Wei Zhou

Clinical Focus

• Vascular Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University (2007 - present)
• Section Chief, Vascular Surgery, Palo Alto VA Medical Center (2007 - present)
• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2005 - 2007)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Sharla Powell

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Surgery

Internet Links

• Vascular and Endovascular surgery

Current Research Interests

Dr. Zhou’s vascular research laboratory focuses on molecular mechanisms of and treatment strategies for intimal hyperplasia. Her specific clinical research interests are re-stenosis following endovascular interventions and outcome measures following carotid interventions. Through collaboration with Stanford investigators and investigators at Baylor College of Medicine, plaque morphology and radiographic imaging are correlated. Furthermore, innovational treatment approaches for cardiovascular diseases are investigated using a well-developed wire-injury rodent model. She is also the principle invetigator for several clinical trials that are funded by AHA and industries examining outcomes following cerebrovascular, aortic, and lower extremity interventions.

Clinical Trials

• Compare the outcome of bypass surgery and plaque excision for treatment of critical limb ischemia in the lower limbs Completed
• Compare the outcome of bypass surgery and plaque excision for treatment of critical limb ischemia in the lower limbs Completed
• Study of a device unit used in measuring colon oxygen level during abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and aortobifemoral bypass procedure Completed

Publications

• Validation of a Power Law Model in Upper Extremity Vessels: Potential Application in Ultrasound Bleed Detection. Wang AS, Liang DH, Bech F, Lee JT, Zarins CK, Zhou W, Taylor CA. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2012
• Hypogastric artery preservation during aortoiliac aneurysm repair. Casey K, Al-Khatib WK, Zhou W. Ann Vasc Surg. 2011; 25 (1): 133.e1-8
• Matrix metalloproteinases modulated by protein kinase Cε mediate resistin-induced migration of human coronary artery smooth muscle cells. Ding Q, Chai H, Mahmood N, Tsao J, Mochly-Rosen D, Zhou W. J Vasc Surg. 2011; 53 (4): 1044-51
• Radiation exposure of vascular surgery patients beyond endovascular procedures. Zhou W, J Vasc Surg. 2011; 53 (1 Suppl): 39S-43S
• Therapeutic potential for protein kinase C inhibitor in vascular restenosis. Ding RQ, Tsao J, Chai H, Mochly-Rosen D, Zhou W. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2011; 16 (2): 160-7