{"result":[{"lastName":"Yao","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hand, Wrist, Elbow and Shoulder Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6972&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Yao, MD","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Yao","researchInterest":"1. Minimally invasive and arthroscopic treatment alternatives for common hand and wrist disorders\r\n2. Biologic augmentation of tendon repair strategies utilizing stem cells\r\n3. Cartilage engineering strategies utilizing stem cells"},{"lastName":"Beaulieu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4200&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher Beaulieu M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Beaulieu","researchInterest":"Applications of computer graphics to medical imaging, with emphasis on diagnosis of bowel pathology using virtual colonoscopy. Dynamic joint imaging with open Magnetic Resonance Imaging system."},{"lastName":"Safran","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hip Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Elbow Surgery"},{"focus":"Ligament Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Knee Surgery"},{"focus":"Knee Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Shoulder Surgery"},{"focus":"Shoulder Dislocation"},{"focus":"Hip Impingement"},{"focus":"Labral Tears"},{"focus":"Shoulder Impingement Syndrome"},{"focus":"Thrower's Shoulder"},{"focus":"Thrower's Elbow"},{"focus":"Knee Injuries"},{"focus":"Elbow Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8039&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marc R. Safran","firstName":"Marc","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marc_Safran","researchInterest":"Dr. Safran\u0092s practice focuses on arthroscopic management of hip problems as well as articular cartilage regeneration, shoulder surgery and athletic shoulder and elbow problems. He is actively involved in research in these areas."},{"lastName":"Ladd","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hand Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4169&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amy Ladd","firstName":"Amy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Amy_Ladd","researchInterest":"Research Interests \r\n1. Archiving, vitalizing, and innovating medical and surgical knowledge \r\n2. Realizing surgical simulation \r\n3. Studying the complexity of the human hand and upper limb: evolutionary history, comparative anatomy, and its role in cognition \r\n4. Studying the various synthetic bone substitutes and factors as mechanical and biologic materials \r\n5. Understanding the fracture of the distal radius, the most common fracture requiring treatment."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Hand Problems"},{"focus":"Peripheral Nerve Injuries"},{"focus":"Facial Nerve Injuries"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand Tumors"},{"focus":"Hand Arthritis"},{"focus":"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome"},{"focus":"Hand Scleroderma"},{"focus":"Microsurgery"},{"focus":"Complex Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Free Flap Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Lower Extremity Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Dupuytrens Disease"},{"focus":"Tendon Transfer"},{"focus":"Thumb Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Facial Paralysis"},{"focus":"Hand Fractures"},{"focus":"Microvascular Hand Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand Deformities"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4709&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Chang","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Chang","researchInterest":"My role in research is to apply novel advances in tissue engineering and microsurgery to the clinical problems of hand trauma, peripheral nerve injuries, and congenital hand problems.  I am interested in developing new tissues and techniques that will allow optimal reconstruction of form and function to those patients requiring reconstructive surgery."},{"lastName":"Fanton","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Rotator Cuff Repair"},{"focus":"Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair"},{"focus":"Shoulder Instability"},{"focus":"Shoulder Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Knee Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Medical Implants and Devices"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6424&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary S. Fanton","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Fanton","researchInterest":"Dr. Gary Fanton is the Chief of the Section of Sports Medicine at Stanford\u0092s Department of Orthopedic Surgery. His practice primarily involves the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of sports and trauma-related injuries of the upper extremity, knee, and ankle.  He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and is currently the Team Physician in Orthopedics for the San Francisco 49ers. Dr. Fanton's past experience includes positions as team orthopedist for the San Francisco "},{"lastName":"Cheung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Shoulder and Elbow Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7784&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Emilie Cheung, M.D.","firstName":"Emilie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Emilie_Cheung","researchInterest":"Dr. Cheung specializes in reconstructive procedures of the shoulder and elbow, including fractures, joint replacements, rotator cuff repair, cartilage and soft tissue injuries, and arthroscopic procedures.  She completed her Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.  She completed her Fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at the world renowned Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, MN.\r\n\r\nHer research has focused on clinical outcomes following revision of total shoulder rep"},{"lastName":"Fredericson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Physical Medicine and Rehab"},{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Electrodiagnostic Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3802&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Fredericson","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Fredericson","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of sports injuries in athletes including:   patellofemoral pain, iliotibial band syndrome, stress fractures, and core strengthening."},{"lastName":"Stevens","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3881&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathryn Stevens","firstName":"Kathryn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kathryn_Stevens","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hentz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Brachial plexus"},{"focus":"Obstetrical brachial plexus palsy"},{"focus":"Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors"},{"focus":"Peripheral nerve injuries"},{"focus":"Dupuytren's Contracture"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3794&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vincent Hentz","firstName":"Vincent","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vincent_Hentz","researchInterest":"1. Nerve regeneration and repair, evaluation of repair methods, modalities to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration, development of improved methods to analyze nerve regeneration.\r\n\r\n2. Implementation of functional neuromuscular stimulation to paralytic deformities.\r\n\r\n3. Computer modeling of upper limb function."},{"lastName":"Gold","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4705&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Garry Gold","firstName":"Garry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Garry_Gold","researchInterest":"My primary focus is application of new MR imaging technology to musculoskeletal problems.  Current projects include: Rapid MRI for Osteoarthritis, Weight-bearing cartilage imaging with MRI, and MRI-based models of muscle.  We are studing the application of new MR imaging techniques such as rapid imaging, real-time imaging, and short echo time imaging to learn more about biomechanics and pathology of bones and joints."},{"lastName":"Chou","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Loretta Chou","firstName":"Loretta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Loretta_Chou","researchInterest":"I am a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, subspecializing in Disorders of the Foot and Ankle. My clinic offers diagnosis and treatment of pain, deformity, and acute injuries of the foot and ankle.\r\n\r\n\r\nMy research interests include: rupture and tendinitis of the Achilles tendon, osteochondral defects of the talus, Total Ankle Arthroplasty, arthrodesis (fusion) of the foot and ankle, pain following operations of the foot and ankle, open fractures treated with operations, anatomy of the foot and"},{"lastName":"Dragoo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6975&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jason L. Dragoo, MD","firstName":"Jason","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jason_Dragoo","researchInterest":"Previous research in this laboratory has focused on the development of viable tissue engineered structures of the knee including articular (hyaline) and meniscal (fibrocartilage) cartilage, as well as bone. These tissues are engineered from adult stem cells extracted from fat tissue and bone marrow, as well as, biologic matrices and growth factors. The goal of this research will be curing the patient\u0092s arthritis by re-establishing articular cartilage using their own stem cells."},{"lastName":"Fleischmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4591&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dominik Fleischmann","firstName":"Dominik","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dominik_Fleischmann","researchInterest":"Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging \r\nImage Post-processing\r\nContrast Medium Dynamics"},{"lastName":"Andriacchi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations"},{"appointment":"Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5947&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Andriacchi","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Andriacchi","researchInterest":"Professor Andriacchi's research focuses on the biomechanics of human locomotion and its biomedical applications to artificial joints, sports injury, osteoarthritis, and neuromuscular disorders."},{"lastName":"Biswal","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3887&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandip Biswal, MD","firstName":"Sandip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sandip_Biswal","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Rubin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Thoracic Imaging"},{"focus":"CT Angiography"},{"focus":"Computed Tomography"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4076&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D.","firstName":"Geoffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Geoffrey_Rubin","researchInterest":"Dr. Rubin's research interests focus on cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging. He and his team are developing novel methods for automated detection of lung nodules in CT data and are investigating the impact of CAD on the diagnostic performance of radiologists interpreting lung CT scans.\r\n\r\nHe also develops novel noninvasive vascular and cardiac imaging techniques and post-processing algorithms with emphasis on three- and four-dimensional acquisition, visualization and quantitation using MDCT."},{"lastName":"Giori","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4702&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nicholas Giori MD, PhD","firstName":"Nicholas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nicholas_Giori","researchInterest":"Osteoarthritis \r\nMedical Device Development"},{"lastName":"Park","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"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=3954&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jon Park","firstName":"Jongsoo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jongsoo_Park","researchInterest":"Non-fusion dynamic spinal stabilization, artificial disc technologies, and regenerative spinal technologies."},{"lastName":"Delp","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6284&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scott L. Delp, Ph.D.","firstName":"Scott","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Scott_Delp","researchInterest":"Experimental and computational approaches to study human movement. Development of biomechanical models to analyze muscle function, study movement abnormalities, design new medical products, and guide surgery. Testing of new computational models of human movement with medical image data and experimental measurements."},{"lastName":"Vasanawala","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8162&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shreyas Vasanawala","firstName":"Shreyas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shreyas_Vasanawala","researchInterest":"My work is focused on developing new MRI techniques for body imaging.  In particular, we are increasing the speed of MRI and developing novel MR methods of probing metabolism."},{"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":"Napel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Medicine - BMIR"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4647&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandy Napel","firstName":"Sandy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sandy_Napel","researchInterest":"My primary interests are in developing diagnostic and therapy-planning applications and strategies for the acquisition, visualization and computer aided interpretation of multi-dimensional medical imaging data."},{"lastName":"Wang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Emergency Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Emergency Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4020&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nancy  Wang","firstName":"Nancy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nancy_Wang","researchInterest":"- Disparities in Emergency Medical Services for children. \r\n- Efficacy of novel interventions for pediatric access to care. \r\n- Teaching and supporting community-initiated interventions and programs internationally."},{"lastName":"Hargreaves","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6626&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brian Hargreaves","firstName":"Brian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Brian_Hargreaves","researchInterest":"I am interested in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications including cardiovascular, abdominal, breast and musculoskeletal imaging. These applications require development of faster and more efficient MRI methods that provide improved diagnostic contrast compared with current methods. My work includes novel excitation schemes, efficient imaging methods and reconstruction tools.  Please see my research site (above) for most up-to-date information."}]}