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I am interested in understanding the role that the BMP  and Wnt pathways play in regulating functions of pulmonary endothelial and smooth muscle cells both in health and disease.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7827&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vinicio_de Jesus Perez","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"}],"firstName":"Vinicio","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Vinicio de Jesus Perez MD","lastName":"de Jesus Perez"},{"researchInterest":"Understanding genetic basis of cardiovascular function and disease.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4426&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Quertermous","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Thomas","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Thomas Quertermous, MD","lastName":"Quertermous"},{"researchInterest":"fetal heart surgery, surgery of premature and very low birthweight neonates, cerebral protection during heart surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3807&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vadiyala_Reddy","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric "}],"firstName":"Vadiyala","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"V. 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Investigations include clinical trials of medications for  heart failure, cardiac resynchronization, and development of methods for evaluation of right ventricular function.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4476&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Rosenthal","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathies"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Right Ventricle"}],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"David Rosenthal","lastName":"Rosenthal"},{"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","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5896&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Olaf_Reinhartz","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation"}],"firstName":"Olaf","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Olaf Reinhartz","lastName":"Reinhartz"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4396&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Feinstein","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"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"}],"firstName":"Jeffrey","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Jeffrey A. 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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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4174&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Bernstein","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Heart Transplantation"},{"focus":"Pediatric Heart Failure"}],"firstName":"Daniel","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Daniel Bernstein","lastName":"Bernstein"},{"researchInterest":"His research and clinical work focuses on the development of interventional techniques for fetal and neonatal treatment of congenital heart disease, pulmonary, vascular physiology, and the neurologic impact of open-heart surgery. 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Pediatric Health Research Fund Award, Stanford Univ Sch of Medicine, 2005-2006.\r\nA Pilot Trial fo B-type Natriuretic Peptide for Promotion of Urine Output in Diuretic-Resistant Infants Following Cardiovascular Surgery.Pediatric Health Research Fund Award, Stanford Univ Sch of Medicine, 2005-2006.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3985&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Roth","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Stephen","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Stephen J. Roth","lastName":"Roth"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4115&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Cooke","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Vascular Medicine"}],"firstName":"John","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"John Cooke, MD, PhD","lastName":"Cooke"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) as well as understanding normal immune system function.  Using advanced flow cytometric techniques and computational biology approaches, we focus on high throughput drug screening, mouse models of disease in patient materials, and understanding disease processes at the single cell level.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4713&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Garry_Nolan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Garry","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","displayName":"Garry Nolan","lastName":"Nolan"},{"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/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":"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7578&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Euan_Ashley","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"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"}],"firstName":"Euan","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Euan A. Ashley","lastName":"Ashley"},{"researchInterest":"Our laboratory examines apoptotic and cell cycle pathways in cancer and lung disease. We have identified a novel cell cycle protein which regulates cell cycle progression in immune cells and the lung.  We are also studying signaling pathways that regulate cancer cell growth and metastasis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4245&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Glenn_Rosen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "}],"firstName":"Glenn","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Glenn Rosen","lastName":"Rosen"},{"researchInterest":"Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States. Our group is interested in studying both the early and late phases of atherosclerosis so that we can better develop prevention and treatment strategies.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4228&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alan_Yeung","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Chronic Total Occlusions"},{"focus":"Complex Coronary Angioplasty"},{"focus":"Mitral Valvuloplasty"},{"focus":"Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement"},{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Alan","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Alan Yeung, MD","lastName":"Yeung"}]}