{"result":[{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4170&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"D. Craig Miller, M.D.","firstName":"D","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/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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Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Selamet Tierney","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=21221&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Elif Seda Selamet Tierney","firstName":"Elif Seda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Elif Seda_Selamet Tierney","researchInterest":"Assessment of Vascular Health by non-invasive modalities in children"},{"lastName":"Tacy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10634&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theresa Tacy","firstName":"Theresa","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theresa_Tacy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Giacomini","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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4503&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Giacomini, MD","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Giacomini","researchInterest":"Calcium channel blockers; membrane pharmacology;, coronary physiology; antiarrhythmic drugs; cardiac hemodynamics;, cellular mechanisms of myocyte hypertrophy."},{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=35536&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ahmad Sheikh","firstName":"Ahmad","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ahmad_Sheikh","researchInterest":"Molecular imaging of cardiac stem cell therapy\r\nHeart failure\r\nCardiothoracic Transplantation\r\nSurgical Education"},{"lastName":"Vagelos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"valvular heart disease"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Radiation/Chemotherapy induced cardiac disease"},{"focus":"Pericardial disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4105&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Randall Vagelos, MD","firstName":"Randall","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Vagelos","researchInterest":"I. 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":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Electrical Engineering - Information Systems Laboratory"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Electrical Engineering - Information Systems Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11940&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bob Hu","firstName":"Bob","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bob_Hu","researchInterest":"Cardiac Imaging, vascular imaging"},{"lastName":"Fujii","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yasuhiro Fujii","firstName":"Yasuhiro","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yasuhiro_Fujii","researchInterest":"Congenital Heart Surgery"},{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3807&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"V. Mohan Reddy","firstName":"Vadiyala","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vadiyala_Reddy","researchInterest":"fetal heart surgery, surgery of premature and very low birthweight neonates, cerebral protection during heart surgery"},{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7579&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Fischbein","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/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":"Heidenreich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4682&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Heidenreich, MD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Heidenreich","researchInterest":"My research interests include \r\n\r\n1) The cost-effectiveness of new cardiovascular technologies. \r\nExample: tests to screen asymptomatic patients for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.\r\n\r\n2) Interventions to improve the quality of care of patients with heart disease. Examples: include clinical reminders and home monitoring.\r\n\r\n3) Outcomes research using existing clinical and administrative datasets. \r\n\r\n4) Use of echocardiography to predict prognosis (e.g. diastolic dysfunction)."},{"lastName":"Punn","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8207&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rajesh Punn, M.D.","firstName":"Rajesh","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rajesh_Punn","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Riemer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Director, Pediatric Cardiac Research,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Director, Pediatric Cardiac Research,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3888&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"R. 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His current research is concentrated in the development of computed tomography systems with higher image quality and dose efficiency, in the characterization of system performance, and in the development and validation of new clinical applications."},{"lastName":"Briese","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Emergency Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Surgery - Emergency Medicine"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Surgery - Emergency Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34613&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Beau Briese","firstName":"Beau","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Beau_Briese","researchInterest":"Pulmonary Embolism\r\n\r\nInternational Emergency Health Systems Development"},{"lastName":"Mitchell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Cardiac Valve Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3999&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"R. Scott Mitchell","firstName":"R","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/R_Mitchell","researchInterest":"Research Interests: Disease of the aorta, congenital and acquired. Treatment of aortic pathology, including development of stent graft systems. Patterns of disease in patients treated with mediastinal radiation. Valvular heart disease, especially aortopathy associated with congenital bicuspid aortic valve."},{"lastName":"Osman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Ventricular Assist Devices"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15679&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ashraf I. Osman, M.D.","firstName":"Ashraf","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ashraf_Osman","researchInterest":"- Heart failure surgery with a special emphasis on Ventricular Assisted Devices (VAD).\r\n- High risk valve surgery.\r\n- Heart Transplant Immunology.\r\n- Minimal Invasive Techniques.\r\n- Video Assisted Thorascopic Surgery (VATS)."},{"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://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael D. Dake","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Dake","researchInterest":"Improved endovascular procedures and devices to treat aortic lesions, peripheral arterial disease and venous abnormalities. Focused interest in drug-eluting stents and balloons, endovascular stent-grafts, including branched aortic devices and techniques for the endovascular management of aortic dissection. Current clinical research projects include drug-eluting stents for superficial femoral arterial disease and multiple device trials to evaluate stent-grafts for the treatment of aortic lesions."},{"lastName":"Woolson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"focus":"Palo Alto VAH"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6425&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven T. Woolson","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Woolson","researchInterest":"Clinical Research in Total Joint Replacement"}]}