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The Utility of S100A4/Mts1 as a Biomarker in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).\r\n\r\n2. Prevalence and Treatment of Insulin Resistance in PAH.\r\n\r\n3. The Effect of EGF-Receptor Blockade and Elastase Inhibitor on Pulmonary Arteries of Patients with PAH.\r\n\r\n4. Characterization of Pulmonary Arteries in Patients with Idiopathic and Secondary PAH by Wedge Angiography.\r\n\r\n5. The Optimal Angle for Angiographic Evaluation of the Left Pulmonary Artery in Patients with PAH."},{"lastName":"Kudelko","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Critical Care"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9426&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kristina Kudelko","firstName":"Kristina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kristina_Kudelko","researchInterest":"Drugs and toxins-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension, clinical outcomes research, acute kidney injury in pulmonary arterial hypertension"},{"lastName":"de Jesus Perez","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"drug induced pulmonary hypertension"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7827&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vinicio de Jesus Perez MD","firstName":"Vinicio","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vinicio_de Jesus Perez","researchInterest":"My work is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).   I am interested in understanding the role that the BMP  and Wnt pathways play in regulating functions of pulmonary endothelial and smooth muscle cells both in health and disease."},{"lastName":"Pearl","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4680&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ronald Pearl","firstName":"Ronald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ronald_Pearl","researchInterest":"Mechanims (molecular and cellular) of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of respiratory failure, treatment of septic shock, hemodynamic monitoring"},{"lastName":"Patterson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6059&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. 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We utilize both murine and human systems in an effort to enhance graft vs tumor reactions while controlling graft vs host disease. 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Pulmonary Vascular Disease \u0096 Simvastatin reversed experimental pulmonary hypertension, and is safe for treatment of patients. Blinded clinical trials of efficacy are in progress.\r\n2.) Lung inflammation and regeneration (stem cells)\r\n3.) Lung surfactant rheology and oxidative stress\r\n4.) Gene regulation by RNA binding proteins, NF45 and NF90 through transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms"},{"lastName":"Dhillon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7231&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gundeep Dhillon, MD, MPH","firstName":"Gundeep","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gundeep_Dhillon","researchInterest":"1. Use of an administrative database (UNOS) to study lung transplant outcomes.\r\n2. Expression of the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 1 antibody in peripheral blood after lung transplantation and its association with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (chronic rejection).\r\n3. Impact of airway hypoxia, due to lack of bronchial circulation, on long-term lung transplant outcomes.\r\n4. CMV specific T-cell immunity in lung transplant recipients and its impact on acute rejection."},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18501&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wing Tak Jack Wong","firstName":"Wing Tak Jack","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wing Tak Jack_Wong","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kamra","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Pediatric anesthesia"},{"focus":"Pediatric cardiac anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate 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/Komal_Kamra","researchInterest":"Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia\r\nTransesophageal Echocardiography\r\nAdult Congenital Heart Disease"},{"lastName":"Kuan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate 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/Calvin_Kuan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Olsson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Critical Care"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8439&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Julie Olsson","firstName":"Julie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Julie_Olsson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Rabinovitch","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3897&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marlene Rabinovitch","firstName":"Marlene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marlene_Rabinovitch","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on understanding the regulation of genes associated with cardiovascular development and disease, through the use of cultured cells and tissues and genetically modified mouse models.   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Advanced coronary and valvular disease, evaluationg candidacy for high risk interventions."},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20850&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Won Hee Lee","firstName":"Won Hee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Won Hee_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Jackson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5917&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ethan Jackson, M.D.","firstName":"Ethan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ethan_Jackson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Zavaleta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9606&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cristina Zavaleta","firstName":"Cristina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Cristina_Zavaleta","researchInterest":"Biomedical Engineering and Nanotechnology with a focus on Raman Spectroscopy and Early Cancer Detection"}]}