{"result":[{"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"McAdams","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Sports Injuries"},{"focus":"knee surgery"},{"focus":"Knee Injuries"},{"focus":"shoulder and elbow surgery"},{"focus":"hand surgery"},{"focus":"Ankle Injuries"},{"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=4563&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tim McAdams, MD","firstName":"Timothy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Timothy_McAdams","researchInterest":"Current studies include evaluation of the throwing athlete's shoulder, reconstruction techniques for elbow MCL injury, articular cartilage defects in the athlete's knee, scaphoid fracture mechanics, arthroscopic triangular fibrocartilage repair, Deltoid flap for massive rotator cuff tears, Elbow arthroscopy and lateral ulnar collateral ligament complex; soft tissue to bone fixation."},{"lastName":"Ladd","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hand Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4169&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amy Ladd","firstName":"Amy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Amy_Ladd","researchInterest":"Research Interests \r\n1. Archiving, vitalizing, and innovating medical and surgical knowledge \r\n2. Realizing surgical simulation \r\n3. Studying the complexity of the human hand and upper limb: evolutionary history, comparative anatomy, and its role in cognition \r\n4. Studying the various synthetic bone substitutes and factors as mechanical and biologic materials \r\n5. Understanding the fracture of the distal radius, the most common fracture requiring treatment."},{"lastName":"Murovic","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Reconst. 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In addition to collaborations on the aforementioned projects, she has been specifically studying the incidence of spinal \u0093adjacent segment disease\u0094 after traditional cervical fusions. \r\n\r\nShe is actively involved in the pre"},{"lastName":"So","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Neuropathy"},{"focus":"Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"},{"focus":"Myositis"},{"focus":"Muscular Dystrophies"},{"focus":"Electromyography"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4378&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yuen So","firstName":"Yuen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Yuen_So","researchInterest":"Research in the diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment of peripheral neuropathy, motor neuron diseases including ALS and SMA, nerve injuries and muscle diseases. Application of clinical neurophysiological methods to neurological diagnosis. Neurological complications of HIV infection. Development of evidence-based medicine pertaining to the practice of neurology."},{"lastName":"Krummel","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgery, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4379&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas M. Krummel, MD, FACS/FAAP","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Thomas_Krummel","researchInterest":"Surgical Innovation, Simulation and Virtual Reality in Surgical Education, Fetal Healing-Cellular and Biochemical Mechanisms"},{"lastName":"Yao","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hand, Wrist, Elbow and Shoulder Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6972&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Yao, MD","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Jeffrey_Yao","researchInterest":"1. Minimally invasive and arthroscopic treatment alternatives for common hand and wrist disorders\r\n2. Biologic augmentation of tendon repair strategies utilizing stem cells\r\n3. Cartilage engineering strategies utilizing stem cells"},{"lastName":"Chou","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Loretta Chou","firstName":"Loretta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Loretta_Chou","researchInterest":"I am a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, subspecializing in Disorders of the Foot and Ankle. My clinic offers diagnosis and treatment of pain, deformity, and acute injuries of the foot and ankle.\r\n\r\n\r\nMy research interests include: rupture and tendinitis of the Achilles tendon, osteochondral defects of the talus, Total Ankle Arthroplasty, arthrodesis (fusion) of the foot and ankle, pain following operations of the foot and ankle, open fractures treated with operations, anatomy of the foot and"},{"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/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8173&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Catherine Curtin","firstName":"Catherine","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/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":"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. 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Safran","firstName":"Marc","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Marc_Safran","researchInterest":"Dr. Safran\u0092s practice focuses on arthroscopic management of hip problems as well as articular cartilage regeneration, shoulder surgery and athletic shoulder and elbow problems. He is actively involved in research in these areas."},{"lastName":"Mohler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7104&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Mohler","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/David_Mohler","researchInterest":"Dr. Mohler is involved in gene expression in sarcomas, and innovative anatomy-preserving surgical  management of low grade chondrosarcomas."},{"lastName":"Cheung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Shoulder and Elbow 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=7784&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Emilie Cheung, M.D.","firstName":"Emilie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Emilie_Cheung","researchInterest":"Dr. Cheung specializes in reconstructive procedures of the shoulder and elbow, including fractures, joint replacements, rotator cuff repair, cartilage and soft tissue injuries, and arthroscopic procedures.  She completed her Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.  She completed her Fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at the world renowned Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, MN.\r\n\r\nHer research has focused on clinical outcomes following revision of total shoulder rep"},{"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"Stevens","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3881&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathryn Stevens","firstName":"Kathryn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Kathryn_Stevens","researchInterest":""},{"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"Delp","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"Fredericson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Physical Medicine and Rehab"},{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Electrodiagnostic Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3802&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Fredericson","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Michael_Fredericson","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of sports injuries in athletes including:   patellofemoral pain, iliotibial band syndrome, stress fractures, and core strengthening."},{"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"DIEP, SIEA, TUG, SGAP flaps"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7663&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gordon K. Lee, M.D.","firstName":"Gordon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Gordon_Lee","researchInterest":"Novel techniques in microsurgery and complex reconstructive surgery.  Plastic Surgery Outcomes Research and Education.  Breast reconstruction.  Esophagus reconstruction.  Head and Neck reconstruction.  Perineogenital reconstruction."},{"lastName":"Beaulieu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4200&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher Beaulieu M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Christopher_Beaulieu","researchInterest":"Applications of computer graphics to medical imaging, with emphasis on diagnosis of bowel pathology using virtual colonoscopy. Dynamic joint imaging with open Magnetic Resonance Imaging system."},{"lastName":"Matheson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sports Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4221&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gordon O. Matheson","firstName":"Gordon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Gordon_Matheson","researchInterest":"Sports injuries; rehabilitation; stress fractures; overuse injuries; exercise and health; human performance; pre-participation evaluation."},{"lastName":"Dorfman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Multiple Sclerosis"},{"focus":"Neuromuscular Diseases"},{"focus":"Clinical Neurophysiology"},{"focus":"Electromyography"},{"focus":"Evoked Potentials"},{"focus":"EMG"},{"focus":"Nerve Conduction"},{"focus":"Myelopathy"},{"focus":"Optic Neuritis"},{"focus":"Neuropathy"},{"focus":"Myopathy"},{"focus":"Neuromuscular Junction Diseases"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4154&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Les Dorfman","firstName":"Leslie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Leslie_Dorfman","researchInterest":"Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography (EMG); and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatment.  Neurological education."},{"lastName":"Salisbury","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Robotics"},{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Robotics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6094&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"J Kenneth Salisbury, Jr.","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/John_Salisbury","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wren","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"Colorectal Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4440&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sherry M. Wren","firstName":"Sherry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Sherry_Wren","researchInterest":"Our research interests are primarily in surgical oncology, especially gastrointestinal cancers. We are also developing new research studies in surgical outcomes."}]}