{"result":[{"lastName":"Perkash","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Neuro Urology and Spinal Cord injury"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4486&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Inder Perkash","firstName":"Inder","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Inder_Perkash","researchInterest":"My major interest has been neurogenic bladder and neurogenic bowel.  In other areas where I have published research include urinary tract infections , use of Laser to vaporize urethral strictures in able bodies and surgery to improve voiding in spinal cord injury patients.\r\nCurrently I am helping set up to evaluate and rehab. neurogenic bowel problems in GI Medicine at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Constantinou","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4171&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christos E. Constantinou","firstName":"Christos","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christos_Constantinou","researchInterest":"1. Pharmacologic methods in identifying alpha adrenergic receptors in the obstructed urinary tract.\r\n2. Fluid mechanics and physiological mechanisms of contractility in the urinary tract.\r\n3. Biomedical Engineering approaches in the characterization of static and dynamic properties of soft tissues.\r\n4. Image processing and 3D reconstruction of magnetic resonance.\r\n5. Computer models and vector analysis of pelvin floor musculature.\r\n6. Software for interactive teaching."},{"lastName":"Wu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10430&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hsi-Yang Wu","firstName":"Hsi-Yang","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hsi-Yang_Wu","researchInterest":"My lab studies the coordination of neonatal bladder and external urethral sphincter function. By understanding how the spinal cord creates efficient voiding in neonates and children, we hope to develop new treatments for pediatric voiding dysfunction and adult urinary incontinence."},{"lastName":"Darian-Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5979&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Corinna Darian-Smith","firstName":"Corinna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Corinna_Darian-Smith","researchInterest":"My lab looks at the organization and function of central neural pathways that underlie directed manual behavior.  We are specifically interested in how these pathways adapt following injury, and use a combination of approaches in monkeys to identify mechanisms mediating neural reorganization and behavioral recovery."},{"lastName":"Gosling","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4266&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Gosling","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Gosling","researchInterest":"My main research interest lies in the functional anatomy of the urogenital system particularly in the human. We are using numerous histochemical and immunocytochemical methods to establish the normal pattern and type of autonomic nerve which supply selected regions of the urogenital system including the urinary bladder, ureter and prostate."},{"lastName":"Comiter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"female urology"},{"focus":"pelvic prolapse"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Urinary Incontinence"},{"focus":"post-prostatectomy incontinence"},{"focus":"neuromodulation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8413&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Craig V. Comiter","firstName":"Craig","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Craig_Comiter","researchInterest":"Using various animal models of bladder outlet obstruction as a representation of human prostatic disease, I am investigating how intervening with pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, and other novel therapies may help to reverse the adverse changes in the bladder due to the obstruction.\r\n\r\nI also am investigating new, minimally invasive treatments for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence.\r\n\r\nI am also investigating the role of neruomodulation in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain and IC."},{"lastName":"Iyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20188&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shrivats Iyer","firstName":"Shrivats","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shrivats_Iyer","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ryu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Electrical Engineering - Integrated Circuits Laboratory Operations"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Electrical Engineering - Integrated Circuits Laboratory Operations","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7564&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen Ryu, MD","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Ryu","researchInterest":"Clinical research involves minimally invasive spine surgery techniques and outcomes. Also interested in spine radiosurgery. Scientific research involved brain-machine interface research with the application of neural motor prosthetic systems."},{"lastName":"Ronaghi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18186&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mohammad Ronaghi","firstName":"Mohammad","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mohammad_Ronaghi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Anderson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4542&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rodney U. Anderson, MD FACS","firstName":"Rodney","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rodney_Anderson","researchInterest":"Clinical Medical Research devoted to tertiary level application of treatment modalities for neurologic and functional disturbances of the genitourinary tract.  Problems such as urinary incontinence, urinary retention, urinary flow dysfunction (BPH), impotence, and chronic pelvic pain syndromes are addressed.  New medical devices and technology for treating these disorders are investigated"},{"lastName":"Cheng","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Spine 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=6405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ivan Cheng","firstName":"Ivan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ivan_Cheng","researchInterest":"Dr. Cheng's research interests lie in the biologic enhancement of spinal fusions, molecular techniques of intervertebral disc regeneration, and techniques of spinal instrumentation.  For more information, please go to http://www.ivanchengmd.com."},{"lastName":"Byers","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34111&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Byers","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Byers","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Delp","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor,Mechanical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"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":"Fu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=16800&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chi-Ling Fu","firstName":"Chi-Ling","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Chi-Ling_Fu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gill","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Penile Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Radical nerve sparing prostatectomy"},{"focus":"robotic prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Radical cystectomy"},{"focus":"Laser prostate surgery"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic kidney surgery"},{"focus":"minimially invasive BPH surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4287&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harcharan Gill","firstName":"Harcharan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Harcharan_Gill","researchInterest":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia- Evaluation and development of new minimally invasive techniques\r\n\r\nEndourology: developing, designing and evaluating new instruments\r\n\r\nBladder cancer: outcomes of treatment\r\n\r\nBPH: cryotherapy and HIFU"},{"lastName":"Henderson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Movement Disorders"},{"focus":"Pain"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6330&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jaimie Henderson","firstName":"Jaimie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jaimie_Henderson","researchInterest":"My research interests encompass several areas of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, including frameless stereotactic approaches for therapy delivery to deep brain nuclei; deformable patient-specific atlases for targeting brain structures; cortical physiology and its relationship to normal and pathological movement; neural prostheses; and the development of novel neuromodulatory techniques for the treatment of movement disorders, pain, and other neurological diseases."},{"lastName":"Kennedy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4434&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Kennedy","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Kennedy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lavelle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10415&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Lavelle","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Lavelle","researchInterest":"My research interests are clinically  1) voiding dysfunction (BPH, incontinence, urinary retention, & neurogenic bladder). 2) Outcomes research and am currently developing a project to review the management of neurogenic bladder within the VA. \r\nPrior research in this field is in BPH. \r\n\r\nMy Basic science interests are in epithelial physiology particularly that of the urothelium lining the bladder. Specifically permeability properties and neuro-epithelial interactions relating to sensation"},{"lastName":"Atwan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"Preventive Medicine"},{"focus":"Hypertension"},{"focus":"Women's Health"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13812&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nawal Atwan, MD","firstName":"Nawal","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nawal_Atwan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Curtin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand"},{"focus":"Peripheral Nerves"},{"focus":"Brachial Plexus"},{"focus":"Tendon Injuries"},{"focus":"Entrapment Neuropathies"},{"focus":"Neuroma"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8173&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Catherine Curtin","firstName":"Catherine","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Catherine_Curtin","researchInterest":"Maintaining and optimizing upper limb function in people with spinal cord injury.\r\nImproving pain and general well being after severe hand injuries.\r\nNeuroma care in the surgical patient"},{"lastName":"Ratliff","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adult reconstructive spinal surgery"},{"focus":"Spinal cord neoplasms"},{"focus":"Spinal stenosis"},{"focus":"Minimally invasive spinal surgery"},{"focus":"Spinal metastatic disease"},{"focus":"Spinal disc herniation"},{"focus":"Radiosurgery of spinal tumors"},{"focus":"Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24608&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Ratliff","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Ratliff","researchInterest":"My research interests focus upon preventing complications in spine surgery, assessing patient outcomes after spine surgery procedures, and developing population-based metrics for assessing surgical outcomes."},{"lastName":"Kennedy","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34622&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David J. \"D.J.\" Kennedy, M.D.","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Kennedy","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the safety and efficacy of common spine and peripheral joint injections."},{"lastName":"Nuyujukian","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Ph.D., Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17770&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Nuyujukian","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Nuyujukian","researchInterest":"My interests are in neuroengineering and its application to both basic and clinical neuroscience. The goal of my work is to develop communication and motor prosthetics for people suffering from limb paralysis. Specifically, I focus on the development and translation of intracortical neural prosthetics."},{"lastName":"Shortliffe","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Hypospadias"},{"focus":"Hydronephrosis"},{"focus":"Undescended Testes"},{"focus":"Vesicoureteral Reflux"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4634&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Linda_Shortliffe","researchInterest":"The timing for intervention in obstruction in the infant and child is poorly understood.Our group has been interested in trying to define the risks that may be involved in obstructive and infectious uropathies and discovering early signs of damage to the urinary tract and kidney. We have explored ways of imaging the urinary tract using nonionizing radiation (US, MRI). We have studied the relationships of sex steroid hormones, pregnancy, reflux, urinary tract infection and urinary tract function."}]}