Marlene Grenon, MD

Digital Health and AI
Office of Technology Management
+1 415 353-4366

Dr. Marlene Grenon is a practicing physician, scientist and entrepreneur. She currently holds the role of Director of Digital Health at UCSF Innovation Ventures and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery at UCSF, where she practices vascular medicine. Dr. Grenon has served as the Chief Medical Officer of Evry Health, as a vascular surgeon at the VAMC San Francisco and has an Adjunct Faculty at the International Space University. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed publications. She has more than 20 years of experience in the health care industry and has been the lead investigator for clinical trials funded by the NIH and NASA/NSBRI.

Dr. Grenon holds an MD from McGill University, a MMSc from Harvard Medical School, an MBA from Brown University and IE Business School, and a diploma in Space Sciences from the International Space University. She completed a residency in cardiac surgery (McGill) and fellowships in vascular surgery (University of British Columbia), endovascular surgery (Arizona Heart Institute) and aerospace medicine research (Harvard/MIT).  She has also held roles in the aerospace medicine community including with NASA and the FAA. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Vascular Medicine, a fellow from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) with Certificate of Specialist in both cardiac and vascular surgery. She advises start-ups in the Bay Area with a focus on digital health and serves as an expert consultant to the American Medical Association on matters of digital health and AI.

Publications: 

Foundational Considerations for Artificial Intelligence Using Ophthalmic Images.

Ophthalmology

Abràmoff MD, Cunningham B, Patel B, Eydelman MB, Leng T, Sakamoto T, Blodi B, Grenon SM, Wolf RM, Manrai AK, Ko JM, Chiang MF, Char D, Collaborative Community on Ophthalmic Imaging Executive Committee and Foundational Principles of Oph

Association of comorbid depression with inpatient outcomes in critical limb ischemia.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Zahner GJ, Cortez A, Duralde E, Ramirez JL, Wang S, Hiramoto J, Cohen BE, Wolkowitz OM, Arya S, Hills NK, Grenon SM

Predicting the effects of supplemental EPA and DHA on the omega-3 index.

The American journal of clinical nutrition

Walker RE, Jackson KH, Tintle NL, Shearer GC, Bernasconi A, Masson S, Latini R, Heydari B, Kwong RY, Flock M, Kris-Etherton PM, Hedengran A, Carney RM, Skulas-Ray A, Gidding SS, Dewell A, Gardner CD, Grenon SM, Sarter B, Newman JW, Pedersen TL, Larson MK, Harris WS

Peripheral Artery Disease Is Associated with a Deficiency of Erythrocyte Membrane n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.

Lipids

Ramirez JL, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Cohen BE, Grenon SM

Fish Oil Increases Specialized Pro-resolving Lipid Mediators in PAD (The OMEGA-PAD II Trial).

The Journal of surgical research

Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Khetani SA, Zahner GJ, Hills NK, Mitchell PT, Sansbury BE, Conte MS, Spite M, Grenon SM

Leptinemia is Associated With Peripheral Artery Disease.

The Journal of surgical research

Zahner GJ, Ramirez JL, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Gasper WJ, Grunfeld C, Hills NK, Schafer AL, Grenon SM

Scoping review of frailty in vascular surgery.

Journal of vascular surgery

Drudi LM, Ades M, Landry T, Gill HL, Grenon SM, Steinmetz OK, Afilalo J

Serum resistin is associated with impaired endothelial function and a higher rate of adverse cardiac events in patients with peripheral artery disease.

Journal of vascular surgery

Ramirez JL, Khetani SA, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Schaller MS, Gasper WJ, Hills NK, Schafer AL, Grenon SM

Depression severity is associated with increased inflammation in veterans with peripheral artery disease.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Hernandez NV, Ramirez JL, Khetani SA, Spaulding KA, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto J, Lindqvist D, Wolkowitz OM, Hills NK, Grenon SM, Zahner GJ

Review of biologic and behavioral risk factors linking depression and peripheral artery disease.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Ramirez JL, Drudi LM, Grenon SM

Frailty Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Stable Claudication.

Annals of vascular surgery

Schaller MS, Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Zahner GJ, Hills NK, Grenon SM

The association of comorbid depression with mortality and amputation in veterans with peripheral artery disease.

Journal of vascular surgery

Arya S, Lee S, Zahner GJ, Cohen BE, Hiramoto J, Wolkowitz OM, Khakharia A, Binney ZO, Grenon SM

Characterizing the relationship between flow-mediated vasodilation and radial artery tonometry in peripheral artery disease.

The Journal of surgical research

Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Ramirez JL, Schaller MS, Walker SC, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM

Increased circulating blood cell counts in combat-related PTSD: Associations with inflammation and PTSD severity.

Psychiatry research

Lindqvist D, Mellon SH, Dhabhar FS, Yehuda R, Grenon SM, Flory JD, Bierer LM, Abu-Amara D, Coy M, Makotkine I, Reus VI, Aschbacher K, Bersani FS, Marmar CR, Wolkowitz OM

Association between arterial stiffness and peripheral artery disease as measured by radial artery tonometry.

Journal of vascular surgery

Zahner GJ, Gruendl MA, Spaulding KA, Schaller MS, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM

Relationship between the omega-3 index and specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators in patients with peripheral arterial disease taking fish oil supplements.

Journal of clinical lipidology

Schaller MS, Zahner GJ, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Conte MS, Hills NK, Grenon SM

Predictors of change in omega-3 index with fish oil supplementation in peripheral artery disease.

The Journal of surgical research

Drudi LM, Schaller MS, Hiramoto J, Gasper W, Harris WS, Hills NK, Grenon SM

Increased pro-inflammatory milieu in combat related PTSD - A new cohort replication study.

Brain, behavior, and immunity

Lindqvist D, Dhabhar FS, Mellon SH, Yehuda R, Grenon SM, Flory JD, Bierer LM, Abu-Amara D, Coy M, Makotkine I, Reus VI, Bersani FS, Marmar CR, Wolkowitz OM

Chronic stress is associated with reduced circulating hematopoietic progenitor cell number: A maternal caregiving model.

Brain, behavior, and immunity

Aschbacher K, Milush JM, Gilbert A, Almeida C, Sinclair E, Epling L, Grenon SM, Marco EJ, Puterman E, Epel E

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Endothelial Function Among Veterans.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Grenon SM, Owens CD, Alley H, Perez S, Whooley MA, Neylan TC, Aschbacher K, Gasper WJ, Hilton JF, Cohen BE

Short-Term, High-Dose Fish Oil Supplementation Increases the Production of Omega-3 Fatty Acid-Derived Mediators in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (the OMEGA-PAD I Trial).

Journal of the American Heart Association

Grenon SM, Owens CD, Nosova EV, Hughes-Fulford M, Alley HF, Chong K, Perez S, Yen PK, Boscardin J, Hellmann J, Spite M, Conte MS

A Rising Generation of Diversity in the Vascular Surgery Workforce.

Annals of vascular surgery

Itoga NK, Woo K, Bismuth J, Bechara CF, Grenon M, Mitchell E, Zhou W

Analysis of nutritional habits and intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids in veterans with peripheral arterial disease.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Nosova EV, Bartel K, Chong KC, Alley HF, Conte MS, Owens CD, Grenon SM

Spaceflight impairs antigen-specific tolerance induction in vivo and increases inflammatory cytokines.

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Chang TT, Spurlock SM, Candelario TL, Grenon SM, Hughes-Fulford M

Advancing beyond the "heart-healthy diet" for peripheral arterial disease.

Journal of vascular surgery

Nosova EV, Conte MS, Grenon SM

Ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery in clinical research.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE

Alley H, Owens CD, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM

Relationship between kidney disease and endothelial function in peripheral artery disease.

Journal of vascular surgery

Chong KC, Owens CD, Park M, Alley HF, Boscardin WJ, Conte MS, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM

Ferumoxytol-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is a feasible method for the clinical evaluation of lower extremity arterial disease.

Annals of vascular surgery

Walker JP, Nosova E, Sigovan M, Rapp J, Grenon MS, Owens CD, Gasper WJ, Saloner DA

Clinical correlates of red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid content in male veterans with peripheral arterial disease.

Journal of vascular surgery

Nosova EV, Chong KC, Alley HF, Harris WS, Boscardin WJ, Conte MS, Owens CD, Grenon SM

Women's health in spaceflight.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine

Drudi L, Grenon SM

Peripheral arterial disease, gender, and depression in the Heart and Soul Study.

Journal of vascular surgery

Grenon SM, Cohen BE, Smolderen K, Vittinghoff E, Whooley MA, Hiramoto J

Short-term physical inactivity impairs vascular function.

The Journal of surgical research

Nosova EV, Yen P, Chong KC, Alley HF, Stock EO, Quinn A, Hellmann J, Conte MS, Owens CD, Spite M, Grenon SM

Walking disability in patients with peripheral artery disease is associated with arterial endothelial function.

Journal of vascular surgery

Grenon SM, Chong K, Alley H, Nosova E, Gasper W, Hiramoto J, Boscardin WJ, Owens CD

n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to heal the broken heart

Clinical Lipidology

Grenon SM, Conte MS

n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation in peripheral artery disease: the OMEGA-PAD trial.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Grenon SM, Owens CD, Alley H, Chong K, Yen PK, Harris W, Hughes-Fulford M, Conte MS

Peripheral artery disease and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease: insights from the Heart and Soul Study.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Grenon SM, Vittinghoff E, Owens CD, Conte MS, Whooley M, Cohen BE

Association between n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content of red blood cells and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with peripheral artery disease.

Journal of vascular surgery

Grenon SM, Conte MS, Nosova E, Alley H, Chong K, Harris WS, Vittinghoff E, Owens CD

Assessing the anatomic applicability of the multibranched endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm technique.

Journal of vascular surgery

Gasper WJ, Reilly LM, Rapp JH, Grenon SM, Hiramoto JS, Sobel JD, Chuter TA

Can I take a space flight? Considerations for doctors.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

Grenon SM, Saary J, Gray G, Vanderploeg JM, Hughes-Fulford M

Untitled Publication

S. Marlene Grenon, Chad Ball, Joan Saary and Andy W. Kirkpatrick. Surgery in Space. Editors J Wong and J Pelton. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-659-26581-5

J Am Heart Assoc. (published online August 30th 2012)

In response to: "Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations may explain the link between depression and peripheral artery disease"

Grenon SM, Cohen BE.

Association between depression and peripheral artery disease: insights from the heart and soul study.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Grenon SM, Hiramoto J, Smolderen KG, Vittinghoff E, Whooley MA, Cohen BE

Efficacy and durability of endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using the caudally directed cuff technique.

Journal of vascular surgery

Reilly LM, Rapp JH, Grenon SM, Hiramoto JS, Sobel J, Chuter TA

Effects of fatty acids on endothelial cells: inflammation and monocyte adhesion.

The Journal of surgical research

Grenon SM, Aguado-Zuniga J, Hatton JP, Owens CD, Conte MS, Hughes-Fulford M

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and peripheral artery disease.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Grenon SM, Hughes-Fulford M, Rapp J, Conte MS

Surgery in Space: Where are we at now?

Acta astronautica

Drudi L, Ball CG, Kirkpatrick AW, Saary J, Grenon SM

Challenges in aerospace medicine education.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine

Grenon SM, Saary J

A late complication of migration after aortic endografting: injury to the superior mesenteric artery.

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR

Grenon SM, Reid JD, Clement J

Technical endovascular highlights for crossing the difficult aortic bifurcation.

Journal of vascular surgery

Grenon SM, Reilly LM, Ramaiah VG

The use of the National Research Council of Canada's Falcon 20 research aircraft as a terrestrial analogue space environment (TASE) for space surgery research: Challenges and suggested solutions. Planetary and Space Science 58, 717-723,

The use of the National Research Council of Canada's Falcon 20 research aircraft as a terrestrial analogue space environment (TASE) for space surgery research: Challenges and suggested solutions. Planetary and Space Science 58, 717-723,

Kirkpatrick AW, Keaney MA, Bentz K, Groleau M, Tyssen M, Keyte J, Ball CG, Campbell MR, Grenon SM, McBeth P, Broderick TJ.

Occlusion of the common and internal iliac arteries for aortoiliac aneurysm repair: experience with the Amplatzer vascular plug.

Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie

Grenon SM, Gagnon J, Hsiang Y, Sidhu R, Taylor D, Clement J, Chen J

Video in clinical medicine. Ankle-brachial index for assessment of peripheral arterial disease.

The New England journal of medicine

Grenon SM, Gagnon J, Hsiang Y

Canadian experience with percutaneous endovascular aneurysm repair: short-term outcomes.

Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie

Grenon SM, Gagnon J, Hsiang YN, Chen JC

Use of short-radius centrifugation to augment ankle-brachial indices.

Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research

Grenon SM, Mateus J, Hsiang Y, Sidhu R, Young L, Gagnon J

Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair via the left ventricular apex of a beating heart.

Journal of vascular surgery

MacDonald S, Cheung A, Sidhu R, Rheaume P, Grenon SM, Clement J

Successful ventricular transapical thoracic endovascular graft deployment in a pig model.

Journal of vascular surgery

Grenon SM, MacDonald S, Sidhu RS, Reid JD, Cheung A, Hsiang Y, Clement J

A type IV paraesophageal hernia containing a volvulized sigmoid colon.

Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus

Grushka JR, Grenon SM, Ferri LE

Surgical strategies for severe calcification of the aorta (porcelain aorta) in two patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

The Canadian journal of cardiology

Grenon SM, Lachapelle K, Marcil M, Omeroglu A, Genest J, de Varennes B

Combined simultaneous heart and liver transplantation with complete cardiopulmonary bypass support.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Bernier PL, Grenon M, Ergina P, Schricker T, Chaudhury P, Metrakos P, Lachapelle K

Why is orthostatic tolerance lower in women than in men? Renal and cardiovascular responses to simulated microgravity and the role of midodrine.

Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research

Grenon SM, Xiao X, Hurwitz S, Sheynberg N, Kim C, Seely EW, Cohen RJ, Williams GH

Bed rest effects on human calf hemodynamics and orthostatic intolerance: a model-based analysis.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine

Xiao X, Grenon SM, Kim C, Sheynberg N, Hurwitz S, Williams GH, Cohen RJ

Simulated microgravity induces microvolt T wave alternans.

Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc

Grenon SM, Xiao X, Hurwitz S, Ramsdell CD, Sheynberg N, Kim C, Williams GH, Cohen RJ

Readaptation from simulated microgravity as a stimulus for improved orthostatic tolerance: role of the renal, cardioendocrine, and cardiovascular systems.

Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research

Grenon SM, Hurwitz S, Xiao X, Sheynberg N, Ramsdell CD, Kim C, Cohen RJ, Williams GH

Sleep restriction does not affect orthostatic tolerance in the simulated microgravity environment.

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)

Grenon SM, Hurwitz S, Sheynberg N, Xiao X, Judson B, Ramsdell CD, Kim C, Cohen RJ, Williams GH

Role of individual predisposition in orthostatic intolerance before and after simulated microgravity.

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)

Grenon SM, Hurwitz S, Sheynberg N, Xiao X, Ramsdell CD, Mai CL, Kim C, Cohen RJ, Williams GH

Renal, endocrine, and cardiovascular responses to bed rest in male subjects on a constant diet.

Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research

Grenon SM, Sheynberg N, Hurwitz S, Xiao G, Ramsdell CD, Ehrman MD, Mai CL, Kristjansson SR, Sundby GH, Cohen RJ, Williams GH

Effects of simulated microgravity on closed-loop cardiovascular regulation and orthostatic intolerance: analysis by means of system identification.

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)

Xiao X, Mukkamala R, Sheynberg N, Grenon SM, Ehrman MD, Mullen TJ, Ramsdell CD, Williams GH, Cohen RJ