{"result":[{"lastName":"McDonald","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"}],"primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6130&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathryn McDonald","firstName":"Kathryn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kathryn_McDonald","researchInterest":"My research and educational activities focus on evidence-based medicine, patient-centered concerns, health care quality, and patient safety. I enjoy forming and participating in multi-disciplinary teams to identify, highlight and formulate solutions to issues of suboptimal performance of the health care system, both in the US and abroad."},{"lastName":"Garber","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Economics"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Professor,Graduate School of Business"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4662&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan M. Garber","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alan_Garber","researchInterest":"Topics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease"},{"lastName":"Hlatky","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Health Services Research"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Health Services Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4142&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Hlatky, MD","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Hlatky","researchInterest":"My main research work is in \"outcomes research\", especially examining the field of cardiovascular medicine.  Particular areas of interest are the integration of economic and quality of life data into randomized clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, decision models, and cost-effectiveness analysis. I am also interested in the application of novel genetic, biomarker, and imaging tests to assess risk and guide clinical management of coronary artery disease."},{"lastName":"Goldstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4068&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mary Kane Goldstein","firstName":"Mary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mary_Goldstein","researchInterest":"Health services research in primary care and geriatrics; developing,, implementing, and evaluating methods for clinical quality improvement; utility assessment for cost-effectiveness analysis."},{"lastName":"Shachter","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Management Sci Operations"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Medicine - BMIR"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Management Sci Operations","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6795&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ross Shachter","firstName":"Ross","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ross_Shachter","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Heidenreich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4682&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Heidenreich, MD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Heidenreich","researchInterest":"My research interests include \r\n\r\n1) The cost-effectiveness of new cardiovascular technologies. \r\nExample: tests to screen asymptomatic patients for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.\r\n\r\n2) Interventions to improve the quality of care of patients with heart disease. Examples: include clinical reminders and home monitoring.\r\n\r\n3) Outcomes research using existing clinical and administrative datasets. \r\n\r\n4) Use of echocardiography to predict prognosis (e.g. diastolic dysfunction)."},{"lastName":"Gould","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4084&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael K. Gould, MD, MS","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Gould","researchInterest":"Dr. Gould uses cost-effectiveness analysis, meta-analysis and prognostic modeling to study important clinical and policy questions in thoracic oncology, pulmonary medicine and critical care. Current funded research projects include an evaluation of a computerized decision support system for managing patients with lung nodules, an examination of timeliness and quality of care in lung cancer, and development of quality indicators in veterans with lung cancer."},{"lastName":"Bendavid","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - General Internal Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - General Internal Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9404&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eran Bendavid","firstName":"Eran","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eran_Bendavid","researchInterest":"Effect of global health policies on health of individuals in developing countries, global health, HIV and TB."},{"lastName":"Keeffe","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hepatology (Liver)"},{"focus":"Chronic Hepatitis B"},{"focus":"Chronic Hepatitis C"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4208&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Emmet B. Keeffe, MD","firstName":"Emmet","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Emmet_Keeffe","researchInterest":"My clinical research interest is currently focused primarily on antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C with nitazoxanide and antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B, as well as application of hepatitis vaccines and selection and outcomes of liver transplantation in the recent past."},{"lastName":"Gore-Felton","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6625&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cheryl Gore-Felton, Ph.D.","firstName":"Cheryl","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Cheryl_Gore-Felton","researchInterest":"My clinical focus is the treatment of anxiety disorders, including post traumatic stress disorder.  My research focuses on developing effective psychotherapy interventions to reduce chronic stress as well as enhance positive health behaviors to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients coping with chronic, medical illnesses which are often life threatening."},{"lastName":"Stafford","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"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3840&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Randall Stafford","firstName":"Randall","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Stafford","researchInterest":"As Director of the SPRC Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, my work focuses on cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention, the adoption of new technology and practices, and patterns of physician practice, particularly medication prescribing.  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."},{"lastName":"Khazeni","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Critical Care"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9019&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nayer Khazeni, M.D., M.S.","firstName":"Nayer","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nayer_Khazeni","researchInterest":"Dr. Khazeni's research interests include international health policy, pulmonary infectious diseases, and strategic planning for global health catastrophes. She is currently working with colleagues in the Center for Health Policy / Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention to examine and design international pandemic influenza mitigation strategies."},{"lastName":"Kuschner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4437&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ware Kuschner, M.D.","firstName":"Ware","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ware_Kuschner","researchInterest":"Occupational and environmental lung disease; air pollution; worker safety; pulmonary toxicology"},{"lastName":"Bergman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Health Service Area"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4265&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Bergman","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Bergman","researchInterest":"My research has involved the use of new technologies to create different types of patient-doctor transactions.  I am also interested in how these new transactions impact clinical care processes.  Current work includes the evaluation of a patient portal for children with cystic fibrosis, the use of telemedicine to bring asthma experts into the schools and the attitudes of teens and parents about the use of a secure patient portal for teens."},{"lastName":"Lazzeroni","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4220&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Laura C. Lazzeroni, Ph.D.","firstName":"Laura","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Laura_Lazzeroni","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Nguyen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"},{"focus":"Hepatology"},{"focus":"Primary liver cancer"},{"focus":"Chronic hepatitis B and C"},{"focus":"Liver transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5874&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mindie Nguyen, MD, MAS","firstName":"Mindie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mindie_Nguyen","researchInterest":"Epidemiology and treatment of primary liver cancer (transarterial chemoinfusion); Multicenter study of early diagnosis of primary liver cancer with novel tumor markers; Colon cancer screening in Asian Americans; Multicenter randomized controlled studies of treatment outcomes of patients with chronic hepatitis C and novel genotypes 6 , 7, 8, and 9; Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of Asians with viral hepatitis."},{"lastName":"Musen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - BMIR"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - BMIR","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4164&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Musen","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Musen","researchInterest":"My laboratory investigates the use of distributed, component-based software architectures to build intelligent computer systems. Emphasis is on knowledge modeling and knowledge reuse. Our goals are to enhance methodologies that faculitate building and maintaining electronic knowledge bases that can drive useful biomedical computer systems. Current work concentrates on automation of clinical practice guidelines and clinical-trial protocols, and surveillance for potential episodes of bioterrorism."},{"lastName":"Al-Ahmad","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Electrophysiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Atrial Fibrillation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6371&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amin Al-Ahmad","firstName":"Amin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Amin_Al-Ahmad","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Bhattacharya","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Economics"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4000&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jayanta Bhattacharya","firstName":"Jayanta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jayanta_Bhattacharya","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the constraints that vulnerable populations face in making decisions that affect their health status, as well as the effects of government policies and programs designed to benefit vulnerable populations."},{"lastName":"Holodniy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4021&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Holodniy","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Holodniy","researchInterest":"My research program is currently focused in three areas: 1) translational research (HCV/HIV viral evolution and antiviral resistance prevalence and development), 2) HIV/HCV clinical trials (diagnostic assay/medical device, antiretrovirals, ARVs and immunomodulators), and 3) health services research focusing on cost effectiveness of HIV antibody and ARV resistance testing and ARV utilization and clincal outcome."},{"lastName":"DeBusk","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4093&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert DeBusk","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_DeBusk","researchInterest":"Experimental and clinical epidemiology of myocardial, infarction; exercise testing; cardiac risk factor management;, cardiac rehabilitation; systems for patient management; ischemic, heart disease; computer-based expert systems."},{"lastName":"Friedman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Friedman","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Friedman","researchInterest":"Chronic disease epidemiology, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects of smoking, alcohol and pharmaceuticals, evaluation of screening tests.\r\nMost of my career has been in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research where I was Director for 7 years and am still active. I especially enjoy mentoring students and trainees at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Frayne","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - General Internal Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - General Internal Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6264&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Susan M. Frayne, MD, MPH","firstName":"Susan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Susan_Frayne","researchInterest":"Primary care for mentally ill patients, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder in women seconday to sexual trauma."},{"lastName":"Albers","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4026&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gregory W. Albers","firstName":"Gregory","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gregory_Albers","researchInterest":"Our group\u0092s research focus is the acute treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disorders.  Our primary interest is the use of diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI to expand the treatment window for ischemic stroke.  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":"Olkin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Statistics"},{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Statistics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15337&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingram Olkin","firstName":"Ingram","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ingram_Olkin","researchInterest":""}]}