{"result":[{"lastName":"Winkelmayer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, MD, ScD","firstName":"Wolfgang","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Wolfgang_Winkelmayer","researchInterest":"I study the comparative effectiveness and safety of competing clinical strategies in patients with kidney disease, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. Such strategies may include medications, devices, clinical tests, policies, or other approaches to providing or organizing clinical care. My research is based on large insurance databases, disease registries, clinical databases or electronic medical records. My explicit career goal is to improve care and outcomes of patients with these diseases."},{"lastName":"Kim","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14525&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jane P. Kim","firstName":"Jane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Jane_Kim","researchInterest":"I am interested in the application of statistical methods to advance the understanding of mental illnesses.  I have a background in statistics, with specific training in survival analysis and a growing interest in clinical trials. My areas of expertise are the robustness of regression-based inference in randomized or non-randomized studies, methods for analyzing survival data subject to non-standard sampling schemes, and spatial statistics."},{"lastName":"Chertow","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8311&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Glenn M. Chertow","firstName":"Glenn","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Glenn_Chertow","researchInterest":"clinical epidemiology, health services research, decision sciences, clinical trials in acute and chronic kidney disease"},{"lastName":"Anand","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MS, Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13520&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shuchi Anand","firstName":"Shuchi","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Shuchi_Anand","researchInterest":"ESRD and physical activity\r\nESRD and vitamin D deficiency\r\nManagement of CKD and ESRD in developing regions"},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4497&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Timothy Meyer","firstName":"Timothy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Timothy_Meyer","researchInterest":"Inadequate removal of uremic solutes contributes to widespread illness in the more than 350,000 Americans maintained on hemodialysis.   But we know remarkably little about these solutes.  Dr. Meyer's research efforts are focused on identifying which uremic solutes are toxic, how these solutes are made, and how their production could be decreased or their removal  could be increased.  We should be able to improve treatment if we knew more about what we are trying to remove."},{"lastName":"Kazi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Health Research & Policy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18562&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dhruv Kazi","firstName":"Dhruv","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Dhruv_Kazi","researchInterest":"i am interested in cardiovascular outcomes research, particularly cardiovascular health economics."},{"lastName":"Myers","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4332&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bryan Myers","firstName":"Bryan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Bryan_Myers","researchInterest":"A novel approach is used to evaluate glomerular disease in humans, and its progression.  A combination of physiologic techniques, a morphometric analysis of glomeruli obtained by biopsy, and mathematical modeling of glomerular ultrafiltration is used to quantify the extent of glomerular injury in humans for the first time."},{"lastName":"Petersen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4675&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Petersen","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Jeffrey_Petersen","researchInterest":"High flux dialysis in in-vivo and in-vitro clearances, of small and middle molecular weight solutes; computerized capture, of interdialysis hemodynamics; biocompatibility of biomembranes;, dialysis-related amyloidosis"},{"lastName":"Palaniappan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6447&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS","firstName":"Latha","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Latha_Palaniappan","researchInterest":"Latha Palaniappan is currently an Associate Investigator at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Palaniappan has completed over 20 studies spanning 10 years in the areas of ethnicity, obesity, and diabetes risk. She currently leads the Pan Asian Cohort Study (www.pamf.org/pacs), to investigate diabetes in Asian Americans"},{"lastName":"Tan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3846&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jane C. Tan","firstName":"Jane","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Jane_Tan","researchInterest":"My research relates to issues pertaining to clinical kidney transplantation. We have ongoing studies on the following topics.\r\n1. Renal senescence and kidney transplant, and chronic allograft nephropathy.\r\n2. Living donor safety and response to uninephrectomy.\r\n3. Biomarkers for post-transplant monitoring."},{"lastName":"Alexander","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Nephrology"},{"focus":"Dialysis"},{"focus":"Kidney Transplantation"},{"focus":"Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies"},{"focus":"Hypertension"},{"focus":"Acute and Chronic Kidney Failure"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5949&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven R. Alexander, MD","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Steven_Alexander","researchInterest":"Dialysis, kidney transplantation, continuous renal replacement therapy in pediatric patients; chronic kidney disease in pediatric patients."},{"lastName":"Shen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17619&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jenny Shen","firstName":"Jenny","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Jenny_Shen","researchInterest":"My research interest is in the chronic dialysis population and improving its outcomes, particularly those on home therapies, including peritoneal dialysis.  I am currently working on a project to determine the associations among heparin dose during chronic hemodialysis and the risks of important clinical events."},{"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":"Friedman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Friedman","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Gary_Friedman","researchInterest":"Chronic disease epidemiology, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects of smoking, alcohol and pharmaceuticals, evaluation of screening tests.\r\nMost of my career has been in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research where I was Director for 7 years and am still active. I especially enjoy mentoring students and trainees at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Shaw","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10800&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary M. Shaw","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Gary_Shaw","researchInterest":"Primary research interests include 1) epidemiology of birth defects, 2) gene-environment approaches to perinatal outcomes, and 3) nutrition and reproductive outcomes."},{"lastName":"Lafayette","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"},{"focus":"Glomerular Disease"},{"focus":"Amyloidosis"},{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4023&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Lafayette","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Lafayette","researchInterest":"Initiating a glomerulonephritis cohort study, including immunologic characterization.  Interventional studies of preeclampsia exploring the nitric oxide, endothelin system and effects on glomerular function and morphometry.  Outcome studies in dialysis and acute renal failure patients.  Interventional and observational studies of glomerular disease, particularly IgA nephropathy."},{"lastName":"Winkleby","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4305&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH","firstName":"Marilyn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Marilyn_Winkleby","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, health of socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations, social determinants of health, community-based intervention research, youth advocacy and mentorship, promoting diversity in health professions"},{"lastName":"Goldstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4068&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mary Kane Goldstein","firstName":"Mary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Mary_Goldstein","researchInterest":"Health services research in primary care and geriatrics: developing, implementing, and evaluating methods for clinical quality improvement.  Current work includes applying health information technology to quality improvement through clinical decision support integrated with electronic health records: encoding clinical knowledge into computable formats in automated knowledge bases; natural language processing of free text in electronic health records."},{"lastName":"Banerjee","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Heart-Assist Devices"},{"focus":"Heart Transplantation"},{"focus":"Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)"},{"focus":"Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9703&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dipanjan Banerjee","firstName":"Dipanjan","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Dipanjan_Banerjee","researchInterest":"My current research interests include:\r\n1. Improving outcomes in patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD)\r\n2. implementing protocols to improve heart failure outcomes (PI on Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation grant for implementation of a transitional care program at Stanford for heart failure patients)\r\n3. Investigating the relationship between insulin resistance and heart failure\r\n4. Exploring racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease"},{"lastName":"Rabkin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6052&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ralph Rabkin","firstName":"Ralph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Ralph_Rabkin","researchInterest":"Dr Rabkin is examining the mechanism of the acquired resistance to hormones that develops in kidney failure.In particular he is studying the impact of kidney failure on the action of growth hormone and the role of impaired signal transduction as a cause of growth hormone resistance. He is also engaged in the study of growth factors in diabetic kidney disease."},{"lastName":"Arora","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15093&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Neiha Arora","firstName":"Neiha","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Neiha_Arora","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Rudd","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4545&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Rudd, MD","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Peter_Rudd","researchInterest":"Quality improvement efforts seek to make medical care the \u0093best it can be\u0094 rather than merely \u0093good enough\u0094 to avoid censure.  Focus on improving the average performance usually produces more net benefit than eliminating outliers, often by simplification, standardization, and specification.  We have worked with electronic medication monitors, clinical databases, and computerized order entry systems for better clinical outcomes and trained clinicians for professionalism and accountability."},{"lastName":"Froelicher","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4191&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Victor Froelicher, MD","firstName":"Victor","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Victor_Froelicher","researchInterest":"Screening of athletes for sudden cardiac death, Computerized ECG and clinical data management; exercise Physiology including expired gas analysis; the effect of chronic and acute exercise on the heart; digital recording of biological signals; diagnostic use of exercise testing; development of Expert Medical System software and educational tools."},{"lastName":"Grimm","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7989&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul C. Grimm","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Paul_Grimm","researchInterest":"Computerized image analysis of kidney and liver biopsies to quantitate and diagnose subtle changes in tissue structure. \r\nRenal Inflammation\r\nRenal Allograft Rejection\r\nRenal Fibrosis in; \r\n-Primary Kidney Disease\r\n-Transplant Kidney Disease\r\nLiver fibrosis\r\nSteatohepatitis"}]}