{"result":[{"lastName":"Zei","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Electrophysiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Arrhythmia"},{"focus":"atrial fibrillation"},{"focus":"ventricular tachycardia"},{"focus":"pacemakers"},{"focus":"defibrillators"},{"focus":"cardiac resynchronization"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7523&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Zei","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Paul_Zei","researchInterest":"(1) Mechanisms of Arrhythmia, including Ventricular Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and other arrhythmias. \r\n(2) New technologies and devices for catheter ablation."},{"lastName":"Hsia","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Electrophysiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6989&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Henry Hsia","firstName":"Henry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Henry_Hsia","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Tsai","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7575&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vivian Tsai","firstName":"Vivian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Vivian_Tsai","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Dubin","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=4477&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anne Dubin","firstName":"Anne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Anne_Dubin","researchInterest":"Arrhythmia management in pediatric heart failure, especially resynchronization therapy in congenital heart disease,Radio frequency catheter ablation of pediatric arrhythmias,"},{"lastName":"Lin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"Syncope"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Internal Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Internal Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7842&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bryant Lin","firstName":"Bryant","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Bryant_Lin","researchInterest":"Medical device design, prototyping and testing."},{"lastName":"Heidenreich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate 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/cvi/researcher/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":"Hancock","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6911&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"E William Hancock","firstName":"E","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/E_Hancock","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"McDonald","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"}],"primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6130&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathryn McDonald","firstName":"Kathryn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Kathryn_McDonald","researchInterest":"My research and educational activities focus on evidence-based medicine, patient-centered concerns, health care quality, and patient safety. I enjoy forming and participating in multi-disciplinary teams to identify, highlight and formulate solutions to issues of suboptimal performance of the health care system, both in the US and abroad."},{"lastName":"Rosenthal","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathies"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Right Ventricle"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4476&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Rosenthal","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/David_Rosenthal","researchInterest":"Research interests include the study of Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and ventricular dysfunction in children, from a clinical perspective.  Investigations include clinical trials of medications for  heart failure, cardiac resynchronization, and development of methods for evaluation of right ventricular function."},{"lastName":"Hlatky","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Health Services Research"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Health Services Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4142&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Hlatky, MD","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Mark_Hlatky","researchInterest":"My main research work is in \"outcomes research\", especially examining the field of cardiovascular medicine.  Particular areas of interest are the integration of economic and quality of life data into randomized clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, decision models, and cost-effectiveness analysis. I am also interested in the application of novel genetic, biomarker, and imaging tests to assess risk and guide clinical management of coronary artery disease."},{"lastName":"Ashley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular genetics"},{"focus":"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Dilated Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Long QT Syndrome"},{"focus":"Peripartum cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7578&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Euan A. Ashley","firstName":"Euan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Euan_Ashley","researchInterest":"My research interests are translational. We use high dimensional genomic analysis to identify myocardial gene expression networks then use molecular, cellular and classical physiology tools to assay the biological systems. Our interests range from fit to failing hearts."},{"lastName":"Vagelos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"valvular heart 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/cvi/researcher/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":"Haddad","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"RIght Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Heart Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8185&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Francois Haddad","firstName":"Francois","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Francois_Haddad","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Doniger","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Emergency Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Surgery - Emergency Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Surgery - Emergency Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8614&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephanie J. Doniger","firstName":"Stephanie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Stephanie_Doniger","researchInterest":"Emergency Ultrasound in the Pediatric Emergency Department,\r\nInternational Medicine,\r\nResident and Fellow Education,\r\nResuscitation"},{"lastName":"Fowler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathy"}],"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=4094&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael B. Fowler, MB, FRCP","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Michael_Fowler","researchInterest":"Adrenergic nervous system; beta-adrenergic function in, heart failure; drugs in heart failure."},{"lastName":"Albers","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4026&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gregory W. Albers","firstName":"Gregory","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Gregory_Albers","researchInterest":"Our group\u0092s research focus is the acute treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disorders.  Our primary interest is the use of diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI to expand the treatment window for ischemic stroke.  We are also conducting clinical studies of both neuroprotective and thrombolytic strategies for the treatment of acute stroke and investigating new antithrombotic strategies for stroke prevention."},{"lastName":"Perez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9771&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marco Perez","firstName":"Marco","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Marco_Perez","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schnittger","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=4659&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingela Schnittger, MD","firstName":"Ingela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ingela_Schnittger","researchInterest":"My main research continues to be in the field of echocardiography. Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9078&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Keane Lee","firstName":"Keane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Keane_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Jackson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5917&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ethan Jackson, M.D.","firstName":"Ethan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ethan_Jackson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Bernstein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Heart Transplantation"},{"focus":"Pediatric Heart Failure"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4174&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Bernstein","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Daniel_Bernstein","researchInterest":"We are interested in the role of the sympathetic nervous system and its cellular components (adrenergic receptors, G proteins) in regulating cardiac development and function. We utilize gene knockout models to study the role of crosstalk between adrenergic receptors and other signaling pathways (MAPK,Akt,PKC) and in the regulation of intracellular and intramitochondrial calcium. We also develop tools for examination of cardiovascular physiologic parameters in transgenic and knockout mice."},{"lastName":"Oyer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4543&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip Oyer","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Philip_Oyer","researchInterest":"Development of an artificial heart assist device; heart, and heart-lung transplantation."},{"lastName":"Chin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Cardiac Transplantation"},{"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=4077&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Clifford Chin","firstName":"Clifford","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Clifford_Chin","researchInterest":"1. Pediatric Heart Transplant: development of non-invasive evaluations for the determination of allograft rejection and coronary artery disease; post-transplant hyperlipidemia; prevention of graft coronary artery disease\r\n2. Pediatric Exercise Testing: development of new techniques"},{"lastName":"Garber","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Economics"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Professor,Graduate School of Business"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4662&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan M. Garber","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Alan_Garber","researchInterest":"Topics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease"},{"lastName":"Owens","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4649&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Douglas Owens","firstName":"Douglas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Douglas_Owens","researchInterest":"My research uses decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and meta-analysis to evaluate clinical and health policy problems."}]}