Sanjiv Narayan, MD

Bio

Sanjiv Narayan is Professor of Medicine, Director of the Stanford NIH T32 CHIP (Computational medicine in the Heart: Integrated Program HL166155), of Electrophysiology Research, of the AF Program and Co-Founder of the Stanford Arrhythmia Center. He is dedicated to developing techniques to improve the success rates from ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular arrhythmias. Dr. Narayan is a trained computer scientist and physician, and has worked at the intersection of medicine, bioengineering, and data science for 30 years. The Computational Arrhythmia Research Laboratory (CARL) that he directs pioneered mapping of AF to guide ablation, and tools he developed were extended by groups worldwide and are the foundation for several current commercial systems. Dr. Narayan received the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Heart Rhythm Society in 2022, as well as the "Top Doctor" award from Castle Connolly (2017-present) and other awards. Our talented trainees have won an average of 2-3 prizes or grants every year since 2003.Funding Disclosures:CARL is grateful to the Laurie C. McGrath Foundation for invaluable support. CARL is grateful to the NIH for continuous support since 2001, via grants K23 HL70529 and R01 HL162260 for ventricular arrhythmias, and K24 HL103800, R01 HL83359, R01 HL122384, R01 HL149134, and SBIR grants for atrial arrhythmias. We also thank the Laurie C McGrath Foundation and the the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. 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. We have developed intellectual property owned by University of California Regents and Stanford University, and licensed to start-up companies including the Stanford spin-out 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.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.

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 Michael Lui, MD PhD, Recipient NIH F32 Fellowship Award, National Institutes of Health (2025-2027)
  • Mentor to: Sabya Bandyopadhyay, PhD, Recipient AHA Fellowship Award, American Heart Association (2025-2027)
  • Mentor to Michael Lui, MD PhD, Recipient AHA Fellowship Award, American Heart Association (2025-2026)
  • Mentor to Samuel Ruiperez-Campillo, MS. Recipient of Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award, American Heart Association (2025)
  • Mentor to: Albert J Rogers, MD MBA, Finalist for Samuel Levine Young Investigator Awards, American Heart Association (2025)
  • Mentor to Heart Rhythm X (HRX) Top Abstract Prize Winner Neal Bhatia, MD, HRX, Heart Rhythm Society (2024)
  • 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)
  • Mentor to Brototo Deb, MD, Dean's List Scholar, Stanford University (2022)
  • Mentor to Sunil Vasireddy, MD, Prystowsky Award for Highest Scoring Abstract, Heart Rhythm Society (2022)
  • Mentor to Sunil Vasireddy, MD, Young Investigator Award Winner, Cardiac Electrophysiology Society (2022)
  • Chair, Research Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2021)
  • Mentor to Miguel Rodrigo, PhD, Finalist, Young Investigator Award Competition, American College of Cardiology (2021)
  • Mentor to Prasanthan Ganesan, PhD, Finalist Abstract Award, Atrial Signals 2021, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2021)
  • Mentor to Prasanthan Ganesan, PhD, Finalist, Young Investigator Award Competition, Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) (2021)
  • Mentor to A.J. Rogers, MD, MBA. Finalist, Young Investigator Award Competition, Heart Rhythm Society (2020)
  • Mentor to Tina Baykaner, MD, Recipient K23 HL145017, National Institutes of Health (2019-2024)
  • Co-Chair, Data Sciences Study Section, American Heart Association, Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine (2019-2021)
  • Mentor to Mahmood Alhusseini, MS. Finalist, Young Investigator Award Competition, European Heart Rhythm Association (2019)
  • Mentor to Miguel Rodrigo, PhD. Winner, Prystowski Abstract Award, Heart Rhythm Society (2019)
  • Mentor to Neal Bhatia, MD. Top Scoring Abstract, European Heart Rhythm Association (2019)
  • Mentor to AJ Rogers, MD MBA, Recipient F32 HL144101, National Institutes of Health (2018-2021)
  • Chair and Vice-Chair, Research Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2018-2020)
  • Mentor to AJ Rogers, MD, Recipient, Josephson and Wellens Fellowship (Declined in Favor of NIH F32), Heart Rhythm Society (2018-2019)
  • Mentor to G. Leef, MD, 1st Prize, Young Investigator Award, Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) (2018)
  • Charter Member, ESTA Study Section, National Institutes of Health (2017 - 2020)
  • Mentor to Junaid Zaman, MD, Best Poster Award, European Society of Cardiology Meeting, Barcelona (2017)
  • Mentor to Rachita Navara, MD; 1st Prize 2017 Stanford General Internal Medicine Symposium, Stanford University (2017)
  • Mentor to Mallika Tomboli, BS (MD class of 2019); Stanford MedScholars Program, Stanford University (2016 - 2017)
  • Mentor to Rachita Navara, MD; 2016-7 Stanford Society of Physician Scholars research grant, Stanford University (2016 - 2017)
  • Mentor to Christopher Kowalewski; Clinical Prize 2016 Stanford-Karolinska Institute Symposium, Stanford University (2016)
  • Mentor to Tina Baykaner, MD, Recipient, Josephson and Wellens Fellowship, Heart Rhythm Society (2015-2016)
  • Mentor to Junaid Zaman, MD, Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright Foundation (2015 - 2016)
  • Mentor to Junaid Zaman, MD, Finalist Young Investigator Awards Competition, American Heart Association (2015)
  • Mentor to Tina Baykaner, MD, Awardee Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined for HRS fellowship), American Heart Association (2015)
  • Mentor to Junaid Zaman, MD, Recipient British Heart Foundation Grant 2014, British Heart Foundation (2014 - 2015)
  • Mentor to Amir Schricker, MD, Recipient 1st Prize HRS 2013 Young Investigator Awards, Heart Rhythm Society (2013)
  • Mentor to Amir Schricker, MD, Recipient, ACC-Merck Fellowship, American College of Cardiology Foundation (2012 - 2013)
  • Mentor to Amir Schricker, MD, HRS Max Schaldach Fellow (declined in favor of ACC-Merck), Heart Rhythm Society (2012)
  • Mentor to David Krummen, MD, Finalist, Samuel Levine Young Investigator Awards Competition, American Heart Association (2011)
  • Mentor to David E. Krummen, MD. AHA Beginning-Grant-In-Aid, American Heart Association (2010 - 2012)
  • Mentor to Antonio Moyeda, RCVT,1st Prize, Allied Professionals, Heart Rhythm Society (2010)
  • Mentor to Krishna Ravi, MD Class of 2010, Recipient Samuel B. Hamburger Memorial Prize, University of California, San Diego (2009)
  • Ad Hoc Member, ESTA, CCIS, Other Study Section, National Institutes of Health (2008 - 2017)
  • Mentor to David Krummen, MD, Finalist Young Investigator Awards Competition, American College of Cardiology Foundation (2008)
  • Mentor to Dhruv Kazi MD, Recipient Schulman Prize, University of California, San Diego (2008)
  • Mentor to Gautam Lalani, MD, Recipient of 2008 Leading Clinical Research Abstract Award, Heart Failure Society of America (2008)
  • Mentor to David E Krummen MD, Recipient Schulman Prize, University of California, San Diego (2007)
  • Mentor to Ashwani Sastry, MD. Recipient of Thomas Carew Cardiovascular Prize, University of California, San Diego (2006)
  • Mentor to David E Krummen MD, Recipient Schulman Prize, University of California, San Diego (2006)
  • Mentor to Han Bui, MD, Recipient of ACC-Merck Fellowship, American College of Cardiology Foundation (2005 - 2006)
  • Mentor to David E. Krummen, MD, Featured Poster, Heart Rhythm Society (2005)
  • Mentor to Bobbi L Hoppe, MD, Recipient Schulman Prize, University of California, San Diego (2004)
  • Mentor to David Krummen, MD, Recipient, ACC-Merck Fellowship, American College of Cardiology Foundation (2003 - 2004)
  • Finalist, Astra-Zeneca Cardiovascular Young Investigator Awards Competition, Astra-Zeneca-Competition (2001)
  • Finalist, Samuel Levine Young Investigator Awards Competition, American Heart Association (1998)
  • Finalist, Young Investigator Awards Competition, North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE/HRS) (1998)

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)
  • Chair, Research Fellowship Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2016 - 2018)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of the American College Of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology (2014 - 2020)
  • Section Editor, Heart Rhythm Journal (2014 - 2014)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (2013 - Present)
  • Co-Coordinator, Electrophysiology Program, American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions (2013 - 2015)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (2012 - Present)
  • Vice-Chair, Research Fellowship Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2012 - 2016)
  • Scientific Program Committee, Member, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (2010 - 2012)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer, Various Study Sections, National Institutes of Health (2008 - Present)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Heart Rhythm Journal (2007 - Present)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2006 - 2017)

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)
  • Chair, Research Fellowship Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2016 - 2018)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of the American College Of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology (2014 - 2020)
  • Section Editor, Heart Rhythm Journal (2014 - 2014)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (2013 - Present)
  • Co-Coordinator, Electrophysiology Program, American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions (2013 - 2015)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (2012 - Present)
  • Vice-Chair, Research Fellowship Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (2012 - 2016)
  • Scientific Program Committee, Member, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (2010 - 2012)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer, Various Study Sections, National Institutes of Health (2008 - Present)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Heart Rhythm Journal (2007 - Present)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2006 - 2017)

Professional Education

  • Fellowship: UCLA David Geffen School Of Medicine (1994) CA
  • Fellowship: Washington University School Of Medicine (2001) MO
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease (2000)
  • T32 Training Fellow, Washington University, St Louis, Computational Cardiac Electrophysiology (1998)
  • Medical Education: University of Birmingham Medical School Registrar (1987) United Kingdom
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (2001)
  • Residency: Barnes and Allied Hospitals/Washington University School of Med (2000) MO
  • Internship: Mount Auburn / Harvard Medical School (1996) MA
  • MD (Neuroscience Doctorate), University of Birmingham, UK (1994)
  • Internship: University of Birmingham (1991) UK
  • MSc (Computer Science), University of Birmingham, UK (1990)

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
  • Sanjiv Narayan. "United States Patent 8,676,303 Machine and Process for Treating Heart Instability", University of California Regents, Mar 18, 2014
  • Carey R. Briggs, Sanjiv M. Narayan. "United States Patent 8,594,777 System And Method For Reconstructing Cardiac Activation Information", University of California Regents, Nov 26, 2013
  • Sanjiv M. Narayan, Wouter-Jan Rappel. "United States Patent 8,521,266 Methods for the Detection And/Or Diagnosis Of Biological Rhythm Disorders", University of California Regents, Aug 27, 2013
  • Carey R. Briggs, Sanjiv M. Narayan. "United States Patent 8,165,666 System And Method For Reconstructing Cardiac Activation Information", University of California Regents, Apr 24, 2012
  • Sanjiv Narayan, Valmik Bhargava. "United States Patent 7,123,954 Method and Apparatus for Classifying and Localizing Heart Arrhythmias", University of California Regents, Oct 17, 2006

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