Faculty Administrative Roles

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Joseph Woo, MD

Chair & Norman E. Shumway Professor and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering

  • Associate Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (2014 – Present)

Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD

Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Head of the Aortic Section (2023 – Present)
  • Residency Program Director (2008 – Present)
  • Director, Stanford Thoracic Aortic Surgery (2016 – Present)

William Hiesinger, MD

Associate Professor

  • Head of the Heart & Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Section (2023 – Present)
  • Surgical Director for Stanford Center for Bloodless Cardiac Surgery (2018 – present)
  • Surgical Director of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center (2018 – Present)
  • Surgical Director, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Program (2022 – Present)
  • Program Director, Cardiothoracic Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Fellowship (2018 – Present)

Jack Boyd, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Head of the Coronary and Valvular Section (2023 – Present)
  • Surgical Director of the Advanced Coronary Revascularization Program (2014 – Present)

Elan Burton, MD, MHA

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Head of the Stanford Medicine Affiliates Section (2023 – Present)

Chawannuch Ruaengsri, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Director of the Transplant Procurement Surgery Program (2024 – Present) 

Patpilai Kasinpila, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (October 2024 – Present)

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Michael Ma, MD

Division Chief and Associate Professor

  • Surgical Director, Complex Biventricular Reconstruction Program (2021 – Present) 
  • Surgical Director, Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Therapies (PACT) (Transplant and Mechanical Support program) (2021 – Present)

Frank Hanley, MD

Lawrence Crowley, MD, Endowed Professor in Child Health

  • Executive Director, Betty Irene Moore Children's Heart Center (2007 – Present)

Elisabeth Martin, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Surgical Director, Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction (PAR) Program (2023 – Present)
  • Surgical Director, Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant (2022 – Present)
  • Surgical Director, Center for Advanced Lung (CEAL) Therapies (2022 – Present)
  • Surgical Co-Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program (2020 – Present)

Doff McElhinney, MD

Professor

 

  • Director, Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction Program (2016 – Present)

Thoracic Surgery

Joseph Shrager, MD

Division Chief and Professor

  • Co-Director, Stanford Center for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (SMITS) (2012 – Present)
  • Co-Director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinical Care Program within the Stanford Cancer Institute (2008 – Present)

Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS

Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2015 – Present)
  • Co- Director, Stanford Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program (2015 – Present)
  • Associate Program Director, Thoracic Track, CT Surgery Residency Training Program (2015 – Present)
  • Director, Faculty Development (2023 – Present)

Natalie Lui, MD

Assistant Professor

  • Associate Medical Director, Surgical Services, Stanford Cancer Center (2022 – Present)
  • Surgical Director, Stanford Lung Cancer Screening Clinic (2023 – Present)
  • Unit-Based Medical Director, J6, Stanford Hospital (2019 – Present)

Mark Berry, MD

Mylavarapu Rogers Professor

  • Co-Director, Stanford Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program (2015 – Present)
  • Co-Director, Stanford Center for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (SMITS) (2014 – Present)