Christopher K. Zarins

Walter Clifford Chidester and Elsa Rooney Chidester Professor of Surgery, Emeritus

Academic Appointments

Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Surgery
Member, Bio-X
Member, Cardiovascular Institute

Administrative Appointments

Chief of Vascular Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center (1976 - 1993)
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago (1985 - 1989)
Chief of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (1993 - 2005)
Acting Chairman, Department of Surgery, Stanford University (1995 - 1997)

Honors & Awards

Honorary doctorate degree, Riga Stradins University, Latvia (2010)
Grand Medal, Latvian Academy of Sciences (2009)
Three Star Order, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Latvia (2003)
Latvian Academy of Sciences Pauls Stradins Prize in Medicine, Republic of Latvia (1998)
Resident Research Award, Association for Academic Surgery (1972)
Phi Beta Kappa, Lehigh University (1964)

Professional Education

BA, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Biology (1964)
MD, Johns Hopkins Univ School of Med, Medicine (1968)
intern, University of Michigan, Surgery (1969)
residency, University of Michigan, General Surgery (1974)
fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Surgical Research (1972)
chief resident, University of Michigan, resident (1974)

Community and International Work

Latvian Medical Foundation, Latvia

Topic

Improvement of health care in Latvia

Partnering Organization(s)

Latvian Physicians and Dentists Association (worldwide) and Latvian Physicians Association (Latvia)

Populations Served

People of Latvia

Location

International

Ongoing Project

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Opportunities for Student Involvement

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Current Research and Scholarly 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.

A full list of publication with pdf at: (copy/paste the following URL to browser)

http://medstaging.stanford.edu/zarinslab/publications/zarins_bib/zarins_bibliography.html

Clinical Trials

Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Not Recruiting
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The purpose of this study is to determine if it is safe and effective to use the TALENT AAA Stent Graft System as a treatment for AAAs in patients who are also candidates for conventional surgical aneurysm repair.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. For more information, please contact Christopher Zarins, 6507255227.

Lead Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stanford Investigators
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Endovascular Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Not Recruiting
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether the system is safe and effective for the intended use of treating descending thoracic aortic aneurysms.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. For more information, please contact Christopher Zarins, 6507255227.

Lead Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stanford Investigators
- Jason T. Lee, MD
- Christopher K. Zarins
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2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Surgery
  SURG 299 (Aut, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  SURG 399 (Aut, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  SURG 370 (Aut, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  SURG 199 (Aut, Sum)

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