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Y. Woo
Y. Joseph Woo, M.D.
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300 Pasteur Drive
Background
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology B.S. 1988
University of Pennsylvania M.D. 1992
University of Pennsylvania General Surgery Residency 1992-1999
University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellowship 1995-1997
University of Pennsylvania Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency 1999-2001
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2009
Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery Program, 2002-
Associate Surgical Director of Thoracic Transplantation, 2006-2010
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 2009-2013
Director, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program 2010-2013
Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, 2014-
Professor, by courtesy, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 2014-
Other Interests
Mitral and Aortic Valve Repair
Aortic Root, Arch, and Thoracoabdominal Reconstruction
Heart Transplantation/Lung Transplantation/ Ventricular Assist Devices
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Off-Pump CABG
Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, Angiogenesis, and Myocardial Regeneration
Practice Areas
- Cardiac