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We use a combination of gene profiling, tissue engineering, physiological testing, and molecular imaging technologies to better understand stem cell biology in vitro and in vivo.  For adult stem cells, we are interested in monitoring stem cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. For ESC, we are currently studying their tumorigenicity, immunogenicity, and differentiation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6159&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Wu","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"}],"firstName":"Joseph","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Joseph  C. 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Screening for CAD Patients Who Have Received Radiation Rx Diabetics Being Considered for Renal Transplantation\r\nIV. Advanced coronary and valvular disease, evaluationg candidacy for high risk interventions.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4105&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Vagelos","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"valvular heart disease"}],"firstName":"Randall","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Randall Vagelos, MD","lastName":"Vagelos"},{"researchInterest":"My research interests are vascular biology and cardiovascular pathology.  We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Connolly","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"firstName":"Andrew","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","displayName":"Andrew J. 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Biology doesn't occur in \"a vacuum\" or on coated plates--it occurs in the living body and that's were we look for biological patterns and responses to insult.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4036&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Contag","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Christopher","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","displayName":"Christopher H. 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Role of microvascular injury in acute allograft failure.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4322&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hannah_Valantine","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"}],"firstName":"Hannah","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Hannah Valantine","lastName":"Valantine"},{"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"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Fearon's general research interest is coronary physiology.  In particular, he is investigating invasive methods for evaluating the coronary microcirculation.  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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":"Improved endovascular procedures and devices to treat aortic lesions, peripheral arterial disease and venous abnormalities. Focused interest in drug-eluting stents and balloons, endovascular stent-grafts, including branched aortic devices and techniques for the endovascular management of aortic dissection. Current clinical research projects include drug-eluting stents for superficial femoral arterial disease and multiple device trials to evaluate stent-grafts for the treatment of aortic lesions.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Dake","appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Endovascular Surgery"}],"firstName":"Michael","primaryAppointment":"Acting Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","displayName":"Michael D. 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Pediatric Heart Transplant: development of non-invasive evaluations for the determination of allograft rejection and coronary artery disease; post-transplant hyperlipidemia; prevention of graft coronary artery disease\r\n2. Pediatric Exercise Testing: development of new techniques","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4077&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Clifford_Chin","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Cardiac Transplantation"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Clifford","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Clifford Chin","lastName":"Chin"},{"researchInterest":"Embryonic stem cell differentiation, angiogenesis","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8756&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zongjin_Li","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Zongjin","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","displayName":"Zongjin Li","lastName":"Li"},{"researchInterest":"Our lab focuses primarily on the contribution of the immune response to lung disease. We are specifically examining the contribution of inflammation to the development of pulmonary hypertension. We also study how airway remodeling occurs in transplantation with specific respect to the microvascular circulation and to the initiation of fibroproliferation.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8144&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Nicolls","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Critical Care"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine"},{"focus":"Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Transplantation Immunology"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"}],"firstName":"Mark","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Mark Nicolls","lastName":"Nicolls"}]}