{"result":[{"lastName":"Rabinovitch","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3897&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marlene Rabinovitch","firstName":"Marlene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Marlene_Rabinovitch","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on understanding the regulation of genes associated with cardiovascular development and disease, through the use of cultured cells and tissues and genetically modified mouse models.   A variety of different aberrant pathways are being characterized, including those related to signaling through the bone morphogenetic proteins, serotonin and the S100 family of calcium binding proteins, and those defining how a microtubule associated protein regulates mRNA translation."},{"lastName":"Pearl","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4680&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ronald Pearl","firstName":"Ronald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ronald_Pearl","researchInterest":"Mechanims (molecular and cellular) of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of respiratory failure, treatment of septic shock, hemodynamic monitoring"},{"lastName":"Bland","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3896&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Bland","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Richard_Bland","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on the pathogenesis and treatment of acute and chronic neonatal lung injury and the mechanisms that regulate lung fluid balance and alveolar & pulmonary vascular development after premature birth."},{"lastName":"Reinhartz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5896&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Olaf Reinhartz","firstName":"Olaf","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Olaf_Reinhartz","researchInterest":"1. Mechanical circulatory support in failing Fontan circulation\r\n2. Pathophysiologic response to fetal cardiac surgery.\r\n3. Various clinical projects in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery"},{"lastName":"Hilgendorff","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10142&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anne Hilgendorff","firstName":"Anne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Anne_Hilgendorff","researchInterest":"Thesis in the Dept. of Cardiol., JLU Giessen (\u0091Effects of \u0091Statins\u0092 on coagulation param. after HTx\u0092) was followed by a study in pediatric HTx patients (\u0091Adhesion molec. levels in rejection and TxCAD\u0092).  During Residency/Fellowship in Pediatr./Neonatol. her research focused on pulmonary failure and infectious complications (Investigator of the Human Genome Network) in preterm infants. In 08/05 she joined Dr. Bland's group to investigate pulmonary changes after mech. ventilation in newborn mice."},{"lastName":"Milla","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"}],"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/cvi/researcher/Carlos_Milla","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Van Meurs","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"neonatal respiratory failure"},{"focus":"persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn"},{"focus":"congenital diaphragmatic hernia"},{"focus":"respiratory distress syndrome, newborn"},{"focus":"Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation"},{"focus":"neonatal clinical trials"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4088&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Krisa Van Meurs","firstName":"Krisa","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Krisa_Van Meurs","researchInterest":"My research interests include persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, hypoxic respiratory failure, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, ECMO, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, neonatal clinical trials, and the use of aEEG and NIRS to detect brain injury."},{"lastName":"Cooke","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Vascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4115&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Cooke, MD, PhD","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/John_Cooke","researchInterest":"Our translational research program involves molecular, cellular, animal and human studies of endothelial biology. We are focused on the role of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in atherosclerosis and angiogenesis.  A new focus of investigation has resulted from our discovery of a novel angiogenic pathway mediated by endothelial nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChR). We use a wide variety of tools and approaches to investigate the role of NOS and nAChR pathways in cardiovascular biology and disease."},{"lastName":"O'Brodovich","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8414&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hugh O'Brodovich","firstName":"Hugh","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Hugh_O'Brodovich","researchInterest":"Clinical: \r\nPulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndromes (ARDS), hyaline membrane disease (HMD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)\r\n\r\nBasic Science: \r\nLung epithelial sodium transport"},{"lastName":"Tsao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4070&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip S. Tsao, PhD","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Philip_Tsao","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Reddy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric "}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,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/cvi/researcher/Vadiyala_Reddy","researchInterest":"fetal heart surgery, surgery of premature and very low birthweight neonates, cerebral protection during heart surgery"},{"lastName":"Patterson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6059&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. Patterson, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Andrew_Patterson","researchInterest":"Critical Care Medicine,\r\nCardiovascular Pharmacology,\r\nAdrenergic Receptors,\r\nCongestive Heart Failure,\r\nVascular Biology,\r\nCardiopulmonary Physiology,\r\nSepsis"},{"lastName":"Dolmetsch","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4040&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ricardo Dolmetsch","firstName":"Ricardo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Ricardo_Dolmetsch","researchInterest":"Our lab studies the underlying neurobiology of autism and other neuro-developmental disorders.  We are particularly interested in understanding how electrical activity and calcium signals control the development of the brain and how this is altered in children with autism spectrum disorders. We are also developing new tools to study and repair the developing brain."},{"lastName":"Lewis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4176&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Lewis","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Richard_Lewis","researchInterest":"We study molecular mechanisms of calcium signaling with a focus on store-operated CRAC channels and their essential roles in T cell development and function.  Currently we aim to define the molecular mechanism for CRAC channel activation and the means by which calcium signal dynamics mediate specific activation of transcription factors and T-cell genes during development."},{"lastName":"Hintz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"Neonatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4710&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Susan R. Hintz, M.D., M.S. Epi.","firstName":"Susan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Susan_Hintz","researchInterest":"1) Early childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes of ELBW, extremely premature, and high-risk infants; predictive clinical factors, evidence-based interventions \r\n2) Epidemiology of mortality and severe morbidity among extremely preterm infants\r\n3) Use of advanced neuroimaging techniques in the premature and term infant; diagnostic findings, and predictors of neurodevelopmental outcomes\r\n4) Advanced therapeutic modalities: HFOV, iNO, ECMO - implementation, indications, outcomes"},{"lastName":"Frankel","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Intensive Care, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Intensive Care"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Intensive Care","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4328&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lorry Frankel","firstName":"Lorry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/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":"Rhine","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"Neonatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4677&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Rhine","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/William_Rhine","researchInterest":"Neonatology, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, nitric oxide therapy, mechanisms of bilirubin toxicity and brain injury, non-invasive biotechnologies to study cellular and organ metabolism."},{"lastName":"Mullins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Molecular Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8576&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Franklin Mullins","firstName":"Franklin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Franklin_Mullins","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Berry","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4091&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gerald Berry","firstName":"Gerald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Gerald_Berry","researchInterest":"Cardiopulmonary and pulmonary transplant medicine; diagnostic surgical pathology"},{"lastName":"Hammer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4201&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gregory Hammer","firstName":"Gregory","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Gregory_Hammer","researchInterest":"Dr. Hammer's primary research interests are pediatric pharmacology and perioperative care of children undergoing cardiac surgery. He has numerous funded research projects in these areas, including an NIH grant for $4.3 million to study the pharmacology of sodium nitroprusside, a drug commonly used for blood pressure control in the operating room and ICU. Dr. Hammer has several grants and ongoing research projects in the area of perioperative pain management and physiologic monitoring."},{"lastName":"Benitz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"},{"focus":"Neonatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4645&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Benitz","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/William_Benitz","researchInterest":"Neonatology, pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, infant ventilation, neonatal clinical protocols/clinical pathways."},{"lastName":"Tsien","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4189&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Tsien","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Richard_Tsien","researchInterest":"We study synaptic communication between brain cells with the goal of understanding neuronal computations and memory mechanisms. Main areas of focus include: presynaptic calcium channels, mechanisms of vesicular fusion and recycling. Modulation of synaptic strength through changes in postsynaptic receptors and dendritic morphology. Signaling that links synaptic activity to nuclear transcription and local protein translation. Techniques include imaging, electrophysiology, molecular biology."},{"lastName":"Clusin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4502&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Clusin, MD","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/William_Clusin","researchInterest":"Cardiac action potentials; tissue culture, voltage, clamp technique; role of calcium in ischemia arrhythmias; coronary, artery disease; myocardial infarction."},{"lastName":"Feinstein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Defects"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities"},{"focus":"Cardiac Catheterization"},{"focus":"Biomechanical Engineering / Bioengineering"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4396&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD, MPH","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cvi/researcher/Jeffrey_Feinstein","researchInterest":"Research interests include (1) computer simulation and modeling of cardiovascular physiology with specific attention paid to congenital heart disease and its treatment, (2) development and testing of transcatheter therapies for the treatment of congenital heart disease, and (3) the evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary vascular disease."},{"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."}]}