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Role of microvascular injury in acute allograft failure."},{"lastName":"Montoya","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Toxoplasmosis"},{"focus":"Infection in the setting of solid organ transplantation"},{"focus":"Infection as a trigger of chronic diseases"},{"focus":"Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4047&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jose G. 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We do not perform basic research and we do not have any fellowship support."},{"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.  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Clinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aneurysms, dissections)."},{"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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Congestive Heart Failure New Medical Therapies Prognostic Evaluation Selection for Cardiac Transplantation II. Screening for Myocardial Necrosis New ECG Monitoring Devices New Serum Markers III. Screening for CAD Patients Who Have Received Radiation Rx Diabetics Being Considered for Renal Transplantation\r\nIV. Advanced coronary and valvular disease, evaluationg candidacy for high risk interventions."},{"lastName":"Weill","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Critical Care"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7227&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Weill","firstName":"David","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/David_Weill","researchInterest":""},{"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":"Sibley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Sibley","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Sibley","researchInterest":"Immunologic mechanism of rejection in humans and animal, models of organ transplantation; histological definition of clinical pathology studies of various renal disorders."},{"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":"Dhillon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7231&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gundeep Dhillon, MD, MPH","firstName":"Gundeep","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Gundeep_Dhillon","researchInterest":"1. Use of an administrative database (UNOS) to study lung transplant outcomes.\r\n2. Expression of the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 1 antibody in peripheral blood after lung transplantation and its association with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (chronic rejection).\r\n3. Impact of airway hypoxia, due to lack of bronchial circulation, on long-term lung transplant outcomes.\r\n4. CMV specific T-cell immunity in lung transplant recipients and its impact on acute rejection."},{"lastName":"Scandling","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4276&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Scandling","firstName":"John","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/John_Scandling","researchInterest":"Clinical renal transplantation; acute renal failure;, cardiovascular disease in diabetic end-stage renal disease."},{"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. 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Stevens","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/David_Stevens","researchInterest":"Immunology and chemotherapy of human fungal diseases, particularly coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) in California and aspergillosis."},{"lastName":"Hunt","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4623&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sharon Hunt, MD","firstName":"Sharon","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Sharon_Hunt","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Khush","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8421&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kiran Kaur Khush, MD","firstName":"Kiran","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Kiran_Khush","researchInterest":"Dr. Khush\u0092s clinical research interests include the evaluation of donors and recipients for heart transplantation; mechanisms of adverse outcomes after heart transplantation, including coronary allograft vasculopathy and antibody-mediated rejection; the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure; and the cardiorenal syndrome."}]}