{"result":[{"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":"Leeper","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"Vascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9669&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nicholas Leeper","firstName":"Nicholas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nicholas_Leeper","researchInterest":""},{"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":"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."},{"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":"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":"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":"Yazawa","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9820&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Masayuki Yazawa","firstName":"Masayuki","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Masayuki_Yazawa","researchInterest":""},{"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":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_McConnell","researchInterest":"Imaging cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease.  Projects include cellular and structural characterization of atherosclerotic plaque by MRI, optical imaging (bioluminescence and fluorescence) of vascular inflammation, as well as noninvasive coronary angiography by MRI and MRI- guided cardiovascular interventions.  Additional collaborative projects include real-time cardiac MRI and multi-modality imaging of cardiac stem cell trans"},{"lastName":"Reddy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric "}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3807&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"V. Mohan Reddy","firstName":"Vadiyala","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vadiyala_Reddy","researchInterest":"fetal heart surgery, surgery of premature and very low birthweight neonates, cerebral protection during heart surgery"},{"lastName":"Wheeler","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9086&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Wheeler","firstName":"Matthew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Matthew_Wheeler","researchInterest":"Research into cardiomyopathy genetics, mechanisms, and screening.  Current projects include investigating cholesterol metabolism in cardiac hypertrophy, cost and effectiveness of preparticipation screening, quality of life in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pharmacogenomics of heart failure therapies, novel therapeutics for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."},{"lastName":"Dubin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4477&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anne Dubin","firstName":"Anne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anne_Dubin","researchInterest":"Arrhythmia management in pediatric heart failure, especially resynchronization therapy in congenital heart disease,Radio frequency catheter ablation of pediatric arrhythmias,"},{"lastName":"Sung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9675&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kyung Sung","firstName":"Kyunghyun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kyunghyun_Sung","researchInterest":"Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI\r\nCompressed Sensing"},{"lastName":"Hanley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric "},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3806&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Frank Hanley","firstName":"Frank","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Frank_Hanley","researchInterest":"His research and clinical work focuses on the development of interventional techniques for fetal and neonatal treatment of congenital heart disease, pulmonary, vascular physiology, and the neurologic impact of open-heart surgery. He developed and pioneered the \u0093unifocalization\u0094 procedure, in which a single procedure is used to repair a complex and life-threatening congenital heart defect rather than several staged open-heart surgeries as performed by other surgeons."},{"lastName":"Kojima","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9671&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yoko Kojima","firstName":"Yoko","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yoko_Kojima","researchInterest":""},{"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":"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":"Feinstein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Defects"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities"},{"focus":"Cardiac Catheterization"},{"focus":"Biomechanical Engineering / Bioengineering"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4396&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD, MPH","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Feinstein","researchInterest":"Research interests include (1) computer simulation and modeling of cardiovascular physiology with specific attention paid to congenital heart disease and its treatment, (2) development and testing of transcatheter therapies for the treatment of congenital heart disease, and (3) the evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary vascular disease."},{"lastName":"Wu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph  C. Wu","firstName":"Joseph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Wu","researchInterest":"My lab works on biological mechanisms of adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells. We use a combination of gene profiling, tissue engineering, physiological testing, and molecular imaging technologies to better understand stem cell biology in vitro and in vivo.  For adult stem cells, we are interested in monitoring stem cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. For ESC, we are currently studying their tumorigenicity, immunogenicity, and differentiation"},{"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":"Reinhartz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5896&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Olaf Reinhartz","firstName":"Olaf","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Olaf_Reinhartz","researchInterest":"1. Mechanical circulatory support in failing Fontan circulation\r\n2. Pathophysiologic response to fetal cardiac surgery.\r\n3. Various clinical projects in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery"},{"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":"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":"Macdonald","clinicalFocus":[],"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=6145&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Malcolm Macdonald","firstName":"Malcolm","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Malcolm_Macdonald","researchInterest":""}]}