems.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Stem cell mechanics; Mechanotransduction in the differentiation of stem cells towards cardiac tissues; Induction of tissue regeneration via mechanical stimulation; Mechanotransduction of force signals among cells within cardiac tissue regions
Riegler, Johannes, PhDRiegler, Johannes, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Research Interests: The use of molecular imaging methods for the characterization of post-transplantation related cell death in the context of myocardial infarction, assessment of cardiac remodeling and methods for improved cell retention.
Kirk Riemer, PhDRiemer, R. Kirk, PhD - Researcher, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Thomas Robinson, MD, MPHRobinson, Thomas, MD, MPH- Faculty, Pediatrics, Medicine: General Medical Disciplines, Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Lab: http://prevention.stanford.edu ;http://pediatricweightcontrol.stanford.edu ; http://noTV.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Prevention of cardiovascular diseases through behavioral, social and environmental interventions for children, adolescents and their families; obesity prevention and treatment, reduced sedentary behavior, increased physical activity and improved nutrition.
Stan Rockson, MDRockson, Stan, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: http://cvmedicine.stanford.edu/research/index.html
Research Interests: Lymphatic disease, Peripheral arterial disease, atherogenesis, hypertension, dyslipidemia
Rogers, Ian, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Rogers, Jayna, MPH - Staff, Health Improvement Program
Michal Bental Roof, PhDRoof, Michal Bental, PhD - Researcher, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/labs/rabinovitchbland/
Glenn Rosen, MDRosen, Glenn, MD- Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care, Interstitial Lung Disease Program
Research Interests: Transcription factors and pulmonary fibrosis
David Rosenthal, MDRosenthal, David, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: Heart Failure and Right Ventricular function
Roth, Stephen, MD, MPH - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: Randomized Therapeutic Trials in Pediatric Heart Disease, Heparin and the Reduction of Thrombosis (HART) Study, A Pilot Trial fo B-type Natriuretic Peptide for Promotion of Urine Output in Diuretic-Resistant Infants Following Cardiovascular Surgery
Ruppel, Kathleen, MD, PhD- Faculty, Biochemistry and Pediatrics
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular basis of cardiomyopathies, cardiac myosin structure and function, cardiac development

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Saachi, Sanaz - Postdoc, Bioengineering
Sadaghiani, Amir - Student, Chemical and Systems Biology
Salisbury, Heidi, RN, MSN - Researcher, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Sayed, Nazish, MD, PhD- Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: Cooke Laboratory
Heidi Schillinger, RN, MSNSchillinger, Erika, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Family and Community Medicine
Research Interests: Medical education; Faculty Development; Doctor-Patient communication; Professionalism; Sleep medicine.
Donald Schreiber, MDSchreiber, Donald, MD - Faculty, Surgery: Emergency Medicine
Research Interests: Coronary artery disease--diagnosis, Cardiac markers, Cardiovascular imaging
Schrepfer, Sonja, MD, PhDSchrepfer, Sonja, MD, PhD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Lab: www.tsi-lab.de
Research Interests: Stem cell research, transplant immunology, vascular biology
John Schroeder, MDSchroeder, John, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Management of heart failure
Schultz, Geoff, MD - Postdoc, Surgery: Vascular Surgery
Scott, Matthew P.Scott, Matthew P., MD - Faculty, Developmental Biology, Genetics
Research Interests: Early embryonic development - We study evolutionarily conserved regulators in flies and in mice to learn how the embryo is constructed and how pattern-organizing genetic programs arose, function, and change; The Hedgehog Signaling System in Development and Cancer - We study how the Hh protein signal is received, transduced, and interpreted.
Segall, George M., MD - Faculty, Radiology: Nuclear Medicine
Research Interests: Scintigraphic evaluation of coronary blood flow and myocardial function using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET). Tumor imaging and characterization of pulmonary nodules with PET/CT
Sengupta, Debanti - Graduate Student, Chemistry
Shang, Ching, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Shao, Zhifei, MD, PhDShao, Zhifei, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Hematology
Sharma, ArunSharma, Arun - Student, Biology
Research Interests: Cardiac regeneration, ips cell differentiation
Shcherbakova, Olga, PhD - Postdoc, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Sheikh, Ahmad, MDSheikh, Ahmad, MD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Shen, Wen-Jun, PhD - Faculty/Scientist, Medicine: Endocrinology
Shimohama, Takao, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Shiran, Hadas, MD - Fellow, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Shizuru, Judith, MD, PhDShizuru, Judith, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Research Interests: 1) Identification of the cells and molecules responsible for resistance to engraftment of purified allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). 2) Use of transplants of purified HSCs to induce tolerance to allo- and autoantigens, and study of the mechanisms by which such tolerance is induced.
Joseph Shrager, MDShrager, Joseph, MD - Faculty, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Thoracic Surgery
Research Interests: parenchyma-sparing operations and minimally invasive resections for lung cancer, transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, and surgical treatment of emphysema; the impact of disease states upon the diaphragm.
Norman Silverman, MDSilverman, Norman, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics: Cardiology
Research Interests: Echocardiographic determinants of heart function in congenital malformations; fetal echocardiography
Sim, Joo Yong - Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Simmons, Chelsey S. - Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Simoni, Robert D., PhD - Faculty, Biological Sciences
Sims, Stacy, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center
Singh, Maneesh - Student, Medicine
Siu, Stephanie - Researcher, Surgery: Vascular Surgery
Siyahian, Arpi, PhD - Postdoc, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Skhiri, Mehdi, MD - Transplant Fellow, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Solomon, Matthew, MD - Fellow, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Spiekerkoetter, Edda, MD - Postdoc, Pediatrics
Spilker, Ryan - Student, Mechanical Engineering, BioX
Josh Spin, MD, PhDSpin, Josh, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Smooth muscle cell (SMC) biology
Spudich, James, PhDSpudich, James, PhD - Faculty, Biochemistry, Developmental Biology
Research Lab: http://biochem.stanford.edu/spudich/
Research Interests: Cellular mechanisms of force generation
Marcia Stefanick, PhDStefanick, Marcia, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: Dr Stefanick is Principal Investigator of Stanford's (1) Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Center, (2) NCI Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) trial, and (3) MrOs, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (the MrOS study)
Marcia Stertzer, MD, FACC FAHAStertzer, Simon, MD, FACC FAHA - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Coronary Angioplasty; Intramyocardial Stem cell delivery
Frank Stockdale, MD, PhDStockdale, Frank, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Oncology
Research Interests: Clinical trials in breast cancer
Sam Strober, MDStrober, Sam, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology, Center for Clinical Immunology
Research Interests: Cellular immunology and the regulatory interactions between subpopulations of immune cells
Sudheendra, Deepti - Researcher, Medicine: Pulmonary & Critical Care
Research Interests: Cardiovascular, pulmonary hypertension, cancer
Sun, NingSun, Ning, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology, MIPS
Research Lab: http://mips.stanford.edu/public/faculty-info?personnel_id=2779
Research Interests: Embryonic stem cells, molecular imaging
Swartz, James R., PhD - Faculty, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering
Daniel Sze, MDSze, Daniel, MD - Faculty, Radiology: Interventional Radiology
Research Interests: Transarterial administration of chemotherapeutics, radioactive microspheres, and biologics for the treatment of unresectable tumors; Stent and Stent-graft treatment of peripheral vascular diseases, aneurysms, aortic dissections; management of portal hypertension (TIPS); Percutaneous treatment of complications of organ transplantation; Venous reconstruction; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided interventions.

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Tam, Frank, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Tamosiuniene, Rasa, MD, PhD - Research Scientist, VAPA
Yuji Tanabe, PhDTanabe, Yuji, PhD - Visiting Scholar, Electrical Engineering
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/poongroup/cgi-bin/wordpress/
Research Interests: Microchip implants, Healthcare
Tang, Beverly - Student, Mechanical Engineering
Taylor, C. Barr, MD - Faculty, Psychiatry, Stanford Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Research Lab: http://bml.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Cardiovascular risk reduction, depression and CVD risk factors, cardiac rehabilitation
Taylor, Rebecca E. - Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Tenforde, Adam S - Student, Medicine, Bioengineering
Terashima, Hiro, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: McConnell's Lab, Atherosclerosis, Imaging
Teruel, Mary, PhDTeruel, Mary, PhD - Faculty, Chemical and Systems Biology
Research Lab: http://med.stanford.edu/labs/mary-teruel/
Research Interests: The Teruel Lab develops quantitative targeted mass spectrometry, single-cell and live-cell imaging, and high-throughput screening approaches to identify, understand and model the molecular mechanisms controlling adipocyte (fat cell) differentiation and function
Thanaporn, Porama, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Thomas, Sheela, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine
Tian, Wen (Amy), PhD - Postdoc, Medicine
Tian, Xuefei, MD - Researcher, Medicine: Pulmonary & Critical Care
Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, cancer, cardiovascular disease
Tierney, Seda, MDTierney, Seda, MD - Faculty, Pediatrics
Research Interests: Vascular Health in Children and Echocardiographic Predictors in Outcomes in Children with Congenital Heart Disease
Jennifer Tremmel, MDTremmel, Jennifer, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Sex differences in cardiovascular disease
Trivedi, Amar - Student, Medicine
Tsai, Sandra, MD, MPHTsai, Sandra, MD, MPH - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Pregnancy-related complications and future cardiovascular risk
Tsai, Vivian, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Tsao, Philip, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Wascular biology, vascular cell signaling, insulin resistance/diabetes, gene expression/microarrays, biomechanical forces (shear stress, cyclic strain)
Tsun, Zhi-Yang - Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Mintu Turakhia, MD, MASTurakhia, Mintu, MD, MAS - Instructor, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, VAPA, Electrophysiology
Research Interests: Comparative effectiveness and outcomes studies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia; clinical trials of invasive EP therapies; technology assessment of cardiovascular devices; development of quality and performance measures for arrhythmia care.
Turcott, Robert - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Tzatzalos, Evangeline, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology

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PJ Utz, MDUtz, PJ, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology
Research Interests: Autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), scleroderma, myositis, primary biliary chirosis (PBC), Sjogren's disease, insulin dependent diabetes (type I diabetes or IDDM), multiple sclerosis (MS) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)

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Randall Vagelos, MDVagelos, Randall, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Congestive Heart Failure, New ECG Monitoring Devices, Prognostic Evaluation, Selection for Cardiac Transplantation

Hannah Valantine, MDValantine, Hannah, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Transplant vasculopathy
Vasanawala, Shreyas, MD, PhDVasanawala, Shreyas, MD, PhD - Faculty, Radiology
Research Interests: Magnetic resonance imaging of congenital heart disease.

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Wang, Aaron - Graduate Student, Bioengineering
Wang, Jack T., MD - Postdoc, Medicine
Paul Wang, MDWang, Paul, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Arrhythmia Service and Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory
Research Interests: Clinical electrophysiology and ablation
Shan Wang, PhDWang, Shan X., PhD - Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Research Lab: http://mse.stanford.edu/about_faculty/mse_fac_profile.php?sunetid=sxwang
Research Interests: Nanoparticles, Biosensors, Magnetic Microarray
David Weill, MDWeill, David, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care

Ann Weinacker, MDWeinacker, Ann, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: ICU outcomes

Irving Weissman, MDWeissman, Irving, MD - Faculty, Pathology: Stem Cell Institute, Developmental Biology, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)
Research Interests: Transplantation immunity, cardiomyocyte stem cells
Marius Wernig, MDWernig, Marius, MD - Faculty, Pathology
Research Interests: Epigenetic Reprogramming, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine
Lynn Westphal, MDWestphal, Lynn, MD - Faculty, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: Infertility, fertility preservation, oocyte cryopreservation
Weyand, Cornelia, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology
Wheeler, Matthew, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Research into cardiomyopathy genetics, mechanisms, and screening.
Wilson, Kitch, MD - Student, Bioengineering
Jeffrey Wine, PhD, FRACPWine, Jeffrey J., PhD, FRACP - Faculty, Psychology, Program in Human Biology, Cystic Fibrosis Research Lab
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/~wine/
Research Interests: Cystic Fibrosis, airway submucosal gland function
Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C., MD, ScDWinkelmayer, Wolfgang C., MD, ScD - Faculty, Medicine: Nephrology
Research Interests: drug utilization and comparative effectiveness research in kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes
Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPHWinkleby, Marilyn, PhD, MPH - Faculty, Medicine: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Health Research and Policy
Research Interests: Cardiovascular disease epidemiology; Health of socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations; Social determinants of health; Community-based intervention research
Paul Wise, MD, MPHWise, Paul H., MD, MPH - Faculty, Pediatrics, Health Research and Policy
Research Interests: Pediatric precursors of adult-onset cardiovascular disease, particularly the policy implications of gene-environment interactions early in life
Ronald Witteles, MDWitteles, Ronald, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Insulin resistance & heart failure, cardiorenal syndrome
Won, Joong Ho, PhD - Postdoc, Health Research and Policy
Woo, Christopher, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Wu, Holden - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrical Engineering
Joe Wu, MD, PhDWu, Joseph C, MD, PhD - Faculty, Radiology
Research Lab: http://mips.stanford.edu
Research Interests: Stem cell, gene therapy, molecular imaging; My laboratory works on gene transfer and stem cell therapy in the heart. We use various reporter genes and reporter probes in conjunction with novel imaging technologies to study these molecular & cellular events. The ultimate goals are to study cardiac gene expression and stem cell survival noninvasively, repetitively, and quantitatively. My clinical interests are nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and adult congenital heart disease
Wu, Sean, MD, PhDWu, Sean, MD, PhD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: http://www2.massgeneral.org/cvrc/faculty_wu_home.html
Research Interests: My lab seeks to identify mechanisms regulating cardiac lineage commitment during embryonic development and the biology of cardiac progenitor cells in development and disease. We believe that by understanding the transcriptional and epigenetic basis of cardiomyocyte growth and differentiation, we can identify the most effective ways to repair diseased adult hearts. We employ mouse and human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells as well as rodents as our in vivo models for investigation.

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Yiqin XiongXiong, Yiqin, MD, PhD – Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Lab: http://cpchanglab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: 1) Role of Dyrk1a (an important gene involved in pathology of Down Syndrome) in heart development. 2) Nicotine and congenital heart disease
Xu, Dan, PhD - Postdoc, Radiology
Xu, Hui, PhDXu, Hui, PhD - Postdoc, Biomaterials Engineering
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/heilshorn/
Research Interests: Microfluidics + biomaterials + angiogenesis
Xu, We-bin - Medicine
Xu, Yue, MD, PhD – Sr. Scientist, Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Yamada, Mayumi, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Yamada, Ryotaro, MD, PhD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Yamen, Eric, MD - Fellow, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Yang, FanYang, Fan, PhD - Faculty, Surgery, Bioengineering and Orthopaedics
Research Lab: www.fanyanggroup.com
Research Interests: Stem cell, biomaterials, controlled drug and gene delivery, tissue engineering
Phillip Yang, MDYang, Phillip, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular MRI and other imaging
Yang, Yunzhi Peter, PhDYang, Yunzhi Peter, PhD - Faculty, Orthopedic Surgery
Research Lab: http://yanglab.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Bio-inspired biomaterials and platform technologies for musculoskeletal tissue engineering, implant device and cancer therapy
Alan Yeung, MDYeung, Alan C., MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: Human coronary physiology
Paul Yock, MDYock, Paul G., MD - Faculty, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering
Research Lab: http://biodesign.stanford.edu ; http://innovation.stanford.edu ; http://bioengineering.stanford.edu/
Research Interests: Medical device design and testing, particularly catheter-based technologies; Intravascular ultrasound and other intravascular imaging methods; cardiac cell transplantation
Patrick Yue, MDYue, Patrick, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: mechanisms of insulin resistance and diabetes as they pertain to the heart

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Zaidi, Kashif S., MD - Postdoc, Medicine
Roham Zamanian, MDZamanian, Roham, MD - Faculty, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: 1. The Utility of S100A4/Mts1 as a Biomarker in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). 2. Prevalence and Treatment of Insulin Resistance in PAH. 3. The Effect of EGF-Receptor Blockade and Elastase Inhibitor on Pulmonary Arteries of Patients with PAH. 4. Characterization of Pulmonary Arteries in Patients with Idiopathic and Secondary PAH by Wedge Angiography. 5. The Optimal Angle for Angiographic Evaluation of the Left Pulmonary Artery in Patients with PAH.
Zambricki, Elizabeth - Student, Medicine
Richard Zare, PhDZare, Richard N., PhD - Faculty, Chemistry, Physics
Research Lab: http://www.stanford.edu/group/Zarelab
Research Interests: In finding a way to quantitate biomarkers in human plasma that can be used to predict cardiovascular health or lack thereof.
Christopher Zarins, MDZarins, Christopher, MD - Faculty, Surgery
Research Interests: Hemodynamic factors in atherosclerosis, pathogenesis of, aortic aneurysms, carotid plaque localization and complication, anastomotic intimal hyperplasia, vascular biology of artery wall, computational fluid dynamics as applied to blood flow and vascular disease.
Paul Zei, MDZei, Paul, MD - Postdoc, Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests: (1) Mechanisms of Arrhythmia, including Ventricular Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and other arrhythmias. (2) New technologies and devices for catheter ablation.
Zenios, Stefanos, PhDZenios, Stefanos, PhD - Faculty, Graduate School of Business
Research Lab: http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/zenios/Zenios.asp
Research Interests: Health Care Delivery Systems; End-Stage Organ Failure; Transplant Waiting Systems; Transplant Economics; The Economics of Medical Devices 
Zhao, Mingming, MD - Postdoc, Pediatrics
Wei Zhou, MDZhou, Wei, MD - Faculty, Surgery: Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery
Research Interests: Pathogenesis of atherosclerotic lesion formation and molecular mechanisms of intimal hyperplasia, including smooth muscle cell proliferation, oxidative stress, and endothelial cell dysfunction.
Zhuge, Yan, PhD - Researcher, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests: Stem cell biology

 

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