{"result":[{"lastName":"Palaniappan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6447&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS","firstName":"Latha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Latha_Palaniappan","researchInterest":"Latha Palaniappan is currently an Associate Investigator at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Palaniappan has completed over 20 studies spanning 10 years in the areas of ethnicity, obesity, and diabetes risk. She currently leads the Pan Asian Cohort Study (www.pamf.org/pacs), to investigate diabetes in Asian Americans"},{"lastName":"Stafford","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol)"},{"focus":"Hypertension (high blood pressure)"},{"focus":"Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Obesity"},{"focus":"Primary Prevention"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3840&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Randall Stafford","firstName":"Randall","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Stafford","researchInterest":"As Director of the SPRC Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, my work focuses on cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention, the adoption of new technology and practices, and patterns of physician practice, particularly medication prescribing.  Specific interests include measuring and improving the quality of outpatient care, disparities in health care by race, gender, age and socioeconomic status, and interventions to improve prevention outcomes."},{"lastName":"McLaughlin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology / Diabetes"},{"focus":"Endocrinology and Metabolism"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6107&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tracey McLaughlin","firstName":"Tracey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tracey_McLaughlin","researchInterest":"Dr. McLaughlin conducts a number of clinical research studies related to obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Current studies include: 1) the impact of macronutrient composition on weight loss and cardiocascular risk (diabetic and nondiabetic patients); 2) comparison of weight loss and cardiovascular risk reduction in diabetic patients treated with different classes of antihyperglycemic drugs; 3) the role of the adipocyte in modulating insulin resistance"},{"lastName":"Murphy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4632&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Murphy","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Murphy","researchInterest":"Dr. Murphy's major interests are in noninvasive cardiology and clinical pediatric and  adult congenital cardiac disease. These clinical interests range from imaging of complex cardiac disease in the fetus and newborn to care of the adult with congenital heart disease. He also coordinates the Marfan clinic at LPCH.  He is the director of the Adult Congenital Cardiac Clinic at Stanford University Medical Center."},{"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":"Vemuri","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7649&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mytilee Vemuri","firstName":"Mytilee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mytilee_Vemuri","researchInterest":""},{"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/Michael_Fowler","researchInterest":"Adrenergic nervous system; beta-adrenergic function in, heart failure; drugs in heart failure."},{"lastName":"Winkleby","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4305&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH","firstName":"Marilyn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marilyn_Winkleby","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, health of socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations, social determinants of health, community-based intervention research, youth advocacy and mentorship, promoting diversity in health professions"},{"lastName":"Motonaga","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Electrophysiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17652&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kara Sachie Motonaga","firstName":"Kara Sachie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kara Sachie_Motonaga","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Reaven","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Endocrinology / Diabetes"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5955&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gerald Reaven, MD","firstName":"Gerald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gerald_Reaven","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Farquhar","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Chronic Disease Prevention"},{"focus":"Global cancer prevention"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5956&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John W. Farquhar, M.D.","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Farquhar","researchInterest":"Disease prevention, epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases, community-based education for disease prevention, international health."},{"lastName":"Houschyar","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34645&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Khosrow Houschyar","firstName":"Khosrow","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Khosrow_Houschyar","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Liu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diabetes andMetabolism"},{"focus":"Endocrinology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9280&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alice Liu","firstName":"Alice","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alice_Liu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Haskell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6108&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Haskell","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Haskell","researchInterest":"My major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Also, I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs."},{"lastName":"Goldstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4068&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mary Kane Goldstein","firstName":"Mary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mary_Goldstein","researchInterest":"Health services research in primary care and geriatrics: developing, implementing, and evaluating methods for clinical quality improvement.  Current work includes applying health information technology to quality improvement through clinical decision support integrated with electronic health records: encoding clinical knowledge into computable formats in automated knowledge bases; natural language processing of free text in electronic health records."},{"lastName":"Rudd","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4545&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Rudd, MD","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Peter_Rudd","researchInterest":"Quality improvement efforts seek to make medical care the \u0093best it can be\u0094 rather than merely \u0093good enough\u0094 to avoid censure.  Focus on improving the average performance usually produces more net benefit than eliminating outliers, often by simplification, standardization, and specification.  We have worked with electronic medication monitors, clinical databases, and computerized order entry systems for better clinical outcomes and trained clinicians for professionalism and accountability."},{"lastName":"Basina","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Thyroid Diseases"},{"focus":"Diabetes andMetabolism"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8519&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marina Basina","firstName":"Marina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marina_Basina","researchInterest":"Type I and type II diabetes, insulin pump therapy, glucose sensor technology, insulin resistance, PCOS, thyroid disorders"},{"lastName":"Hsu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary & Critical Care"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10186&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joe Hsu","firstName":"Joe","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joe_Hsu","researchInterest":"I am currently working to develop an orthotopic tracheal transplant model for Aspergillus infection and colonization. I am also involved in developing a device to detect pathogen-specific signatures in exhaled breath samples."},{"lastName":"Ashley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"Inherited cardiovascular disease"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Genomic medicine"},{"focus":"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathy, Dilated"},{"focus":"Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pathology"}],"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/Euan_Ashley","researchInterest":"The Ashley lab is focused on the application of genomics to medicine. We develop methods for the interpretation of whole genome sequencing data to improve diagnosis of genetic disease and to personalize the practice of medicine. We also use RNA sequencing data to generate gene networks and link communities. Half of the lab is wet benches where we take advantage of cell systems, transgenic models and microsurgical models of disease to prove causality of our favorite targets."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"chronic kidney disease"},{"focus":"hypertension"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9428&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tara I. Chang","firstName":"Tara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tara_Chang","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular disease, and specifically hypertension, in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease on dialysis."},{"lastName":"Friedman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Friedman","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Friedman","researchInterest":"Chronic disease epidemiology, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects of smoking, alcohol and pharmaceuticals, evaluation of screening tests.\r\nMost of my career has been in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research where I was Director for 7 years and am still active. I especially enjoy mentoring students and trainees at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Skhiri","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13371&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mehdi Skhiri","firstName":"Mehdi","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mehdi_Skhiri","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gardner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4085&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher Gardner","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Gardner","researchInterest":"The role of nutrition in individual and societal health, with particular interests in: plant-based diets, differential response to low-carb vs. low-fat weight loss diets by insulin resistance status, chronic disease prevention, randomized controlled trials, human nutrition, community based studies, Community Based Participatory Research, sustainable food movement (animal rights and welfare, global warming, human labor practices), stealth health, nutrition policy, nutrition guidelines"},{"lastName":"Winkelmayer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, MD, ScD","firstName":"Wolfgang","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wolfgang_Winkelmayer","researchInterest":"I study the comparative effectiveness and safety of competing clinical strategies in patients with kidney disease, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. Such strategies may include medications, devices, clinical tests, policies, or other approaches to providing or organizing clinical care. My research is based on large insurance databases, disease registries, clinical databases or electronic medical records. My explicit career goal is to improve care and outcomes of patients with these diseases."},{"lastName":"Kiernan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Senior Research Scientist (PI Waiver),Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6282&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michaela Kiernan","firstName":"Michaela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michaela_Kiernan","researchInterest":"Research interests include: (1) the design and testing of targeted behavioral interventions that promote long-term lifestyle changes and weight management among subgroups at risk, and (2) the development of methodological and statistical approaches that improve the design, delivery, and analysis of behavioral randomized clinical trials"}]}