Bio
Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and The Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Sayed earned his MD degree from the University of Mumbai, India and his PhD degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School). He has a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from Montclair State University. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular and regenerative medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University followed by an Instructor position at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute.
Dr. Sayed has received numerous awards including the ATVB Young Investigator Award by the American Heart Association and Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award by the Society of Vascular Medicine. He has been a recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), AHA Scientist Development Grant and the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute K-award. His lab is funded by the NIH-NHLBI R01 grant and Stanford SAGE center seed funding.
