{"result":[{"lastName":"Steinberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4646&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Steinberg","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Steinberg","researchInterest":"Our laboratory investigates the pathophysiology and treatment of acute cerebral ischemia, as well as methods to restore neurologic function after stroke. Treatment strategies include mild brain hypothermia, gene transfer therapy and stem cell transplantation. 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Marks","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Marks","researchInterest":"Interventional neuroradiology; cerebral arteriovenous malformations; stroke treatment and imaging; cerebral aneurysms"},{"lastName":"Do","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Neuroradiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4365&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Huy M. Do","firstName":"Huy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Huy_Do","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lane","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4172&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Barton Lane","firstName":"Barton","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Barton_Lane","researchInterest":"As a professor in the Medical Center Line, my primary investigative interest has been in clinical neuroradiology. This encompasses spinal cord and spine disease, degenerative and demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, strokes and infarction, and chronic epilepsy syndromes. Facial and head and neck vascular malformations and hemangiomas have been a focus of interest for many years, with collaborative projects involving dermatology and functional restoration services."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neuro Oncology"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors "},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Acoustic Neuroma"},{"focus":"Glioma"},{"focus":"Glioma, Astrocytic"},{"focus":"Glioblastoma"},{"focus":"Glioblastoma with Sarcomatous Component"},{"focus":"Astrocytoma"},{"focus":"Ependymoma"},{"focus":"Medulloblastoma"},{"focus":"Meningioma"},{"focus":"Intracranial Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Carotid Stenosis"},{"focus":"Arteriovenous Malformations"},{"focus":"Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations"},{"focus":"ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Adenoma, Prolactin-Secreting, Pituitary"},{"focus":"Diabetes Insipidus, Pituitary"},{"focus":"Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Hypothalamic-Pituitary Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Neoplasms, Hypothalamic-Pituitary"},{"focus":"PRL-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion"},{"focus":"Pituitary ACTH-Producing Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary ACTH-Secreting Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenoma, Prolactin-Secreting"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adrenocorticotropin-Secreting Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary Apoplexy"},{"focus":"Pituitary Diseases"},{"focus":"Pituitary FSH Hypersecretion"},{"focus":"Pituitary Gland"},{"focus":"Pituitary Growth Hormone-Secreting Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary Irradiation"},{"focus":"Pituitary Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Prolactin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Vestibular Schwannoma"},{"focus":"brain metastasis"},{"focus":"Cyberknife"},{"focus":"Radiosurgery, Stereotactic"},{"focus":"Stereotactic Techniques"},{"focus":"spinal avm"},{"focus":"spinal tumor"},{"focus":"Spinal Meningioma"},{"focus":"spinal schwannoma"},{"focus":"Trigeminal Neuralgia"},{"focus":"Hemifacial Spasm"},{"focus":"Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases"},{"focus":"AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) Intracranial"},{"focus":"Stroke"},{"focus":"Brain Tumor, Primary"},{"focus":"Brain Tumor, Recurrent"},{"focus":"Brain Tumors"},{"focus":"Malignant Primary Brain Tumors"},{"focus":"Primary Malignant Brain Tumors"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Cerebral"},{"focus":"Acoustic Neuroma, Cerebellopontine Angle"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Anterior Cerebral Artery"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Middle Cerebral Artery"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Posterior Cerebral Artery"},{"focus":"Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Cerebral Cavernous Hemangioma"},{"focus":"Cerebral Hemorrhage"},{"focus":"Cerebral Vasculitis"},{"focus":"Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Vascular Malformations, Brain"},{"focus":"Brain Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Brain Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Brain Revascularization"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4735&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven D. Chang, MD","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Chang","researchInterest":"Clinical research includes studies in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders, such as aneurysms and AVMs, as well as the use of radiosurgery to treat tumors and vascular malformations of the brain and spine."},{"lastName":"Guzman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7229&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Raphael Guzman","firstName":"Raphael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Raphael_Guzman","researchInterest":"Dr. Raphael Guzman is a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Lucile Packard Children's hospital and  an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Stanford School of Medicine. 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I am also interested in new developments in the treatment of craniosynostosis a congenital abnormality of infant's skulls"},{"lastName":"Mindea","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery"},{"focus":"Spine Metastasis / Spine Metastases"},{"focus":"Scoliosis, Spinal Deformity Surgery"},{"focus":"Spine Tumor Surgery / Cyberknife / Radiosurgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8613&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stefan A. Mindea M.D","firstName":"Stefan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stefan_Mindea","researchInterest":"Dr. Mindea\u0092s primary clinical interests include minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques and the management of primary and metastatic spinal tumors (cyberknife/ surgical oncology).  \r\nHis research interests include the development medical devices and cutting-edge technologies for the treatment of spinal disorders and tumors."},{"lastName":"Wijman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Stroke"},{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Critical Care Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3837&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christine Wijman","firstName":"Christine","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christine_Wijman","researchInterest":"My research interests include: predicting outcome in patients who have suffered hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to cardiac arrest using MR imaging and serum biomarkers, studying the process of perihematomal edema and secondary injury in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage using biomarkers and MR imaging, determining the diagnostic utility of MR imaging in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, and predicting outcome in critically-ill neurologic patients"},{"lastName":"Adler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Brain/Central Nervous System Cancer"},{"focus":"Stereotactic Radiosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4162&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John R. Adler, Jr.","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Adler","researchInterest":"The development and implementation of computerized, image-guided surgical tools to be used during minimally invasive brain operations. The clinical outcome of new technologies, and in particular the application of radiosurgery, for the treatment of brain tumors.  The creation of new radiosurgical techniques for a wide array of brain and spine disorders."},{"lastName":"Edwards","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael S. B. 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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":"Boakye","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6003&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maxwell Boakye","firstName":"Maxwell","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maxwell_Boakye","researchInterest":"We use multimodal approaches (FMRI, TMS, SSEP's) to characterize the patterns and significance of sensorimotor plasticity following CNS injury. One of our goals is to translate discoveries concerning the mechanisms of neuronal recovery into improved clinical and behavioral outcomes in patients with SCI, peripheral nerve injury, and stroke."},{"lastName":"Hoeft","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8524&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Fumiko Hoeft","firstName":"Fumiko","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Fumiko_Hoeft","researchInterest":"Dr. Fumiko Hoeft uses various neuroimaging techniques and investigates various learning and developmental disabilities. She is interested in figuring out ways that cognitive neuroscience research can inform educational and clinical practices. One such example is to use neuroimaging to predict who will later develop dyslexia."},{"lastName":"Fischbein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neuroradiology"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6383&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nancy Fischbein","firstName":"Nancy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nancy_Fischbein","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lansberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Stroke"},{"focus":"Cerebrovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5945&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maarten Lansberg, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Maarten","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maarten_Lansberg","researchInterest":"1. Imaging of Cerebral Perfusion with MRI and Xenon CT\r\n2. Determining selection criteria that identify stroke patients who are most likely to benefit from iv tPA\r\n3. Combining iv tPA with intraarterial mechanical thrombectomy for acute stroke\r\n4. Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in patients with stroke and TIA using long term ambulatory cardiac monitoring\r\n5. Prognosis of critically ill neurological patients"},{"lastName":"Parvizi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8194&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Josef Parvizi MD PhD","firstName":"Josef","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Josef_Parvizi","researchInterest":"My lab is involved in the mapping of neuroanatomical networks that are involved in propagation of seizure discharges. We use a combination of imaging & electrophysiological methods. Our goal is to understand the anatomy of seizure propagation and how the pathological involvement of epileptic networks explain the involuntary behavior and thought seen or experienced during seizures. We test hypotheses at cellular, local, and system levels using intracranial recording/stimulation and fMRI/EEG."},{"lastName":"Murovic","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Reconst. Peripheral Nerve Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7183&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Judith Murovic","firstName":"Judith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Judith_Murovic","researchInterest":"Dr. Murovic\u0092s research interests encompass being a member of the Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) Neurosurgery Spine laboratory, which has been studying the clinical outcomes and biomechanical properties of various spine instrumentation systems and artificial discs. In addition to collaborations on the aforementioned projects, she has been specifically studying the incidence of spinal \u0093adjacent segment disease\u0094 after traditional cervical fusions. \r\n\r\nShe is actively involved in the pre"},{"lastName":"Dorfman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Multiple Sclerosis"},{"focus":"Neuromuscular Diseases"},{"focus":"Clinical Neurophysiology"},{"focus":"Electromyography"},{"focus":"Evoked Potentials"},{"focus":"EMG"},{"focus":"Nerve Conduction"},{"focus":"Myelopathy"},{"focus":"Optic Neuritis"},{"focus":"Neuropathy"},{"focus":"Myopathy"},{"focus":"Neuromuscular Junction Diseases"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4154&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Les Dorfman","firstName":"Leslie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Leslie_Dorfman","researchInterest":"Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography (EMG); and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatment.  Neurological education."},{"lastName":"Harris","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Vascular Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4678&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"E. John Harris Jr.","firstName":"Edmund","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Edmund_Harris","researchInterest":"I am interested in thrombosis and the role of thrombin and its receptor in venous wall remodeling following venous thrombosis.  I am also interested in vascular hemodynamics and the use of ultrasound, MRI and computational modeling in evaluating arterial flow in exercise conditions."},{"lastName":"Sen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery"},{"focus":"Microvascular Surgery"},{"focus":"Head & Neck Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Peripheral Nerve Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14531&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Subhro K. 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We are pursuing this with several projects: 1) developing screening strategies using a novel colony-forming antibody live cell microarray, and 2) a novel micro-immunopanning device, 3) phage display to identify tumor specific markers and screen for cancer stem cells using assays in #1 and #2, and 4) examining EGFRvIII as a possible cancer stem cell marker"}]}