Kendrick Shunk MD, PhD
Director, Interventional Cardiology<br /><a href="https://www.va.gov/san-francisco-health-care/staff-profiles/kendrick-shunk/">Bio</a>
VA San Francisco health care
Kendrick Shunk is the Director of Interventional Cardiology at San Francisco VA Health Care System.
Dr. Shunk's primary research interests are in the imaging of atherosclerotic plaque - the substance that builds up on the inner walls of diseased blood vessels -and clinical trials of novel devices or invasive strategies to treat cardiovascular diseases. A related research goal is integration, co-registration, and co-display of multi-modality image information for assessing and treating cardiovascular disease in real time.
He received his medical degree and a PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Pathobiology from the University of South Carolina.
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