{"result":[{"lastName":"Shortliffe","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Hypospadias"},{"focus":"Hydronephrosis"},{"focus":"Undescended Testes"},{"focus":"Vesicoureteral Reflux"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4634&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Linda_Shortliffe","researchInterest":"The timing for intervention in obstruction in the infant and child is poorly understood.Our group has been interested in trying to define the risks that may be involved in obstructive and infectious uropathies and discovering early signs of damage to the urinary tract and kidney. We have explored ways of imaging the urinary tract using nonionizing radiation (US, MRI). We have studied the relationships of sex steroid hormones, pregnancy, reflux, urinary tract infection and urinary tract function."},{"lastName":"Kennedy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4434&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Kennedy","firstName":"William","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/William_Kennedy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hsieh","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Robotic Surgery"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Surgery"},{"focus":"da Vinci Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12854&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Harrison Hsieh","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_Hsieh","researchInterest":"Our laboratory is interested in how microbial-triggered inflammation protects against pathogens and yet can result in secondary, harmful effects such as tissue fibrosis and carcinogenesis. The genitourinary tract is our model system. We are examining anti-pathogenic inflammation induced by uropathogenic E. coli. Chronic infection-mediated tissue fibrosis and carcinogenesis are being studied using models of Schistosoma haematobium."},{"lastName":"Constantinou","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4171&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christos E. Constantinou","firstName":"Christos","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Christos_Constantinou","researchInterest":"1. Pharmacologic methods in identifying alpha adrenergic receptors in the obstructed urinary tract.\r\n2. Fluid mechanics and physiological mechanisms of contractility in the urinary tract.\r\n3. Biomedical Engineering approaches in the characterization of static and dynamic properties of soft tissues.\r\n4. Image processing and 3D reconstruction of magnetic resonance.\r\n5. Computer models and vector analysis of pelvin floor musculature.\r\n6. Software for interactive teaching."},{"lastName":"Gosling","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4266&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Gosling","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/John_Gosling","researchInterest":"My main research interest lies in the functional anatomy of the urogenital system particularly in the human. We are using numerous histochemical and immunocytochemical methods to establish the normal pattern and type of autonomic nerve which supply selected regions of the urogenital system including the urinary bladder, ureter and prostate."},{"lastName":"Gill","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Penile Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Radical nerve sparing prostatectomy"},{"focus":"robotic prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Radical cystectomy"},{"focus":"Laser prostate surgery"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic kidney surgery"},{"focus":"minimially invasive BPH surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4287&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harcharan Gill","firstName":"Harcharan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Harcharan_Gill","researchInterest":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia- Evaluation and development of new minimally invasive techniques\r\n\r\nEndourology: developing, designing and evaluating new instruments\r\n\r\nBladder cancer: outcomes of treatment\r\n\r\nBPH: cryotherapy and HIFU"},{"lastName":"Yao","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"Body imaging"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19102&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dorcas Yao","firstName":"Dorcas","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Dorcas_Yao","researchInterest":"Clinical Decision Support in electronic health record\r\n\r\nHealth Informatics"},{"lastName":"Federle","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10444&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Federle","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_Federle","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Robotic Radical Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Single Port Laparoscopy"},{"focus":"Robotics"},{"focus":"Adrenal Cancer"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy"},{"focus":"Robotic Partial Nephrectomy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7864&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Benjamin I. Chung","firstName":"Benjamin","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Benjamin_Chung","researchInterest":"Renal cell carcinoma and prostate cancer outcomes research and epidemiology."},{"lastName":"Liao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7590&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph C. Liao","firstName":"Joseph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Joseph_Liao","researchInterest":"My laboratory is engaged in translational research to develop new in vitro and in vivo diagnostic tools for diseases of the urinary tract based on micro- and nanotechnology.  We are developing an integrated biosensor platform optimized for point-of-care urinary diagnostics, particularly for urinary tract infections and bladder cancer.  We are also developing in vivo imaging tools for applications in endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery."},{"lastName":"Skinner","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer > urologic oncology"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Continent urinary reservoir"},{"focus":"urinary tract reconstruction"},{"focus":"testis cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32891&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eila C. Skinner","firstName":"Eila","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Eila_Skinner","researchInterest":"My research focuses on outcomes in the treatment of muscle invasive and high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.  This includes identifying markers of prognosis, predictive markers for response to surgery and chemotherapy, and working toward an individualized, multidisciplinary approach to disease management.  I have also focused on optimizing the  use of lower urinary tract reconstruction in patients undergoing cystectomy, and developing interventions to improve patient quality of life."},{"lastName":"Friedland","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6888&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gerald Friedland","firstName":"Gerald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Gerald_Friedland","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sommer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"abdominal imaging and uroradiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4310&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"F Sommer","firstName":"F","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/F_Sommer","researchInterest":"Studies include development and preliminary clinical evaluation of advanced techniques for ultrasonic imaging and tissue characterization. A number of studies are ongoing involving advanced techniques of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy with application to the GU tract."},{"lastName":"Comiter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"female urology"},{"focus":"pelvic prolapse"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Urinary Incontinence"},{"focus":"post-prostatectomy incontinence"},{"focus":"neuromodulation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8413&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Craig V. Comiter","firstName":"Craig","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Craig_Comiter","researchInterest":"Using various animal models of bladder outlet obstruction as a representation of human prostatic disease, I am investigating how intervening with pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, and other novel therapies may help to reverse the adverse changes in the bladder due to the obstruction.\r\n\r\nI also am investigating new, minimally invasive treatments for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence.\r\n\r\nI am also investigating the role of neruomodulation in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain and IC."},{"lastName":"Eisenberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Infertility, Male"},{"focus":"Erectile Dysfunction"},{"focus":"Men's Health"},{"focus":"Hypogonadism"},{"focus":"Peyronie's Disease"},{"focus":"Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24292&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Eisenberg","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_Eisenberg","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Marina","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Soft Tissue Sarcoma"},{"focus":"sarcomas"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant,  Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4473&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Neyssa Marina","firstName":"Neyssa","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Neyssa_Marina","researchInterest":"Germ cell tumors and bone sarcomas."},{"lastName":"Perkash","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Neuro Urology and Spinal Cord injury"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4486&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Inder Perkash","firstName":"Inder","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Inder_Perkash","researchInterest":"My major interest has been neurogenic bladder and neurogenic bowel.  In other areas where I have published research include urinary tract infections , use of Laser to vaporize urethral strictures in able bodies and surgery to improve voiding in spinal cord injury patients.\r\nCurrently I am helping set up to evaluate and rehab. neurogenic bowel problems in GI Medicine at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Srinivas","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Male Cancers - Penile"},{"focus":"Male Cancers - Prostate "},{"focus":"Male Cancers - Testicular "},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"Penile Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4350&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandy Srinivas","firstName":"Sandhya","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Sandhya_Srinivas","researchInterest":"Clinical interests: general oncology, genito-urinary malignancy Research interests: conducting clinical trials in advanced prostate cancer, bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma"},{"lastName":"Jeffrey","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"R Brooke Jeffrey","firstName":"Brooke","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Brooke_Jeffrey","researchInterest":"Pancreatic MDCT\r\nThyroid ultrasound/biopsy\r\nVirtual Colonoscopy\r\nImaging of appendicitis\r\nHepatic MDCT"},{"lastName":"Lavelle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10415&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Lavelle","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/John_Lavelle","researchInterest":"My research interests are clinically  1) voiding dysfunction (BPH, incontinence, urinary retention, & neurogenic bladder). 2) Outcomes research and am currently developing a project to review the management of neurogenic bladder within the VA. \r\nPrior research in this field is in BPH. \r\n\r\nMy Basic science interests are in epithelial physiology particularly that of the urothelium lining the bladder. 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Donaldson, M.D.","firstName":"Sarah","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Sarah_Donaldson","researchInterest":"Combined Modality Treatment of Cancer\r\nLate Effects of Treatment\r\nGenetic Effects of Cancer\r\nRhabdomyosarcoma\r\nHodgkins Disease\r\nPediatric Radiation Oncolgy\r\nPediatric Oncolgy\r\nBreast Cancer\r\nConformal Radiotherapy/IMRT\r\nRadiotherapy for Benign Diseases"},{"lastName":"Link","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant,  Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4631&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Link","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_Link","researchInterest":"Hematology/Oncology, treatment of sarcomas of bone and soft tissue, biology of acute lymphoblastic leukemias, treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease."},{"lastName":"Million","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Pediatric cancers with a research focus on pediatric soft tissue and bone sarcoma's, adult sarcoma, transplant related disease, skin cancer"},{"focus":"cutaneous lymphoma, non hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18327&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lynn Million","firstName":"Lynn","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Lynn_Million","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sibley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Sibley","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Sibley","researchInterest":"Immunologic mechanism of rejection in humans and animal, models of organ transplantation; histological definition of clinical pathology studies of various renal disorders."}]}