{"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/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":"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"Hentz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand Surgery"},{"focus":"Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Brachial plexus"},{"focus":"Obstetrical brachial plexus palsy"},{"focus":"Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors"},{"focus":"Peripheral nerve injuries"},{"focus":"Dupuytren's Contracture"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3794&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vincent Hentz","firstName":"Vincent","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Vincent_Hentz","researchInterest":"1. Nerve regeneration and repair, evaluation of repair methods, modalities to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration, development of improved methods to analyze nerve regeneration.\r\n\r\n2. Implementation of functional neuromuscular stimulation to paralytic deformities.\r\n\r\n3. Computer modeling of upper limb function."},{"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":"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":"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":"Park","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3954&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jon Park","firstName":"Jongsoo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Jongsoo_Park","researchInterest":"Non-fusion dynamic spinal stabilization, artificial disc technologies, and regenerative spinal technologies."},{"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/handsurgery/researcher/Ngan_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"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":"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"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":"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"Safran","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hip Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Elbow Surgery"},{"focus":"Ligament Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Knee Surgery"},{"focus":"Knee Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Shoulder Surgery"},{"focus":"Shoulder Dislocation"},{"focus":"Hip Impingement"},{"focus":"Labral Tears"},{"focus":"Shoulder Impingement Syndrome"},{"focus":"Thrower's Shoulder"},{"focus":"Thrower's Elbow"},{"focus":"Knee Injuries"},{"focus":"Elbow Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8039&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marc R. 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":"Fee","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Otolaryngology"},{"focus":"Head and Neck Tumor Surgery"},{"focus":"Nasopharyngeal Cancer"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology/Head&Neck"},{"focus":"Parotid Gland"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4331&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Willard (\"Bill\") E. Fee, Jr.","firstName":"Willard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Willard_Fee","researchInterest":"Effects of ultra low dose cytokines on safety and outcome of patients with advanced, operable Head & Neck Cancer."},{"lastName":"Murovic","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Reconst. Peripheral Nerve Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7183&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Judith Murovic","firstName":"Judith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Judith_Murovic","researchInterest":"Dr. Murovic\u0092s research interests encompass being a member of the Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) Neurosurgery Spine laboratory, which has been studying the clinical outcomes and biomechanical properties of various spine instrumentation systems and artificial discs. 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":"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":"Gupta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9355&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Deepak M. Gupta, MD","firstName":"Deepak","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Deepak_Gupta","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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"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":"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":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jaehoon Chung","firstName":"Jaehoon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Jaehoon_Chung","researchInterest":""},{"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. Contag","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Christopher_Contag","researchInterest":"We develop and use the tools of molecular imaging to understand oncogenesis, reveal patterns of cell migration in immunosurveillance, monitor gene expression, visualize stem cell biology, and assess the distribution of pathogens in living animal models of human biology and disease. 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":"Chen","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Anesthesia, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5977&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Chen","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Michael_Chen","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Connolly","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. Connolly","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Andrew_Connolly","researchInterest":"My research interests are vascular biology and cardiovascular pathology.  We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology."},{"lastName":"Blau","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4517&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Helen M. Blau","firstName":"Helen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Helen_Blau","researchInterest":"Molecular and cellular mechanisms that control muscle and neuronal growth; stem cell biology, differentiation, and tumorigenicity. Regulating stem cell fate in vitro and in vivo. Stem cell therapies. Hematopoietic and muscle stem cells. Characterizing and bioengineering stem cell niches. Nuclear reprogramming. Muscle development and disease. Drug delivery. Tracking cell behavior in vitro and in vivo. Understanding tissue degeneration and regeneration."}]}