Clinical Research

One unique aspect of the Ma lab is our active role in clinical and surgical outcomes research, both retrospective and prospective. We tap into national and Stanford available databases and tissue biorepositories to investigate a myriad of clinical hypotheses in rare and otherwise not studied patient cohorts. Stanford being one of the most active Pediatric Cardiac Surgery centers in the world and treating the full spectrum of congenital heart diseases allows for robust and rigorous longitudinal studies. In these studies, we aim to disseminate the knowledge gained clinically and surgically with the goal of improving long-term outcomes for all patients. Furthermore, in these studies, we aim to investigate ways to alleviate diversity, equity and inclusion disparities that exist in the field of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.

Surgical Unroofing of Myocardial Bridges

Evaluating predicted heart mass in adolescent heart transplantation

Innominate artery patency after direct cannulation in neonates

Long-Term Outcomes After Lung Transplantation in Children With Intellectual Disabilities

Weight Matching in Infant Heart Transplantation: A National Registry Analysis

Minimally invasive 2-patch repair technique for sinus venosus atrial septal defects

Myocardial Bridging: AATS 2024 Dr. Ma Talk

Pediatric Combined Heart-liver Transplantation: A Single-center Long-term Experience