Shashi Sathyanarayana PhD

Shashi Sathyanarayana, Ph.D., has several decades of expertise in scientific programming, algorithm development and teaching. He teaches at the University of California extensions in Silicon Valley and Berkeley. Formerly at Boston Scientific Corp., he was responsible for the creation of algorithms that power the company’s imaging devices which are used to assist in the detection of atherosclerosis. He is a named inventor on about 20 patents in pattern recognition and ultrasound imaging.

His interest in medical imaging and clinical science began when he was a postdoctoral fellow with Professor Richard Gordon, one of the pioneers of Computed Tomography algorithms. It was further shaped by a research fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he contributed to advancements in echocardiography at the world-renowned Heart Center. Shashi’s commitment to judiciously apply common sense and advanced analysis to improve products, processes and teaching earned him the Six Sigma Black Belt certification by the American Society for Quality.