The Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery's Human Biorepository Tissue Bank directs and maintains an extensive collection of 5,000 human cardiothoracic tissue samples obtained from consented patients. The purpose of our tissue bank is to create a comprehensive biorepository resource and have it available for approved studies to advance cardiovascular and pulmonary disease research and discoveries. We have collaborated with more than 30 collaborators and Stanford labs. Our goal is to promote research by providing cardiothoracic tissue samples to researchers and scientists across Stanford Medicine.
Current Collaborators
BioBank tissue used for research |
Publications, Research, Awards, and Grants |
Dr. Kevin Alexander
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
amyloid heart tranplants | Publications pending |
Dr. Jack Boyd
Clinical Associate Professor
CABG: Saphenous Vein, Radial Artery, LIMA | Publications pending |
Dr. Paul Cheng
Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
RCA coronary artery | Publications pending |
Dr. Tushar Desai
Associate Professor of Medicine; Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine and Stem Cell Institute
Dr. Jung-Ki Yoon
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Matthew McCarra
Instructor, Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine)
IPF Lungs | Publications pending |
Dr. Brandon Guenthart
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lung transplant and heart transplant tissue | Publications pending |
Dr. William Hiesinger
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery)
Tricuspid Valve | Publications pending |
Dr. Ioannis Karakikes
Assistant Professor (Research)
Left ventricle, right ventricle, septum, as well as LA and RA if available | Publications pending |
Anson Lee Lab
Cardiac Surgical Arrhythmia Research Laboratory
Dr. Anson Lee
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery)
LA, L.A.A/RA, R.A.A tissue | Publications pending |
Dr. Patricia Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
LAD & RCA coronary artery & Blood | Publications pending |
Dr. Sushma Reddy
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Blood and RV tissue | Publications pending |
Yashuhiro Shudo Lab
Stanford Translational Heart Failure Research Laboratory
Dr. Yasuhiro Shudo
Clinical Assistant Professor
LV muscle apical core from Heart transplant recipient | |
Left Atrium from Donor’s heart | Currently applying for grant as collaborator under possible international collaborative work project |
Dr. Edda Spiekerkoetter
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Dr. Kenzo Ichimura
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
RV, Septum and LV tissue from patients with pulmonary hypertension harvested at time of Heart-Lung Transplantation. RV, Septum and LV tissue from patients at time of heart transplantation with normal RV on echo as controls. |
R01HL158868-01 (PI: Spiekerkoetter) 7/1/2021 – 6/20/2025 NIH-NHLBI Understanding and targeting molecular as well as structural events governing right ventricular adaptation, failure and recovery in pulmonary hypertension using repurposed drugs Postdoctoral Award - Nr 903768 (PI:Ichimura) - 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023 American Heart Association |
Joseph Woo Lab
Stanford Advanced Therapeutics for Heart Failure Research Laboratory
Dr. Joseph Woo
Chair & Norman E. Shumway Professor and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
LV Tissue | Publications pending |
Dr. Joseph Wu
Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and the Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology
non-ischemic cardiomyopathy tissue |
Publications pending |
ascending aorta in O.C.T | Publications pending |
LV myocardium | Publications pending |
Completed Tissue Collection & Research
Dr. Edda Spiekerkoetter
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Dr. Kenzo Ichimura
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
RV, LV, and septal wall from heart transplantation recipients |
(1) NIH/NHLBI 1R01HL158868- 01: Understanding and targeting molecular as well as structural events governing right ventricular adaptation, failure and recovery in pulmonary hypertension using repurposed drugs. PI: Edda Spiekerkoetter (2) AHA postdoctoral fellowship: Characterizing and Improving the Microvascular-Cardiomyocyte Interphase in Pressure-Overloaded Right Heart Failure. PI: Kenzo Ichimura Publications pending, 2022 |
Dr. Tushar Desai
Associate Professor of Medicine; Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine and Stem Cell Institute
Lung transplant tissue | Publications pending, 2022 |