
Christopher Zarins
Senior VP, Medical Affairs · Baylor College of Medicine
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
Surgery Acting Chair Department · Stanford Health Care
- Present
- Present
The University of Chicago Medical Center Division · Stanford Health Care
Surgery
Research
Compensatory enlargement of human atherosclerotic coronary arteries
New England Journal of Medicine · 1987 · 2,735 citations
Arteriosclerosis · 1985 · 1,919 citations
Reporting standards for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
Review · Journal of Vascular Surgery · 2002 · 1,547 citations
- TF
47 papers

43 papers · 36 as a fellow
- BH
24 papers

18 papers
- EH
16 papers
- GR
16 papers
- HB
15 papers
- RW
15 papers
Grants
- 2009–2012
Resistance to Aortic Endograft Migration: Comparative Effectiveness of FDA Approv
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · RC1
Contact PI · $1M · Stanford University
- 1999–2009
Aortic Wall Microarchitecture and Cyclic Strain
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.5M · Stanford University
- 1988–1993
t-32 Research Training for Surgical Scientists
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · T32
Contact PI · $456K · University of Chicago
- 1988–1993
Biomechanical Factors in Anastomotic Intimal Hyperplasia
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.1M · University of Chicago
Clinical trials
- 2003–2011
VALOR: The Talent Thoracic Stent Graft System Clinical Study
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2, Phase 3
Medtronic Cardiovascular
- 2002–2005
Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
Stanford University
- 2002–2005
Endovascular Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
Stanford University

