Stanford School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Institute

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Dr. Oscar AbilezAbilez, Oscar J  MD
Vascular Surgery
Research Interest :  Stem cell biology, vascular development biology, vascular tissue engineering, medical device design
Alderman, Edwin MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests happy to advise on issues related to coronary angiography quantitation. In the Cardiology Division is the most sophisticated angio quantitation system developed and is available for projects. Although developed for coronary quantitation, it can be used for vascular quantitation of any vessels.
Alles, Wesley PhD
Prevention Research Center, Health Improvement Program
Research Interest : Health promotion, specifically behavior modification.  We are providing this service to Stanford Faculty, Staff, Retirees, and their familes.  The program was tested in YMCA along the West Coast and is now being offered to 45 YMCAs that are part of a nationwide Collaborative. Health Promotion Resource Center (HPRC) licenses and sells educational materials to HMOs, hoealth and hospital systems, public health departments, universities, and commercial corporations. Most focus on cardiovascular disease prevention.
Angelotti, Timothy MD, PhD
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Autonomic nervous system pharmacology, ion channels and G-protein coupled receptors

Bailenson, Jeremy PhD
Communication/Virtual Human Interaction Lab
Research Interest : Immersive Virtual Reality, digital human reprsentation, training and education in VR

Julie Baker, PhD
Genetics
Research Interests : Early embryonic development, cardiomyocyte progenitors, Human Embryonic Stem Cells.
Bammer, Roland PhD
Radiology
Research Interest : Rapid MRI, Flow visualization
Bernstein, Dan MD
Pediatrics, Cardiology
Research Interest : Cardiomyopathy, adrenergic receptors and polymorphisms, transgenic models, transplantation. Heart failure in complex congenital heart disease
Berra, Kathy MSN, ANP, FAAN
Prevention Research Center
Research Interest : CVD Prevention Women's Health; innovative stategies for prevention and heart health promotion
Berry, Gerald MD
Pathology, Cardiac & Pulmonary
Research Interest : Cardiopulmonary transplantation, Pulmonary Hypertension
Bland, Richard MD
Pediatrics
Research Interest : 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
Blau, Helen PhD
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest : interest in stem cell reapir of heart damage
Boltz, Gail MD
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Pediatric cardiac anesthesia; ultra-small birth weight infants
Bravman, John PhD
Engineering:Materials Science & Eng
Research Interest : Materials for medical devices
Brenner, Jacob 
Chemical and Systems Biology
Research Interest : Calcium signaling in the regulation of cardiac hypertrophy, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure
Brown, Marguerite RN, MSN 
Heart/Lung Transplant and Cardiomyopathy Center Administration
Research Interest : Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Heart Failure
Calos, Michelle
Genetics
Research Interest :Gene Therapy, Stem Cells
Chan, Frandics MD
Radiology, Diagnostic
Research Interest : Cardiac MRI
Chang, Ching-Pin MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : My laboratory focuses on the mechanisms of cardiovascular development, particularly how the three major types of cardiac cells (endocardial, myocardial and epicardial cells) interact with each other to generate heart tissues.  We are interested in the transcriptional and signaling events that coordinate their interactions and assembly into heart tissues.  The long-term goal is to understand the developmental mechanisms that control tissue formation and recapitulate the developmental processes for therapeutic or regenerative purposes.
Chawla, Ajay MD, PhD
Medicine/Endocrinology
Research Interest : Transcriptional control of macrophage biology and lipid metabolism by members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, specifically the PPARs
Establish synergy between individual investigators to pursue complex questions and obtain additional funding.
Chin, Clifford MD
Cardiology, Pediatrics
Research Interest : Exercise physiology, transplant
Chun, Hyung, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Vascular biology, heart failure
Chun, Sung MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Cardiovascular electrophysiology and pacing
Clusin, William T MD, PhD
Medicine/Cardiovascular
Research Interest : Cardiac Electrophysiology, Ion Channels, Arrhythmias, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Cardiac Ischemia, Biophysics, Neurobiology
Andrew ConnollyAndrew J. Connolly, MD, PhD
Pathology
Research Interest : Vascular biology and cardiovascular pathology. We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology
Conrad, Carol MD, PhD
Pediatrics/Pulmonary
Research Interest : Lung Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis and other pulmonary diseases, oxidation-reduction balance, NO biology
Constantinou, Chris MD
Urology
Research Interest : Collaborate with Applied engineering, Imaging, Tissue engineering groups.
Cooke, John MD, PhD
Med/Cardiovascular
Research Interest : Endothelial biology, atherosclerosis, angiogenesis, Genomic and proteomic determinants of peripheral arterial disease
Cooper, Allen MD
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Research Interest : Lipid and Lipoprotein metabolism, Atherogenesis
Daughters, George T MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interest : 3-D Cardiac dynamics, including aortic and mitral valves
Dauskardt, Reinhold H PhD
Materials Science & Engineering
Research Interest : Mechanical and fracture behavior, biomaterials, soft tissue mechanics
DeBusk, Robert MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Creation of an infrastructure that will incorporate innovations in instrumentation and data management to facilitate the management of patients with coronary artery disease.
Dolmetsch, Ricardo PhD
Molecular Pharmacology
Research Interest : Calcium signaling in neurons and cardiomyocytes
Draney, Mary PhD
Mechanical Engineering - Biomechanical Engineering
Research Interest : aortic biomechanics
Drukker, Micha, PhD
Pathology
Research Interest : Embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes
Dubin, Anne MD
Cardiology, Pediatrics
Research Interest : Resynchronization clinical trials
Daniel EnnisEnnis, Daniel B PhD
Radiology
Research Interest : Cardiovascular structure and function, Cardiovascular Engineering
Fair, Joan ANP, PhD
Prevention Research Center
Research Interest : Cardiovacular Disease Prevention - risk factor modification, behavior change, adherence; lipids, lifestyle in adult men and women
Fearon, William MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Interventional cardiology and coronary vascular reactivity
Fedkiw, Ronald PhD
Computer Science
Research Interest : Numerical methods for biomechanical simulation, fluids, deformable solids, and solid-fluid coupling.
Fenn, Catharine PhD
Palo Alto VA/Research
Research Interest : Hypertension, cognition, improving quality of care 
Fitzgerald, Peter MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Intravascular ultrasound
Fortmann, Stephen MD
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Interest : CVD epidemiology and prevention
Fowler, Michael MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Congestive Heart Failure
Frank, Curtis PhD
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering
Research Interest : polymer surfaces and interfaces; virology, immunology; biomolecular materials including phospholipids, lipopolymers, polypeptides, and oligonucleotides.
Froelicher, Victor MD
Medicine
Research Interest : Exercise sciences; computers, ECG
Gallagher- Thompson, Dolores PhD, ABPP
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Depression (assessment & treatment) and how that common mental health disorder impacts women's cardiovascular health status.
Gambhir, Sam MD, PhD
Radiology/Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Medicine
Research Interest : Molecular imaging, gene therapy
Gardner, Christopher PhD
Prevention Research Center, Heart Disease Prevention Center
Research Interest : Nutrition. Chronic disease prevention.  Cardiovascular disease risk factors.  Clinical trials.
Giacomini, John MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Garman, J. Kent MD, MS, FACC,
Anesthesia/Cardiovascular Anesthesia
Research Interest : That this new endeavor will allow those of us interested in CV disease to participate in new research.
Goldstein, Mary MD, MS
General Internal Medicine, /Primary Care & Outcomes Research, Health Research & Policy, VAPA Research Interest : My major research focus is evaluation of methods of implementating clinical practice guidelines, particularly with computerized, guideline-based, automated decision support; innovative methods of health care delivery for hypertension.
Goris, Michael MD, PhD
Radiology/Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine
Research Interest : Image processing; expert systems in diagnosis Cardiac PET/SPECT
Gould, Michael K MD, MS
Med/Pulmonary and Critical Care), and of Health Research and Policy (by courtesy) VAPA
Research Interest : outcomes and effectiveness research, venous thromboembolism, and (to a lesser extent) pulmonary hypertension
Gross, James L PhD
Psychology
Research Interest : Biobehavioral aspects of cardiovascular disease (with a particular focus on the role of emotion regulation)
Hanley, Frank MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics
Research Interest : Fetal surgery, surgery of complex cardiac malformations in neonate,
Hanowell, Lee MD
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Development of TEE for postoperative cardiac surgical monitoring, development and design of virtual instruments; would like to collaborate with Biodesign Fellows (Biodesign Program, Stanford University) in developing a miniturized TEE (transesophageal echocardiography) probe and monitoring array for postoperative hemodynamic monitoring.  Additionally, since in addition to the cardiovascular anesthesia and transplant cases, I participate in liver transplantation; I have an interest in cytokines and reperfusion injury/right heart failure post liver transplantation. Previous experience mentoring bioengineering students and involving them in projects culminating in thesis projects for advanced degrees. Participated previously in projects involving object oriented programs for design of virtual instruments to collate data from acoustic quantification images of the left ventricle and apply them to clinical setting. Previous demonstration of the superiority of TEE in the ICU (over right heart catheters) for detection of hypvolemia in surgical patients with ARDS. Trained surgical fellows in performing TEE.  (Emeritus Anesthes, UC, Davis)
Haskell, William L PhD
Medicine/Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Interest : Preventive Cardiology
Heidenreich, Paul MD, MS
Cardiovascular Medicine, Health Research & Policy VAPA
Research Interest : Outcomes research; cost-effectiveness of therapies for myocardial ischemia and congestie heart failure
Heller, H. Craig PhD
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Sleep, Rhythms, and Human performance
Herfkens, Robert MD
Radiology
Research Interest : non invasive CV imaging = CT MRI PET/CT; CV imaging and/or Aorta/valve disease.
Hlatky, Mark MD
Health Research Policy, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Outcomes research, clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, clinical trials; ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias

Hsu, Sheau-Yu Teddy PhD
Obstetrics & Gynecology/Reproductive Biology
Research Interest : Endocrinology, Bioinformatics, reproductive biology

Hunt, Sharon MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Clinical care and research in heart transplantation
Ingels, Jr., Neil B PhD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interest : Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Valvular Heart Disease
Jamison, Rex  MD
Nephrology
Research Interest : 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.
Kanevsky, Max  MD, PhD
Anesthesia
Research Interest : 1. Potassium channels and cardioprotection; 2. Transesophageal echocardiography
Kao, Peter  MD, PhD
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interest : Pulmonary hypertension
Knowles, Josh MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Genetic susceptibility to coronary disease and heart failure
Kobilka, Brian  MD
Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Genetic mouse models of cardiovascular disease
Kraemer, Fredric B MD
Medicine/Endocrinology
Research Interest : Cellular lipid metabolism
Krasnow, Mark MD, PhD
Biochemistry
Research Interest : Lung development from drosophila to mice
Kuo, Calvin MD, PhD
Hematology
Research Interest : Regulation of angiogenesis
Lamendola, Cindy MSN, ANP
Medicine/Cardiology
Research Interest : Insulin Resistance and Diabetes and CVD - Primary and Secondary Prevention in CVD
Lee, David MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Interventional cardiology and devices
Leung, Lawrence MD
Hematology
Research Interest : #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.
Levin, Craig S PhD
Radiology/Molecular Imaging
Research Interest : Development of novel instrumentation, software, methods, and applications for in-vivo molecular imaging
Liang, David MD, PhD
Medicine/Cardiovascular
Research Interest : Medical imaging and medical devices, with a particular interest toward image guided minimaly invasive therapy. I also have a clinical research interest in Marfan syndrome and aortic disease. Intravascular MRI.
Luikart, Helen RN, MSN
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Cardiac transplant, general cardiology clinical research, surgical research
Mackey, Sean MD, PhD
Anesthesia/Pain Management
Research Interest : Functional Imaging, Pain Management, Outcomes, Therapies Aimed at Peripheral Vascular Disease
Maduke, Merritt PhD
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Chloride-selective ion channels
Matin, A.C. PhD
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest : Study of biofilms that cause endocarditis; and infections of indwelling devices such as pacemakers
Mayer, Dirk  PhD
Radiology
Research Interest : Application of fast chemical shift imaging in research on cardiovascular diseases
McConnell, Michael MD, MSEE
Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Electrical Engeering
Research Interest : MR imaging of cardiac structures
McWard, Cheryl RN
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Interventional Cardiology - new devices
Miller, D Craig MD
Cardiovascular Surgery
Research Interest : 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.
Mocarski Jr, Edward S PhD
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest : Herpesviruses, Cytomegalovirus in Vascular disease
Mochly-Rosen, Daria PhD
Molecular Pharmacology
Research Interest : 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
Murphy, Daniel MD
Cardiology, Pediatrics
Research Interest : Congenital heart disease in adults, echocardiography of congenital heart defects
Napel, Sandy PhD
Radiology, EE (courtesy), Medicine (informatics (courtesy)
Research Interest : Image visualization and understanding, CT imaging
Nelson, Drew PhD
Mechanical Engineering Dept., Design Div.
Research Interest : engineering design; mechanical behavior of materials (including fatigue of materials); stress analysis; intelligent materials and structures; optical fiber sensing
Nelson, Lorene PhD
Health Research Policy/Epidemiology
Research Interest : Epidemiology and genetics of cardiovascular disease.  (My main role in cardiovascular research is as an epidemiology consultant on the Reynolds project.)
Niederle, Muriel PhD
Economics
Research Interest : the organization of heart transplants and the education aspect of residents which relates to the match (the NRMP).
Nudi, Cara RN
Heart/Lung Transplant Program
Research Interest : Improve the quality of life for heart failure patients
O'Hara, Ruth PhD
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : 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.
Olshen, Richard PhD
Health Research Policy/Biostat, Stat, Elec Eng
Research Interest : 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.
Owens, Doug MD, MS
Primary Care & Outcomes Research
Research Interest : health services research, cost effectiveness, technology assessment, guideline development
Palaniappan, Latha MD, MS
Stanford Prevention Research Center (SPRC), Women's Health at Stanford
Research Interest : Insulin metabolism and metabolic syndrome in ethnic minority women
Patterson, Andrew MD, PhD
Anesthesia/Critical Care Medicine
Research Interest : Adrenergic Receptor Biology, Congestive Heart Failure, Molecular Biology, Cardiovascular Physiology
Paulraj, Arogyaswami PhD  
Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Signal Processing
Pauly, John PhD 
Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Image Guided Interventions
Pearl, Ron MD, PhD 
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Pulmonary hypertension, cardioivascular monitoring, hemodynamic therapy, cardiovascular anesthesia
Pelc, Norbert, ScD 
Radiology/Diagnostic, Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Cardiovascular imaging, especially with CT and MRI
Pelletier, Marc MD, MSc, FRCSC 
Cardiac Surgery
Research Interest : Stem Cell chemotaxis, myocardial regeneration, heart failure, mitral valve repair
Perlroth, Mark MD
Medicine/Cardiology
Research Interest : Natural history of disease
Popp, Richard MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine, Biodesign
Research Interest : Echocardiography
Pruitt, Beth PhD 
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest : Microsystems for study of cellular mechanotransduction and monitoring of cardiovascular pressures and flows     http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Quake/
Quake, Stephen PhD
Bioengineering
Research Interest : Single Molecule Biophysics and Microfluidics
Quertermous, Tom MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Genomics
Rabinovitch, Marlene MD 
Cardiology, Pediatrics, Developmental Biology
Research Interest : 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.
Raffin, Thomas A MD 
Pulmonary and Critical Care, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
Research Interest : Biomedical ethics; pulmonary disease
Ramammorthy, Chandra  MBBS, FRCA 
Anesthesia, Pediatrics
Research Interest : CV anesthesia in children
Rando, Thomas A MD, PhD 
Neurology
Research Interest : Muscular Dystrophies, stem cells
Rasgon, Natalie MD, PhD
Psychiatry/Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program, Women's Wellness Program Research Interest : 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
Ratner, Emily MD
Anesthesia/Medical Acupuncture
Research Interest : Application of medical acupuncture in the treatment of medical diseases and symptom control, mechanism of action.
Reaven, Gerald MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Insulin resistance
Reddy, Vadiyala Mohan MD 
Pediatrics/Cardiac Surgery
Research Interest : Fetal cardiac surgery; cerebral protection; Pulmonary vascular remodeling
Reinhartz, Olaf MD 
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Research Interest : Mechanical support of failing TCPC
Reitz, Bruce MD 
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interest : Transplant, myocardial protection
Robbins, Robert MD 
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director, Cardiovascular Institute
Research Interest : Fetal surgery, transplantation, immune reactivity, stem cells
Robinson, Thomas MD, MPH 
Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Signal Processing
Rockson, Stan MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Lymphatic disease, Peripheral arterial disease, atherogenesis, hypertension, dyslipidemia
Michal Bental RoofRoof, Michal Bental PhD  
Pediatriics/Cardiology
Research Interest :
Rosen, Glenn MD 
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interest : Transcription factors and pulmonary fibrosis
Rosenthal, David MD 
Cardiology, Pediatrics
Research Interest : Heart Failure and Right Ventricular function
Schnittger, Ingela MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Echocardiography
Schreiber, Donald MD, CM  
Surgery, Emergency Medicine
Research Interest : Coronary artery disease--diagnosis, Cardiac markers, Cardiovascular imaging
Schroeder, John MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Management of heart failure
Sheikh, Ahmad Y MD  
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interest : Cardiac Failure, apelin
Silverman, Norman MD 
Cardiology, Pediatrics
Research Interest : Echocardiographic determinants of heart function in congenital malformations; fetal echocardiography
Simonson, Itamar PhD, MBA  
Graduate School of Business
Research Interest : Buyer/consumer decision making; marketing high technology; trademark infringement; marketing management; survey methods; buyer behavior on the Internet
Spudich, James PhD 
Biochemistry/Cardiovascular
Research Interest : Cellular mechanisms of force generation
Stafford, Randall MD, PhD 
Prevention Research Center, Prevention Outcomes & Practices
Research Interest : Health care delivery and chronic disease management
Taylor, C Barr MD 
Psychiatry; Stanford Cardiac Rehabiliation Program
Research Interest : Cardiovascular risk reduction, depression and CVD risk factors, cardiac rehabilitation
Taylor, Charles PhD 
Mechanical Engineering, Biomech Engineering, Surgery, Pediatrics
Research Interest : Computer modeling and engineering approaches to congenital heart disease
Tsao, Philip PhD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : vascular biology, vascular cell signaling, insulin resistance/diabetes, gene expression/microarrays, biomechanical forces (shear stress, cyclic strain)
Tsien, Richard PhD  
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Calcium signaling neurophysiology
Vagelos, Randall MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Congestive Heart Failure, New ECG Monitoring Devices, Prognostic Evaluation, Selection for Cardiac Transplantation
Valantine, Hannah MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Transplant vasculopathy
Van Hare, George MD 
Pediatrics Cardiology
Research Interest : Outcomes, pediatric electrophysiology and arrhythmias. Biology of AVNRT, Ablation clinical trials
Wagner, Roger MD, PhD  
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Cardiovascular Genomics, Cardiovascular Development, Heart failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Atherosclerosis
Wang, Paul MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine/Arrhythmia Service & Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory
Research Interest : Clinical electrophysiology and ablation
Wang, Shan X PhD 
Materials Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Nanoparticles, Biosensors, Magnetic Microarray
Webb, Chris PhD 
School of Medicine Dean's Off
Research Interest : Interdisciplinary grants management
Weissman, Irving MD  
Pathology, Cancer Bio, Dev Bio, Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Transplantation immunity, cardiomyocyte stem cells
Wilson, Andrew MBBCH, FRACP, PhD  
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Novel markers of vascular risk; the role of inflammation, obesity and insulin resistance in vascular disease; nitric oxide metabolism and vascular disease pathogenesis
Wilson, June, RN 
Cardiovascular Medicine/Heart Failure Program
Research Interest : CV disease and compliance, risk reduction, depression, anxiety, coping, and the impact of technology on health; how people use media (e.ig. film) to change behavior.
Wine, Jeffrey J PhD  
Psychology, Program in Human Biology, Cystic Fibrosis Research Lab
Research Interest : Cystic Fibrosis, airway submucosal gland function
Winkleby, Marilyn PhD, MPH 
Prevention Research Center, Health Research & Policy
Research Interest : Cardiovascular disease epidemiology; Health of socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations; Social determinants of health; Community-based intervention research
Witteles, Ronald MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Insulin resistance & heart failure, cardiorenal syndrome
Jenny WuWu, Jenny PhD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Study of nAChR mediated angiogenesis pathway. ESCs derived Endothelial cells vasculogenesis and angiogenesis
Wu, Joe MD, PhD 
Radiology
Research Interest : Stem cell, gene therapy, molecular imaging
Yang, Phillip MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Cardiovascular MRI and other imaging
Yeung, Alan MD 
Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interest : Human coronary physiology