{"result":[{"lastName":"Quon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nuclear Medicine"},{"focus":"PET Scans"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew Quon","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Andrew_Quon","researchInterest":"Multimodality fusion imaging with PET, CT, and MRI for oncology.  \r\n\r\nTranslational research bringing new radiotracers to clinical use.\r\n\r\nCardiovascular multimodality PET/CT imaging."},{"lastName":"Wakelee","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Lung Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Investigational Therapeutics"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"thymoma"},{"focus":"Mesothelioma "},{"focus":"thymic carcinoma"},{"focus":"Thoracic Cancers - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Mesothelioma - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"Thoracic Cancers"}],"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=6058&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Heather Wakelee","firstName":"Heather","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Heather_Wakelee","researchInterest":"Dr. Wakelee's research is focused on clinical trials in patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies such as thymoma and thymic carcinoma.  She also works with novel agents for all malignancies as part of the developmental therapeutics group of the cancer center.  Other interests include translation projects in thoracic malignancies and collaborations with population scientists regarding lung cancer questions."},{"lastName":"Loo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"},{"focus":"Lung Cancer"},{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancer"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6839&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Billy W. 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His group published the seminal paper (NEJM) describing diaphragm atrophy assoc'd with mechanical ventilation."},{"lastName":"Graves","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3974&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edward Graves","firstName":"Edward","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Edward_Graves","researchInterest":"Applications of molecular imaging in radiation therapy, development of hypoxia and radiosensitivity imaging techniques, small animal image-guided conformal radiotherapy, image processing and analysis."},{"lastName":"Whyte","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4435&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Whyte","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Richard_Whyte","researchInterest":"clinical lung and esophageal cancer treatment studies, lung transplantation, surgical ,management of emphysema."},{"lastName":"Hoang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"VATS Lung Surgery"},{"focus":"Mesothelioma"},{"focus":"Pectus Excavatum"},{"focus":"Transcervical Thymectomy"},{"focus":"Endobronchial Ultrasound"},{"focus":"Esophagectomy"},{"focus":"Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung"},{"focus":"Pancoast Syndrome"},{"focus":"Hyperhidrosis"},{"focus":"Nissen Operation"},{"focus":"Tracheal Diseases"},{"focus":"Pleural Diseases"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10439&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chuong D. 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We have a focus on translational research aimed at identifying molecular mechanisms of development, progression and/ or metastasis in these solid tumors."},{"lastName":"Diehn","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9248&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maximilian Diehn, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Maximilian","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Maximilian_Diehn","researchInterest":"My laboratory studies cancer stem cell biology and its implications for therapy. We are interested in developing a deeper molecular understanding of breast cancer and lung cancer stem cells, including identifying pathways and genes important for survival and self renewal. Additionally, we are developing methods for overcoming resistance mechanisms to radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cancer stem cells. Clinically I specialize in the treatment of lung cancer and applications of radiosurgery."},{"lastName":"Donington","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3919&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jessica Donington","firstName":"Jessica","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Jessica_Donington","researchInterest":"Lung Cancer, Thoracic Cancers - Surgical Oncology, Esophageal Cancer"},{"lastName":"Maxim","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7810&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter G Maxim","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Peter_Maxim","researchInterest":"My research is focused on developing optical imaging technologies for the early detection and characterization of malignant tissue.\r\nFurthermore, I am interested in the design and implementation of novel radiation delivery approaches."},{"lastName":"Das","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Oncology"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=25011&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Millie Das","firstName":"Millie","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Millie_Das","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hara","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"},{"focus":"Head&Neck Cancer"},{"focus":"Lung Cancers"},{"focus":"Sarcoma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8428&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wendy Hara","firstName":"Wendy","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Wendy_Hara","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gevaert","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Research Associate,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Research Associate,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15978&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Olivier Gevaert","firstName":"Olivier","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Olivier_Gevaert","researchInterest":"My research focuses on using advanced machine learning methods to integrate molecular data of cancer patients. 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