{"result":[{"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":"Liang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=37890&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ying Liang,MD,PHD","firstName":"Ying","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Ying_Liang","researchInterest":"My clinical and research interest is to apply evolving technologies to the diagnosis, characterization, and individualized treatment of Thoracic cancer such as NSCLC, SCLC, Thymoma,Mesothelioma."},{"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":"Graef","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7247&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Isabella Graef","firstName":"Isabella","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Isabella_Graef","researchInterest":"We are interested in addressing questions in neuronal development and function by a combination of genetic, cell biological, biochemical and chemical approaches. \r\nThe main focus of our lab is centered around two topics: 1) the interface of signaling and gene regulation in neuronal development, with a focus on calcineurin-NFAT signaling; 2) the development of small molecules, which interfere with protein-protein interactions underlying neurodegenerative diseases."},{"lastName":"Nair","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Lung Cancer"},{"focus":"Solitary Pulmonary Nodule"},{"focus":"Intensive Care of the Medical Patient"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13614&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Viswam S. Nair","firstName":"Viswam","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Viswam_Nair","researchInterest":"\u0095 Molecular determinants of FDG-PET using non-invasive methods\r\n\u0095 Quantitative imaging of glucose metabolism in malignant nodules\r\n\u0095 Metabolic parameters of lung disease using FDG-PET\r\n\u0095 Circulating biomarker and clinical data database development for early detection of lung cancer"},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Albert J. Wong, M.D.","firstName":"Albert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Albert_Wong","researchInterest":"Our goal is to define targets for cancer therapeutics by identifying alterations in signal transduction proteins. We first identified a naturally occurring  mutant EGF receptor (EGFRvIII) and then delineated its unique signal transduction pathway. This work led to the identification of Gab1 followed by the discovery that JNK is constitutively active in tumors. We intiated using altered proteins as the target for vaccination, where an EGFRvIII based vaccine appears to be highly effective."},{"lastName":"Winslow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24603&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Monte Winslow","firstName":"Monte","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Monte_Winslow","researchInterest":"Our laboratory uses genome-wide methods to uncover alterations that drive cancer progression and metastasis in genetically-engineered mouse models of human cancers. We combine cell-culture based mechanistic studies with our ability to alter pathways of interest during tumor progression in vivo to better understand each step of metastatic spread and to uncover the therapeutic vulnerabilities of advanced cancer cells."},{"lastName":"Sweet-Cordero","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"},{"focus":"Ewing's sarcoma"},{"focus":"Osteosarcoma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6970&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alejandro Sweet-Cordero","firstName":"Alejandro","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Alejandro_Sweet-Cordero","researchInterest":"Our laboratory is devoted to the analysis of pathways involved in the initiation, progression, and maintenance of cancer.   Utilizing the mouse as a model system, we strive to understand aberrant oncogenic signaling, the role of the tumor microenvironment and the mechanisms involved in chemotherapy response and resistance at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels."},{"lastName":"Shrager","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Cancers - Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted"},{"focus":"Lung Cancer"},{"focus":"Thoracoscopy"},{"focus":"VATS"},{"focus":"Thymoma"},{"focus":"Mediastinal Diseases"},{"focus":"Mediastinal Cyst"},{"focus":"Myasthenia Gravis"},{"focus":"Thymectomy"},{"focus":"Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive"},{"focus":"Emphysema Surgery"},{"focus":"Lung Volume Reduction"},{"focus":"Bullectomy"},{"focus":"Sympathectomy"},{"focus":"Esophageal Cancer"},{"focus":"Pneumothorax"},{"focus":"Pleural Diseases"},{"focus":"sarcoma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8561&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph Shrager","firstName":"Joseph","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Joseph_Shrager","researchInterest":"In clinical research, Dr. Shrager has been an innovator studying outcomes in a variety of areas within Thoracic Surgery including: parenchyma-sparing operations and minimally invasive resections for lung cancer, transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, and surgical treatment of emphysema.\r\n\r\nIn the lab, Dr. Shrager is focused on the impact of disease states upon the diaphragm. His group published the seminal paper (NEJM) describing diaphragm atrophy assoc'd with mechanical ventilation."},{"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. Loo, Jr., MD, PhD, DABR","firstName":"Billy","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Billy_Loo","researchInterest":"My clinical specialties are radiation treatment of lung and head & neck cancers, and I serve as the Tthoracic Radiation Oncology Program Leader.\r\n\r\nMy research interests include 4-D multimodality imaging of tumor and organ motion using CT, PET, and MR; novel functional/metabolic imaging of tumor hypoxia, normal tissue inflammation, and lymphatic drainage; high-precision image-guided radiation therapy including 4-D IMRT, dynamic arc therapy, and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)."},{"lastName":"Sage","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6009&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Julien Sage","firstName":"Julien","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Julien_Sage","researchInterest":"We are interested in the links between the basic cell cycle machinery and the factors controlling self-renewal, differentiation, and regeneration. In particular, we are intrigued by the differences and the similarities between \"normal\" cells, cancer cells, and stem cells. We investigate the mechanisms by which normal cells become tumor cells, and we aim to understand the differences between the proliferative response in response to injury and the hyperproliferative phenotype of cancer cells."},{"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":"Merritt","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive"},{"focus":"VATS Lobectomy"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures"},{"focus":"Esophageal Achalasia"},{"focus":"Esophageal Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Lung Cancer"},{"focus":"Gastroesophageal Reflux"},{"focus":"Sarcoma"}],"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=10438&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert E. Merritt","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Robert_Merritt","researchInterest":""},{"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":"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":"Teruel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14171&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mary Frances Nunez Teruel","firstName":"Mary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Mary_Teruel","researchInterest":"The Teruel Lab uses a combination of engineering and biological approaches including high-throughput screening of RNAi and DNA construct libraries, targeted mass spectrometry, live-cell fluorescence microscopy, and bioinformatics to investigate the systems biology of cell differentiation and cell signaling with particular focus on uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying insulin resistance, diabetes, and obesity."},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"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. Hoang","firstName":"Chuong","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Chuong_Hoang","researchInterest":"In our thoracic oncology laboratory we study the biology of non-small cell lung carcinoma and mesothelioma.  We have a focus on translational research aimed at identifying molecular mechanisms of development, progression and/ or metastasis in these solid tumors."},{"lastName":"Giaccia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amato J. Giaccia","firstName":"Amato","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Amato_Giaccia","researchInterest":"During the last five years, we have identified several small molecules that kill VHL deficient renal cancer cells through a synthetic lethal screening approach. Another major interest of my laboratory is in identifying hypoxia-induced genes involved in invasion and metastases. We are also investigating how hypoxia regulates gene expression epigenetically."},{"lastName":"Koegel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Medical School Tutor,Dean of Educational Resources - OAE Operations"},{"appointment":"Other Tech - Graduate,Dean of Educational Resources - OAE Operations"}],"primaryAppointment":"Medical School Tutor,Dean of Educational Resources - OAE Operations","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17752&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ashley Koegel","firstName":"Ashley","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Ashley_Koegel","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Colevas","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"developmental therapeutics"},{"focus":"investigational new drugs"},{"focus":"Adverse event( toxicity) evaluation and reporting"},{"focus":"Thyroid Cancer"},{"focus":"combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8044&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alexander Colevas","firstName":"Alexander","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Alexander_Colevas","researchInterest":"Multi- modality treatment of Head and Neck Cancer\r\n\r\nPhase 1 clinical trials"},{"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":"Ganjoo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oncology"},{"focus":"Soft Tissue Sarcoma"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors"},{"focus":"Ewing's Sarcoma"},{"focus":"Osteosarcoma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6696&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kristen N Ganjoo","firstName":"Kristen","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Kristen_Ganjoo","researchInterest":"Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma;\r\nSoft tissue sarcoma;\r\nOsteosarcoma."}]}