PERSONNEL
LAB PERSONNEL | COLLABORATORS | LAB ALUMNI
Mahmood Alhusseini (2015-2019)
RESEARCH FELLOW
Mahmood gained his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University and Stanford University, respectively. Mahmood brought industry experience as a research and project engineer in global energy. His main research interest at CARL was analyzing electrograms for the diagnosis and treatment of AF, which led to several publications and an issued patent.
Bart Imielski, MD
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Dr. Imielski is training to become a leader in the next generation of cardiac surgeons, who has a passion for excellence in clinical practice, academic research and education. He joined Stanford in 2016 to complete a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship with a focus in arrhythmia mapping and surgery under the mentorship of Dr. Anson Lee.
Vijay A. Joshi
RESEARCH FELLOW
Vijay A. Joshi is currently a third year student at Emory University studying Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. Vijay has worked with the Narayan lab group since summer 2016 – working on rotor interobserver variability and analyses, as well as assisting other members of the lab. He is interested in applying to medical school after he graduates. Outside lab, Vijay Enjoys hiking, the beach, and cooking.
Joy Aparicio Valenzuela, BS
RESEARCH FELLOW
Joy Aparicio Valenzuela earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology at California State University, Fresno in May 2016. Her previous research involved using Drosophila melanogaster as an Alzheimer’s disease model. She currently serves as a Life Science Research Professional and her main focus is to investigate the molecular mechanism responsible for arrhythmias. Her medium-to-long term career goals are to go into a PhD program with the aim of pursuing a research career in mechanisms of complex disease processes.
Nosheen Moosvi
RESEARCH FELLOW
Nosheen has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include atrial fibrillation rotor mapping, analysis of ECG signals for diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, and investigation of ablation treatment of arrhythmias. She hopes to pursue a career in medicine in the future. Outside of work, Nosheen’s interests include reading and hiking.
Christopher Kowalewski
NIH PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Christopher Kowalewski is a medical student nearing completion of his medical studies at the School of Medicine at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Besides his studies he researched effects of antiepileptic drugs on sodium channels, managed the database for congenital heart diseases in Erlangen and developed an Imaging modality for cardiac procedures. During his time at Stanford he worked on the effect cardiac arrhythmias and their therapy have on cardiac tissue. Imaging in FIRM-guided ablation is also one of his contributions to this research team. He loves sport and you might find him swimming or playing basketball in his free time.
Samir Hossainy
RESEARCH FELLOW
Samir Hossainy is currently a third year student at UC Berkeley pursuing degrees in Bioengineering and Materials Science, while serving as an undergraduate research assistant for the Narayan group. His work in the lab focuses primarily on AF rotational source quantification and interobserver analyses to demonstrate the consistency of rotor site determination among multiple viewers. He hopes to pursue further training in medicine/bioengineering in the near future, with the ultimate goal of a career in patient-centered mechanistic and therapeutic research.