{"result":[{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Stomach"},{"focus":"Cancer of Anus"},{"focus":"Cancer of Pancreas"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Rectum"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Liver"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Esophagus"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Head and Neck"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8238&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Chang","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Daniel_Chang","researchInterest":"I specialize in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies.  I am interested in developing stereotactic body radiotherapy for tumors of the liver, both primary and metastatic.  I am interested in developing functional imaging as a means of determining treatment response with radiation.  I am also interested in developing image-guided radiotherapy to improve radiation delivery for GI cancers to reduce toxicity and improve disease outcome."},{"lastName":"Visser","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8513&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brendan C. Visser","firstName":"Brendan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Brendan_Visser","researchInterest":"My research interests span the breath of my clinical practice. Areas of active research include the multidisciplinary treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, technical aspects of minimally invasive pancreatic and liver surgery, and pre-operative therapy for \"borderline\" resectable pancreatic cancer (to bring more patients to surgery).   I am also investigating trends in the management of hepatobiliary cancers in California, focusing on socioeconomic and instituional barriers to appropriate care."},{"lastName":"Norton","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adrenal Cancer"},{"focus":"Carcinoid Tumors"},{"focus":"Carcinoid Tumors - Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Carcinoid Tumors - Surgery "},{"focus":"Endocrine - Surgery"},{"focus":"Endocrinology Surgery"},{"focus":"Esophageal Cancer"},{"focus":"Esophageal Cancer - Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Oncology Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Liver Cancer"},{"focus":"Liver Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias"},{"focus":"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias - Surgery"},{"focus":"Osteosarcoma "},{"focus":"Osteosarcoma - Surgery"},{"focus":"Pancreas Surgery"},{"focus":"Pancreatic Cancer "},{"focus":"Pancreatic Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Parathyroid Disease"},{"focus":"Parathyroid Disease - Surgery"},{"focus":"Sarcomas - Soft Tissue "},{"focus":"Sarcomas - Soft Tissue - Surgery"},{"focus":"Sarcomas - Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"Stomach Cancer "},{"focus":"Stomach Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Thyroid Cancers"},{"focus":"Thyroid Cancers - Surgery "}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3948&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Norton","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Jeffrey_Norton","researchInterest":"Interleukin-12 is a Th1 cytokine.  It is important in the cell mediated immune response.  We are investigating its role as an anti-tumor cytokine to augment the immune response against cancer.  We are planning a human trial."},{"lastName":"Poultsides","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Liver Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Pancreas Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Gastric Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Bile Duct Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Gallbladder Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Sarcoma"},{"focus":"Adrenal Neoplasms"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14355&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George A. Poultsides, MD","firstName":"George","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/George_Poultsides","researchInterest":"Clinical trials of experimental therapeutics and outcomes analysis following combined modality treatment of hepatic, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal malignancies."},{"lastName":"Park","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Acute Pancreatitis"},{"focus":"Chronic Pancreatitis"},{"focus":"Pancreatic Cyst"},{"focus":"Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10070&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Walter Park","firstName":"Walter","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Walter_Park","researchInterest":"Dr. Park's research interests are in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cysts, acute and chronic pancreatitis.  His approach incorporates methods in health services research including the use of observational datasets, cost-effectiveness studies, and the development of clinical cohorts."},{"lastName":"Chen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"pancreatic cancer"},{"focus":"gastric cancer"},{"focus":"esophageal cancer"},{"focus":"Barrett's Esophagus"},{"focus":"colon cancer"},{"focus":"gastrointestinal cancer"},{"focus":"intestinal metaplasia"},{"focus":"endoscopic ultrasound"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10886&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ann Chen","firstName":"Ann","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Ann_Chen","researchInterest":"Dr. Chen's research focus includes various advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures with focus on premalignant and malignant gastrointestinal diseases. Specifically, she is interested in early detection and treatment of pancreatic-biliary and gastrointestinal diseases utilizing interventional procedures such as endoscopic ultrasound, radiofrequency and cryoablation therapy, confocal microscopy, and small bowel enteroscopy."},{"lastName":"Matsubara","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24222&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Junichi Matsubara","firstName":"Junichi","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Junichi_Matsubara","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Longacre","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6082&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Teri A Longacre","firstName":"Teri","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Teri_Longacre","researchInterest":"Gynecological, breast and gastrointestinal pathology with major emphasis on ovarian cancer and ovarian tumors of low malignant potential. Pathology of familial and hereditary breast-ovarian-GI cancer."},{"lastName":"Ford","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cancer Genetics"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Genetics"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Genetics"},{"focus":"Ovarian Cancer - Genetics"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4066&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ford","firstName":"James","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/James_Ford","researchInterest":"Mammalian DNA repair and DNA damage inducible responses; p53 tumor suppressor gene; transcription in nucleotide excision repair and mutagenesis; genetic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to DNA\u000bdamage; genetics of inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and human GI malignancies; clinical cancer genetics of BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer and mismatch repair deficient colon cancer."},{"lastName":"Goffinet","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4600&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Don Goffinet","firstName":"Don","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Don_Goffinet","researchInterest":"Head and neck, interstitial\r\nBladder, prostate, breast\r\nIORT, stereotactic, pituitary (and brain)\r\nOsteos and other sarcomas, clinical hyperthermia"},{"lastName":"Van Dam","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4349&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jacques Van Dam, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Jacques","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Jacques_Van Dam","researchInterest":"Dr. Van Dam's research focus involves the use of Raman and light-scattering spectroscopy for the early detection and screening of gastrointestinal cancer."},{"lastName":"Oberhelman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4526&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harry A. 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Clinical trials of ablative therapy for High-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (HSIL) of the anus and perianal tissues as a means for preventing anal cancer.\r\nBasic science work in collaboration with Ronald Davis and Hanlee Ji focused on the molecular genetic and pathologic studies of anal cancers using moecular inversion probe genomic technology"},{"lastName":"Hsu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8155&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Annie Hsu","firstName":"Annie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Annie_Hsu","researchInterest":"Current research interests are inter- and intra- fractional motion, focusing on SBRT and realtime imaging.  I have also recently been looking at quality assurance for gated VMAT delivery"},{"lastName":"Cho-Phan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3864&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cheryl Cho-Phan","firstName":"Cheryl","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Cheryl_Cho-Phan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Shelton","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Rectal Cancer "},{"focus":"Colon and Rectal Surgery"},{"focus":"Colorectal Cancer"},{"focus":"Crohn's Disease"},{"focus":"Colorectal Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Inflammatory Bowel Diseases"},{"focus":"Ulcerative Colitis"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic colorectal surgery"},{"focus":"Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3886&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew A. Shelton, M.D.","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Andrew_Shelton","researchInterest":"Multimodality treatment of rectal cancer\r\nSphincter preserving procedures for rectal cancer\r\nLaparoscopic colon and rectal surgery\r\nSurgical education"},{"lastName":"Quon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nuclear Medicine"},{"focus":"PET Scans"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew Quon","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Andrew_Quon","researchInterest":"Multimodality fusion imaging with PET, CT, and MRI for oncology.  \r\n\r\nTranslational research bringing new radiotracers to clinical use.\r\n\r\nCardiovascular multimodality PET/CT imaging."},{"lastName":"Fisher","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4644&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George A. Fisher Jr.","firstName":"George","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/George_Fisher","researchInterest":"Clinical expertise in GI cancers with research which emphasizes Phase I and II clinical trials of novel therapies but also includes translational studies including biomarkers, molecular imaging, tumor immunology and development of immunotherapeutic trials."},{"lastName":"Colevas","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"developmental therapeutics"},{"focus":"investigational new drugs"},{"focus":"Adverse event( toxicity) evaluation and reporting"},{"focus":"Thyroid Cancer"},{"focus":"combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8044&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alexander Colevas","firstName":"Alexander","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Alexander_Colevas","researchInterest":"Multi- modality treatment of Head and Neck Cancer\r\n\r\nPhase 1 clinical trials"},{"lastName":"Goodman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"},{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23410&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Goodman","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Steven_Goodman","researchInterest":"I am interested in issues relating to the representation and measurement of evidence in medical research, and determinants of the truth of medical findings, using a Bayesian framework. I also do work in evidence synthesis, comparative effectiveness research, and the ethics of clinical research. Finally, I have an ongoing project related to landmark clinical trials that have had great impact."},{"lastName":"Graves","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3974&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edward Graves","firstName":"Edward","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Edward_Graves","researchInterest":"Applications of molecular imaging in radiation therapy, development of hypoxia and radiosensitivity imaging techniques, small animal image-guided conformal radiotherapy, image processing and analysis."},{"lastName":"Luxton","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4390&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Luxton","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Gary_Luxton","researchInterest":"1. Mathematical modeling of damage to tumors and normal tissues from irradiation.\r\n2. Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy.\r\n3. Modeling the combined radiobiological effect of brachytherapy and external beam irradiation.\r\n4. Development of clinical hypofractionated extracranial radiosurgery."},{"lastName":"Ladabaum","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal cancer genetics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15544&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Uri Ladabaum","firstName":"Uri","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Uri_Ladabaum","researchInterest":"Gastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management.  Risk stratification.  Cost-effectiveness analysis.  Health services research."},{"lastName":"Soetikno","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4086&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Roy Soetikno, MD MS","firstName":"Roy","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Roy_Soetikno","researchInterest":"1. Epidemiology and biology of early colorectal cancer\r\n2. Development of new endoscopic technology and technique\r\n3. Outcomes of endoscopy"},{"lastName":"Triadafilopoulos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4251&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Triadafilopoulos","firstName":"George","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/George_Triadafilopoulos","researchInterest":"My primary research interest concerns factors involved in the pathogenesis of gastro-esophageal  reflux disease and its complications, such as Barrett's esophagus and the role of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in their management."}]}