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I am interested in understanding the role that the BMP  and Wnt pathways play in regulating functions of pulmonary endothelial and smooth muscle cells both in health and disease."},{"lastName":"Reddy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric "}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3807&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"V. 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Advanced coronary and valvular disease, evaluationg candidacy for high risk interventions."},{"lastName":"Fearon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Percutaneous aortic valve"},{"focus":"Aortic Stenosis"},{"focus":"Coronary Physiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5950&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Fearon, MD","firstName":"William","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/William_Fearon","researchInterest":"Dr. Fearon's general research interest is coronary physiology.  In particular, he is investigating invasive methods for evaluating the coronary microcirculation.  His research is currently funded by an NIH R01 Award."},{"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":"Connolly","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. 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Blinded clinical trials of efficacy are in progress.\r\n2.) Lung inflammation and regeneration (stem cells)\r\n3.) Lung surfactant rheology and oxidative stress\r\n4.) 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