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  • Minang (Mintu) Turakhia

    Minang (Mintu) Turakhia

    Clinical Professor, Medicine

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Turakhia has an active clinical research program, with funding from AHA, VA, NIH, the medical device industry, and foundations. His research program aims to improve the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, with an emphasis on atrial fibrillation, by evaluating quality and variation of care, comparative and cost-effectiveness of therapies, and risk prediction. Dr. Turakhia has extensive expertise in using large administrative and claims databases for this work. His TREAT-AF retrospective study of over 500,000 patients with newly-diagnosed AF is the largest known research cohort of AF patients. He has served as study PI or chairman of several prominent single- and multicenter trials in atrial fibrillation, investigational devices for electrophysiology procedures, digital health interventions, and sensor technologies.

    His other research interests include technology assessment of new device-based therapies and the impact of changing health policy and reform on the delivery of arrhythmia care. Dr. Turakhia is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Rhythm Society.

  • Mirela Tuzovic, MD

    Mirela Tuzovic, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine

    BioDr. Mirela Tuzovic is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiologist and medical director of the Stanford Health Care Center for Marfan Syndrome and Related Aortic Disorders. Dr. Tuzovic is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.

    Dr. Tuzovic diagnoses and treats a wide range of cardiovascular conditions, including aortic disorders, Marfan syndrome and other heritable thoracic aortic disorders, and cardiovascular disease. She also specializes in cardiovascular imaging and structural echocardiology. For each of her patients, she offers a comprehensive, personalized care plan.

    Dr. Tuzovic’s research interests include the diagnosis and management of patients with aortic disease as well as cardiovascular imaging. As a structural echocardiographer, she is involved in multiple clinical trials for transcatheter valve repair and replacement through the Stanford Health Care Structural Heart Program. Her prior research focus has included echocardiography and cardio-oncology.

    Dr. Tuzovic has published her research in peer-reviewed journals such as Circulation, the American Journal of Cardiology, Echocardiography, and JACC: CardioOncology.

    Dr. Tuzovic is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiography, and the Montalcino Aortic Consortium.

  • Crystal Unzueta, MD

    Crystal Unzueta, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

    BioDr. Unzueta is a board-certified family medicine physician. She specializes in providing primary care services to people of all ages. Her services include annual check-ups, monitoring chronic conditions, and performing minor in-office procedures.

    She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Stanford School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine.

    Dr. Unzueta’s practice focuses on providing compassionate and comprehensive care. She specializes in providing bilingual and bicultural care for patients in underserved populations. She has traveled to Belize on a medical mission to provide free, basic primary care to vulnerable communities. Her mentoring work includes building a network of Latino medical students to help support each other throughout medical school. She has also worked on numerous volunteer projects, such as researching the benefits of a community yoga program for minorities in underserved areas.

  • PJ Utz

    PJ Utz

    Professor of Medicine (Immunology and Rheumatology)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe long-term research goal of the Utz laboratory is to understand autoimmunity, autoantibodies, and how tolerance is broken and can be reestablished.

  • Randall Vagelos, MD

    Randall Vagelos, MD

    Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI. Congestive Heart Failure New Medical Therapies Prognostic Evaluation Selection for Cardiac Transplantation II. Screening for Myocardial Necrosis New ECG Monitoring Devices New Serum Markers III. Screening for CAD Patients Who Have Received Radiation Rx Diabetics Being Considered for Renal Transplantation
    IV. Advanced coronary and valvular disease, evaluationg candidacy for high risk interventions.