{"result":[{"researchInterest":"My main research interests include the surgical management of the morbidly obese, evidence-based surgery, and surgical education. Prior training in public health, health administration, and surgery provide a strong foundation from which to pursue these goals.\r\nThe only effective and enduring treatment for morbid obesity is bariatric surgery. Like the previous public health epidemics of cancer and heart disease, surgery is the first responder to the obesity crisis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3943&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Morton","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Bariatric Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive"},{"focus":"Gastric Bypass"},{"focus":"gastric banding"},{"focus":"sleeve gastrectomy"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedure"},{"focus":"GERD"},{"focus":"Esophageal Achalasia"},{"focus":"Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia"},{"focus":"Hernia, Abdominal"},{"focus":"Splenectomy"},{"focus":"Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic"},{"focus":"natural orifice surgery"},{"focus":"esophyx; stomaphyx"},{"focus":"single incision surgery"}],"firstName":"John","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","displayName":"John Morton","lastName":"Morton"},{"researchInterest":"Minimal Access and Scarless Surgery\r\n\r\nHirschsprung Disease\r\n\r\nEsophageal Atresia\r\n\r\nLiver and Bile Duct Surgery\r\n\r\nSurgical Management of Hereditary Spherocytosis\r\n\r\nShort Bowel Syndrome\r\n\r\nSurgical Innovation and Emerging Technologies\r\n\r\nSurgical Education and Simulation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6473&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sanjeev_Dutta","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgery, Pediatric"}],"firstName":"Sanjeev","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery","displayName":"Sanjeev Dutta, MD MA FRCSC FACS","lastName":"Dutta"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3932&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeremy_Collins","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"firstName":"Jeremy","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","displayName":"Jeremy Collins","lastName":"Collins"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8315&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dan_Eisenberg","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Dan","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","displayName":"Dan Eisenberg","lastName":"Eisenberg"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Van Dam's research focus involves the use of Raman and light-scattering spectroscopy for the early detection and screening of gastrointestinal cancer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4349&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jacques_Van Dam","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"firstName":"Jacques","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","displayName":"Jacques Van Dam, M.D., Ph.D.","lastName":"Van Dam"},{"researchInterest":"Clinical aspects of anesthesia for non-cardiac thoracic surgery including lung separation techniques, management of one-lung ventilation and post-thoracotomy analgesia.\r\nAnesthesia for the morbidly obese patient' bariatric surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4480&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jay_Brodsky","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Clinical),Anesthesia"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"firstName":"Jay","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Clinical),Anesthesia","displayName":"Jay B. 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Head and Neck reconstruction.  Perineogenital reconstruction.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7663&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gordon_Lee","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"DIEP, SIEA, TUG, SGAP flaps"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"}],"firstName":"Gordon","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","displayName":"Gordon K. Lee, M.D.","lastName":"Lee"},{"researchInterest":"Our research interests are primarily in surgical oncology, especially gastrointestinal cancers. We are also developing new research studies in surgical outcomes.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4440&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sherry_Wren","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"Colorectal Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"firstName":"Sherry","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","displayName":"Sherry M. Wren","lastName":"Wren"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Macario is interested in the economics of health care, in particular the tradeoffs between costs and outcomes for patients having surgery and anesthesia. Dr. Macario has completed internationally recognized studies on the management of the operating room suite, as well as pioneering work on the cost-effectiveness of drugs and devices.  He is Founder and Director of a Postgraduate Fellowship for physicians interested in applying quantitative tools to solve health services research questions.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4554&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alex_Macario","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"firstName":"Alex","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","displayName":"Alex Macario MD","lastName":"Macario"},{"researchInterest":"Development and evaluation of faculty development programs for medical teachers","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6135&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Georgette_Stratos","appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver),Medicine - General Internal Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Georgette","primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver),Medicine - General Internal Medicine","displayName":"Georgette A. Stratos, PhD","lastName":"Stratos"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3918&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Craig_Albanese","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgery, Pediatric"}],"firstName":"Craig","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery","displayName":"Craig T. Albanese, MD, MBA","lastName":"Albanese"},{"researchInterest":"Our laboratory (please also refer to David M. Gaba M.D.) is active in the study of human performance of medical personnel. We are actively involved in teaching health care personnel the technique of crisis resource management (CRM) using realistic simulation.  Research on sleep deprivation and fatigue and the performance of health care personnel is also an active area of study.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4006&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Howard","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Steven","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","displayName":"Steven K. 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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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3840&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Stafford","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"}],"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"}],"firstName":"Randall","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","displayName":"Randall Stafford","lastName":"Stafford"},{"researchInterest":"1) CATHETER-DIRECTED THERAPY FOR ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM\r\n2) RETRIEVABLE IVC FILTERS\r\n3) ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF CAVAL AND DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS\r\n4) EMBOLOTHERAPY FOR TUMORS","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7662&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Kuo","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular & Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"firstName":"William","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","displayName":"William T. Kuo","lastName":"Kuo"},{"researchInterest":"Cosmetic surgery and the study of changes associated with the aging appearance of the face.\r\n\r\n1. Analysis and development of new procedures for aesthetic surgery of the face\r\n2. Analysis of the changes the face undergoes with age in the bone and soft tissues\r\n3. Analysis of techniques for rhinoplasty\r\n4. Evaluation of optimal techniques for aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3872&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Kahn","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cosmetic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Breast Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Rhinoplasty"},{"focus":"Breast Implantation"},{"focus":"Face Lift"},{"focus":"Blepharoplasty"},{"focus":"botox"},{"focus":"abdominoplasty"},{"focus":"body contouring"},{"focus":"soft tissue fillers"},{"focus":"skin cancer"},{"focus":"Chemical Face Peeling"},{"focus":"Dermabrasion"},{"focus":"Reconstructive Surgical Procedures"},{"focus":"aesthetic surgery"},{"focus":"Nose Deformities, Acquired"},{"focus":"neck lift"}],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","displayName":"David Kahn","lastName":"Kahn"},{"researchInterest":"Asthma in East Palo Alto - We are exploring the causes and possible interventions to reduce the burden of childhood asthma in East Palo Alto.\r\n\r\nChild Health disparities - We are working to elucidate the access barriers for uninsured and underinsured children.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5878&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lisa_Chamberlain","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"}],"firstName":"Lisa","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General","displayName":"Lisa Chamberlain","lastName":"Chamberlain"},{"researchInterest":"Distributed learning of anatomy and laparoscopic surgery; surgical simulation; team-training in virtual  environments;telemedicine for chronic disease management in virtual worlds","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5960&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/W_Heinrichs","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"W","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Obstetrics & Gynecology","displayName":"Wm. 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