Lab Members
Joseph Woo, MD
Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
Professor, by courtesy, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University
Mary Sheridan Bilbao, MPAS, PA-C
Lead Liaison for Clinical Integration to Lab Research
Lab member since 2012
Yuanjia Zhu, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bioengineering PhD Candidate
Lab member since 2019
Haley Lucian, BA
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2017
Hye Sook Shin
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2019
Sarah Madira
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2020
Athena Chien
Undergraduate student
Lab member since 2018
Kiah Williams
Medical Student
Lab member since 2017
Yesenia Perez
Executive Associate to Dr. Joseph Woo
Megan Atashroo, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Clinical Integration to Lab Research Assistant
Lab member since 2014
Mateo Cuartas, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lab member since 2020
Justin Farry, BS
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2017
Shreya Anilkumar, BS
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2019
Sidarth Ethiraj
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2020
Mariana Cabatu
Undergraduate student
Lab member since 2019
Hunter Bergamasco
Clinical Perfusionist
Hillary Hite
Administrative Associate to Dr. Joseph Woo
Hanjay Wang, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lab member since 2017
Lyndsay Stapleton, MS
Bioengineering PhD Candidate
Lab member since 2015
Akshara Thakore, MS
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2016
Jinsuh (Annie) Jung, BSc
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2019
Nick Tran, BS
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2020
Charles Stark
Life Science Research Professional
Lab member since 2021
Maria Paula Hernandez Fernandez
Undergraduate student
Lab member since 2018
Blaine Chadwick
Clinical Perfusionist
Lab Alumni
Past lab members have left the lab to begin medical school, graduate school, and veterinary school.
Postdoctoral fellows have proceeded to faculty appointments at prestigious institutions around the world.
| Trainee | Date | Current Position |
| Vasant Jayasankar, M.D. | 1/2002-6/2003 | Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Matthew Taylor, M.D. | 1/2002-6/2005 | General Surgery Resident University of Virginia |
| Mark F. Berry, M.D. | 7/2002-6/2004 | Associate Professor of Surgery Stanford University |
| Todd Grand | 8/2002-8/2004 | Veterinary Student University of Florida |
| Vivian Hsu | 1/2003-6/2007 | Plastic Surgery Resident University of Pennsylvania |
| M. Astrid Moise, M.D. | 7/2003-6/2004 | Vascular Surgery Fellow Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| Steven J. Kolakowski, M.D. | 7/2003-6/2004 | Vascular Surgery Fellow Pennsylvania Hospital |
| Omar Fisher, Ph.D. | 7/2003-7/2004 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Massachusetts Inst of Tech |
| Suzanne Zentko, M.D. | 9/2003-6/2004 | Cardiology Fellow Cornell University |
| Max Smith | 5/2004-6/2010 | Radiology Resident Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| George P. Liao | 6/2004-7/2006 | Medical Student UMDNJ |
| Corinna Panlillio | 7/2004-5/2006 | Medical Student UMDNJ |
| Pavan Atluri, M.D. | 7/2004-6/2006 | Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Pennsylvania |
| Erik Suarez, M.D. | 11/2004-2/2007 | General Surgery Resident Baylor Medical College |
| Matthew Leskowicz | 6/2005-6/2007 | Medical Student Columbia University |
| Elliot Nacke, M.D. | 6/2005-5/2008 | Orthopaedic Surgery Resident NYU Medical Center |
| Kevin Southerland, M.D. | 6/2006-5/2009 | General Surgery Resident Duke University |
| William Hiesinger, M.D. | 7/2006-present | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow University of Pennsylvania |
| Rebecca Levitt, M.D. | 9/2006-5/2007 | Assistant Professor of Cardiology Emory University |
| Feng Wei, M.D. | 1/2007-12/2007 | Cardiac Surgeon FuWai Hospital Beijing China |
| Tao Jin, M.D. | 1/2007-12/2007 | MPH Student Johns Hopkins University |
| Carinne LaPorte | 5/2007-7/2008 | Veterinary Student University of Pennsylvania |
| Elliot Kozin | 6/2007-6/2009 | ENT Resident Massachusetts General Hospital |
| David Harris | 6/2007-8/2008 | Medical Student University of Virginia |
| John R. Frederick, M.D. | 7/2007-6/2009 | Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Colorado Springs, CO |
| J. Raymond Fitzpatrick, M.D. | 7/2007-6/2009 | Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon St. Luke’s Hospital, PA |
| Nicole Marotta | 7/2008-6/2010 | Medical Student Philadelphia College of Osteopathy |
| Ah-Young Kim | 7/2008-6/2010 | Graduate Student Yale University |
| Jeffrey Muenzer | 7/2009-7/2011 | Medical Student Jefferson Medical College |
| Kaitao Jian, M.D. | 3/2011-3/2012 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Pennsylvania |
| Philip Hsiao | 5/2011-6/2012 | Medical Student Jefferson Medical College |
| Hiraoka Arudo, M.D. | 5/2012-5/2013 | Attending Cardiovascular Surgeon Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan |
| Alexander Fairman | 7/2011-6/2013 | Medical Student University of Pennsylvania |
| John MacArthur, M.D. | 7/2011-2014 | General Surgery Resident University of Pennsylvania |
| Michael Paulsen, M.D. | 2016-2019 |
CT Surgery Resident Stanford School of Medicine |
| Anahita Eskandari | 2015-2019 | Graduate Student Palo Alto University |
| Camille Hironaka | 6/2017-6/2019 | Medical Student Tufts School of Medicine |
| Kevin Jaatinen, B.A. | 6/2016-8/2019 | Graduate Student University of Rochester |
| Amanda Steele | 2014-2019 | Consultant Promidian |
| Daniel von Bornstaedt | 2016-2018 | Associate McKinsey & Company |
| Masashi Kawamura | 2016-2018 | Cardiac Surgery Fellow Thomas Jefferson University |
| Christine Callinan | 2016-2018 | Graduate Student Stanford University |
| Kay Hung | 2018-2019 | Medical Student Stanford University |
| Alexandra Bourdillon | 2016-2018 | Medical Student Yale University |
| Cole Paullin |
6/2018-11/2019 | Undergraduate Student Stanford University |