Department of Medicine

Department: Medicine

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  • Academic Appointments Instructor,  Medicine - Oncology
    Clinical Focus
    • Medical Oncology
  • Academic Appointments Instructor,  Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    Clinical Focus
    • Pulmonary Disease
    • Lung Cancer
    • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
    Research Interest

    • Molecular determinants of FDG-PET using non-invasive methods • Quantitative imaging of glucose metabolism in malignant nodules • Metabolic parameters of lung disease using FDG-PET • Circulating biomarker and clinical data database development for early detection of lung cancer

  • Academic Appointments Professor,  Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
    Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
    Member,  Bio-X
    Professor (By courtesy),  Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research
    Professor (By courtesy),  Electrical Engineering
    Research Interest

    My research seeks to advance the clinical and basic sciences in radiology, while improving our understanding of biology and the manifestations of disease, by pioneering methods in the information sciences that integrate imaging, clinical and molecular data. A current focus is on content-based radiological image retrieval and integration of imaging features with clinical and molecular data for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapy planning decision support.

  • Academic Appointments Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,  Medicine - Oncology
    Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
    Clinical Focus
    • Cancer  >  Thoracic Oncology
    • Thoracic Oncology
    • Lung Cancer
    Research Interest

    Applying new technologies to the diagnosis, characterization, and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.

  • Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor,  Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    Clinical Focus
    • Critical Care
    • Pulmonary Disease
  • Clinical Focus
    • Cancer  >  Blood and Marrow Transplant
    • Cancer  >  Hematology
    • Blood and Marrow Transplantation
    Research Interest

    Our labaratory focuses on the study of immune recognition by T and NK cells with special emphasis on graft vs host disease and graft vs tumor reactions. We utilize both murine and human systems in an effort to enhance graft vs tumor reactions while controlling graft vs host disease. We have developed bioluminescence models in collaboration with the Contag laboratory to study the trafficking of immune effector cells with a special emphasis on NK, T and regulatory T cells.

  • Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor,  Medicine - Infectious Diseases
    Clinical Focus
    • Infectious Disease
    • medical education
    Research Interest

    Clinical general infectious diseases. Medical education.

  • Academic Appointments Instructor,  Medicine - Oncology
  • Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor,  Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    Clinical Focus
    • Gastroenterology
    • Esophageal Dysphagia
    Research Interest

    My research interests focus on disorder of gastrointestinal motility. Specifically, those related to nausea and vomiting with or without gastroparesis, reflux and swallowing disorders, and irritable bowel syndrome. My research focuses on understanding and characterizing the abnormal motility pattern(s) that are associated with these symptoms.

  • Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line,  Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
    Clinical Focus
    • Hepatology
    • Primary liver cancer
    • Chronic hepatitis B and C
    Research Interest

    Epidemiology and treatment of liver cancer; Multicenter study of early diagnosis of liver cancer with novel tumor markers; Colon cancer screening in Asian Americans; Multicenter randomized studies in HCV genotypes 6; Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of Asians with viral hepatitis. Current HBV and HCV clinical trials including interferon-free studies for HCV and studies in HBV/pregnancy, HBV/normal ALT, diagnostic/treatment evaluation/adherence for liver cancer and viral hepatitis.

  • Academic Appointments Acting Assistant Professor,  Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
    Clinical Focus
    • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Academic Appointments Associate Professor,  Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    Member,  Child Health Research Institute
    Clinical Focus
    • Pulmonary Critical Care
    • Lung Transplantation
    • Heart-Lung Transplantation
    Research Interest

    Our lab focuses primarily on the contribution of the immune response to lung disease. We are specifically examining the contribution of inflammation to the development of pulmonary hypertension. We also study how airway remodeling occurs in transplantation with specific respect to the microvascular circulation and to the initiation of fibroproliferation.

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