{"result":[{"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":"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":"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":"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":"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":"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":"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":"van der Starre","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3805&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pieter van der Starre","firstName":"Pieter","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Pieter_van der Starre","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Physiology,\r\nNeurophysiology and Monitoring,\r\nTransesophageal Echocardiography"},{"lastName":"Fischbein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Aortic Diseases"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7579&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Fischbein","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_Fischbein","researchInterest":"Molecular and genetic mechanisms of aortic aneurysm/dissection development. Molecular mechanisms of aneurysm formation in Marfan Syndrome. Clinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aneurysms, dissections)."},{"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":"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":"Wexler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7024&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lewis Wexler","firstName":"Lewis","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Lewis_Wexler","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Herfkens","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4103&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Herfkens","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Robert_Herfkens","researchInterest":"Imaging of cardiovascular diseases with CT, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy"},{"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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A current focus is on content-based radiological image retrieval and integration of imaging features with clinical and molecular data for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapy planning decision support."},{"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":"Schnittger","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4659&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingela Schnittger, MD","firstName":"Ingela","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Ingela_Schnittger","researchInterest":"My main research continues to be in the field of echocardiography. Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Yeung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Chronic Total Occlusions"},{"focus":"Complex Coronary Angioplasty"},{"focus":"Mitral Valvuloplasty"},{"focus":"Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement"},{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4228&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan Yeung, MD","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Alan_Yeung","researchInterest":"Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States. Our group is interested in studying both the early and late phases of atherosclerosis so that we can better develop prevention and treatment strategies."},{"lastName":"Pitlick","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10771&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Pitlick","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Paul_Pitlick","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Oakes","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4123&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Oakes","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/David_Oakes","researchInterest":"Trauma, especially splenic and thoracic"},{"lastName":"Fahrig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3865&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rebecca Fahrig","firstName":"Rebecca","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Rebecca_Fahrig","researchInterest":""}]}