{"result":[{"lastName":"Sharek","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4582&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Sharek MD, MPH","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Sharek","researchInterest":"Research interests centered on hospital based quality of care improvement, and in particular pediatric patient safety. Areas of recent interest include developing practical tools to more accurately identify adverse medical events and to establish national rates of these adverse events. Additional areas of interest focus on developing the processes and systems to decrease the frequency of adverse drug events and adverse medical events at Children's hospitals in North America"},{"lastName":"Milla","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Cystic Fibrosis"},{"focus":"Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia"},{"focus":"Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Rare Lung Diseases"},{"focus":"Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8012&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Carlos Milla","firstName":"Carlos","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Carlos_Milla","researchInterest":"My research interests have centered on the inflammatory responses that lead to airway disease in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and the metabolic factors that contribute to CF lung disease progression. Current efforts are focused on the understanding of the early events that drive the development of lung disease through the study of infants with CF identified by newborn screening. This includes the development of new diagnostic tools that permit the early detection of lung disease manifestations."},{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4548&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Terry Robinson","firstName":"Terry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Terry_Robinson","researchInterest":"My research interests focus on detection of early and progressive Cystic fibrosis (CF) structural lung disease by utilizing chest CT imaging and CT post-processing methodology.  Current research efforts involve utilization of low dose infant & children CT imaging protocols and quantitative airway and air trapping algorithms to evaluate early and progressive CF disease."},{"lastName":"Kuschner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4437&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ware Kuschner, M.D.","firstName":"Ware","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ware_Kuschner","researchInterest":"Occupational and environmental lung disease; Pulmonary and systemic responses to toxicant inhalation; Indoor and outdoor air pollution health effects;"},{"lastName":"Conrad","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Lung Inflammation"},{"focus":"Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4450&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Carol Conrad","firstName":"Carol","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Carol_Conrad","researchInterest":"I am interested in studying the effects of inflammation in the lung, in particular, how N-acetylcysteine may affect and decrease that in CF patients. I am the PI of a multi-center study researching this question.  Additionally, in a separate study involving children who have received lung transplants, I am a participating site in an NIH-sponsored observational and mechanistic multi-center study that will examine the role of viral infections in causing chronic graft rejection."},{"lastName":"Pelayo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"},{"focus":"Pediatric Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6087&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rafael Pelayo","firstName":"Rafael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rafael_Pelayo","researchInterest":"Sleep Disorders in Adults and Children"},{"lastName":"Prober","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Infectious Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4095&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Charles G. Prober","firstName":"Charles","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Charles_Prober","researchInterest":"My area of research interest is focused on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of infections in children. Much of my research has focused on viral infections, especially those caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV). I have conducted a number of studies concerned with the epidemiology of HSV-2 infections in pregnant women, their partners, and neonates. Recently, I have extended these epidemiologic studies to adolescents."},{"lastName":"Ariagno","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3992&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ronald L. Ariagno","firstName":"Ronald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ronald_Ariagno","researchInterest":"The Developmental Physiology and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research Laboratory for Clinical Investigation was closed in 2008 when I became Emeritus Professor. My current focus is on improving maternal and infant health in resource limited environments. I became a Master Trainer in the American Academy of Pediatrics \"Help Babies Breathe\" program designed to bring knowledge and skills to community and medical birth attendants in resource limited countries."},{"lastName":"Frankel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Pediatrics - Critical Care"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Pediatrics - Critical Care","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4328&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lorry Frankel","firstName":"Lorry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lorry_Frankel","researchInterest":"1)  Collaborative efforts with Dale Umetsu and Dave Lewis in evaluating alveolar macrophage response to antigen.  We try to examine cytokine activation and inhibition.  I perform bronchoalveolar lavage in these patients in order to obtain alveolar macrophages which we culture, stimulate and study.\r\n2)  Evaluate outcomes for patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from the EMS services for trauma and other life-threatening events."},{"lastName":"Guilleminault","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Sleep Disorders"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3994&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christian Guilleminault","firstName":"Christian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christian_Guilleminault","researchInterest":"Cardio-respiratory dysfunction during sleep; SIDS and, sleep apnea; narcolepsy and daytime somnolence; the relationship of, sleep to accidents, aging, dementia and Alzheimer's Disease."},{"lastName":"Palma","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatology"},{"focus":"Medical Informatics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"},{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Systems Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8571&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonathan P. Palma","firstName":"Jonathan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jonathan_Palma","researchInterest":"Clinical informatics: optimization of commercial EMRs to support complex clinical workflows in newborn intensive care; clinical decision support; real-time clinical dashboards; electronic sign-out tools; and IT-supported patient/family communication.\r\n\r\nAnalytics: LPCH's enterprise data warehouse; reporting of business and clinical metrics; and mining clinical data to generate new knowledge."},{"lastName":"Khazeni","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Critical Care"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9019&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nayer Khazeni, M.D., M.S.","firstName":"Nayer","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nayer_Khazeni","researchInterest":"My research interests include social determinants of health, infectious diseases, and strategic planning for global health catastrophes. My research team collaborates with colleagues in the Center for Health Policy / Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to examine and design international pandemic influenza mitigation strategies."},{"lastName":"Bergman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Health Service Area"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4265&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Bergman","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Bergman","researchInterest":"My research has involved the use of new technologies to create different types of patient-doctor transactions.  I am also interested in how these new transactions impact clinical care processes.  Current work includes the evaluation of a patient portal for children with cystic fibrosis, the use of telemedicine to bring asthma experts into the schools and the attitudes of teens and parents about the use of a secure patient portal for teens."},{"lastName":"Marichal","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24169&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Marichal","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Marichal","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Herzenberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4151&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Leonard Herzenberg","firstName":"Leonard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Leonard_Herzenberg","researchInterest":"Gene Regulation; Molecular Immunology; Lymphocyte subsets; Fluorescence-Activated Cell\u000bSorter (FACS) development; AIDS; Apoptosis; Redox Regulation; Gene Arrays; and the theraphy of AIDS using the anti-oxidant N'acetylcysteine(NAC)."},{"lastName":"Herzenberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Leonore A. Herzenberg","firstName":"Leonore","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Leonore_Herzenberg","researchInterest":"B-cell development; Ig rearrangement and repertoire analysis; T cell regulation of antibody\u000bresponses; T cell subsets; glutathione regulation of HIV disease progression; Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) related software development and gene arrays."},{"lastName":"Benitz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"Neonatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4645&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Benitz","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Benitz","researchInterest":"Neonatology, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, infant ventilation, neonatal clinical protocols/clinical pathways."},{"lastName":"Reber","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12433&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Laurent Reber","firstName":"Laurent","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Laurent_Reber","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ruoss","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4241&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen Ruoss","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Ruoss","researchInterest":"We have an active collaborative project examining basic and clinical aspects of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung infection in non-immune compromised adults. Studies have examined possible cellular immune mechanisms for increased susceptibility to these infections, and are also investigating aspects of optimal diagnosis and treatment. In addition, a clinical and translational research program is investigating the causes and genetic factors underlying the evolution of bronchiectasis."},{"lastName":"Rizk","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4290&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norman Rizk","firstName":"Norman","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Norman_Rizk","researchInterest":"I am interested in the prevention and control of critical care-related illnesses and complications, including ventilator-associated pneumonia, spread of nosocomial infections, and prognosis of multiple organ system failure in intensive care units. Infections and complications of therapy in immunocompromised hosts, including effects of chemotherapy and hematopoetic stem cell transplants is another interest."},{"lastName":"Gerson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4575&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lauren B. Gerson MD, MSc","firstName":"Lauren","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lauren_Gerson","researchInterest":"Dr. Gerson's clinical expertise is in the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal motility disorders, and obscure GI bleeding using capsule endoscpy and double balloon enteroscopy. Her research interests include epidemiology and clinical trials in GERD and Barrett's esophagus; cost-effectiveness studies in the areas of Barrett's esophagus and new technology; and quality of life assessment for patients with GERD and BE."},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=29437&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Everett Meyer","firstName":"Everett","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Everett_Meyer","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Bolton","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8151&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"J.W. Randolph Bolton","firstName":"J.W.","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/J.W._Bolton","researchInterest":""}]}