{"result":[{"lastName":"Curtin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand"},{"focus":"Peripheral Nerves"},{"focus":"Brachial Plexus"},{"focus":"Tendon Injuries"},{"focus":"Entrapment Neuropathies"},{"focus":"Neuroma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8173&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Catherine Curtin","firstName":"Catherine","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Catherine_Curtin","researchInterest":"Maintaining and optimizing upper limb function in people with spinal cord injury.\r\nImproving pain and general well being after severe hand injuries.\r\nNeuroma care in the surgical patient"},{"lastName":"Constantinou","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4171&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christos E. Constantinou","firstName":"Christos","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Christos_Constantinou","researchInterest":"1. Pharmacologic methods in identifying alpha adrenergic receptors in the obstructed urinary tract.\r\n2. Fluid mechanics and physiological mechanisms of contractility in the urinary tract.\r\n3. Biomedical Engineering approaches in the characterization of static and dynamic properties of soft tissues.\r\n4. Image processing and 3D reconstruction of magnetic resonance.\r\n5. Computer models and vector analysis of pelvin floor musculature.\r\n6. Software for interactive teaching."},{"lastName":"Creasey","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8438&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Graham Creasey","firstName":"Graham","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Graham_Creasey","researchInterest":"Restoration of function after spinal cord injury, using information technology and biotechnology"},{"lastName":"Comiter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"female urology"},{"focus":"pelvic prolapse"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Urinary Incontinence"},{"focus":"post-prostatectomy incontinence"},{"focus":"neuromodulation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8413&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Craig V. Comiter","firstName":"Craig","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Craig_Comiter","researchInterest":"Using various animal models of bladder outlet obstruction as a representation of human prostatic disease, I am investigating how intervening with pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, and other novel therapies may help to reverse the adverse changes in the bladder due to the obstruction.\r\n\r\nI also am investigating new, minimally invasive treatments for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence.\r\n\r\nI am also investigating the role of neruomodulation in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain and IC."},{"lastName":"Gill","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Penile Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Radical nerve sparing prostatectomy"},{"focus":"robotic prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Radical cystectomy"},{"focus":"Laser prostate surgery"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic kidney surgery"},{"focus":"minimially invasive BPH surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4287&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harcharan Gill","firstName":"Harcharan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Harcharan_Gill","researchInterest":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia- Evaluation and development of new minimally invasive techniques\r\n\r\nEndourology: developing, designing and evaluating new instruments\r\n\r\nBladder cancer: outcomes of treatment\r\n\r\nBPH: cryotherapy and HIFU"},{"lastName":"Lu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14526&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ying Lu","firstName":"Ying","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Ying_Lu","researchInterest":"Biostatistics, clinical trials, statistical evaluation of medical diagnostic tests, radiology, osteoporosis, meta-analysis, medical decisoin making"},{"lastName":"Shortliffe","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Hypospadias"},{"focus":"Hydronephrosis"},{"focus":"Undescended Testes"},{"focus":"Vesicoureteral Reflux"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4634&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Linda_Shortliffe","researchInterest":"The timing for intervention in obstruction in the infant and child is poorly understood.Our group has been interested in trying to define the risks that may be involved in obstructive and infectious uropathies and discovering early signs of damage to the urinary tract and kidney. We have explored ways of imaging the urinary tract using nonionizing radiation (US, MRI). We have studied the relationships of sex steroid hormones, pregnancy, reflux, urinary tract infection and urinary tract function."},{"lastName":"Anderson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4542&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rodney U. Anderson, MD FACS","firstName":"Rodney","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Rodney_Anderson","researchInterest":"Clinical Medical Research devoted to tertiary level application of treatment modalities for neurologic and functional disturbances of the genitourinary tract.  Problems such as urinary incontinence, urinary retention, urinary flow dysfunction (BPH), impotence, and chronic pelvic pain syndromes are addressed.  New medical devices and technology for treating these disorders are investigated"},{"lastName":"Kennedy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4434&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Kennedy","firstName":"William","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/William_Kennedy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10430&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hsi-Yang Wu","firstName":"Hsi-Yang","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Hsi-Yang_Wu","researchInterest":"My lab studies the coordination of neonatal bladder and external urethral sphincter function. By understanding how the spinal cord creates efficient voiding in neonates and children, we hope to develop new treatments for pediatric voiding dysfunction and adult urinary incontinence."},{"lastName":"Gosling","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4266&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Gosling","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/John_Gosling","researchInterest":"My main research interest lies in the functional anatomy of the urogenital system particularly in the human. We are using numerous histochemical and immunocytochemical methods to establish the normal pattern and type of autonomic nerve which supply selected regions of the urogenital system including the urinary bladder, ureter and prostate."},{"lastName":"Moss","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Allergy/Asthma/Immunology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Allergy and Immunology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4157&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard B. Moss","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Moss","researchInterest":"Immunopathogenesis of chronic airways diseases of childhood, including cystic fibrosis, asthma, allergic aspergillosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Translational research: early clinical trials in airways disease of childhood, most notably CF, including gene, cytokine and drug therapy."},{"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":"Ratliff","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adult reconstructive spinal surgery"},{"focus":"Spinal cord neoplasms"},{"focus":"Spinal stenosis"},{"focus":"Minimally invasive spinal surgery"},{"focus":"Spinal metastatic disease"},{"focus":"Spinal disc herniation"},{"focus":"Radiosurgery of spinal tumors"},{"focus":"Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24608&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Ratliff","firstName":"John","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/John_Ratliff","researchInterest":"My research interests focus upon preventing complications in spine surgery, assessing patient outcomes after spine surgery procedures, and developing population-based metrics for assessing surgical outcomes."},{"lastName":"Alamin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4734&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Todd Alamin","firstName":"Todd","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Todd_Alamin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Cheng","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Spine Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ivan Cheng","firstName":"Ivan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Ivan_Cheng","researchInterest":"Dr. Cheng's research interests lie in the biologic enhancement of spinal fusions, molecular techniques of intervertebral disc regeneration, and techniques of spinal instrumentation.  For more information, please go to http://www.ivanchengmd.com."},{"lastName":"Lavelle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10415&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Lavelle","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/John_Lavelle","researchInterest":"My research interests are clinically  1) voiding dysfunction (BPH, incontinence, urinary retention, & neurogenic bladder). 2) Outcomes research and am currently developing a project to review the management of neurogenic bladder within the VA. \r\nPrior research in this field is in BPH. \r\n\r\nMy Basic science interests are in epithelial physiology particularly that of the urothelium lining the bladder. Specifically permeability properties and neuro-epithelial interactions relating to sensation"},{"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":"Mindea","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery"},{"focus":"Spinal Oncology/ Spinal Tumor Surgery"},{"focus":"Spine Sarcoma Chondrosarcoma"},{"focus":"Chordoma"},{"focus":"Spine Metastasis / Spine Metastases"},{"focus":"Spinal Radiosurgery/ Cyberknife"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"spinal metastasis"},{"focus":"Chondrosarcoma"},{"focus":"bone tumor"},{"focus":"Scoliosis"},{"focus":"lumbar stenosis"},{"focus":"cervical stenosis"},{"focus":"spinal deformity"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8613&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stefan A. Mindea M.D","firstName":"Stefan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Stefan_Mindea","researchInterest":"Dr. Mindea\u0092s primary clinical interests include minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques and the management of primary and metastatic spinal tumors (cyberknife/ surgical oncology).  \r\nHis research interests include the development medical devices and cutting-edge technologies for the treatment of spinal disorders and tumors."},{"lastName":"Napel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4647&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandy Napel","firstName":"Sandy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Sandy_Napel","researchInterest":"My research seeks to advance the clinical and basic sciences in radiology, while improving our understanding of biology and the manifestations of disease, by pioneering methods in the information sciences that integrate imaging, clinical and molecular data. 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":"Yuan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3969&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nanci Yuan, MD","firstName":"Nanci","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Nanci_Yuan","researchInterest":"My research interests are concentrated on the pulmonary complications due to neuromuscular disease, cerebral palsy/hypertonicity, scoliosis, and sleep disorders in the pediatric population."},{"lastName":"Kane","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3814&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Kane","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Peter_Kane","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":"Eisenberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Infertility, Male"},{"focus":"Erectile Dysfunction"},{"focus":"Men's Health"},{"focus":"Hypogonadism"},{"focus":"Peyronie's Disease"},{"focus":"Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24292&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Eisenberg","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_Eisenberg","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pauly","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4558&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kim Butts Pauly","firstName":"Kim","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Kim_Pauly","researchInterest":"My current research interests lie in the area of magnetic resonance and MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound for  minimally invasive cancer therapy and neuromodulation."}]}