Director


Tzung K. Hsiai, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering, MCIP and Medicine (Cardiology)

Office: CHS 
37-100G

Dr. Hsiai is the Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Bioengineering. He received his undergraduate education from Columbia University and his MD from the University of Chicago. He completed his internship, residency and NIH-funded cardiovascular fellowship at UCLA School of Medicine, where he pursued interdisciplinary research in BioMEMS and vascular biology. His group’s research focuses on flexible sensors to study mechano-signal transduction of cardiovascular diseases. His group has developed the quantitative approach to monitor intravascular shear stress and vascular oxidative stress to assess unstable plaque. His transdisciplinary research program has been enriched by collaboration with UCLA Wireless Health Institute, Medical Imaging Informatics, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Cardiovascular Research Lab, Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, and UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. He is the Chair of the American Physiological Society Joint Meeting with Biomedical Engineering Society, Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Member of National Institutes of Health Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Surgical Science Study Section, Fellow of American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and the recipient of an American Heart Association John J. Simpson Outstanding Research Achievement Award and UCLA SEAS Distinguished Young Alumnus Award.


Email: THsiai@mednet.ucla.edu


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2019 Oct BMES conference meeting @Philly


2019 June Lab Lunch Gathering




2019 June. Congratulation to class 2019







2019 April Congratulations to our MSTP student, Parinaz Abiri l, for defending her PhD in Bioengineering
Individual from Left: Jess Hsu (cardiology), Y C Tai (Chair, Medical Engineering, Caltech), Benharash Peyman ( Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA), Walt Baxter (Medtronic), Parinaz Abiri (Caltech/ UCLA MSTP), Ali Khademhosseini (Bioengineering, UCLA), Linda Demer (cardiology), Parinaz’ mother, Parinaz’ father, Parinaz’ brother, Arash Abiri, and Mehrdad Roustaei)


  
2019 Feb Healthy Minds and Healthy Hearts: An Interview with Kimberly Uehisa   


2019 Feb Bioenegineering Research Day


2019 Jan Lab Research was selcted as cover page of Advanced Photonics


2018 Nov Thanksgiving Lunch


2018 Oct UCLA Cardiovascular Symposium




2018 Oct BMES @ Atlanta


2018 Oct Parinaz won the 1st prize of DGSOM research day


2018 Aug Farewell Lunch to Dr.Li


2018 August Medical student poster presentation


2018 March  UCLA Grad Slam Finalist Honor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWT1pYqmMk8)


2018 June Joint Farewell Party to Dr.Lu


2018 June Lab  won the 1st place of poster on UCLA Innovation Day


2018 May  Dr. Benharash offered a tour to inspire our students about cardiothoracic surgery




2018 April. Farewell Lunch for Dr.Hongli Li


2018 April CElebrste Rene's Birthday


2018 March.  Bioengineering Senior Capstone team that was awarded the first prize for their poster presentation

2018 Jan .  Lab research was selected as ARS cover picture


2018 Jan UTexas Visit




2017 Dec. Holiday Celebration Lunch





2017 Nov. UCLA-Caltech Joint meeting







2017 Nov. AHA Scientific session at Anaheim


ATVB Reunion Lunch






Eric Yang, Tamer Sallam, Dr. Alan Fogelman, Jeff Hsu


2017 Oct. BMES at  Phoenix



2017 Sep. UCLA Cardiavascular Symposium

Farewell to visiting undergraduate Jintian 2017 Aug
 

UCLA Start-up Accelerator(Sep 2017)

Joint meeting with Caltech (Aug 2017)


Joint meeting with Caltech (June 2017)
Highlighted at ARS Journal Cover (November 2015)

Good-bye Dr. Fei (June 2015)

Meeting with Steven Chu at Stanford University (Nobel  Prize in Physics 1997) (April 2015)