Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Sanjiv Narayan

Bio

Sanjiv Narayan is Professor of Medicine, Director of the Stanford NIH T32 CHIP (Computational medicine in the Heart: Integrated Program HL166155), and is Co-Founder of the Stanford Arrhythmia Center. He directs the Computational Arrhythmia Research Lab (CARL), that operates at the intersection of cardiovascular medicine, bioengineering, and data science. CARL pioneered computational mapping of 'chaotic' heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias), targeting mechanistic drivers for atrial and ventricular fibrillation (AF, VF), that included collaborating with multiple centers worldwide. Dr. Narayan is recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Heart Rhythm Society (2022), the "Top Doctor" award from Castle Connolly (2017-2024) and other awards. Our talented trainees have won an average of 2-3 prizes or grants every year since 2003.PersonalDr. Narayan was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, then his parents Prakash and Kamalini moved to Birmingham UK. Dr Narayan trained in medicine (MB, ChB 1987) and software engineering focused on neural networks (MSc, 1990) in Birmingham UK, then moved to UCLA to train in computational neuroscience in the Laboratory of Neuroimaging directed by Dr. Arthur Toga , where he developed an integrated optical mapping/image processing workstation to study somatosensory cortex (Research MD, 1995). He pursued further training in Information and Data Science at UC Berkeley (2022-). Dr. Narayan gained membership (MRCP, 1990) and fellowship (FRCP, 1995) of the Royal College of Physicians of London, then trained in Internal medicine at Harvard/Mount Auburn Hospital under Dr. Charles Hatem (1994-6), and Cardiology/EP at Washington University/Barnes hospital (1996-2001) where his computational research led to his K23 award under Drs Michael Cain, Joseph Smith and Bruce Lindsay. Dr. Narayan is a devoted family man, and he and his wife Sujata (Family Practice, Stanford) have 3 children. Together, they enjoy music, working out at the gym, swimming, biking and skiing, discussing history and politics, and travel.Funding Disclosures:CARL is grateful to the Laurie C. McGrath Foundation for their Invaluable Support. CARL is grateful to the National Institutes of Health for continuous support since 2001, via grants HL70529 and HL162260 for ventricular arrhythmias, and HL103800, HL83359, HL122384, HL149134, and SBIR grants for atrial arrhythmias. Our amazing fellows have won funding by the Fulbright Foundation, NIH, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, Heart Rhythm Society, and British Heart Foundation. The lab co-invented intellectual property owned by University of California Regents and Stanford University, and licensed to start-up companies including PhysCade Inc. Focal Impulse and Rotor Mapping (FIRM) was licensed to a start-up founded by Dr. Narayan (Topera), which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in 2014.

Clinical Focus

  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
  • ABLATION
  • ATRIAL FLUTTER
  • COMPLEX ABLATION
  • VENTRICULAR ECTOPIC BEATS AND TACHYCARDIA

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, NIH T32 CHIP (Computational medicine in the Heart: Integrated Program), Stanford University (2023 - 2028)
  • Co-Director, Arrhythmia Center, Stanford Medicine (2016 - Present)
  • Director, Atrial Fibrillation Program, Stanford Medicine (2014 - Present)
  • Director, Electrophysiology Research, Stanford Medicine (2014 - Present)
  • Co-Director, Electrophysiology Program, University of California, San Diego (2008 - 2014)
  • Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Training Program, University of California, San Diego (2008 - 2012)
  • Director, Electrophysiology Program, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System (2001 - 2014)

Honors & Awards

  • Mentor to: Brototo Deb, MD MS. Young Investigator Award Finalist, Cardiac Electrophysiology Society (2024)
  • Mentor to Albert J Rogers, MD MBA. Recipient K23 HL166977, National Institutes of Health (2023-2028)
  • Mentor to Brototo Deb, MD, Young Investigator Awards Finalist., Heart Rhythm Society (2023)
  • Mentor to Prasanthan Ganesan, PhD, 1st Place Young Investigator Awards Competition, Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. (2023)
  • Chair, Digital Health Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2022-2023)

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Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Chair, Digital Health Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2022 - 2023)
  • Chair, Research Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2019 - 2021)
  • Co-Chair, Data Sciences Study Section, AHA Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine (2019 - 2020)
  • Section Editor, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2017 - Present)
  • Charter Member, ESTA Study Section, National Institutes of Health (2016 - 2020)

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Professional Education

  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease (2000)
  • T32 Training Fellow, Washington University, St Louis, Computational Cardiac Electrophysiology (1998)
  • Fellowship: Washington University School Of Medicine Registrar (2001) MO
  • Medical Education: University of Birmingham Medical School Registrar (1987) United Kingdom
  • Fellowship: UCLA David Geffen School Of Medicine Registrar (1994) CA

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Patents

  • Carey R. Briggs, Sanjiv M. Narayan. "United States Patent 9,392,948 B2 System and Method for Identifying Sources for Biological Rhythms", University of California, Regents., Jul 19, 2016
  • Sanjiv Narayan, Ruchir Sehra. "United States Patent 8,868,169 B2 Method and System for Detection of Biological Rhythm Disorders", Regents of the University of California; Topera Inc; US Government represented by Dept of Veterans Affairs, Oct 21, 2014
  • Sanjiv M. Narayan, Wouter-Jan Rappel. "United States Patent 8,838,222 B2 Method for Treating Complex Rhythm Disorders", University of California Regents, Sep 16, 2014
  • Sanjiv M. Narayan, Wouter-Jan Rappel. "United States Patent 8,838,223 B2 Method for Analyzing Complex Rhythm Disorders.", University of California Regents, Sep 16, 2014
  • Sanjiv M. Narayan, Ruchir Sehra. "United States Patent 8,700,140 Methods, system and apparatus for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of biological rhythm disorders", Regents of the University of California; Topera Inc., US Department of Veterans Affairs, Apr 15, 2014