Dr. Joseph Woo
Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Professor, by courtesy, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University
Joseph received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania where he also conducted his postgraduate surgical training in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery as well as a postdoctoral research fellowship developing novel molecular strategies for attenuating myocardial ischemic injury. Joseph has an active clinical practice of 300 pump cases per year focusing on complex cardiac valve repair, aortic surgery, cardiopulmonary transplantation, and minimally-invasive surgery. He currently runs an NIH R01-funded basic science research lab studying stem cells, angiogenesis, tissue engineering, and valvular biomechanics and has held continuous NIH funding since 2004. He has also served as PI for several clinical device trials as well as translational scientific clinical trials entailing administration of stem cells during coronary artery bypass grafting and LVAD implantation and has co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications.