{"result":[{"lastName":"Yeung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Chronic Total Occlusions"},{"focus":"Complex Coronary Angioplasty"},{"focus":"Mitral Valvuloplasty"},{"focus":"Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement"},{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4228&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan Yeung, MD","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alan_Yeung","researchInterest":"Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States. Our group is interested in studying both the early and late phases of atherosclerosis so that we can better develop prevention and treatment strategies."},{"lastName":"Tremmel","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Women's Heart Health"},{"focus":"Women's Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7648&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jennifer Tremmel","firstName":"Jennifer","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jennifer_Tremmel","researchInterest":"Dr. Tremmel studies sex differences in cardiovascular disease.  Current research projects include evaluating sex differences in coronary pathophysiology, young patients presenting with myocardial infarction, the impact of stress on anginal symptoms, chronic total coronary occlusions, and vascular access site complications."},{"lastName":"Fearon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Percutaneous aortic valve"},{"focus":"Aortic Stenosis"},{"focus":"Coronary Physiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5950&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Fearon, MD","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Fearon","researchInterest":"Dr. Fearon's general research interest is coronary physiology.  In particular, he is investigating invasive methods for evaluating the coronary microcirculation.  His research is currently funded by an NIH R01 Award."},{"lastName":"Yock","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Graduate School of Business"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Mechanical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4700&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Yock, MD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Yock","researchInterest":"Device development and testing in interventional, cardiology including angioplasty, atherectomy, and stents;, intravascular ultrasound:  development and clinical trials; advanced, coronary imaging techniques including x-ray topography; coronary, hemodynamics especially velocity and pressure measurements"},{"lastName":"Honda","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17300&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yasuhiro Honda, MD","firstName":"Yasuhiro","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yasuhiro_Honda","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Vagelos","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"valvular heart disease"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Radiation/Chemotherapy induced cardiac disease"},{"focus":"Pericardial disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4105&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Randall Vagelos, MD","firstName":"Randall","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Randall_Vagelos","researchInterest":"I. Congestive Heart Failure New Medical Therapies Prognostic Evaluation Selection for Cardiac Transplantation II. Screening for Myocardial Necrosis New ECG Monitoring Devices New Serum Markers III. Screening for CAD Patients Who Have Received Radiation Rx Diabetics Being Considered for Renal Transplantation\r\nIV. Advanced coronary and valvular disease, evaluationg candidacy for high risk interventions."},{"lastName":"Brinton","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Interventional Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Lecturer,Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8134&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Todd Brinton","firstName":"Todd","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Todd_Brinton","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Stertzer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4441&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Simon H. Stertzer, MD, FACC,FAHA,FACP","firstName":"Simon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Simon_Stertzer","researchInterest":"Coronary Angioplasty; Intramyocardial Stem cell delivery"},{"lastName":"Rogers","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Adult Congenital Heart Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=35482&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ian S. 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Role of microvascular injury in acute allograft failure."},{"lastName":"Froelicher","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4191&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Victor Froelicher, MD","firstName":"Victor","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Victor_Froelicher","researchInterest":"Screening of athletes for sudden cardiac death, Computerized ECG and clinical data management; exercise Physiology including expired gas analysis; the effect of chronic and acute exercise on the heart; digital recording of biological signals; diagnostic use of exercise testing; development of Expert Medical System software and educational tools."},{"lastName":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Coronary Artery Disease"},{"focus":"Preventive Cardiology"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Imaging"},{"focus":"Mobile Health"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4727&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_McConnell","researchInterest":"Clinical and molecular Imaging of cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysms, and vascular inflammation."},{"lastName":"Schreiber","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Emergency Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Emergency Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Emergency Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4225&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Donald Schreiber","firstName":"Donald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donald_Schreiber","researchInterest":"My research group focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular emergencies including acute myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome and congestive heart failure. We have evaluated novel cardiac markers and point-of-care testing in clinical practice. Current projects also include the diagnosis and treatment of acute pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis. Other interests include spinal cord injury, pneumonia and sepsis."},{"lastName":"Perez","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Atrial Fibrillation"},{"focus":"Arrhythmias, Cardiac"},{"focus":"Channelopathies (Long QT, Brugada, CPVT)"},{"focus":"Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9771&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marco Perez","firstName":"Marco","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marco_Perez","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schnittger","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4659&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingela Schnittger, MD","firstName":"Ingela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ingela_Schnittger","researchInterest":"My main research continues to be in the field of echocardiography. Several areas of research are currently being pursued."},{"lastName":"Harrington","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34240&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Harrington","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Harrington","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Popp","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4122&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Popp","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Popp","researchInterest":"Academic-Industrial relations; Ethics of invention."},{"lastName":"Dake","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Interventional Radiology"},{"focus":"Endovascular Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4304&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael D. Dake","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Dake","researchInterest":"Improved endovascular procedures and devices to treat aortic lesions, peripheral arterial disease and venous abnormalities. Focused interest in drug-eluting stents and balloons, endovascular stent-grafts, including branched aortic devices and techniques for the endovascular management of aortic dissection. Current clinical research projects include drug-eluting stents for superficial femoral arterial disease and multiple device trials to evaluate stent-grafts for the treatment of aortic lesions."},{"lastName":"Fleischmann","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovacular Imaging"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4591&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dominik Fleischmann","firstName":"Dominik","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dominik_Fleischmann","researchInterest":"Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging \r\nImage Post-processing\r\nContrast Medium Dynamics"},{"lastName":"DeBusk","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4093&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert DeBusk","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_DeBusk","researchInterest":"Experimental and clinical epidemiology of myocardial, infarction; exercise testing; cardiac risk factor management;, cardiac rehabilitation; systems for patient management; ischemic, heart disease; computer-based expert systems."},{"lastName":"Rockson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Lymphatic Diseases"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4272&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stanley G. Rockson, MD","firstName":"Stanley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stanley_Rockson","researchInterest":"My clinical research includes studies on risk factor modification in atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease; clinical trials involving medical therapies for peripheral arterial insufficiency; coronary angiogenesis; therapy of lymphedema; atherand photodynamic therapy in atherosclerosis."},{"lastName":"Giacomini","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4503&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Giacomini, MD","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Giacomini","researchInterest":"Calcium channel blockers; membrane pharmacology;, coronary physiology; antiarrhythmic drugs; cardiac hemodynamics;, cellular mechanisms of myocyte hypertrophy."},{"lastName":"Ashley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology"},{"focus":"Inherited cardiovascular disease"},{"focus":"Heart Failure"},{"focus":"Genomic medicine"},{"focus":"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Cardiomyopathy, Dilated"},{"focus":"Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7578&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Euan A. Ashley","firstName":"Euan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Euan_Ashley","researchInterest":"The Ashley lab is focused on the application of genomics to medicine. We develop methods for the interpretation of whole genome sequencing data to improve diagnosis of genetic disease and to personalize the practice of medicine. We also use RNA sequencing data to generate gene networks and link communities. Half of the lab is wet benches where we take advantage of cell systems, transgenic models and microsurgical models of disease to prove causality of our favorite targets."},{"lastName":"Wexler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7024&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lewis Wexler","firstName":"Lewis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lewis_Wexler","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Heidenreich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4682&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Heidenreich, MD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Heidenreich","researchInterest":"My research interests include \r\n\r\n1) The cost-effectiveness of new cardiovascular technologies. \r\nExample: tests to screen asymptomatic patients for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.\r\n\r\n2) Interventions to improve the quality of care of patients with heart disease. Examples: include clinical reminders and home monitoring.\r\n\r\n3) Outcomes research using existing clinical and administrative datasets. \r\n\r\n4) Use of echocardiography to predict prognosis (e.g. diastolic dysfunction)."}]}