{"result":[{"lastName":"Rabinovitch","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3897&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marlene Rabinovitch","firstName":"Marlene","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Marlene_Rabinovitch","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on understanding the regulation of genes associated with cardiovascular development and disease, through the use of cultured cells and tissues and genetically modified mouse models.   A variety of different aberrant pathways are being characterized, including those related to signaling through the bone morphogenetic proteins, serotonin and the S100 family of calcium binding proteins, and those defining how a microtubule associated protein regulates mRNA translation."},{"lastName":"de Jesus Perez","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"drug induced pulmonary hypertension"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7827&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vinicio de Jesus Perez MD","firstName":"Vinicio","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Vinicio_de Jesus Perez","researchInterest":"My work is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).   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":"Spiekerkoetter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14775&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edda Spiekerkoetter","firstName":"Edda","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Edda_Spiekerkoetter","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Bland","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3896&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Bland","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Bland","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on the pathogenesis and treatment of acute and chronic neonatal lung injury and the mechanisms that regulate lung fluid balance and alveolar & pulmonary vascular development after premature birth."},{"lastName":"Tamosiuniene","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Research Associate,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"},{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Research Associate,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=29095&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rasa Tamosiuniene, MD, PhD","firstName":"Rasa","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Rasa_Tamosiuniene","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Tsao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4070&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip S. Tsao, PhD","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Philip_Tsao","researchInterest":"Our primary interests are in the molecular underpinnings of vascular disease as well as assessing disease risk.  In addition to targeted investigation of specific signaling molecules, we utilize global genomic analysis to identify gene expression networks and regulatory units.  We are particularly interested in the role of microRNAs in gene expression pathways associated with disease."},{"lastName":"Spin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Aortic Disease"},{"focus":"Marfan Syndrome and Aortic Disorders"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6448&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joshua M. Spin","firstName":"Joshua","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Joshua_Spin","researchInterest":"Dr. Spin began his research career studying the structural biology of low density lipoprotein, and has been augmenting his skills with intensive training in molecular biology techniques, particularly those involving high-throughput genetic expression profiling. He is especially interested in vascular smooth muscle cells, and the role of smooth muscle differentiation and phenotypic switching in development and vascular disease. His latest work has focused on the biology of aortic aneurysms."},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18501&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wing Tak Jack Wong","firstName":"Wing Tak Jack","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Wing Tak Jack_Wong","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Giaccia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amato J. Giaccia","firstName":"Amato","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Amato_Giaccia","researchInterest":"During the last five years, we have identified several small molecules that kill VHL deficient renal cancer cells through a synthetic lethal screening approach. Another major interest of my laboratory is in identifying hypoxia-induced genes involved in invasion and metastases. We are also investigating how hypoxia regulates gene expression epigenetically."},{"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":"Leeper","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9669&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nicholas Leeper","firstName":"Nicholas","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Nicholas_Leeper","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gurtner","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic & Recon Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Materials Science and Engineering - Engineering Materials Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6890&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Geoffrey Gurtner","firstName":"Geoffrey","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Geoffrey_Gurtner","researchInterest":"Geoffrey Gurtner's Lab is interested in understanding the mecahnism of new blood vessel growth following injury and how pathways of tissue regeneration and fibrosis interact in wound healing."},{"lastName":"Sheikh","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation"},{"focus":"Mechanical Circulatory Support"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=35536&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ahmad Sheikh","firstName":"Ahmad","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Ahmad_Sheikh","researchInterest":"Molecular imaging of cardiac stem cell therapy\r\nHeart failure\r\nCardiothoracic Transplantation\r\nSurgical Education"},{"lastName":"O'Brodovich","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8414&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hugh O'Brodovich","firstName":"Hugh","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Hugh_O'Brodovich","researchInterest":"Clinical: \r\nPulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndromes (ARDS), hyaline membrane disease (HMD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)\r\n\r\nBasic Science: \r\nLung epithelial sodium transport\r\nGenetic influences on the development of BPD"},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20850&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Won Hee Lee","firstName":"Won Hee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Won Hee_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kuo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5906&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Calvin Kuo","firstName":"Calvin","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Calvin_Kuo","researchInterest":"We explore angiogenesis, cancer genomics, intestinal stem cells, and hepatic glucose metabolism.  Angiogenesis projects include endothelial miRNA and GPCR ko mice, blood-brain barrier regulation, stroke therapeutics and anti-angiogenic cancer therapy.  Intestinal stem cell projects use primary intestinal culture and mouse genetics to study injury-inducible vs homeostatic stem cells.  We use primary organoid cultures of diverse tissues for oncogene functional screening and therapeutics discovery."},{"lastName":"Rosen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4245&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Glenn Rosen","firstName":"Glenn","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Glenn_Rosen","researchInterest":"Our laboratory examines apoptotic and cell cycle pathways in cancer and lung disease. We have identified a novel cell cycle protein which regulates cell cycle progression in immune cells and the lung.  We are also studying signaling pathways that regulate cancer cell growth and metastasis."},{"lastName":"Rankin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10065&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Erinn Rankin","firstName":"Erinn","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Erinn_Rankin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Zamanian","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine"}],"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=7572&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Roham Zamanian","firstName":"Roham","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Roham_Zamanian","researchInterest":"1. The Utility of S100A4/Mts1 as a Biomarker in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).\r\n\r\n2. Prevalence and Treatment of Insulin Resistance in PAH.\r\n\r\n3. The Effect of EGF-Receptor Blockade and Elastase Inhibitor on Pulmonary Arteries of Patients with PAH.\r\n\r\n4. Characterization of Pulmonary Arteries in Patients with Idiopathic and Secondary PAH by Wedge Angiography.\r\n\r\n5. The Optimal Angle for Angiographic Evaluation of the Left Pulmonary Artery in Patients with PAH."},{"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":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Preventive Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Mobile Health"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Michael_McConnell","researchInterest":"Clinical and molecular Imaging of cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysms, and vascular inflammation."},{"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":"Northway","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus-Hourly,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus-Hourly,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4173&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Northway","firstName":"William","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/William_Northway","researchInterest":""}]}