{"result":[{"lastName":"Longaker","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4338&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Longaker","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Longaker","researchInterest":"We have six main areas of current interest: 1) Cranial Suture Developmental Biology, 2)Distraction Osteogenesis, 3) Cleft Palate and Lip Biology, 4)Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Biology, 5) Scarless Fetal Wound Healing, 6) Novel Gene and Stem Cell Therapeutic Approaches."},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9515&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ning Sun","firstName":"Ning","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ning_Sun","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Helms","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6152&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jill Helms","firstName":"Jill","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jill_Helms","researchInterest":"Dr. Helms' research interests center around craniofacial development and regenerative medicine."},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9179&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ngan Huang","firstName":"Ngan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ngan_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schendel","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Maxillofacial Surgery"},{"focus":"Vascular Malformation Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4108&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen Schendel","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Schendel","researchInterest":"Surgical correction and the study of growth and development of craniomaxillofacial anomalies and deformities.\r\n \r\n1. 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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":"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. 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The goal of this research will be curing the patient\u0092s arthritis by re-establishing articular cartilage using their own stem cells."},{"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":"Drukker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9848&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Micha Drukker","firstName":"Micha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Micha_Drukker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gurtner","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6890&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Geoffrey Gurtner","firstName":"Geoffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Geoffrey_Gurtner","researchInterest":"Geoffrey Gurtner's Lab is interested in understanding the mecahnism of new blood vessel growth following injury and how pathways of tissue regeneration and fibrosis interact in wound healing."},{"lastName":"Taniguchi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8680&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hidetoshi Taniguchi M.D.,PhD.","firstName":"Hidetoshi","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hidetoshi_Taniguchi","researchInterest":"Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonate\r\nThe role of prostaglandin in ischemic brain injury"},{"lastName":"Lorenz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cleft lip and palate surgery"},{"focus":"Facial surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"facial fracture surgery"},{"focus":"Body contouring surgery"},{"focus":"abdominal wall surgery"},{"focus":"ventral hernia surgery"},{"focus":"incisional hernia surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4589&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"H. Peter Lorenz, MD","firstName":"Hermann","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hermann_Lorenz","researchInterest":"We have three areas of current investigation: \r\n1) Scarless skin wound healing biology\r\n2) Dot stem cell tissue regeneration biology\r\n3) Novel stem cell therapy for tissue engineering"},{"lastName":"Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Mechanical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4314&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Lane Smith","firstName":"R","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/R_Smith","researchInterest":"Our group is interested in the molecular and cell biology underlying bone and cartilage metabolism in health and disease. Normal daily activities are linked to the ability of the articular cartilage to withstand normal joint forces that may reach 5-7 times body weight and bone homeostasis depends on daily mechanical loading histories."},{"lastName":"Goodman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Adult Reconstruction- Lower Extremity"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4489&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stuart Goodman","firstName":"Stuart","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stuart_Goodman","researchInterest":"As an academic orthopaedic surgeon, my interests center on adult reconstructive surgery, arthritis surgery, joint replacement, biomaterials, biocompatibility, osteoarthritis, and fracture fixation.  Collaborative clinical, applied and basic research studies are ongoing."},{"lastName":"Abilez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9317&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Oscar Abilez","firstName":"Oscar","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Oscar_Abilez","researchInterest":"Embryonic stem cell biology, cardiovascular developmental biology, cardiovascular tissue engineering, surgical device design."},{"lastName":"Contag","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher H. 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Biology doesn't occur in \"a vacuum\" or on coated plates--it occurs in the living body and that's were we look for biological patterns and responses to insult."},{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Engineering Materials Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Engineering Materials Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14759&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cindy Chung","firstName":"Cindy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Cindy_Chung","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Yang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6176&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Yang","firstName":"George","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/George_Yang","researchInterest":"Our laboratory studies the role of cellular stress pathways in the response to injury, particularly wound healing and fracture healing. We also collaborate with laboratories in the School of Engineering to develop new clinical treatments for wound healing."},{"lastName":"Januszyk","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14082&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Januszyk","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Januszyk","researchInterest":""},{"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":"Robbins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4247&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert C. Robbins, M. D.","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Robbins","researchInterest":"Stem Cell Therapy for Myocardial Restoration, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, Automated Anastomotic Devices, Genetics and Mechanisms of Congestive Heart Failure"},{"lastName":"Palmer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5930&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theo Palmer","firstName":"Theo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theo_Palmer","researchInterest":"For most areas of the mammalian brain, neurogenesis concludes at birth but there are exceptions to the rule. In rodents and humans, some areas of the brain continue to make new neurons throughout life. This process is mediated by neural stem cells and our research goals are to understand how stem cell activity is regulated and whether the nascent potential of resident stem cells can be harnessed for brain repair."}]}