The Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery's Human Biorepository Tissue Bank directs and maintains an extensive collection of over 2,500 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. Euan Ashley
Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor of Genomics and Precision Health
LV tissue | Publications pending |
Dr. Marina Gabriel
Postdoctoral Scientist (CV Medicine)
Rani Agrawal
Lab Researcher and Lab Manager
Althea Tapales
4th Year Medical Student
Shriya Reddy
Stanford Bio-X Undergrad
Dr. Kevin Alexander
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
amyloid heart transplants | Publications pending |
Dr. Jack Boyd
Clinical Associate Professor
CABG: Saphenous Vein, Radial Artery, LIMA | Publications pending |
Dr. Ian Chen
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular) and of Radiology (Veterans Affairs)
LA | Publications pending |
Dr. Paul Cheng
Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
RCA coronary artery | Publications pending |
Dr. Matthew McCarra
Instructor, Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine)
IPF Lungs | Publications pending |
Michael Fischbein Lab
Stanford Thoracic Aortic Research Lab
Dr. Michael Fischbein
Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Dr. Jennifer Kim
Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident
Aorta | 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 |
Joe Hsu Lab
Dr. Joe Le Hsu
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
IPF tissue | Publications pending |
Dr. Ioannis Karakikes
Associate 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. Thomas Quertermous
William G. Irwin Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
coronary arteries, pulmonary and aortic valves and aortic root, left and right ventricles | Publications pending |
Trieu Nguyen
Life Science Research Professional and Lab Manager
Dr. Paul Cheng
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Dr. Joao Pinho Monteiro
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Daniel Li
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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 | 1) ISHLT/O.H. Frazier Award in MCS Translational Research, The International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (2017). |
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)
Whole heart | Publications pending |
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 |
Aorta, Lung tissue | Publications pending |
Dr. Nazish Sayed
Assistant Professor (Research) of Surgery (Vascular Surgery) and at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
LV, RV, RA, LA, Septum, pulm valv | 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, 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 |
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
Dr. Jung-Ki Yoon
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Lung transplant tissue | Publications pending, 2022 |