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Health services research."},{"lastName":"Triadafilopoulos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4251&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Triadafilopoulos","firstName":"George","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/George_Triadafilopoulos","researchInterest":"My primary research interest concerns factors involved in the pathogenesis of gastro-esophageal  reflux disease and its complications, such as Barrett's esophagus and the role of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in their management."},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MS, Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34361&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Wong","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Wong","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Visser","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=8513&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brendan C. 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