UCSF Stanford Healthcare

The Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Program provides comprehensive care to patients with inherited heart disease. Our multi-disciplinary team ensures thorough evaluations, personalized recommendations, and support for everyone in your family.

Dr. Cheng is a Cardiologist at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and a member of the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Dr. Cheng received his BEng in Chemical Engineering and BSc in biology at MIT. He subsequently completed his MD/PhD at UCSF working in the Srivastava lab studying how extracellular morphogenic signals affect cardiac development and fate determination of cardiac progenitors. Dr. Cheng completed internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at Stanford. His current clinical focus is in amyloidosis and cardio-oncology.

The Stanford South Asian Translational Heart Initiative, located at the Boswell Building in Palo Alto, CA, specializes in addressing the heightened risk of heart and vascular diseases among South Asian populations. Through tailored treatment plans and comprehensive research, the initiative aims to enhance understanding of risk factors and provide targeted support for each patient. In addition to advanced cardiovascular evaluations, patients benefit from lifestyle advice, dietary counseling, and educational resources specific to heart disease in South Asians. The initiative also facilitates access to clinical trials and specialist referrals, ensuring coordinated care from a multidisciplinary team dedicated to promoting heart health. Generated from the website