Ramin E. Beygui, M.D.

Clinical Focus

• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Valvular Heart Diseases
• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Coronary Artery Bypass
• Aortic Aneurysm

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery Program at El Camino Hospital (2007 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Laubisch Fund for Cardiovascular Research, UCLA School of Medicine (2003-2005)
• Stein-Oppenheimer Award, UCLA School of Medicine (2003)
• John Henry Smith Award, Resident of the Year, Stanford University Department of Surgery (1992)
• Walter Blumenson Award for Academic Promise, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine (1990)
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine (1990)

Professional Education

• Fellowship: UCLA - School of Medicine, CA (2001)
• Board Certification, Cardiothoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2002)
• Board Cerification, Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1998)
• Board Certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1996)
• Residency: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, CA (1998)

Postdoctoral Advisees

Bhagat Patlolla

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Surgery

Publications

• The use of three-dimensional nanostructures to instruct cells to produce extracellular matrix for regenerative medicine strategies. Schenke-Layland K, Rofail F, Heydarkhan S, Gluck JM, Ingle NP, Angelis E, Choi CH, Maclellan WR, Beygui RE, Shemin RJ, Heydarkhan-Hagvall S "Biomaterials" 2009
• Lung transplantation in older patients? Mahidhara R, Bastani S, Ross DJ, Saggar R, Lynch J, Schnickel GT, Gjertson D, Beygui R, Ardehali A "J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg" 2008 ; 2 (135) : 412-20
• Long-term outcomes of heart transplantation in older recipients. Marelli D, Kobashigawa J, Hamilton MA, Moriguchi JD, Kermani R, Ardehali A, Patel J, Noguchi E, Beygui R, Laks H, Plunkett M, Shemin R, Esmailian F "J Heart Lung Transplant" 2008 ; 8 (27) : 830-4
• Analysis of pH gradients resulting from mass transport limitations in engineered heart tissue. Brown DA, Maclellan WR, Wu BM, Beygui RE "Ann Biomed Eng" 2007 ; 11 (35) : 1885-97
• Donor brain death mechanisms and outcomes after heart transplantation. Cohen O, De La Zerda DJ, Beygui R, Hekmat D, Laks H "Transplant Proc" 2007 ; 10 (39) : 2964-9