Team Members

Co-Directors

Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surgery) at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Mark Berry, MD

Mylavarapu Rogers Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Investigators/Faculty

Joseph Shrager, MD

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center

Douglas Liou, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Brandon Guenthart, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Natalie Lui, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surgery) at the Stanford University Medical Center

Michael Baiocchi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center) 

Irmina Elliott, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Staff

Ntemena Kapula

Research Data Analyst

Hao He

Senior Biostatistician

Cheyenne Sadeghi

Research Assistant

Residents/Fellows

Graeme Rosenberg, MD

General Thoracic Surgery Fellow

Ioana Baiu, MD

General Surgery Resident

Ryan Randle, MD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Lye Yeng Wong, MD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow