Bio


Dr. Stephanie Hsiao is a clinical assistant professor at Stanford Medicine and a full-time advanced heart failure/transplant cardiologist at the Palo Alto VA. She grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. She attended undergraduate at UC Berkeley and obtained her Master’s degree in Pharmacology at Cambridge University in the UK. She obtained her M.D. from UC San Francisco. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and General Cardiology fellowship at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where she served as the chief resident and chief cardiology fellow. She completed her advanced heart failure/transplant cardiology fellowship at Stanford in June 2022 and joined the Stanford Faculty soon after. She has a strong interest in medical education and quality improvement. Her clinical interests include HF outreach in the VA health care systems, women’s heart health, and AHFTX fellowship curriculum design/development. Her research interests include multi-organ transplantations and advocacy of diversity-equity-inclusion in advanced HF therapies. She plans to lead a career in medical education and quality improvement to deliver exceptional and equitable care for patients needing advanced HF therapies.

Clinical Focus


  • Cardiovascular Disease

Academic Appointments


Professional Education


  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (2022)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease (2021)
  • Fellowship: Stanford University Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship (2022) CA
  • Fellowship: California Pacific Medical Center Dept of Medicine (2021) CA
  • Residency: California Pacific Medical Center Dept of Medicine (2018) CA
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2017)
  • Medical Education: UCSF School of Medicine SF General Hospital (2014) CA