Dr. Karthik Balakrishnan studies ways to improve outcomes of pediatric airway reconstruction for diseases such as laryngotracheal, subglottic and tracheal stenosis, congenital tracheal stenosis and complete tracheal rings, laryngeal clefts, and vocal fold immobility and paralysis. He also examines the same questions for vascular malformations such as lymphatic malformations, venous malformations and hemangiomas.
Home Department: Bioengineering
Mentor: Jennifer Cochran (Bioengineering)
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Scott Delp
Talk Title: Tactile cueing as a gravitational substitute for spatial navigation during parabolic flight
Event: 8th Symposium on the Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration
Awarded in 2012 (William and Lynda Steere Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow) and 2009 (Bio-X Bowes Fellow)
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Scott Delp (Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering), Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering, Psychiatry), and Ada Poon (Electrical Engineering)
Home Department: Biology
Mentor: Boris Heifets (Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine)
