{"result":[{"lastName":"Kuhl","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9528&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ellen Kuhl","firstName":"Ellen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ellen_Kuhl","researchInterest":"computational simulation of cardiac disease: heart failure, left ventricular remodeling, electrophysiology, excitation-contraction coupling, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, computer-guided surgical planning, patient-specific simulation"},{"lastName":"Miller","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4170&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"D. Craig Miller, M.D.","firstName":"D","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/D_Miller","researchInterest":"Cardiac and heart valve disease with  experimental laboratory large animal projects focused on the investigation of left ventricular and cardiac mechanics, bioenergetics, and LV and mitral valve physiology and pathophysiology.  Current thrust is aimed at understanding the mitral valve and subvalvular mitral apparatus and transmural LV wall strains, thickening, and myolaminar fiber-sheet mechanics.\r\n\r\nClinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aortic dissection, aneurysm) and "},{"lastName":"Foppiano","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4302&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda Foppiano","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Linda_Foppiano","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Fann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4014&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Fann","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Fann","researchInterest":"Cardiac surgery simulation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac valve disease, thoracic aortic disease"},{"lastName":"Schnittger","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4659&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingela Schnittger, MD","firstName":"Ingela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ingela_Schnittger","researchInterest":"My main research continues to be in the field of echocardiography. Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Burdon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4197&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Burdon","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Burdon","researchInterest":"New technologies in the area of catheters, clamps, and, visualization devices for aid in cardiac surgery; distribution of, cardioplegia, both anterograde and retrograde as determined by, techniques in technetium pyro-phosphate scans; glucose insulin, potassium as an adjunct in cardiac surgery."},{"lastName":"Kvitting","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10450&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John-Peder Escobar Kvitting","firstName":"John-Peder","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John-Peder_Kvitting","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Silverman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3920&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norman H. Silverman","firstName":"Norman","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Norman_Silverman","researchInterest":"My research interests center around cardiac ultrasound. I am currently working on several areas in the development of human cardiac ultrasound.\r\n\r\nThese are fetal cardiac ultrasound. intraoperative and transesophageal ultrasound imaging in children,  imaging potiential for ultrasound two and three dimensional modalities in children with congenital heart disease"},{"lastName":"Carter","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Mechanical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Mechanical Engineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6095&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dennis Carter","firstName":"Dennis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dennis_Carter","researchInterest":"Professor Carter studies the influence of mechanical loading upon the growth, development, regeneration, and aging of skeletal tissues. Basic information from such studies is used to understand skeletal diseases and treatments. He has served as President of the Orthopaedic Research Society and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering."},{"lastName":"Taylor","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Mechanical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6076&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Charles A. Taylor","firstName":"Charles","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Charles_Taylor","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular Bioengineering, Simulation-Based Medical Planning, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Image-Based Geometric Modeling, Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics."},{"lastName":"Haddad","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"RIght Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Heart Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8185&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Francois Haddad","firstName":"Francois","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Francois_Haddad","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Fowler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4094&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael B. Fowler, MB, FRCP","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Fowler","researchInterest":"Adrenergic nervous system; beta-adrenergic function in, heart failure; drugs in heart failure."},{"lastName":"Pelc","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4111&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norbert Pelc","firstName":"Norbert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Norbert_Pelc","researchInterest":"Broadly, Dr. Pelc is interested in the physics, engineering and mathematics of medical imaging, especially computed tomography, digital x-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and hybrid multimodality systems.  His current research is concentrated in the development of computed tomography systems with higher image quality and dose efficiency, in the characterization of system performance, and in the development and validation of new clinical applications."},{"lastName":"Ashley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular genetics"},{"focus":"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Dilated Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Long QT Syndrome"},{"focus":"Peripartum cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia"}],"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=7578&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Euan A. Ashley","firstName":"Euan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Euan_Ashley","researchInterest":"My research interests are translational. We use high dimensional genomic analysis to identify myocardial gene expression networks then use molecular, cellular and classical physiology tools to assay the biological systems. Our interests range from fit to failing hearts."},{"lastName":"Yang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6101&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Phillip Yang, MD","firstName":"Phillip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Phillip_Yang","researchInterest":"Dr. Yang's research interest focuses on the comprehensive diagnosis of ischemic heart disease using cardiac MRI. Specifically, he is using novel MR imaging sequences that enable rapid and integrated imaging of the coronary arteries as well as assessment of LV function, cardiac perfusion, and myocardial viability. By combining the chemical sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance with high spatial and temporal resolution, a wide range of biological events spanning from molecular to physiologic "},{"lastName":"Vagelos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"valvular heart disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4105&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Randall Vagelos, MD","firstName":"Randall","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Vagelos","researchInterest":"I. Congestive Heart Failure New Medical Therapies Prognostic Evaluation Selection for Cardiac Transplantation II. Screening for Myocardial Necrosis New ECG Monitoring Devices New Serum Markers III. 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."},{"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":"Clusin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4502&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Clusin, MD","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Clusin","researchInterest":"Cardiac action potentials; tissue culture, voltage, clamp technique; role of calcium in ischemia arrhythmias; coronary, artery disease; myocardial infarction."},{"lastName":"Murphy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4632&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Murphy","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Murphy","researchInterest":"Dr. Murphy's major interests are in noninvasive cardiology and clinical pediatric and  adult congenital cardiac disease. These clinical interests range from imaging of complex cardiac disease in the fetus and newborn to care of the adult with congenital heart disease. He also coordinates the Marfan clinic at LPCH.  He is the director of the Adult Congenital Cardiac Clinic at Stanford University Medical Center."},{"lastName":"Charo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9189&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Charo","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Charo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Bland","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3896&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Bland","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Bland","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on the pathogenesis and treatment of acute and chronic neonatal lung injury and the mechanisms that regulate lung fluid balance and alveolar & pulmonary vascular development after premature birth."},{"lastName":"Witteles","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"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=8212&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ronald Witteles","firstName":"Ronald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ronald_Witteles","researchInterest":"1) Understanding, treating, and preventing cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicity\r\n2) Relationships between insulin resistance and dilated cardiomyopathy\r\n3) Amyloidosis -- Optimizing therapy and discovering new treatments\r\n4) Cardiorenal syndrome (clinical trials)\r\n5) Optimization of pacemaker timing in heart failure patients\r\n6) PET imaging of myocardial glucose metabolism"},{"lastName":"Mainwaring","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5999&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Mainwaring","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Mainwaring","researchInterest":"Professional Interests: Pediatric cardiovascular surgery, surgery for adults with congenital heart disease"},{"lastName":"Bernstein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Heart Transplantation"},{"focus":"Pediatric Heart Failure"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4174&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Bernstein","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Bernstein","researchInterest":"We are interested in the role of the sympathetic nervous system and its cellular components (adrenergic receptors, G proteins) in regulating cardiac development and function. 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."},{"lastName":"Rosenthal","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathies"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Right Ventricle"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4476&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Rosenthal","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Rosenthal","researchInterest":"Research interests include the study of Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and ventricular dysfunction in children, from a clinical perspective.  Investigations include clinical trials of medications for  heart failure, cardiac resynchronization, and development of methods for evaluation of right ventricular function."}]}