{"result":[{"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/neuroscience/researcher/Jongsoo_Park","researchInterest":"Non-fusion dynamic spinal stabilization, artificial disc technologies, and regenerative spinal technologies."},{"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/neuroscience/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":"Adler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Brain/Central Nervous System Cancer"},{"focus":"Stereotactic Radiosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4162&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John R. Adler, Jr.","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/John_Adler","researchInterest":"The development and implementation of computerized, image-guided surgical tools to be used during minimally invasive brain operations. The clinical outcome of new technologies, and in particular the application of radiosurgery, for the treatment of brain tumors.  The creation of new radiosurgical techniques for a wide array of brain and spine disorders."},{"lastName":"Gibbs","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cyberknife"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Acoustic Neuroma "},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors"},{"focus":"Pediatric brain tumors"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer - Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cancers"},{"focus":"Leptommeningeal Disease"},{"focus":"Leptommeningeal Disease - Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenomas"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenomas - Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors "},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors - Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer"},{"focus":"Radiosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4041&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Iris C. Gibbs, MD","firstName":"Iris","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Iris_Gibbs","researchInterest":"Dr. Gibbs is a board-certified radiation oncologist who specializes in the treatment of CNS tumors. Her research focuses on developing new radiation techniques to manage brain and spinal tumors in adults and children. Dr. Gibbs has gained worldwide acclaim for her expertise in Cyberknife robotic radiosurgery."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neuro Oncology"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors "},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer - Surgery"},{"focus":"Acoustic Neuroma"},{"focus":"Glioma"},{"focus":"Glioma, Astrocytic"},{"focus":"Glioblastoma"},{"focus":"Glioblastoma with Sarcomatous Component"},{"focus":"Astrocytoma"},{"focus":"Ependymoma"},{"focus":"Medulloblastoma"},{"focus":"Meningioma"},{"focus":"Intracranial Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Carotid Stenosis"},{"focus":"Arteriovenous Malformations"},{"focus":"Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations"},{"focus":"ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Adenoma, Prolactin-Secreting, Pituitary"},{"focus":"Diabetes Insipidus, Pituitary"},{"focus":"Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Hypothalamic-Pituitary Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Neoplasms, Hypothalamic-Pituitary"},{"focus":"PRL-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion"},{"focus":"Pituitary ACTH-Producing Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary ACTH-Secreting Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenoma, Prolactin-Secreting"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adrenocorticotropin-Secreting Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary Apoplexy"},{"focus":"Pituitary Diseases"},{"focus":"Pituitary FSH Hypersecretion"},{"focus":"Pituitary Gland"},{"focus":"Pituitary Growth Hormone-Secreting Cells"},{"focus":"Pituitary Irradiation"},{"focus":"Pituitary Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Prolactin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Vestibular Schwannoma"},{"focus":"brain metastasis"},{"focus":"Cyberknife"},{"focus":"Radiosurgery, Stereotactic"},{"focus":"Stereotactic Techniques"},{"focus":"spinal avm"},{"focus":"spinal tumor"},{"focus":"Spinal Meningioma"},{"focus":"spinal schwannoma"},{"focus":"Trigeminal Neuralgia"},{"focus":"Hemifacial Spasm"},{"focus":"Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases"},{"focus":"AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) Intracranial"},{"focus":"Stroke"},{"focus":"Brain Tumor, Primary"},{"focus":"Brain Tumor, Recurrent"},{"focus":"Brain Tumors"},{"focus":"Malignant Primary Brain Tumors"},{"focus":"Primary Malignant Brain Tumors"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Cerebral"},{"focus":"Acoustic Neuroma, Cerebellopontine Angle"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Anterior Cerebral Artery"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Middle Cerebral Artery"},{"focus":"Aneurysm, Posterior Cerebral Artery"},{"focus":"Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Cerebral Cavernous Hemangioma"},{"focus":"Cerebral Hemorrhage"},{"focus":"Cerebral Vasculitis"},{"focus":"Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Vascular Malformations, Brain"},{"focus":"Brain Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Brain Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Brain Revascularization"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4735&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven D. Chang, MD","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Steven_Chang","researchInterest":"Clinical research includes studies in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders, such as aneurysms and AVMs, as well as the use of radiosurgery to treat tumors and vascular malformations of the brain and spine."},{"lastName":"Mindea","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery"},{"focus":"Spine Metastasis / Spine Metastases"},{"focus":"Scoliosis, Spinal Deformity Surgery"},{"focus":"Spine Tumor Surgery / Cyberknife / Radiosurgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8613&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stefan A. Mindea M.D","firstName":"Stefan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Stefan_Mindea","researchInterest":"Dr. Mindea\u0092s primary clinical interests include minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques and the management of primary and metastatic spinal tumors (cyberknife/ surgical oncology).  \r\nHis research interests include the development medical devices and cutting-edge technologies for the treatment of spinal disorders and tumors."},{"lastName":"Alamin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4734&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Todd Alamin","firstName":"Todd","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Todd_Alamin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Iezza","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13490&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alexander Iezza","firstName":"Alexander","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Alexander_Iezza","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Darian-Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5979&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Corinna Darian-Smith","firstName":"Corinna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Corinna_Darian-Smith","researchInterest":"My lab looks at the organization and function of central neural pathways that underlie directed manual behavior.  We are specifically interested in how these pathways adapt following injury, and use a combination of approaches in monkeys to identify mechanisms mediating neural reorganization and behavioral recovery."},{"lastName":"Carragee","clinicalFocus":[{"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=4661&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eugene Carragee","firstName":"Eugene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Eugene_Carragee","researchInterest":"Dr. Carragee's research interests lie in outcomes assessment of surgical and rehabilitative treatment for cervical and lumbar intervertebral disk herniation; diagnosis and treatment of spine infections, instrumentation of the degenerative spine and spinal deformities and low back pain syndromes, pain and pain management."},{"lastName":"Soltys","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6967&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scott G. Soltys","firstName":"Scott","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Scott_Soltys","researchInterest":"My clinical and research interests involve the development and use of new radiation techniques such as stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy for the treatment of malignant and benign tumors of the brain and spine, as well as for functional disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia."},{"lastName":"Lieberson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10622&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rob Lieberson, MD, FACS","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Robert_Lieberson","researchInterest":"I am an active participant in the CyberKnife treatment and research program.  Working at the Stanford affiliate hospital in Santa Clara, I participate in clinical neuro-trauma research.  I have lectured and published in spine surgery, neuro-oncology, and socio-economic issues relevant to the practice of medicine."},{"lastName":"Lopez","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Neurology, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4069&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jaime Lopez","firstName":"Jaime","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Jaime_Lopez","researchInterest":"My clinical interests are in the areas of Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring (IOM), clinical neurophysiology, electromyopgraphy and in the use of botulinum toxins in the treatment of neurologic disorders.  Our IOM group\u0092s research is in the development of new and innovative techniques for monitoring the nervous system during surgical and endovascular procedures and how these alter surgical management and patient outcomes.  I am also active in formulating national IOM practice guidelines."},{"lastName":"Krishnan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Gout"},{"focus":"Lupus"},{"focus":"arthritis"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eswar Krishnan, MD M.Phil","firstName":"Eswar","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Eswar_Krishnan","researchInterest":"I am a clinical epidemiologist. My long-term goal is to develop ways and means of disease prevention in the context of rheumatic diseases. Currently, my core  investigative areas are: 1) Cardiovascular impact of inflammatory arthritis 2) Healthcare utilization of populations 3) Methodological innovations for improvement of individual and population phenotyping and health outcome measurement 4)Health outcomes in extreme old age."},{"lastName":"Edwards","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael S. B. Edwards M.D.","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Michael_Edwards","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hoeft","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8524&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Fumiko Hoeft","firstName":"Fumiko","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Fumiko_Hoeft","researchInterest":"Dr. Fumiko Hoeft uses various neuroimaging techniques and investigates various learning and developmental disabilities. She is interested in figuring out ways that cognitive neuroscience research can inform educational and clinical practices. One such example is to use neuroimaging to predict who will later develop dyslexia."},{"lastName":"Harsh","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Acoustic Neuroma "},{"focus":"Acoustic Neuroma - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neuro Oncology"},{"focus":"Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Leptommeningeal Disease"},{"focus":"Leptommeningeal Disease - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias"},{"focus":"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Neuroendocrine"},{"focus":"Neuroendocrine - Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenomas"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenomas - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors "},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer - Neurosurgery"},{"focus":"Spinal Cancer - Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4394&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Griffith Harsh","firstName":"Griffith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Griffith_Harsh","researchInterest":"Microsurgical treatment of tumors of the brain, spinal cord, pituitary gland and skull base; \r\nRadiosurgery of tumors;\r\nMolecular biology of brain tumors."},{"lastName":"Viele","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5910&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maurene Viele, MD","firstName":"Maurene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Maurene_Viele","researchInterest":""},{"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/neuroscience/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":"Fisher","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology - Child Neurology"},{"focus":"Neuro-Oncology"},{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4681&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Graham Fisher","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Paul_Fisher","researchInterest":"Clinical neuro-oncology: My research explores the epidemiology, natural history, and disease patterns of brain tumors in childhood, as well as prospective clinical trials for treating these neoplasms.  Research interests also include neurologic effects of cancer and its therapies,  and childhood headaches."},{"lastName":"Teraoka","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation"},{"focus":"Physical Medicine and Rehab"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Orthopaedic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5962&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Teraoka","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Jeffrey_Teraoka","researchInterest":"Interests in functional recovery in general rehabilitation and stroke."},{"lastName":"Sullivan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4158&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edith Vioni Sullivan","firstName":"Edith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Edith_Sullivan","researchInterest":"Application of magnetic resonance imaging modalities and component process analysis of cognitive, sensory, and motor functions to identify brain structural and functional mechanisms disrupted in neurodegenerative conditions:  alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, HIV infection, and normal aging.  Our laboratory is applying structural MRI, MR spectroscopy, and MR diffusion tensor imaging to animal models of aging and alcoholism in parallel with the human studies."},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10057&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gordon Li","firstName":"Gordon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Gordon_Li","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Skirboll","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3826&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen Skirboll","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Stephen_Skirboll","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the identification and characterization of cancer stem cells in human brain tumors, particularly malignant gliomas.  We are pursuing this with several projects: 1) developing screening strategies using a novel colony-forming antibody live cell microarray, and 2) a novel micro-immunopanning device, 3) phage display to identify tumor specific markers and screen for cancer stem cells using assays in #1 and #2, and 4) examining EGFRvIII as a possible cancer stem cell marker"},{"lastName":"Smuck","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Physical Medicine and Rehab"},{"focus":"Interventional Spine Care"},{"focus":"Spine"},{"focus":"Injections, Epidural"},{"focus":"Nerve Block"},{"focus":"Fluoroscopy"},{"focus":"Posterior Cervical Pain"},{"focus":"Lumbar Region"},{"focus":"Thoracic Spondylosis"},{"focus":"Radiculopathy"},{"focus":"Sciatica"},{"focus":"Spondylosis"},{"focus":"Spinal Stenosis"},{"focus":"Intermittent Claudication"},{"focus":"Back"},{"focus":"Back Pain"},{"focus":"Back Injuries"},{"focus":"Neck"},{"focus":"Neck Pain"},{"focus":"Cervical Vertebrae"},{"focus":"Lumbar Vertebrae"},{"focus":"Thoracic Vertebrae"},{"focus":"Vertebral Column"},{"focus":"Compression Fractures"},{"focus":"Diskectomy, Percutaneous"},{"focus":"Intervertebral Disk"},{"focus":"Diskectomy"},{"focus":"Disc, Intervertebral"},{"focus":"Discectomy, Percutaneous"},{"focus":"Discectomy"},{"focus":"Herniated Disc"},{"focus":"Disk, Herniated"},{"focus":"Facet Joint"},{"focus":"Zygapophyseal Joint"}],"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=10736&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Smuck, M.D.","firstName":"Matthew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Matthew_Smuck","researchInterest":"I specialize in precision diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disorders. My research is focused on improving the effectiveness and safety of commonly used percutaneous spine interventions, developing new technologies and techniques for minimally invasive treatment of spine disease, and investigating the mechanisms behind spine injury and pain."}]}