{"result":[{"lastName":"Mitchell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Cardiac Valve Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3999&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"R. Scott Mitchell","firstName":"R","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/R_Mitchell","researchInterest":"Research Interests: Disease of the aorta, congenital and acquired. Treatment of aortic pathology, including development of stent graft systems. Patterns of disease in patients treated with mediastinal radiation. Valvular heart disease, especially aortopathy associated with congenital bicuspid aortic valve."},{"lastName":"Dake","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Endovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael D. Dake","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_Dake","researchInterest":"Improved endovascular procedures and devices to treat aortic lesions, peripheral arterial disease and venous abnormalities. Focused interest in drug-eluting stents and balloons, endovascular stent-grafts, including branched aortic devices and techniques for the endovascular management of aortic dissection. Current clinical research projects include drug-eluting stents for superficial femoral arterial disease and multiple device trials to evaluate stent-grafts for the treatment of aortic lesions."},{"lastName":"Harris","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4678&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"E. John Harris Jr.","firstName":"Edmund","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Edmund_Harris","researchInterest":"I am interested in thrombosis and the role of thrombin and its receptor in venous wall remodeling following venous thrombosis.  I am also interested in vascular hemodynamics and the use of ultrasound, MRI and computational modeling in evaluating arterial flow in exercise conditions."},{"lastName":"Soran","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7826&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Patrick David Soran M.D.","firstName":"Patrick","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Patrick_Soran","researchInterest":"Use of transesophageal echocardiography in the ICU setting, Coagulation abnormalities associated with cardiopulmonary bypass"},{"lastName":"Oakes","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6964&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daryl Oakes","firstName":"Daryl","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Daryl_Oakes","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Fann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4014&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Fann","firstName":"James","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/James_Fann","researchInterest":"Cardiac surgery simulation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac valve disease, thoracic aortic disease"},{"lastName":"Miller","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"valve repair and replacement"},{"focus":"Thoracic Aortic surgery"},{"focus":"mitral repair"},{"focus":"Valve-sparing aortic root replacement"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4170&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"D. Craig Miller, M.D.","firstName":"D","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/D_Miller","researchInterest":"Cardiac and heart valve disease with  experimental laboratory large animal projects focused on the investigation of left ventricular and cardiac mechanics, bioenergetics, and LV and mitral valve physiology and pathophysiology.  Current thrust is aimed at understanding the mitral valve and subvalvular mitral apparatus and transmural LV wall strains, thickening, and myolaminar fiber-sheet mechanics.\r\n\r\nClinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aortic dissection, aneurysm) and "},{"lastName":"Olcott","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4202&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cornelius Olcott","firstName":"Cornelius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Cornelius_Olcott","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Fleischmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovacular Imaging"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4591&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dominik Fleischmann","firstName":"Dominik","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Dominik_Fleischmann","researchInterest":"Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging \r\nImage Post-processing\r\nContrast Medium Dynamics"},{"lastName":"Sze","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Oncology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Radiology"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4714&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Sze","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Daniel_Sze","researchInterest":"Transarterial administration of chemotherapeutics, radioactive microspheres, and biologics for the treatment of unresectable tumors; Stent and Stent-graft treatment of peripheral vascular diseases, aneurysms, aortic dissections; management of portal hypertension (TIPS); Percutaneous treatment of complications of organ transplantation; Venous reconstruction; Magnetic resonance imaging-guided interventions."},{"lastName":"Burdon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4197&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Burdon","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Thomas_Burdon","researchInterest":"New technologies in the area of catheters, clamps, and, visualization devices for aid in cardiac surgery; distribution of, cardioplegia, both anterograde and retrograde as determined by, techniques in technetium pyro-phosphate scans; glucose insulin, potassium as an adjunct in cardiac surgery."},{"lastName":"Mell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Surgical Procedures"},{"focus":"Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion"},{"focus":"Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome"},{"focus":"Intermittent Claudication"},{"focus":"Peripheral Arterial Disease"},{"focus":"Angioplasty, Percutaneous Transluminal"},{"focus":"Varicose Veins"},{"focus":"Carotid Stenosis"},{"focus":"Complex aortic surgery"},{"focus":"Endovascular aneurysm repair"},{"focus":"Carotid Artery Stenting"},{"focus":"Renal artery stenosis"},{"focus":"Vascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15985&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Mell","firstName":"Matthew","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Matthew_Mell","researchInterest":"Dr. Mell's research interest focus on comparative effectiveness of health care delivery for complex surgical diseases, including optimizing outcomes and cost effectiveness.  \r\n\r\nDr. Mell's clinical interests include all aspects of vascular surgery, with a special emphasis on surgery for complex aortic disease, including endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm."},{"lastName":"Maldonado","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Psychosomatic Medicine"},{"focus":"Forensic Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Neuropsychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery - Emergency Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Law School"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4232&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jose R. Maldonado, MD, FAPM","firstName":"Jose","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Jose_Maldonado","researchInterest":"Management of Delirium, Confusional States and Other Acute Organic Brain Syndromes, Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury, Factitious Disorder & Munchausen's Syndrome, Cultural Diversity in Medical Care, Psychiatric Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Effects of Residency Training in the Life of a Doctor, Conversion Disorder, Depression in the Medically Ill, Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Cancer and its Treatment."},{"lastName":"Baxter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12260&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Baxter","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Baxter","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24317&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David S. 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Closure devices for atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale"},{"lastName":"Soltys","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiosurgery"},{"focus":"Brain Tumors"},{"focus":"Spinal Tumors"},{"focus":"Trigeminal Neuralgia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6967&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scott G. 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