Key Documents

Ramin E. Beygui, M.D.

Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery

Contact Information

Clinical Offices

Cardiothoracic Surgery 300 Pasteur Dr CVRB MC 5407 Stanford, CA 94305-5407
Telephone Work (650) 724-0831 Fax (650) 725-3846
Academic Offices

Personal Information
Email rbeygui@stanford.edu Tel (650) 724-0831, (860) 988-7500

Administrative Contact
Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery Program Tel Work 650-988-7500

Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Clinical Focus

Heart and Lung Transplantation
Valvular Heart Diseases
Adult Cardiac Surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass
Aortic Aneurysm
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Thoracic Surgery

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)
Regents’ Scholarship, University of California (1986-1990)

Professional Education

Board Certification: Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2002)
Board Certification: Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1998)
UCLA - School of Medicine (2001) CA
Board Certification, Cardiothoracic Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2002)
Board Certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1996)
Stanford Hospital and Clinics (1998) CA
*Stanford University Hospital (1995) CA
*Stanford University Hospital (1991) CA
University of California Irvine (1990) CA
Residency, UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery (2001)
Fellowship, Stanford University Vascular Surgery (1998)
Residency, Stanford University General Surgery (1995)
MD, University of California, Irvine Medicine (Regents' Scholar) (1990)
MS, Univ. of California, Berkeley Elec. Engin. Comp. Science (1983)
BS (Magna Cum Laude), Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor Elec. Engin. Comp. Science

Postdoctoral Advisees

Evgenios Neofytou, Bhagat Patlolla

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Publications

Endometriosis of the diaphragm: four cases treated with a combination of laparoscopy and thoracoscopy. Nezhat C, Nicoll LM, Bhagan L, Huang JQ, Bosev D, Hajhosseini B, Beygui RE. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2009 Sep-Oct; 16 (5): 573-80
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; 30 (27): 4665-75
Tricuspid valve regurgitation after heart transplantation. Marelli D, Esmailian F, Wong SY, Kobashigawa JA, Kwon MH, Beygui RE, Laks H, Plunkett MD, Ardehali A, Shemin RJ. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009; 137 (6): 1557-9
On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery. Shroyer AL, Grover FL, Hattler B, Collins JF, McDonald GO, Kozora E, Lucke JC, Baltz JH, Novitzky D. N Engl J Med. 2009; 361 (19): 1827-37
Cell growth as a sheet on three-dimensional sharp-tip nanostructures. Choi CH, Heydarkhan-Hagvall S, Wu BM, Dunn JC, Beygui RE, Kim CJ. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2009; 89 (3): 804-17
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; 135 (2): 412-20
The role of cytoprotective cytokines in cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury. Anderson CD, Heydarkhan-Hagvall S, Schenke-Layland K, Yang JQ, Jordan MC, Kim JK, Brown DA, Zuk PA, Laks H, Roos KP, Maclellan WR, Beygui RE. J Surg Res. 2008; 148 (2): 164-71
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; 27 (8): 830-4
Human adipose stem cells: a potential cell source for cardiovascular tissue engineering. Heydarkhan-Hagvall S, Schenke-Layland K, Yang JQ, Heydarkhan S, Xu Y, Zuk PA, MacLellan WR, Beygui RE. Cells Tissues Organs. 2008; 187 (4): 263-74
Hypoxic cell death is reduced by pH buffering in a model of engineered heart tissue. Brown DA, MacLellan WR, Dunn JC, Wu BM, Beygui RE. Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol. 2008; 36 (2): 94-113
Three-dimensional electrospun ECM-based hybrid scaffolds for cardiovascular tissue engineering. Heydarkhan-Hagvall S, Schenke-Layland K, Dhanasopon AP, Rofail F, Smith H, Wu BM, Shemin R, Beygui RE, MacLellan WR. Biomaterials. 2008; 29 (19): 2907-14
Influence of systematically varied nano-scale topography on cell morphology and adhesion. Heydarkhan-Hagvall S, Choi CH, Dunn J, Heydarkhan S, Schenke-Layland K, MacLellan WR, Beygui RE. Cell Commun Adhes. 2007 Sep-Oct; 14 (5): 181-94
Analysis of oxygen transport in a diffusion-limited model of engineered heart tissue. Brown DA, MacLellan WR, Laks H, Dunn JC, Wu BM, Beygui RE. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2007; 97 (4): 962-75
Alcohol use in donors is a protective factor on recipients' outcome after heart transplantation. De La Zerda DJ, Cohen O, Beygui RE, Kobashigawa J, Hekmat D, Laks H. Transplantation. 2007; 83 (9): 1214-8
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; 35 (11): 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; 39 (10): 2964-9
Ethnicity as a predictor of graft longevity and recipient mortality in heart transplantation. Cohen O, De La Zerda D, Beygui RE, Hekmat D, Laks H. Transplant Proc. 2007; 39 (10): 3297-302
Cell interaction with three-dimensional sharp-tip nanotopography. Choi CH, Hagvall SH, Wu BM, Dunn JC, Beygui RE, CJ Kim CJ. Biomaterials. 2007; 28 (9): 1672-9
Modified reperfusion in clinical lung transplantation: the results of 100 consecutive cases. Schnickel GT, Ross DJ, Beygui R, Shefizadeh A, Laks H, Saggar R, Lynch JP, Ardehali A. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006; 131 (1): 218-23
Modulation of gene expression in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes by surface modification of polylactide-co-glycolide substrates. Brown DA, Beygui RE, MacLellan WR, Laks H, Dunn JC, Wu BM. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2005; 74 (3): 419-29
Expression of cardiomyocytic markers on adipose tissue-derived cells in a murine model of acute myocardial injury. Strem BM, Zhu M, Alfonso Z, Daniels EJ, Schreiber R, Beygui R, Begyui R, MacLellan WR, Maclellan WR, Hedrick MH, Fraser JK. Cytotherapy. 2005; 7 (3): 282-91
Gelatin-embedded cell-polymer constructs for histological cryosectioning. Brown DA, Chou YF, Beygui RE, Dunn JC, Wu BM. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2005; 72 (1): 79-85
Repair of the symptomatic aberrant aortic arch aneurysm without hypothermic circulatory arrest. Beygui RE, Esmailian F, Rigberg DA, Laks H. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2004; 3 (4): 569-72
Prevention of spinal cord ischemia in an ovine model of abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with a self-expanding stent-graft. Beygui RE, Kinney EV, Pelc LR, Krievins D, Whittemore J, Fogarty TJ, Zarins CK. J Endovasc Surg. 1999; 6 (3): 278-84
Subclavian vein thrombosis: outcome analysis based on etiology and modality of treatment. Beygui RE, Olcott C, Dalman RL. Ann Vasc Surg. 1997; 11 (3): 247-55
Etiology of aortic aneurysm. Zarins CK, Beygui RE. Surg Technol Int. 1996; 5 273-5