{"result":[{"lastName":"Gomez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7427&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scarlett Lin Gomez","firstName":"Scarlett","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Scarlett_Gomez","researchInterest":"As a cancer epidemiologist with a focus on surveillance research and social epidemiology, Dr. Gomez conducts research in two broad areas:  1) methodologic studies aimed at enhancing cancer registry data for studies of race/ethnicity and social determinants in cancer incidence and outcomes; and 2) studies to elucidate the underlying social factors responsible for racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities, particularly those identified through surveillance data."},{"lastName":"Rhoads","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Colon and Rectal Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Pelvic Floor Disorders"},{"focus":"Benign Colorectal Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8444&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kim F. Rhoads","firstName":"Kim","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kim_Rhoads","researchInterest":"my primary research focuses on the quality of care in hospitals where minorities get cancer treatment and the impact on cancer outcomes and disparities"},{"lastName":"So","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Liver Cancer"},{"focus":"Liver Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Gastrointestinal Cancers - Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4206&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Samuel So","firstName":"Samuel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Samuel_So","researchInterest":"Through a 3 pronged comprehensive program: translational and clinical research, early detection and  treatment, and promoting education, awareness and immunization, we are working towards the development of new strategies that will lead to the elimination of hepatitis B worldwide and reduce the threat and incidence of liver cancer. Our current research efforts focus on evaluating potential new diagnostic and treatment markers and novel targeted therapy for primary liver cancer."},{"lastName":"Daugherty","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hepatology"},{"focus":"Transplant Hepatology"},{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7658&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tami Daugherty","firstName":"Tami","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tami_Daugherty","researchInterest":"Dr. Daugherty is a transplant Hepatologist with full-time clinical responsibilities. She is particularly interested in the natural course and management of recurrent Hepatitis C after liver transplant, and the effect of immunosuppression on HCV recurrence."},{"lastName":"Clarke","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7430&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christina Clarke","firstName":"Christina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christina_Clarke","researchInterest":"Dr. Clarke\u0092s research efforts are centered in five areas: 1) the epidemiology of breast cancer, 2) the epidemiology of lymphoid malignancies 3) immunologic and viral causes of malignancy, and 4) cancer surveillance and creative uses of and ways to visually display cancer surveillance data (e.g, SEER, cancer registry data) and more recently, 5) internet-based, patient-centric methods for recruitment and data collection in epidemiologic studies."},{"lastName":"Tsai","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20192&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Feng-Chiao Tsai","firstName":"Feng-Chiao","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Feng-Chiao_Tsai","researchInterest":"1. 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In these areas, her work addresses cancer etiology and outcomes related to several risk factors, including EBV and HIV."},{"lastName":"West","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6327&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dee W. West","firstName":"Dee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dee_West","researchInterest":"- Cancer etiology (diet, familial, genetic), especially breast, prostate and colon cancer\r\n- Cancer surveillance (Cancer registration, cancer patterns)\r\n- Cancer outcomes (Survival, quality of life, quality of care)"},{"lastName":"Olcott","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eric Olcott","firstName":"Eric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eric_Olcott","researchInterest":"Body imaging utilizing CT, ultrasound and MRI; magnetic, resonance angiography; imaging of trauma; angiography,, interventional radiology and CT angiography, and imaging guidance of, invasive procedures using CT, ultrasound and magnetic resonance"},{"lastName":"Palaniappan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6447&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS","firstName":"Latha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Latha_Palaniappan","researchInterest":"Latha Palaniappan is currently an Associate Investigator at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Palaniappan has completed over 20 studies spanning 10 years in the areas of ethnicity, obesity, and diabetes risk. She currently leads the Pan Asian Cohort Study (www.pamf.org/pacs), to investigate diabetes in Asian Americans"},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23069&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shenglin Huang","firstName":"Shenglin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shenglin_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Fan Minogue","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"MS, Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9608&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hua Fan Minogue","firstName":"Hua","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hua_Fan Minogue","researchInterest":"Detecting protein-protein interactions during cell signaling using molecular imaging approaches, translating bench-side knowledges in cell biology and cancer biology into guidance for bedside therapy to benefit patient care and human health. \r\n  Recently,utilizing bioinformatics tools to understand cell signaling network in cancer development. Data mining and modeling for extraction of hidden relationship in cancer network. Whole genome sequencing, GWAS and PGx for individualized cancer therapy"},{"lastName":"Horn-Ross","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7424&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pamela Horn-Ross","firstName":"Pamela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Pamela_Horn-Ross","researchInterest":"My research interests focus on nutrition and the etiology of hormonally-dependent cancers in women (most particularly breast, endometrial, and thyroid cancers).  Of particular interest are the effects of phytochemicals that may reduce cancer risk, such as the isoflavones in soy foods, the lignans in whole grains, the isothiocyanates in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, and resveratrol in red wine and peanuts. Nutrient-gene interactions are also of interest."},{"lastName":"Friedman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Friedman","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gary_Friedman","researchInterest":"Chronic disease epidemiology, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects of smoking, alcohol and pharmaceuticals, evaluation of screening tests.\r\nMost of my career has been in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research where I was Director for 7 years and am still active. I especially enjoy mentoring students and trainees at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Crawley","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Centers, Center for Biomedical Ethics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Centers, Center for Biomedical Ethics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6714&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"LaVera Crawley","firstName":"LaVera","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/LaVera_Crawley","researchInterest":"I am exploring the role of spirituality and religion as an intervention for improving outcomes and health delivery in three clinical domains:  end-of-life care; cancer; and conditions causing cognitive impairment.  \r\n\r\nTo this end, I completed a sabbatical undertaking a one-year Clinical Pastoral Residency for chaplaincy training at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (2011 - 2012) with the goals: to develop skills in providing spiritual companionship to patients; to broaden my competencies as"},{"lastName":"Lu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24347&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wenjing Lu","firstName":"Wenjing","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wenjing_Lu","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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I am also investigating trends in the management of hepatobiliary cancers in California, focusing on socioeconomic and instituional barriers to appropriate care."},{"lastName":"Russell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23331&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Russell","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Russell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Whittemore","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4482&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alice S Whittemore","firstName":"Alice","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alice_Whittemore","researchInterest":"Cancers of the prostate, breast and ovary account for a major proportion of new cancer cases and cancer deaths in the U.S. each year. Our recent research focus has been on developing improved statistical methods for the design and conduct of studies involving hereditary predisposition and modifiable lifestyle characteristics in the etiologies of site-specific cancers."},{"lastName":"Wren","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"Colorectal Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive"},{"focus":"Robotics"}],"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/Sherry_Wren","researchInterest":"Our research interests are primarily in surgical oncology, especially gastrointestinal cancers. We are also developing new research studies in surgical outcomes."},{"lastName":"Artandi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"General Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6449&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maja Artandi, MD","firstName":"Maja","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maja_Artandi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Poultsides","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Liver Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Pancreas Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Gastric Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Bile Duct Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Gallbladder Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Sarcoma"},{"focus":"Adrenal Neoplasms"},{"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=14355&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George A. 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