Research

The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is one of the largest academic and clinical units within the Department of Medicine at Stanford, and is consistently ranked among the top ten clinical cardiology programs in the nation. The Stanford Cardiovascular Medicine Division is highly regarded in the medical community for its long track record of training faculty members with a strong commitment to basic, clinical, and translational research. Many of the senior faculty members of the division are nationally and internationally renowned experts in their fields and provide mentorship and career guidance to junior faculty. The division currently has approximately 70 full-time faculty members, including clinical and basic scientists.    

Cardiovascular Medicine Research and Genetics Faculty and Fellow Alumni’s Insight Corner

Faculty and fellows share personal insights into what makes them excited about being at Stanford - including diverse research interests, breadth and depth of training and clinical experiences, life in the Bay Area, robust mentor-mentee relationships, and learning how to be a leader in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Faculty

Euan Ashley, MD, PhD

Associate Dean, School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure Faculty

Vicki Parikh, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research and Genetics Faculty

Tom Quertermous, MD

Professor of Medicine
Research and Genetics Faculty

Joseph Wu, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Research and Genetics Faculty

Former Fellows / Alumni

Shoa Clarke, MD, PhD

Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine
General Cardiology Fellow ‘20

Paul Cheng, MD, PhD

Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine
General Cardiology Fellow '20

David Ouyang, MD

Former Fellow
General Cardiology Fellow '20

Han Zhu, MD

Clinical Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine
General Cardiology Fellow ‘20

Current Fellows

AJ Roberts, MD, MBA

Current Electrophysiology Fellow

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty

Oscar J. Abilez
Senior Scientist, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Euan A. Ashley
Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor of Genomics and Precision Health, Professor of Genetics, of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Pathology
Themistocles (Tim) Assimes
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Rajesh Dash, MD PhD;      Director of SSATHI & CardioClick
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
William Fearon, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Peter Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Professor (Research) of Medicine (Cardiovascular), Emeritus
Francois Haddad
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Robert Harrington
Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Paul Heidenreich, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)
Mark Hlatky, MD
Professor of Health Policy, of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Yasuhiro Honda, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Kiran Kaur Khush, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Juyong Brian Kim
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Joshua W. Knowles
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Laura C. Lazzeroni, Ph.D.
Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science
Nicholas Leeper
Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery) and of Medicine (Cardiovascular)
David Liang, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Kenneth Mahaffey
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
David J. Maron
C. F. Rehnborg Professor and Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)
Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Mark Mercola
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular) and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology
Jonathan N. Myers
Clinical Professor (Affiliated), Medicine - Med/Cardiovascular Medicine
Sanjiv Narayan
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Patricia Nguyen
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Koen Nieman
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and of Radiology (CV Imaging)
Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Marco Perez
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Thomas Quertermous, MD
William G. Irwin Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanley G. Rockson, MD
Allan and Tina Neill Professor of Lymphatic Research and Medicine
Fatima Rodriguez
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Ingela Schnittger, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)
Ingela Schnittger, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)
Joshua M. Spin
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Jennifer Tremmel
Susan P. and Riley P. Bechtel Medical Director and Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Philip S. Tsao, PhD
Professor (Research) of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Minang (Mintu) Turakhia
Clinical Professor, Medicine
Paul  J. Wang, MD
John R. and Ai Giak L. Singleton Director, Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
Matthew Wheeler
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Ronald Witteles
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Sean M. Wu
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
Joseph  C. Wu, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor and Professor of Radiology
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Phillip C. Yang, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Alan Yeung, MD
Li Ka Shing Professor in Cardiology
Paul Yock, MD
Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Miscellaneous
Celina Yong, MD, MBA, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)