Ferid Murad works in Cross-Cutting Cardiology affiliated with Stanford Blood Center.
Ferid Murad (1936-2023) was a pharmacologist and physician who served in roles including Chief of Medicine at Palo Alto Veterans Hospital and faculty positions at Stanford University. He conducted research at Stanford University and other institutions on nitric oxide as a signaling molecule. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 for discoveries concerning nitric oxide in the cardiovascular system.
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MD, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
1965
BS
DePauw University
1958
Emeritus Professor
Stanford University · 2016 - 2023
University Professor
George Washington University · 2011 - 2016
Chairman, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · 1997 - 2011
Vice President of Research
Abbott Laboratories · 1988 - 1993
Chief of Medicine, Palo Alto VA Medical Center; Associate/Acting Chairman of Medicine
Stanford University · 1981 - 1988