Faculty
Jason T. Lee, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director of Endovascular Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Dr. Lee graduated with honors from the California Institute of Technology in 1994 and completed medical school at the University of California, San Diego in 1998. He completed his general surgery residency at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. During his residency he spent one year working under the tutelage of Dr. Rodney White at the St. John's Cardiovascular Institute testing various endovascular devices in animal models. Dr. Lee completed his vascular surgery fellowship at Stanford University in 2006. He is board certified in vascular surgery.
Dr. Lee has been a Stanford Vascular faculty member since 2006. He currently serves as the Chief of the Divison of Vascular Surgery and Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Stanford Medicine. He is the director of endovascular surgery at Stanford Health Care. He was the residency and fellowship program director from 2011-2020.
Dr. Lee's research interests include outcomes of catheter-based interventions compared to open surgery, functional outcomes after thoracic outlet decompression, imaging surveillance after endovascular aneurysm repair, and the application of endovascular technologies to thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms.
Specialties: endovascular treatment of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms, carotid angioplasty/stenting, open abdominal revascularization for aortic pathology, percutaneous interventions for upper and lower extremity arterial and venous peripheral vascular disease, thoracic outlet syndrome, vascular reconstruction for high-performance athletes.
Ronald L. Dalman, MD
Walter Clifford Chidester and Elsa Rooney Chidester Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Stanford Health Care
Dr. Dalman graduated from the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (1981), and School of Medicine in (1984), both with distinction. He was inducted in Alpha Omega Alpha in 1983. He completed his general surgery residency from University of Washington in 1989. He completed fellowship training in vascular surgery at the Oregon Health Sciences University in 1991. He is certified in both vascular surgery and surgery.
Dr. Dalman has been a Stanford vascular faculty member since 1992. He is currently the Chidester Professor of Surgery. He served as Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery from 2005-2021. He served as section chief of vascular surgery at VA Palo Alto from 1991 to 2005.
Dr. Dalman's research interests include the basic underlying mechanisms responsible for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease, as well as novel drug, device and exercise therapies to limit progression of small AAAs. He also has extensive experience investigating novel treatments for occlusive diseases of the lower extremities, including lower extremity limb salvage procedures and the modern management of walking disorders such as intermittent claudication (pain in the legs with exercise that is relieved by rest).
Specialties: minimally invasive revascularization techniques of the lower extremities, catheter-based and open management of carotid and extra-cranial cerebrovascular occlusive disease to prevent stroke, minimally invasive management of AAA disease, catheter-based and open management of venous diseases including varicose veins, subclavian vein thrombosis and superior vena cava syndrome, novel drug therapies for lower extremity ischemia and leg pain with walking, upper extremity circulation disorders, intestinal circulation disorders
OIiver Aalami, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgeon, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Director, Biodesign for Digital Health, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
Dr. Aalami graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1998. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco-East Bay in 2005. During his residency, he completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University researching transplantation immunology with Dr. Randall Morris and tissue engineering with Dr. Michael Longaker. He subsequently completed his vascular surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in 2007. During his fellowship, he spent one year performing translational research in Dr. Melina Kibbe’s lab evaluating the effects of nitric oxide on neointimal hyperplasia. He is board certified in both Surgery and Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Aalami joined Stanford Vascular Surgery in 2012. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery. He is also a staff surgeon at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS). He serves as the Medical Director of the Vascular Laboratory at the VAPAHCS and is the education site director.
Dr. Aalami’s research interests include the development of minimally invasive vascular surgical devices and techniques, medical information technology and biology of neointimal hyperplasia.
Specialties: Vascular and endovascular treatment of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms, dissections, vascular trauma, peripheral vascular disease, and dialysis access. Advancement of patient care through the development of innovative medical devices and health information technology.
Venita Chandra, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Co-Medical Director of the Stanford Wound Care Center
Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship Program Director
Dr. Chandra earned her B.S. degree, Summa Cum Laude, in Genetics and Cell Biology from the University of Minnesota in 1999. She received her medical degree from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in 2004. Dr. Chandra completed her general surgery residency at Stanford in 2011 and is a graduate of the Stanford Biodesign program. She completed her Stanford Vascular Surgery Fellowship in June 2013. She is board certified in both Surgery and Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Chandra joined Stanford Vascular Surgery in 2013. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery. She is also the co-director of the Stanford Wound Care Center as well as the Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship Associate Program Director.
Dr. Chandra's research interests include women’s vascular health, radiation safety, technology development and treatment optimization for complex open and endovascular treatment of peripheral vascular and aneurysmal disease.
Specialties: Women’s vascular health, traditional and percutaneous treatment of critical limb ischemia and peripheral vascular disease, complex aortic pathologies including aneurysm and dissection, vascular trauma, dialysis access and cerebrovascular disease.
E. John Harris, MD
Professor of Surgery
Dr. Harris graduated from the St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1985. He completed his general surgery residency (1991) and vascular surgery fellowship (1992) at Oregon Health Sciences University. He is currently board certified in vascular surgery.
Dr. Harris has been a Stanford Vascular faculty member since 1992. He currently is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Harris' research interests include the expanding role of vascular reconstruction in complex Oncologic Surgery, Clinical trials for AAA, TAA, Peripheral Vascular Disease and Carotid Occlusive Disease.
Specialties: minimally invasive revascularization techniques, diagnosis and treatment of venous diseases, treatment of critical limb ischemia, management of aortic aneurismal disease, and treatment of cerebrovascular occlusive disease
Karthik Kasirajan, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Tri-Valley Medical Center
Dr. Kasi graduated from Madras Medical College & Government Hospital 1991. He completed his general surgery residency at the Western Reserve Care System and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in 1998. He subsequently completed his vascular surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2000.
Dr. Kasi joined the Stanford vascular faculty in 2020 as a Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Kasi previously was a Professor of Surgery at Emory University Hospital and most recently was the Chief of Surgery of Barstow Community Hospital. He is currently practicing at the Stanford Health Care ValleyCare location.
Specialties: Vascular Surgery, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Deep vein thrombosis, Carotid Artery Stenosis, Limb Salvage, Dialysis access creation
David Kauvar, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgeon, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
David Kauvar, MD, MPH received his graduate medical education on active duty in the US Army at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his residency in general surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, a surgical research fellowship at the United States Army Institute for Surgical Research, and a clinical fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Utah. During Dr. Kauvar’s 24-year military surgical career, he served on combat surgical deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and was an academic leader in the fields of military and vascular trauma. He earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Texas and was inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit for his contributions to military medicine.
Following his retirement from the US Army, Dr. Kauvar joined the Stanford Vascular Surgery faculty in 2023 as a Clinical Professor of Surgery with his primary clinical practice at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. His research interests include vascular trauma and the functional assessment and outcomes of limb ischemia.
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Nicholas Leeper, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Vascular Medicine/Vascular Surgery
Director, Vascular Surgery Research
Dr. Leeper graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in chemistry (1999) and medicine (2003). He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco in 2005. He then completed a Clinical Investigator Pathway (CIP) in cardiovascular medicine at Stanford University and served as the chief cardiology fellow in 2007. He completed advanced training in vascular medicine through the NIH K12 program at Stanford University in 2009. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Vascular Medicine.
Dr. Leeper joined Stanford Cardiovascular Medicine faculty in 2009 and the Division of Vascular Surgery in 2011. He is currently a Professor, holding appointments both in the Department of Surgery and the Department of Medicine. Dr. Leeper is the Director of Vascular Surgery Research.
Dr. Leeper performs translational research in vascular biology, and aims to understand the genetic causes of atherosclerosis and aneurysmal disease. His NIH-funded laboratory investigates the molecular biology of inherited genetic variants that promote smooth muscle cell dysfunction and lead to clinical events such as heart attack or aneurysm rupture. Dr. Leeper also is interested in vascular regeneration and performs clinical trials studying methods to grow new blood vessels for those with peripheral artery disease (PAD).
Dr. Leeper focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to these conditions with an emphasis on risk factor management. He serves as an investigator for several early phase clinical trials for patients with PAD, including studies of stem cell therapy for subjects with arterial insufficiency.
Specialties: Vascular Medicine and Cardiology including the diagnosis and non-invasive management of peripheral vascular disease, aortic aneurysms, carotid atherosclerosis, deep venous thrombosis, pre-operative risk stratification, and general cardiovascular risk factor reduction
Shipra Arya, MD, SM, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Vascular Section, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Dr. Ayra received her medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 2004. She has a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health with focus on research methodology and cardiovascular epidemiology. She completed her general surgery residency at Creighton University Medical Center in 2011. She completed her vascular surgery fellowship at University of Michigan in 2013. She is board certified in both surgery and vascular surgery.
Dr. Arya joined the Stanford vascular faculty in 2018 as an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery. She is currently section chief of vascular surgery at VA Palo Alto and maintains a practice at Stanford Health Care. Dr. Arya previously worked as an assistant professor of surgery and of epidemiology at Emory University and director of vascular lab and endovascular therapy at the Atlanta VA Medical Center.
Her research is focused on improving quality of care and outcomes in older adults undergoing surgery. She recently completed an American Heart Association (AHA) grant on risk prediction of cardiovascular outcomes and limb loss in Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) patients. She is currently funded by the NIH/NIA GEMSSTAR grant studying the impact of frailty on quality of surgical care in PAD and aortic aneurysm patients.
Specialties: Open and endovascular treatment of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms/dissections, Open and endovascular treatment as well as medical management of peripheral artery disease, intestinal circulation disorders, carotid angioplasty/stenting, vascular trauma, dialysis access, thoracic outlet syndrome, venous disease and pediatric vascular disease.
Eri Fukaya, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Co-Medical Director of the Stanford Vascular Clinics
Vascular Medicine Fellowship Program Director
Dr. Fukaya received her Ph.D. (2009) and M.D. (1999) from Tokyo Women’s Medical University in Japan, where she also completed her Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training prior to completing Internal Medicine and Vascular Medicine training in the US. Her postdoctoral research studies were in the areas of evaluating tissue perfusion and viability and vascular imaging.
Dr. Fukaya joined Stanford Vascular Surgery in 2015 and while she sees all Vascular Medicine patients, her expertise is in venous disease and she started the Vascular and Vein Clinic and treats advanced venous disease patients at the Advanced Wound Care Center. She is also the site director for the national FMD Registry. She is currently the fellowship director for the Stanford Vascular Medicine Fellowship Program and maintains an active clinical and didactic teaching role to a multidisciplinary group of residents and fellows at Stanford.
Her research interest includes understanding the genetic underpinnings and pathophysiology of chronic venous disease, working with societal groups to increase vascular disease awareness and access to care and incorporating clinical interventions to increase physical activity and walking in patients with peripheral artery disease utilizing mobile health with information technology.
Specialties: Vascular Medicine including chronic venous insufficiency, varicose veins, deep vein thrombosis, post thrombotic syndrome, assessment and medical management of peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery disease, cardiovascular risk evaluation, fibromuscular dysplasia, lymphedema, arterial/venous/diabetic ulcers, acute and chronic wound care, pressure ulcers and burns.
Jean Gillon, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Dr. Gillon received her medical degree at The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University in 1984. She completed her residency in general surgery at the Brown University School of Medicine in 1988 and her fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of California San Francisco in 1995. She is currently board certified in both general and vascular surgery.
Dr. Gillon joined the Stanford Vascular faculty in 2023 and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery.
Specialties: sclerotherapy, phlebectomy, and ablation.
Michael Sgroi, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Section Chief, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship, Associate Program Director
Dr. Sgroi completed his medical degree at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 2010. He then completed his general surgery residency at the University of California, Irvine in 2016. He completed his vascular surgery fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Sgroi is board certified in both general surgery and vascular surgery.
Dr. Sgroi joined Stanford Vascular Surgery in 2018. He is currently Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Sgroi is a Staff Surgeon at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose.
His research interests include outcomes research using national database systems including VQI. He has interest in the outcomes of aortic disease, peripheral vascular disease, and hemodialysis access. Additionally, he has a special interest in surgical education as well as vascular surgery simulation and its importance in residency training.
Specialties: open and endovascular management of vascular trauma, complex abdominal aortic aneurysm disease, critical limb ischemia, cerebrovascular disease, and hemodialysis access and maintenance.
Elizabeth George, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgeon, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Dr. George graduated from Stanford University in 2009 after earning her B.A. in Human Biology with a concentration in Neuroscience and playing all four years on the Division I Women’s Soccer team. She earned a Postgraduate Athletic Academic Scholarship to continue her pre-medical coursework and remained at Stanford to earn her Medical Degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2014. Dr. George started her surgical residency at Stanford in 2014 and during her residency completed an M.S. in Health Policy and a VA HSR&D Fellowship at the Center for Innovation to Implementation. She finished her Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency at Stanford in 2022 and is board eligible in Vascular Surgery.
Dr. George joined Stanford Vascular Surgery in 2022 and is the co-director of professional development for the Stanford Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program. Dr. George is a staff surgeon and co-site director at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital and a staff surgeon at Stanford Hospital.
Dr. George is a health services researcher with a focus on the delivery of high-value care. Her Master’s coursework and HSR&D fellowship provided her with the theoretical and empirical tools necessary to tackle the challenge of measuring the quality and cost-effectiveness of care of patients typically excluded (and therefore understudied) from large randomized controlled trials such as frail patients, Veterans, minorities, and women. These patients are vulnerable in that they have health conditions exacerbated by inadequate healthcare from both an access and quality perspective. She is building a research lab focused on identifying and measuring high-value surgical care and improving the quality and quantity of surgical care delivery in understudied, vulnerable populations.
Specialties: Open and endovascular treatment of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms/dissections, management of vascular trauma, open and endovascular interventions for upper and lower extremity and abdominal arterial and venous peripheral vascular disease, oncovascular reconstruction during tumor resection, treatment of cerebrovascular pathology, diagnosis and treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome, and creation and maintenance of dialysis access.
Derek Klarin, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgeon, VA Palo Alto
Dr. Klarin received his medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He then completed his general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA and fellowship in vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.
Dr. Klarin joined the Stanford Vascular Surgery Faculty in 2021. He is currently Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Klarin is a Staff Surgeon at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital.
His research uses genomic approaches to better understand the etiology of atherosclerosis, vascular disease, and their associated risk factors including lipids and thrombosis. The foundation of this work is based on two key insights: 1) vascular disease, including Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), is strongly influenced by inheritance with severe, early-onset disease often clustering in families; 2) differences in DNA sequence variants, both germline and somatic, play a causal role in determining who exhibits such atherosclerotic disease risk. His current use of translational approaches to vascular disease builds on experience and training in genetic analysis of atherosclerosis using bioinformatics and computational-based approaches learned during a post-doctoral fellowship at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
Specialties: Aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease (PAD), and mesenteric occlusive disease.
Shelley Maithel, MD
Clinical Asssistant Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgeon, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Dr. Shelley Maithel received her medical degree from UC Irvine School of Medicine where she designed and implemented an electronic education course for colorectal surgery fellows amongst many other achievements. Following medical school, Dr. Maithel became a Vascular Surgery Research Fellow at UC Irvine publishing 15 peer reviewed manuscripts and 22 abstract presentations. During her time as a research fellow, she improved detection timing and treatment for ischemic colitis after rupture AAA repair by developing a standardized protocol used by vascular, GI, and colorectal services. She began her General Surgery Residency from 2015 - 2021 at UC Irvine. She then continued on with another Vascular Surgery Fellowship at Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California from 2021 - 2023. Dr. Maithel joined Stanford University in 2023 as a a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery. Her practice is at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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) in 2008. 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 joined Stanford vascular faculty in 2021 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and The Stanford Cardiovascular Institute.
Dr. Sayed’s research has focused on the development of novel technologies that drive innovation in regenerative medicine, disease modeling, and drug testing in vascular biology. He performs translational research in vascular biology and aims to understand the role of the vasculature in the development of cardiac diseases, including those due to inherited genetic variants or environmental insults such as type 2 diabetes or hypertension. His lab employs the human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to generate patient-specific vascular cells (endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells) as an alternative to animal models providing a human tissue surrogate for research that is scalable and sustainable. By employing this unique platform, his lab also investigates the role of chemotherapeutic agents (anti-cancer drugs) on the vasculature. Dr. Sayed’s lab has also established an endothelial regeneration program, where they leverage the innate immune system to regenerate endothelial cells from human fibroblasts (skin cells).
Ken Tran, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery
Dr. Tran graduated with high honors from the University of Virginia School of Engineering in 2011 and earned his medical degree from Stanford School of Medicine in 2016. He completed his surgical training at Stanford, culminating in his graduation from the Stanford Integrated Vascular Surgery program in 2023. In August 2023, Dr. Tran joined the Stanford Vascular Surgery team as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Division of Vascular Surgery. He is currently board-eligible
During his residency, Dr. Tran completed a two-year NIH-funded fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Alison Marsden. His focus during this fellowship was on the application of computational flow dynamics in the field of vascular disease. Dr. Tran's research pursuits are centered around pioneering computational fluid dynamic simulation techniques aimed at enhancing our comprehension of hemodynamic changes following vascular interventions. He maintains a special interest in the investigation of hemodynamics and clinical outcomes following fenestrated and branched endografts for the treatment of complex aortic pathologies.
Specialities: the entire spectrum of vascular surgery, including but not limited to:
- Traditional and minimally invasive strategies for aortic aneurysm repair
- Comprehensive approaches, both traditional and minimally invasive, as well as hybrid methods for managing peripheral vascular disease
- Management of cerebrovascular disease, including carotid angioplasty/stenting, Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR), and conventional carotid surgery
- Comprehensive dialysis access creation
- Treatment of venous reflux
Clay Wiske, MD
Clinical Asssistant Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgeon, Tri-Valley
Dr. Wiske graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Physics in 2009. He subsequently earned an MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology from the University of Cambridge, where he focused on health applications of nanotechnology and helped design diagnostic devices at the Cambridge Nokia Research Center. He earned his medical degree in 2016 from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honors society. He also earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He completed his surgical training at NYU, culminating in his graduation from the NYU Integrated Vascular Surgery program in 2023. In August of 2023, Dr. Wiske joined the Stanford Vascular Surgery team as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Division of Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Wiske also has experience in industry, having spent two years working in the healthcare practice of Boston Consulting Group. He previously co-founded a start-up biotechnology firm that licensed intellectual property from Yale University and raised venture capital funding for the development of novel therapeutics to treat ischemia-reperfusion injury. He has also served as an advisor to a number of other businesses developing new treatments relevant to vascular surgery including drugs to improve outcomes for patients with pulmonary hypertension, heart attacks, and aortic aneurysms.
His academic research has included work on neurologic protection in carotid endarterectomy, fenestrated endovascular aortic repair, and the impact of diabetes on surgical outcomes. He has published work in journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Journal of Vascular Surgery, and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. Dr. Wiske practices primarily at Stanford Health Care Emeryville and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley.
Specialties: Peripheral arterial disease / critical limb ischemia; cerebrovascular disease and stroke, including TCAR and carotid endarterectomy, thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, dialysis access creation and maintenance, venous insufficiency
Christopher P. Cheng, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Surgery
Director of Vascular Intervention Biomechanics & Engineering Lab
Dr. Cheng earned his B.S.E. degree in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1998. He then earned his M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2002) in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, focused on cardiovascular biomechanics. Dr. Cheng joined the Vascular Surgery faculty in 2006, when he founded the Stanford Vascular Intervention Biomechanics & Engineering Lab (vibelab.stanford.edu).
In his industry experience, Dr. Cheng has worked at small and large medical device companies, with experience spanning design, manufacturing, preclinical testing, clinical trials, and entrepreneurship. Currently, Dr. Cheng is President & CEO of Global Science & Technology (gst.com), which focuses on satellite remote sensing for NASA and NOAA, as well as a consulting practice dedicated to helping medical device companies holistically evaluate and improve biomechanical compatibility of cardiovascular implants. Previously, Dr. Cheng was co-founder and CEO of Kōli, Inc., a start-up developing a catheter-based solution for gallstone disease.
Dr. Cheng’s academic research has focused on hemodynamics and vascular structure mechanics, and he is considered the preeminent expert in quantifying vascular motion. He authored the Handbook of Vascular Motion (PROSE Book Award Nominee, https://www.elsevier.com/books/handbook-of-vascular-motion/cheng/978-0-12-815713-8), the first and only book dedicated to how blood vessels move. Dr. Cheng is also President of the Cardiovascular Implant Durability Inc. (cvidconference.org), a non-profit organization leading the effort to improve durability of medical devices, and is a board member of the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering.
Specialties: vascular biomechanics, medical imaging and image processing, geometric modeling, interaction between devices and vasculature, medical device design and evaluation, entrepreneurship
Cornelius Olcott, IV, MD
Professor of Surgery Emeritus
Christoper K. Zarins, MD
Professor of Surgery Emeritus
Division Chief Emeritus
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