Charles A. Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Taylor received M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering (1991) and Mathematics (1992) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his Ph.D. degree (1996) from the Division of Applied Mechanics at Stanford for his work on finite element modeling of blood flow. He joined the faculty in 1997. He founded and directs the Stanford Cardiovascular Biomechanics Laboratory, teaches courses in Cardiovascular Biomechanics, is on the leadership committee for the Stanford Medical Device Network, and has co-organized the Medical Device Forum seminar series since 1998 with Professor Yock. Dr. Taylor is internationally recognized for the development of computer modeling techniques for cardiovascular disease research, device design and surgery planning.

Paul G. Yock, M.D., the Weiland Professor in the School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions at Stanford. A graduate of Amherst College and Trinity College, Oxford, Dr. Yock received his MD in 1979 from Harvard Medical School. He held a faculty post at UCSF for eight years. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1994 and was acting chief of cardiovascular medicine from 1997 to 1998. Dr. Yock is internationally recognized for inventing, developing and testing new medical devices. He established the Medical Device Network at Stanford in 1998 and is co-director of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, an educational and research initiative including the School of Medicine and the School of Engineering.

Christopher K. Zarins, M.D., the Chidester Professor in Surgery and Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Zarins received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1968 and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan in 1974. He was Chief of Vascular Surgery and Director of Vascular Surgery Training at the University of Chicago from 1978-1993, when he came to Stanford. He heads an active research laboratory focused on hemodynamics and plaque pathogenesis, vascular wall biology and biomechanics, and heads an active endovascular treatment and training program. He was President of the Society for Vascular Surgery in 1999. Dr. Zarins has published extensively, serves on the editorial board of several prestigious journals, and was Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Surgical Research from 1983-96.



Mary Draney, Ph.D. - Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Christopher J. Elkins, Ph.D. - Engineering Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Peter Feenstra, Ph.D. - Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jeffrey A. Feinstein - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital

Ali Hassan, M.D. - Research Associate, Department of Medicine

Robert J. Herfkens, M.D. - Professor of Radiology and Chief of Body MRI

David Lee, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University

Lawrence Leung, M.D. - Professor of Medicine (Hematology), Associate Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine. Chief, Medical Service, Palo Alto VA HCS

David Liang - Assistant Professor of Cardiovasular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center

Norbert J. Pelc, Sc.D. - Professor of Radiology and Electrical Engineering

Robert C. Robbins - Professor and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Phillip Tsao, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Tsao received his Ph.D. degree (1991) from the Department of Physiology, Thomas Jefferson Medical College for his work describing early changes in the endothelium after ischemic injury. After a postdoctoral fellowship in cellular and molecular biology, he started a vascular biology laboratory at Stanford. The lab is actively pursuing the intracellular signaling and gene expression patterns of vascular cells during the development of atherosclerosis, with particular emphasis on the role of hemodynamic factors. Dr. Tsao has published extensively in his field and serves as an ad hoc reviewer of several journals as well as on review committees for the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health.

Paul J. Wang, M.D. - Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular), Director of Arrhythmia and EP Services

Nathan Wilson, Ph.D. - Engineering Research Associate, Department of Surgery

Chengpei Xu, M.D., Ph.D. - Senior Research Scientist, Division of Vascular Surgery

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