Professor of Surgery and Medicine
Stanford Vascular Surgery, California, United States
Dr. Leeper is a vascular biologist and cardiologist interested in atherosclerosis and aneurysm disease. His laboratory pursues these conditions with a combination of translational approaches from the fields of human genetics, molecular biology, and murine models of vascular disease. His team aims to translate our findings from bench to bedside to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease. A specific example of their work centers on their recent discovery of the role of efferocytosis (the phagocytic clearance of apoptotic debris) in the heritable component of atherosclerosis (JCI, 2014; Nature, 2016; Circ, 2018; Nature Nanotech, 2020; PNAS, 2020; NEJM, 2021). He also directs the Stanford Vascular Medicine Translational Research Program, which works towards targeting these processes in humans with cardiovascular disease.
Speed Mentoring (Pre-registration and SVM membership required)
Thursday, September 19, 2024
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Friday, September 20, 2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
SPOTLIGHT: Identifying Commonalities Between Cancer & Vascular Disease
Friday, September 20, 2024
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT