{"result":[{"researchInterest":"Cardiac surgery simulation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac valve disease, thoracic aortic disease","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4014&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/James_Fann","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"firstName":"James","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"James Fann","lastName":"Fann"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3999&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/R_Mitchell","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Cardiac Valve Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Surgery"}],"firstName":"R","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"R. Scott Mitchell","lastName":"Mitchell"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8636&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Wolfgang_Bothe","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Wolfgang","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery","displayName":"Wolfgang Bothe","lastName":"Bothe"},{"researchInterest":"My main research continues to be in the field of echocardiography. Several areas of research are currently being pursued.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4659&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ingela_Schnittger","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"firstName":"Ingela","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Ingela Schnittger, MD","lastName":"Schnittger"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Michael_Dake","appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Endovascular Surgery"}],"firstName":"Michael","primaryAppointment":"Acting Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Michael D. Dake","lastName":"Dake"},{"researchInterest":"Hemodynamic factors in atherosclerosis, pathogenesis of, aortic aneurysms, carotid plaque localization and complication, anastomotic intimal hyperplasia, vascular biology of artery wall, computational fluid dynamics as applied to blood flow and vascular disease.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4250&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Christopher_Zarins","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Surgery"}],"firstName":"Christopher","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","displayName":"Christopher K. Zarins","lastName":"Zarins"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4302&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Linda_Foppiano","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"firstName":"Linda","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia","displayName":"Linda Foppiano","lastName":"Foppiano"},{"researchInterest":"New technologies in the area of catheters, clamps, and, visualization devices for aid in cardiac surgery; distribution of, cardioplegia, both anterograde and retrograde as determined by, techniques in technetium pyro-phosphate scans; glucose insulin, potassium as an adjunct in cardiac surgery.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4197&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Thomas_Burdon","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Thomas","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Thomas Burdon","lastName":"Burdon"},{"researchInterest":"Development of an artificial heart assist device; heart, and heart-lung transplantation.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4543&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Philip_Oyer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"}],"firstName":"Philip","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Philip Oyer","lastName":"Oyer"},{"researchInterest":"Cardiovascular Bioengineering, Simulation-Based Medical Planning, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Image-Based Geometric Modeling, Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6076&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Charles_Taylor","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Mechanical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Charles","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering","displayName":"Charles A. Taylor","lastName":"Taylor"},{"researchInterest":"Mechanism of allograft rejection for the heart and, lung; late chronic effects of rejection, such as graft coronary, atherosclerosis in the heart and bronchiolitis obliterans in the, lung; treatment of rejection, including pharmacologic agents, total, lymphoid irradiation, and the induction of tolerance in fetal, animals; clinical studies include the results of lung and heart-lung, transplantation, modification of immunosuppressive protocols, and, factors contributing to late chronic rejection.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4606&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Bruce_Reitz","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Heart Valve Repair and Replacement"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Bruce","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Bruce A Reitz","lastName":"Reitz"},{"researchInterest":"Stem Cell Therapy for Myocardial Restoration, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, Automated Anastomotic Devices, Genetics and Mechanisms of Congestive Heart Failure","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4247&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Robert_Robbins","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Robert","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Robert C. 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Mallidi","lastName":"Mallidi"},{"researchInterest":"Imaging of myocardial diseases with magnetic resonance, imaging and spectroscopy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4103&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Robert_Herfkens","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"firstName":"Robert","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology","displayName":"Robert Herfkens","lastName":"Herfkens"},{"researchInterest":"computational simulation of cardiac disease: heart failure, left ventricular remodeling, electrophysiology, excitation-contraction coupling, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, computer-guided surgical planning, patient-specific simulation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9528&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ellen_Kuhl","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ellen","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations","displayName":"Ellen Kuhl","lastName":"Kuhl"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8185&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Francois_Haddad","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"RIght Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Heart Transplantation"}],"firstName":"Francois","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Francois Haddad","lastName":"Haddad"},{"researchInterest":"Special interests:\r\n* Thoracic aortic and thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair\r\n* Thoracic transplantation\r\n* Off pump CABG\r\n* All arterial revascularization\r\n* Aortic and mitral valve repair\r\n* Minimal invasive thoracic surgery\r\n* Robotic surgery\r\n* Percutaneous valve placement","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6919&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Kai_Ihnken","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"firstName":"Kai","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery","displayName":"Kai Ihnken","lastName":"Ihnken"},{"researchInterest":"Methods of evaluation of biopsies; differentiation and, classification of neoplasms; immunohistochemistry; scanning and, transmission electron microscopy; cardiovascular pathology;, histologic assessment of bone biopsies; heart preservation and, restoration; myocardial biopsies; venous autograft coronary artery, bypass; cardial and heart valve transplantation.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4524&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Jon_Kosek","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Jon","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Pathology","displayName":"Jon Kosek","lastName":"Kosek"},{"researchInterest":"I am interested in thrombosis and the role of thrombin and its receptor in venous wall remodeling following venous thrombosis.  I am also interested in vascular hemodynamics and the use of ultrasound, MRI and computational modeling in evaluating arterial flow in exercise conditions.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4678&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Edmund_Harris","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Surgery"}],"firstName":"Edmund","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","displayName":"E. John Harris Jr.","lastName":"Harris"},{"researchInterest":"Imaging cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease.  Projects include cellular and structural characterization of atherosclerotic plaque by MRI, optical imaging (bioluminescence and fluorescence) of vascular inflammation, as well as noninvasive coronary angiography by MRI and MRI- guided cardiovascular interventions.  Additional collaborative projects include real-time cardiac MRI and multi-modality imaging of cardiac stem cell trans","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Michael_McConnell","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"firstName":"Michael","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE","lastName":"McConnell"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Rubin's research interests focus on cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging. He and his team are developing novel methods for automated detection of lung nodules in CT data and are investigating the impact of CAD on the diagnostic performance of radiologists interpreting lung CT scans.\r\n\r\nHe also develops novel noninvasive vascular and cardiac imaging techniques and post-processing algorithms with emphasis on three- and four-dimensional acquisition, visualization and quantitation using MDCT.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4076&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Geoffrey_Rubin","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Thoracic Imaging"},{"focus":"CT Angiography"},{"focus":"Computed Tomography"}],"firstName":"Geoffrey","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","displayName":"Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D.","lastName":"Rubin"},{"researchInterest":"Broadly, Dr. Pelc is interested in the physics, engineering and mathematics of medical imaging, especially computed tomography, digital x-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and hybrid multimodality systems.  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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4111&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Norbert_Pelc","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Norbert","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","displayName":"Norbert Pelc","lastName":"Pelc"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4105&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Randall_Vagelos","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"valvular heart disease"}],"firstName":"Randall","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Randall Vagelos, MD","lastName":"Vagelos"},{"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).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4682&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Paul_Heidenreich","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Paul","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Paul Heidenreich, MD","lastName":"Heidenreich"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Zhou\u0092s vascular research laboratory focuses on pathogenesis of atherosclerotic lesion formation and molecular mechanisms of intimal hyperplasia, including smooth muscle cell proliferation, oxidative stress, and endothelial cell dysfunction.   Our specific clinical research interests are re-stenosis following endovascular interventions, plaque progression in arterial trees, and alternative outcome measures.  Through collaboration with Stanford investigators and investigators at Baylor Colleg","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8260&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Wei_Zhou","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Surgery"},{"focus":"Endovascular Intervention"}],"firstName":"Wei","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","displayName":"Wei Zhou","lastName":"Zhou"}]}