Christopher K. Zarins
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Surgery - Vascular Surgery
- Member, Bio-X
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Vascular Surgery Clinic 300 Pasteur Dr H3600 MC 5642 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 725-5227 Fax (650) 723-3600Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Julie White Division Manager Email Tel Work 650-498-6039Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Vascular Surgery
Administrative Appointments
- Acting Chairman, Department of Surgery, Stanford University (1995 - 1997)
- Chief of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (1993 - 2005)
- Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago (1985 - 1989)
- Chief of Vascular Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center (1976 - 1993)
Honors and Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa, Lehigh University (1964)
- Resident Research Award, Association for Academic Surgery (1972)
- Latvian Academy of Sciences Pauls Stradins Prize in Medicine, Republic of Latvia (1998)
- Three Star Order, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Latvia (2003)
- Grand Medal, Latvian Academy of Sciences (2009)
- Honorary doctorate degree, Riga Stradins University, Latvia (2010)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1983) |
| Board Certification: | General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1975) |
| Residency: | University of Michigan Health System MI (1974) |
| Fellowship: | Johns Hopkins University MD (1972) |
| Medical Education: | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD (1968) |
| BA: | Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Biology (1964) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- Latvian Medical Foundation, Latvia
Internet Links
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Hemodynamic factors in atherosclerosis, pathogenesis of, aortic aneurysms, carotid plaque localization and complication, anastomotic intimal hyperplasia, vascular biology of artery wall, computational fluid dynamics as applied to blood flow and vascular disease.
A full list of publication with pdf at: (copy/paste the following URL to browser)
http://medstaging.stanford.edu/zarinslab/publications/zarins_bib/zarins_bibliography.html
Clinical Trials
- Not Recruiting Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Not Recruiting Endovascular Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Publications
- EVAR Deployment in Anatomically Challenging Necks Outside the IFU. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2013
- Label-free electrophysiological cytometry for stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte clusters. Lab Chip. 2013; (2): 220-8
- A computational framework for investigating the positional stability of aortic endografts. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2012
- Computational modeling of shear-based hemolysis caused by renal obstruction. J Biomech Eng. 2012; (2): 021003
- Inhibition of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm in a rat model by way of tanshinone IIA. J Surg Res. 2012; (2): 1029-37
- Randomized trials: a quest for the truth or a means to an end? J Endovasc Ther. 2012; (6): 761-3
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