Sanjiv Narayan

Sanjiv M. Narayan (born April 29, 1964) is a British-born American physician, biomedical engineer, and academic researcher. He is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Narayan's work is focused on treating patients with heart rhythm disorders, particularly those with atrial fibrillation. His research applies bioengineering and computational methods to develop improved diagnostic tools and therapy.

Narayan is a fellow of the American Heart Association; the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Rhythm Society, and the Royal College of Physicians of London. He is a Section Editor for Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Education Narayan completed his medical training in 1987 and his Masters in Computer Science in 1990 from the University of Birmingham, UK with a thesis on "Restricted Connectivity in Neural Networks".

Career Narayan was faculty at University of California, San Diego from 2001-2014, and at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2012-2014. In 2014, Narayan joined Stanford University.

Narayan pioneered efforts for panoramic mapping of atrial fibrillation using global multipolar mapping catheters and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to separate physiological signals from noise. This work revealed localized drivers for AF, as targets for therapy.

His more recent work has focused on using AI to bridge basic arrhythmia mechanisms to patient care. He directs the Computational Arrhythmia Research Laboratory (CARL).

In 2022, Narayan was awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Heart Rhythm Society.

Awards and honors 2022 – Distinguished Scientist Award, Heart Rhythm Society 2018 – Fellow, American Heart Association 2012 – Stephen Scheidt Visiting Professor, Cornell University 2012 – Richard Lewar Lecturer, University of Toronto 2008 – Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society 2006 – Fellow, American College of Cardiology 1994 – Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London