{"result":[{"lastName":"Wakelee","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Investigational Therapeutics"},{"focus":"Lung Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Mesothelioma "},{"focus":"Mesothelioma - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"Thoracic Cancers"},{"focus":"Thoracic Cancers - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"thymoma"},{"focus":"thymic carcinoma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6058&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Heather Wakelee","firstName":"Heather","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Heather_Wakelee","researchInterest":"Dr. Wakelee's research is focused on clinical trials in lung cancer patients.  She also works with novel agents for all malignancies as part of the developmental therapeutics group of the cancer center."},{"lastName":"Sweet-Cordero","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6970&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alejandro Sweet-Cordero","firstName":"Alejandro","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alejandro_Sweet-Cordero","researchInterest":"Our laboratory is devoted to the analysis of pathways involved in the initiation, progression, and maintenance of cancer.   Utilizing the mouse as a model system, we strive to understand aberrant oncogenic signaling, the role of the tumor microenvironment and the mechanisms involved in chemotherapy response and resistance at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels."},{"lastName":"Presti","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"prostate cancer"},{"focus":"bladder cancer"},{"focus":"kidney cancer"},{"focus":"Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"testicular cancer"},{"focus":"radical cystectomy"},{"focus":"partial nephrectomy"},{"focus":"radical nephrectomy"},{"focus":"Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4717&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph Presti, Jr.","firstName":"Joseph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Presti","researchInterest":"refine detection strategies for prostate cancer, identify prognostic indicators for prostate cancer patients"},{"lastName":"Gonzalgo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Robotic Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Robotic Cystectomy"},{"focus":"Urologic Oncology - Prostate, Bladder, Kidney, Testicular Cancer"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13213&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark L. 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Clinical Focus: Prostate Cancer - Robotic Prostatectomy; Bladder Cancer - Robotic Cystectomy; Urologic Oncology - Prostate, Bladder, Kidney, Testicular Cancer."},{"lastName":"King","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4348&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher King","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_King","researchInterest":"Prostate cancer"},{"lastName":"Brooks","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Male Cancers - Prostate "},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6178&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James D. Brooks","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Brooks","researchInterest":"We have used comprehensive gene expression profiling for 2 translational research objectives: 1) to understand the mechanisms of action of candidate prostate cancer preventive agents and develop biomarkers that we can use to evaluate response; and 2) to identify diagnostic and prognostic markers for prostate, kidney, testicular and bladder cancers."},{"lastName":"Gould","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4084&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael K. 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Current funded research projects include an evaluation of a computerized decision support system for managing patients with lung nodules, an examination of timeliness and quality of care in lung cancer, and development of quality indicators in veterans with lung cancer."},{"lastName":"Olsson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Critical Care"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8439&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Julie Olsson","firstName":"Julie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Julie_Olsson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Peehl","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4633&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Donna Peehl","firstName":"Donna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donna_Peehl","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the molecular and cellular biology of the human prostate. Developing realistic experimental models is a major goal, and primary cultures of prostatic epithelial and stromal cells are my main model system. Our discoveries are relevant to prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant prostatic diseases."},{"lastName":"Merritt","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive"},{"focus":"VATS Lobectomy"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10438&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert E. 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Current efforts are evaluating the vitamin D receptor in prostate cancer, osteoporosis and rickets."},{"lastName":"Bellovin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10046&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David I. Bellovin","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Bellovin","researchInterest":"Currently investigating the origin, development, and treatment of MYC-induced hepatocellular carcinoma using a conditional transgenic mouse model."},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7991&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David J. 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