{"result":[{"lastName":"Sibley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Sibley","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Sibley","researchInterest":"Immunologic mechanism of rejection in humans and animal, models of organ transplantation; histological definition of clinical pathology studies of various renal disorders."},{"lastName":"Jamison","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Academic Secretary,Academic Secretary's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4541&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rex L. Jamison","firstName":"Rex","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rex_Jamison","researchInterest":"Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease have high rates of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.  The purpose of the Homocysteine Study was to determine if lowering their high plasma homocysteine levels would reduce their mortality.  Secondary endpoints included reductions in myocardial infarction, stroke, and amputation of a lower extremity.  The results showed there was no improvement in survival or reduction in the cardiovascular events."},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4497&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Timothy Meyer","firstName":"Timothy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Timothy_Meyer","researchInterest":"Inadequate removal of uremic solutes contributes to widespread illness in the more than 350,000 Americans maintained on hemodialysis.   But we know remarkably little about these solutes.  Dr. Meyer's research efforts are focused on identifying which uremic solutes are toxic, how these solutes are made, and how their production could be decreased or their removal  could be increased.  We should be able to improve treatment if we knew more about what we are trying to remove."},{"lastName":"Myers","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4332&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bryan Myers","firstName":"Bryan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bryan_Myers","researchInterest":"A novel approach is used to evaluate glomerular disease in humans, and its progression.  A combination of physiologic techniques, a morphometric analysis of glomeruli obtained by biopsy, and mathematical modeling of glomerular ultrafiltration is used to quantify the extent of glomerular injury in humans for the first time."},{"lastName":"Scandling","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4276&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Scandling","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Scandling","researchInterest":"Clinical renal transplantation; acute renal failure;, cardiovascular disease in diabetic end-stage renal disease."},{"lastName":"Wilson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology/Diabetes, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Endocrinology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4182&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Darrell Wilson","firstName":"Darrell","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Darrell_Wilson","researchInterest":"My research interests cover a number of areas in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. I am PI of the Stanford Center for the NIH-funded Type-1 Diabetes TrialNet group. TrialNet conducts clinical trials directed at preventing or delaying the onset of Type 1 diabetes. I am an investigator in DirecNet, another NIH-funded study group, which is devoted to evaluating glucose sensors and the role of technology on the management of diabetes."},{"lastName":"Tan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3846&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jane C. Tan","firstName":"Jane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jane_Tan","researchInterest":"My research relates to issues pertaining to clinical kidney transplantation. We have ongoing studies on the following topics.\r\n1. Renal senescence and kidney transplant, and chronic allograft nephropathy.\r\n2. Living donor safety and response to uninephrectomy.\r\n3. Biomarkers for post-transplant monitoring."},{"lastName":"Kambham","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Renal Pathology"},{"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=3829&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Neeraja Kambham","firstName":"Neeraja","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Neeraja_Kambham","researchInterest":"Research interests primarily involve medical diseases of the native and transplant kidney. Other interests include liver transplantation pathology and gastrointestinal pathology."},{"lastName":"Roth","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4175&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Roth","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Roth","researchInterest":"Insulin is one of the primary regulators of rapid anabolic responses in the body. Defects in the synthesis and/or ability of cells to respond to insulin results in the condition known as diabetes mellitus. To better design methods of treatment for this disorder, we have been focusing our research on how insulin elicits its various biological responses."},{"lastName":"Lafayette","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"},{"focus":"Glomerular Disease"},{"focus":"Amyloidosis"},{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4023&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Lafayette","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Lafayette","researchInterest":"Initiating a glomerulonephritis cohort study, including immunologic characterization.  Interventional studies of preeclampsia exploring the nitric oxide, endothelin system and effects on glomerular function and morphometry.  Outcome studies in dialysis and acute renal failure patients.  Interventional and observational studies of glomerular disease, particularly IgA nephropathy."},{"lastName":"Grimm","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7989&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul C. Grimm","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Grimm","researchInterest":"Computerized image analysis of kidney and liver biopsies to quantitate and diagnose subtle changes in tissue structure. \r\nRenal Inflammation\r\nRenal Allograft Rejection\r\nRenal Fibrosis in; \r\n-Primary Kidney Disease\r\n-Transplant Kidney Disease\r\nLiver fibrosis\r\nSteatohepatitis"},{"lastName":"Alexander","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Nephrology"},{"focus":"Dialysis"},{"focus":"Kidney Transplantation"},{"focus":"Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies"},{"focus":"Hypertension"},{"focus":"Acute and Chronic Kidney Failure"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5949&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven R. Alexander, MD","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Alexander","researchInterest":"Dialysis, kidney transplantation, continuous renal replacement therapy in pediatric patients; chronic kidney disease in pediatric patients."},{"lastName":"Buckway","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrine - Pediatric Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Endocrinology/Diabetes, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Endocrinology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7958&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Caroline Buckway","firstName":"Caroline","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Caroline_Buckway","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Yabu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Desensitization and ABO incompatible kidney transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12791&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Julie M. Yabu","firstName":"Julie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Julie_Yabu","researchInterest":"My research interests are in immune monitoring in kidney transplant patients and in the management of sensitized patients.  I am interested in translational studies to determine the immunological mechanisms underlying kidney transplant rejection and alloantibody production and to identify novel biomarkers to monitor the immune system in kidney transplant patients.  I am also interested in designing novel protocols for desensitization and ABO incompatible kidney transplantation."},{"lastName":"Petersen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4675&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Petersen","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Petersen","researchInterest":"High flux dialysis in in-vivo and in-vitro clearances, of small and middle molecular weight solutes; computerized capture, of interdialysis hemodynamics; biocompatibility of biomembranes;, dialysis-related amyloidosis"},{"lastName":"Winkelmayer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, MD, ScD","firstName":"Wolfgang","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wolfgang_Winkelmayer","researchInterest":"I study the comparative effectiveness and safety of competing clinical strategies in patients with kidney disease, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. Such strategies may include medications, devices, clinical tests, policies, or other approaches to providing or organizing clinical care. My research is based on large insurance databases, disease registries, clinical databases or electronic medical records. My explicit career goal is to improve care and outcomes of patients with these diseases."},{"lastName":"Farquhar","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Chronic Disease Prevention"},{"focus":"Global cancer prevention"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5956&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John W. Farquhar, M.D.","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Farquhar","researchInterest":"Disease prevention, epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases, community-based education for disease prevention, international health."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"chronic kidney disease"},{"focus":"hypertension"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9428&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tara I. Chang","firstName":"Tara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tara_Chang","researchInterest":"Cardiovascular disease, and specifically hypertension, in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease on dialysis."},{"lastName":"Gesundheit","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology / Diabetes"},{"focus":"Endocrinology and Metabolism"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Teaching),Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Teaching),Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4359&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Neil Gesundheit","firstName":"Neil","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Neil_Gesundheit","researchInterest":"Our medical education research group is developing and validating the best educational practices to train competent, compassionate, and ethical physicians and physician-scientists.  We are studying the use of standardized patients and other modalities to improve clinical skill training and reasoning.  We are interested in applying the rigor of clinical investigation to education research.\r\n\r\nMy areas of clinical interest in  endocrinology include disorders of the pituitary, thyroid, and gonad."},{"lastName":"Busque","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3809&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephan Busque","firstName":"Stephan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephan_Busque","researchInterest":"My research interest is focused on the improvement of clinical immunosuppression. I am  involved  in the evaluation of new immunosuppressive drugs, potentially more efficacious or less toxic.  My ultimate goal is to achieve tolerance, a state that would obviate the need for any drugs. I am an investigator part of a multidisciplinary tolerance induction project using total lymphoid irradiation and donor hematopoietic stem cells infusion after living donor kidney transplantation."},{"lastName":"Cooper","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4299&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allen Cooper","firstName":"Allen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Allen_Cooper","researchInterest":"I have had a long standing interest in the liver's role in cholesterol and lipid metabolism. In the past this was focused on laboratory studies but currently involves human studies as part of my patient care responsibilities. In particular I am interested in the role of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) in patients with Hepatitis C aand in post liver transplant patients."},{"lastName":"McLaughlin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology / Diabetes"},{"focus":"Endocrinology and Metabolism"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6107&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tracey McLaughlin","firstName":"Tracey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tracey_McLaughlin","researchInterest":"Dr. McLaughlin conducts a number of clinical research studies related to obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Current studies include: 1) the impact of macronutrient composition on weight loss and cardiocascular risk (diabetic and nondiabetic patients); 2) comparison of weight loss and cardiovascular risk reduction in diabetic patients treated with different classes of antihyperglycemic drugs; 3) the role of the adipocyte in modulating insulin resistance"},{"lastName":"Sommer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"abdominal imaging and uroradiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4310&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"F Sommer","firstName":"F","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/F_Sommer","researchInterest":"Studies include development and preliminary clinical evaluation of advanced techniques for ultrasonic imaging and tissue characterization. A number of studies are ongoing involving advanced techniques of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy with application to the GU tract."}]}