{"result":[{"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":"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":"Cheng","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Spine 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=6405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ivan Cheng","firstName":"Ivan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Ivan_Cheng","researchInterest":"Dr. Cheng's research interests lie in the biologic enhancement of spinal fusions, molecular techniques of intervertebral disc regeneration, and techniques of spinal instrumentation.  For more information, please go to http://www.ivanchengmd.com."},{"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":"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":"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":"Fanton","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sports Medicine"},{"focus":"Rotator Cuff Repair"},{"focus":"Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair"},{"focus":"Shoulder Instability"},{"focus":"Shoulder Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Knee Arthroscopy"},{"focus":"Medical Implants and Devices"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6424&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary S. Fanton","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Gary_Fanton","researchInterest":"Dr. Gary Fanton is the Chief of the Section of Sports Medicine at Stanford\u0092s Department of Orthopedic Surgery. His practice primarily involves the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of sports and trauma-related injuries of the upper extremity, knee, and ankle.  He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and is currently the Team Physician in Orthopedics for the San Francisco 49ers. Dr. Fanton's past experience includes positions as team orthopedist for the San Francisco "},{"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":"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":"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":"Boakye","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6003&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maxwell Boakye","firstName":"Maxwell","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Maxwell_Boakye","researchInterest":"We use multimodal approaches (FMRI, TMS, SSEP's) to characterize the patterns and significance of sensorimotor plasticity following CNS injury. One of our goals is to translate discoveries concerning the mechanisms of neuronal recovery into improved clinical and behavioral outcomes in patients with SCI, peripheral nerve injury, and stroke."},{"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":"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/handsurgery/researcher/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":"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":"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/handsurgery/researcher/Micha_Drukker","researchInterest":""},{"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":"Holman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology"},{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4596&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Halsted Holman","firstName":"Halsted","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Halsted_Holman","researchInterest":"Organization of community health care programs; management of chronic disease; introduction and evaluation of patient education and self-care practices; evaluation of health care outcomes and health system performance."},{"lastName":"Andriacchi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations"},{"appointment":"Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics Operations","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5947&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Andriacchi","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Thomas_Andriacchi","researchInterest":"Professor Andriacchi's research focuses on the biomechanics of human locomotion and its biomedical applications to artificial joints, sports injury, osteoarthritis, and neuromuscular disorders."},{"lastName":"Rinsky","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedics, Pediatric"},{"focus":"spinal deformity correcton"},{"focus":"developmental hip dysplasia"},{"focus":"Sarcoma"},{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Clinical),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Clinical),Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3788&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lawrence Rinsky","firstName":"Lawrence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Lawrence_Rinsky","researchInterest":"The primary subjects of my research interests over the past ten years have been clinical reviews of series of patients with a variety of pediatric orthopaedic treatable conditions. These have included neuromuscular scoliosis, developmental dislocation of the hip, and deformities in cerebral palsy."},{"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":"Gold","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4705&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Garry Gold","firstName":"Garry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Garry_Gold","researchInterest":"My primary focus is application of new MR imaging technology to musculoskeletal problems.  Current projects include: Rapid MRI for Osteoarthritis, Weight-bearing cartilage imaging with MRI, and MRI-based models of muscle.  We are studing the application of new MR imaging techniques such as rapid imaging, real-time imaging, and short echo time imaging to learn more about biomechanics and pathology of bones and joints."},{"lastName":"Besier","clinicalFocus":[],"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=7805&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thor Besier","firstName":"Thor","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Thor_Besier","researchInterest":"Dr Besier is the Director of Research at the Human Performance Lab at Stanford and his research interests are in understanding mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury, with particular focus on patellofemoral pain and non-contact knee ligament rupture. Much of his work involves the development of biomechanical models from medical imaging data to estimate force and stress distributions in various tissues."},{"lastName":"Giori","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4702&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nicholas Giori MD, PhD","firstName":"Nicholas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Nicholas_Giori","researchInterest":"Osteoarthritis \r\nMedical Device Development"},{"lastName":"Draper","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9034&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christine Draper","firstName":"Christine","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Christine_Draper","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wernig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marius Wernig","firstName":"Marius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/handsurgery/researcher/Marius_Wernig","researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine"}]}