Dr Thakor is a translational scientist, interventional physician, and entrepreneur who is the Principle Investigator and Director of the IRIS program – his vision and work encompass cutting edge research where he is able to create and develop novel therapies and innovative technologies and then translate these into the clinical setting to advance new minimally invasive precision sampling and delivery approaches for patient care. His background has been defined by the number 2 having completed: 2 doctoral degrees, 2 master’s degrees, 2 sub-specialty certifications in adult and pediatric interventional radiology, and having worked in 2 countries, the UK and Canada, before coming to the US. He is one of a few practicing interventional radiologists who runs a federally funded translational laboratory and has helped start, advise and strategize for several start-ups as well as large corporate companies.  His goal is to improve patient care and outcomes across multiple disease states in both adult and pediatric patients. He has a particular passion for helping children with the majority of his clinical care performed at Lucile Packard Children Hospital (LPCH) at Stanford where he helps treat babies and children from as small as 500g to over 100kg.

 

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