{"result":[{"lastName":"Wu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10430&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hsi-Yang Wu","firstName":"Hsi-Yang","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hsi-Yang_Wu","researchInterest":"My lab studies the coordination of neonatal bladder and external urethral sphincter function. By understanding how the spinal cord creates efficient voiding in neonates and children, we hope to develop new treatments for pediatric voiding dysfunction and adult urinary incontinence."},{"lastName":"Gosling","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Teaching),Surgery - Anatomy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4266&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Gosling","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Gosling","researchInterest":"My main research interest lies in the functional anatomy of the urogenital system particularly in the human. We are using numerous histochemical and immunocytochemical methods to establish the normal pattern and type of autonomic nerve which supply selected regions of the urogenital system including the urinary bladder, ureter and prostate."},{"lastName":"Lavelle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10415&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Lavelle","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Lavelle","researchInterest":"My research interests are clinically  1) voiding dysfunction (BPH, incontinence, urinary retention, & neurogenic bladder). 2) Outcomes research and am currently developing a project to review the management of neurogenic bladder within the VA. \r\nPrior research in this field is in BPH. \r\n\r\nMy Basic science interests are in epithelial physiology particularly that of the urothelium lining the bladder. Specifically permeability properties and neuro-epithelial interactions relating to sensation"},{"lastName":"Constantinou","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4171&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christos E. Constantinou","firstName":"Christos","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christos_Constantinou","researchInterest":"1. Pharmacologic methods in identifying alpha adrenergic receptors in the obstructed urinary tract.\r\n2. Fluid mechanics and physiological mechanisms of contractility in the urinary tract.\r\n3. Biomedical Engineering approaches in the characterization of static and dynamic properties of soft tissues.\r\n4. Image processing and 3D reconstruction of magnetic resonance.\r\n5. Computer models and vector analysis of pelvin floor musculature.\r\n6. Software for interactive teaching."},{"lastName":"Kennedy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4434&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Kennedy","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Kennedy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gill","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Penile Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Radical nerve sparing prostatectomy"},{"focus":"robotic prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Radical cystectomy"},{"focus":"Laser prostate surgery"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic kidney surgery"},{"focus":"minimially invasive BPH surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4287&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harcharan Gill","firstName":"Harcharan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Harcharan_Gill","researchInterest":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia- Evaluation and development of new minimally invasive techniques\r\n\r\nEndourology: developing, designing and evaluating new instruments\r\n\r\nBladder cancer: outcomes of treatment\r\n\r\nBPH: cryotherapy and HIFU"},{"lastName":"Guiton","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=33260&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pascale Guiton","firstName":"Pascale","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Pascale_Guiton","researchInterest":"How do sporozoites, the product of sexual reproduction of Toxoplasma, co-opt host cell functions to initiate an infection in a new intermediate host? [Sporozoites express a very different arsenal of secreted proteins many of which are expected to serve as \"effectors\" that alter host cell function in ways beneficial to the invading parasite.]"},{"lastName":"Shortliffe","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Hypospadias"},{"focus":"Hydronephrosis"},{"focus":"Undescended Testes"},{"focus":"Vesicoureteral Reflux"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4634&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Linda_Shortliffe","researchInterest":"The timing for intervention in obstruction in the infant and child is poorly understood.Our group has been interested in trying to define the risks that may be involved in obstructive and infectious uropathies and discovering early signs of damage to the urinary tract and kidney. We have explored ways of imaging the urinary tract using nonionizing radiation (US, MRI). We have studied the relationships of sex steroid hormones, pregnancy, reflux, urinary tract infection and urinary tract function."},{"lastName":"Hsieh","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Pediatric Urology"},{"focus":"Robotic Surgery"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Surgery"},{"focus":"da Vinci Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12854&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Harrison Hsieh","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Hsieh","researchInterest":"Our laboratory is interested in how microbial-triggered inflammation protects against pathogens and yet can result in secondary, harmful effects such as tissue fibrosis and carcinogenesis. The genitourinary tract is our model system. We are examining anti-pathogenic inflammation induced by uropathogenic E. coli. Chronic infection-mediated tissue fibrosis and carcinogenesis are being studied using models of Schistosoma haematobium."},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"DIEP, SIEA, TUG, SGAP flaps"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Breast Reconstruction"},{"focus":"Abdominal Wall"},{"focus":"Microsurgery"},{"focus":"Perforator flap"},{"focus":"Cosmetic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Facelift"},{"focus":"Rhinoplasty"},{"focus":"Breast Implants"},{"focus":"Breast"},{"focus":"Breast Conserving Surgery"},{"focus":"Breast Diseases"},{"focus":"Breast Implantation"},{"focus":"Face"},{"focus":"Liposuction"},{"focus":"Aesthetics"},{"focus":"Eyes"},{"focus":"Nose"},{"focus":"Abdomen"},{"focus":"thighs"},{"focus":"arms"},{"focus":"Back"},{"focus":"Implant Capsular Contracture"},{"focus":"Cancer of Esophagus"},{"focus":"Hernia"},{"focus":"Cancer"},{"focus":"skin"},{"focus":"surgery"},{"focus":"reconstruction"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7663&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gordon K. Lee, M.D.","firstName":"Gordon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gordon_Lee","researchInterest":"Novel techniques in microsurgery and complex reconstructive surgery.  Plastic Surgery Outcomes Research and Education.  Breast reconstruction.  Esophagus reconstruction.  Head and Neck reconstruction.  Perineogenital reconstruction."},{"lastName":"Comiter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"female urology"},{"focus":"pelvic prolapse"},{"focus":"Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"},{"focus":"Urinary Incontinence"},{"focus":"post-prostatectomy incontinence"},{"focus":"neuromodulation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8413&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Craig V. Comiter","firstName":"Craig","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Craig_Comiter","researchInterest":"Using various animal models of bladder outlet obstruction as a representation of human prostatic disease, I am investigating how intervening with pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, and other novel therapies may help to reverse the adverse changes in the bladder due to the obstruction.\r\n\r\nI also am investigating new, minimally invasive treatments for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence.\r\n\r\nI am also investigating the role of neruomodulation in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain and IC."},{"lastName":"Shafer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4672&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Shafer","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Shafer","researchInterest":"Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous anesthetics, including drug interactions and continuous measures of drug effect; model-based drug development; target controlled drug delivery; advanced models of drug behavior."},{"lastName":"Sokol","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive"},{"focus":"Robotics"},{"focus":"Uterine Prolapse"},{"focus":"Urinary Incontinence"},{"focus":"Urinary Incontinence, Stress"},{"focus":"Urinary Bladder Prolapse"},{"focus":"Cystocele"},{"focus":"Rectocele"},{"focus":"Enterocele"},{"focus":"Suburethral Slings"},{"focus":"Tension-Free Vaginal Tape"},{"focus":"Transobturator Tape"},{"focus":"Transobturator Suburethral Tape"},{"focus":"Urodynamics"},{"focus":"Gynecology"},{"focus":"Mesh, Surgical"},{"focus":"Cystoscopy"},{"focus":"Hysterectomy, Vaginal"},{"focus":"Rectovaginal Fistula"},{"focus":"Ambulatory Surgery"},{"focus":"Perineum"},{"focus":"Postoperative Complications"},{"focus":"Diagnostic Techniques, Urological"},{"focus":"Urologic Surgical Procedures"},{"focus":"Female Urogenital Diseases"},{"focus":"Fecal Incontinence"},{"focus":"Pelvic Floor"},{"focus":"Anal Sphincter"},{"focus":"Vesicovaginal Fistula"},{"focus":"Urethral Diseases"},{"focus":"Urethral Catheterization"},{"focus":"Prolapse"},{"focus":"Urinary Incontinence, Urge"},{"focus":"Obstetrics and Gynecology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7123&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eric R. Sokol, MD","firstName":"Eric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eric_Sokol","researchInterest":"My research is focused on the development and evaluation of cutting edge minimally invasive treatment modalities for incontinence and prolapse including robotic surgery, the use of novel grafts, and the use of novel injection therapies. I am also involved in surgical education research."},{"lastName":"Jack","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Ophthalmology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Ophthalmology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Ophthalmology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4384&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Jack","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Jack","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Palanker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Ophthalmology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4579&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Palanker","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Palanker","researchInterest":"Interactions of electric field and light with biological cells and tissues and their applications to diagnostics, therapeutics and prosthetics, primarily in ophthalmology.\r\n\r\nSpecific fields of interest include:\r\nMinimally-invasive optical therapeutics;\r\nElectronic retinal prosthesis; \r\nMicrosurgical and cell-surgical technologies; \r\nOptical imaging and spectroscopy; \r\nElectronic control of cells and tissues;"},{"lastName":"Moshfeghi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vitreoretinal Surgery, Pediatric vitreretinal surgery, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Retinal Detachment, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Diabetic Retinopathy, Cystoid Macular Edema, Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion, Central Retinal Vein Occlusion"},{"focus":"Ophthalmology"},{"focus":"Coats  disease, familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, x-linked retinoschisis"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Ophthalmology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3907&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Darius M. Moshfeghi","firstName":"Darius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Darius_Moshfeghi","researchInterest":"Dr. Moshfeghi leads the Stanford University Network for Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity (SUNDROP network).  The SUNDROP network utilizes RetCam II cameras to provide remote screening of retinopathy of prematurity at outlying neonatal intensive care units.  Active sites include Dominican Hospital, Washington Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and O'Connor Hospital."},{"lastName":"Skirboll","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurological Surgery"},{"focus":"Neurosurgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate 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/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":"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/Todd_Alamin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Leng","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinal Vascular Disease, Retinal Detachment Surgery"},{"focus":"Macular Edema, Macular Hole Surgery, Epiretinal Membrane, Endophthalmitis"},{"focus":"Branch and Central Retinal Vein Occlusion, Macular Pucker"},{"focus":"Lens Dislocation and Subluxation, Complications of Cataract Surgery"},{"focus":"Ophthalmology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Ophthalmology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Ophthalmology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13516&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theodore Leng, MD, FACS","firstName":"Theodore","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theodore_Leng","researchInterest":"Imaging Informatics\r\nRetinal Vascular Disease\r\nRetinal Laser Treatments\r\nHereditary Retinal Degenerations\r\nMacular Degeneration\r\nOcular Imaging\r\nDiabetic Retinopathy\r\nRetinopathy of Prematurity\r\nEndophthalmitis\r\nAcute Retinal Necrosis\r\nUveitis\r\n\r\n\r\nMEMBERSHIPS AND BOARDS\r\n\r\nFellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology\r\nAmerican Society of Retina Specialists\r\nLife Member, Society of Heed Fellows\r\nVit-Buckle Society\r\nFellow, American College of Surgeons\r\nAssociation for Research in Vision and Ophtha"},{"lastName":"Khurana","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20281&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Aman Khurana","firstName":"Aman","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aman_Khurana","researchInterest":"My research interest focuses on cellular imaging and MR imaging. My current projects involve evaluations of a FDA approved iron oxide contrast agent, ferumoxytol, for in vivo tracking of stem cell transplants and immune cells. The goal of these cellular imaging techniques is to non-invasively monitor stem cell mediated tissue regeneration and related immune rejection processes. Keeping the translational potential of this agent in mind, we ultimately aim to translate these novel technologies to "}]}