Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ngan F. Huang

Bio

Ngan F. Huang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University and Principal Investigator at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Huang completed her BS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a PhD in bioengineering from the University of California Berkeley & University of California San Francisco Joint Program in Bioengineering. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a postdoctoral scholar in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University. Her laboratory investigates the interactions between stem cells and extracellular matrix microenvironment for engineering cardiovascular tissues to treat cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. Dr. Huang has authored over 90 publications and patents, including reports in Nat Med, PNAS, and Nano Lett. She has received numerous honors, including a NIH K99/R00 Career Development Award, Fellow of the American Heart Association, a Young Investigator award from the Society for Vascular Medicine, a Young Investigator Award from the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas, and a Rising Star award at the Cell & Molecular Bioengineering conference. Her research is funded by the NIH, Department of Defense, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, American Heart Association, and Department of Veteran Affairs.

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Instructor, School of Medicine (2010 - 2012)
  • Biomedical Engineer, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (2012 - Present)
  • Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery (2013 - 2022)
  • Steering Committee Member, Cardiovascular Institute (2013 - Present)
  • Faculty Fellow, Stanford McCormick and Gabilan Faculty Award (2015 - 2016)
  • Courtesy Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering (2021 - Present)
  • Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery (2022 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • Research Career Scientist Award, Department of Veterans Affairs (2023-2028)
  • Most Talked About Paper: Multi-scale cellular engineering. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5129788, APL Bioengineering (2020)
  • Finalist, RegMedNet Award for Cultivating Excellence, RegMedNet (2017)
  • Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award, 2nd Place Winner, American Heart Association Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, (2017)
  • Rising Star Award, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Annual Conference (2017)

All Honors & Awards (14)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Chair of Membership Committee, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine-Americas (2023 - Present)
  • Diversity Committee Member, North American Vascular Biology Organization (2023 - Present)
  • Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2022 - Present)
  • Diversity Committee Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (2021 - Present)
  • Diversity Committee Member, American Heart Association, Council on Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (2021 - Present)

All Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations (19)

Professional Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of CA Berkeley, Bioengineering (2006)
  • Master of Science, University of CA Berkeley, Bioengineering (2005)
  • Bachelor of Science, MIT, Chemical Engineering (2002)

Patents

  • Ji Su, Ngan Huang. "United States Patent 7,252,884 Carbon Nanotube/fiber Reinforced Three Dimensionally Ordered Nano Scale Porous Carbon and the Process", NASA
  • Huang NF, Zaitseva T, Paukshto M, Fuller GG, Cooke JP, Martin GR.. "United States Patent 10,238,769B2 A Graft For Directed Vascular And Lymphatic Regeneration And Methods To Guide Endothelial Cell Assembly", Fibralign Corporation and The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University, Apr 1, 2019
  • Hong G, Lee J, Huang NF, Cooke JP, Dai H. "United States Patent 10,264,974 Vascular imaging using near infrared fluorescence.", The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University., Apr 1, 2019

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