{"result":[{"lastName":"Khavari","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4683&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul A. Khavari, MD, PhD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Paul_Khavari","researchInterest":"We work in epithelial tissue as a model system to study stem cell biology, cancer and new molecular therapeutics. Epithelia cover external and internal body surfaces and undergo constant self-renewal while responding to diverse environmental stimuli. Epithelial homeostasis precisely balances stem cell-sustained proliferation and differentiation-associated cell death, a balance which is lost in many human diseases, including cancer, 90% of which arise in epithelial tissues."},{"lastName":"Gayer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8179&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gabriela Gayer","firstName":"Gabriela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Gabriela_Gayer","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Shafer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4671&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Audrey Shafer","firstName":"Audrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Audrey_Shafer","researchInterest":"literature and medicine, humanistic aspects of medicine and anesthesia care, language and medicine, communication, medical humanities, ethics of anesthesia care, creative writing"},{"lastName":"Mindelzun","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4303&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Mindelzun","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Robert_Mindelzun","researchInterest":"Abdominal imaging, Anatomy.\r\nMesenteries, peritoneum, omentum, pancreatic anatomy and embryology.\r\nThird World diseases.\r\nAbdominal trauma."},{"lastName":"Marinkovich","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4217&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"M. Peter Marinkovich","firstName":"Matt","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Matt_Marinkovich","researchInterest":"The Marinkovich lab studies the function of epithelial extracellular matrix molecules, including integrins, collagens and laminins in epithelial development and carcinoma progression.  We apply our discoveries in this area towards development of molecular therapies for carcinomas, hair disease and inherited epithelial adhesive disorders."},{"lastName":"Lane","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Dermatology"},{"focus":"Dermatitis, Atopic"},{"focus":"Warts"},{"focus":"Molluscum Contagiosum"},{"focus":"Acne Vulgaris"},{"focus":"Birthmarks"},{"focus":"Hemangioma, Capillary"},{"focus":"Hemangioma, Cavernous"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4126&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alfred Lane","firstName":"Alfred","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Alfred_Lane","researchInterest":"Developing gene therapy for genetic skin diseases is my major focus.  Prior to that, we are developing methods to give effective and efficient care to infants with rare and disabling genetic skin diseases including epidermolysis bullosa and ichthyosis as well as infants and children with unusual and difficult to manage vascular malformations.  I am also interested in clinical studies within the NICU protecting premature infants\u0092 skin and clinical studies  in children with common skin diseases."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6089&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Howard Y. 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We are investigating the roles of site-specific fibroblast differentiation in patterning the epidermis, and dissecting the mechanisms of wound healing programs in cancer metastasis."},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9203&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonghyeob Lee","firstName":"Jonghyeob","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Jonghyeob_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Boltz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Anesthesia, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4236&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"M. Gail Boltz","firstName":"Madalane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Madalane_Boltz","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Larkin","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8416&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathleen Larkin","firstName":"Kathleen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Kathleen_Larkin","researchInterest":"Pediatric pain, palliative care, regional anethesia, and acupuncture."},{"lastName":"Mellins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Human Gene Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Human Gene Therapy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5952&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Elizabeth Mellins","firstName":"Elizabeth","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Elizabeth_Mellins","researchInterest":"Molecular mechanisms and intracellular pathways of antigen processing and presentation; structure/function of HLA-DR,-DM, -DO; HLA allele association with disease; pathogen evasion of the class II pathway."},{"lastName":"Kamra","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5885&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Komal Kamra","firstName":"Komal","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Komal_Kamra","researchInterest":"Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia\r\nTransesophageal Echocardiography\r\nAdult Congenital Heart Disease"},{"lastName":"Webb","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9984&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ashley Webb","firstName":"Ashley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Ashley_Webb","researchInterest":"Stem cell function requires both the establishment and maintenance of particular epigenetic states. Perturbation of the epigenetic status of stem cells may compromise both self-renewal and multipotency. Work from our lab has identified the Forkhead family transcription factor, FoxO3, as a regulator of adult neural stem cell (NSCs) quiescence, which prevents the depletion of this population of cells. Along with recent evidence that Forkhead family members act as \u0091pioneer factors\u0092 in the opening "},{"lastName":"Rubesova","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6792&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Erika Rubesova","firstName":"Erika","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Erika_Rubesova","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Klofas","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Emergency Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Surgery - Emergency Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Surgery - Emergency Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4227&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edward Klofas","firstName":"Edward","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Edward_Klofas","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Melcher","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Surgery"},{"focus":"Liver Transplantation"},{"focus":"Kidney Transplantation"},{"focus":"Hepatobiliary"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7640&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marc L. 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We are also developing the \"paired-organ exchange\" program at Stanford to increase the chances that patients with willing but incompatible living donors can still receive a living donor kidney."},{"lastName":"Lorenz","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Cleft lip and palate surgery"},{"focus":"Facial surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"facial fracture surgery"},{"focus":"Body contouring surgery"},{"focus":"abdominal wall surgery"},{"focus":"ventral hernia surgery"},{"focus":"incisional hernia surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4589&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"H. Peter Lorenz, MD","firstName":"Hermann","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Hermann_Lorenz","researchInterest":"We have three areas of current investigation: \r\n1) Scarless skin wound healing biology\r\n2) Dot stem cell tissue regeneration biology\r\n3) Novel stem cell therapy for tissue engineering"},{"lastName":"Sen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10169&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Sen","firstName":"George","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/George_Sen","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Emergency Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Emergency Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4020&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nancy  Wang","firstName":"Nancy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Nancy_Wang","researchInterest":"- Disparities in Emergency Medical Services for children. \r\n- Efficacy of novel interventions for pediatric access to care. \r\n- Teaching and supporting community-initiated interventions and programs internationally."},{"lastName":"Ridky","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5893&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Todd Ridky","firstName":"Todd","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Todd_Ridky","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Barr","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4045&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Juliana Barr","firstName":"Juliana","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Juliana_Barr","researchInterest":"1) ICU Outcomes Research; 2) Clinical pharmacology of sedative-hypnotic agents in ICU patients."},{"lastName":"Kuan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6079&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Calvin Kuan, M.D., FAAP","firstName":"Calvin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Calvin_Kuan","researchInterest":""},{"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/pem/researcher/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":"Galli","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology - Mouse Transgenic Facility"},{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology - Mouse Transgenic Facility","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4374&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen Galli","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Stephen_Galli","researchInterest":"The goals of Dr. Galli's laboratory are to understand the regulation of mast cell and basophil development and the expression of mast cell and basophil function, and to develop and use genetic approaches to elucidate the roles of these cells in health and disease."},{"lastName":"Attardi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Biology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3851&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Laura Attardi","firstName":"Laura","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/pem/researcher/Laura_Attardi","researchInterest":"Our research is aimed at defining the pathways of p53-mediated apoptosis and tumor suppression, using a combination of biochemical, cell biological, and mouse genetic approaches. Our strategy is to start by generating hypotheses about p53 mechanisms of action using primary mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs), and then to test them using gene targeting technology in the mouse."}]}