{"result":[{"lastName":"McDonald","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver),Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6130&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathryn McDonald","firstName":"Kathryn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kathryn_McDonald","researchInterest":"My research and educational activities focus on evidence-based medicine, patient-centered concerns, health care quality, and patient safety. I enjoy forming and participating in multi-disciplinary teams to identify, highlight and formulate solutions to issues of suboptimal performance of the health care system, both in the US and abroad."},{"lastName":"Asch","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24300&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Asch","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Steven_Asch","researchInterest":"Health services research, Quality assessement, Quality improvement, Implementation science, Health sevices to improve value of care, HIV, HCV, Cancer, Palliative care, Renal disease"},{"lastName":"Garber","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4662&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan M. Garber","firstName":"Alan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Alan_Garber","researchInterest":"Topics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease"},{"lastName":"Goldstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4068&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mary Kane Goldstein","firstName":"Mary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mary_Goldstein","researchInterest":"Health services research in primary care and geriatrics: developing, implementing, and evaluating methods for clinical quality improvement.  Current work includes applying health information technology to quality improvement through clinical decision support integrated with electronic health records: encoding clinical knowledge into computable formats in automated knowledge bases; natural language processing of free text in electronic health records."},{"lastName":"Wang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Electrophysiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Atrial Fibrillation"},{"focus":"Cardiac Arrhythmias"},{"focus":"Implantable Defibrillators"},{"focus":"Pacemakers"},{"focus":"Hypertrophic  Cardiomyopathy"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3939&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul  J. Wang, MD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Paul_Wang","researchInterest":"Dr. Wang's research centers on the development of innovative approaches to the treatment of arrhythmias, including more effective catheter ablation techniques, more reliable implantable devices, and less invasive treatments.  Dr. Wang's clinical research interests include atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, syncope, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.  Dr. Wang has active collaborations with Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering Departments at Stanford."},{"lastName":"Turakhia","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Electrophysiology"},{"focus":"Arrhythmias, Cardiac"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Death, Sudden, Cardiac"},{"focus":"Catheter Ablation"},{"focus":"Atrial Fibrillation"},{"focus":"Implantable Defibrillators"},{"focus":"Tachycardia, Supraventricular"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11700&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Minang (Mintu) Turakhia","firstName":"Minang","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Minang_Turakhia","researchInterest":"Dr. Turakhia's research program aims to improve the treatment of heart rhythm disorders by understanding system- and patient-level variation of arrhythmia treatment and their relationship to outcomes. He is principal investigator of the The Retrospective Evaluation and Assessment of Atrial Fibrillation study (TREAT-AF). With 400,000 patients, TREAT-AF will serve as the largest known research cohort of patients with Atrial Fibrillation."},{"lastName":"Shachter","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Management Science and Engineering - Management Sci Operations"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Management Science and Engineering - Management Sci Operations","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6795&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ross Shachter","firstName":"Ross","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ross_Shachter","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ioannidis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Natural Sciences Cluster - Statistics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18745&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Ioannidis","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/John_Ioannidis","researchInterest":"Evidence-based medicine\r\nClinical and molecular epidemiology\r\nHuman genome epidemiology\r\nResearch design\r\nReporting of research\r\nEmpirical evaluation of bias in research\r\nRandomized trials\r\nStatistical methods and modeling\r\nMeta-analysis and large-scale evidence\r\nPrognosis, predictive and personalized medicine and health\r\nSociology of science"},{"lastName":"Khazeni","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Critical Care"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9019&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nayer Khazeni, M.D., M.S.","firstName":"Nayer","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Nayer_Khazeni","researchInterest":"My research interests include social determinants of health, infectious diseases, and strategic planning for global health catastrophes. My research team collaborates with colleagues in the Center for Health Policy / Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to examine and design international pandemic influenza mitigation strategies."},{"lastName":"Stafford","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol)"},{"focus":"Hypertension (high blood pressure)"},{"focus":"Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Preventive"},{"focus":"Obesity"},{"focus":"Primary Prevention"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3840&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Randall Stafford","firstName":"Randall","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Randall_Stafford","researchInterest":"As Director of the SPRC Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, my work focuses on cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention, the adoption of new technology and practices, and patterns of physician practice, particularly medication prescribing.  Specific interests include measuring and improving the quality of outpatient care, disparities in health care by race, gender, age and socioeconomic status, and interventions to improve prevention outcomes."},{"lastName":"Goodman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"},{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23410&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Goodman","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Steven_Goodman","researchInterest":"I am interested in issues relating to the representation and measurement of evidence in medical research, and determinants of the truth of medical findings, using a Bayesian framework. I also do work in evidence synthesis, comparative effectiveness research, and the ethics of clinical research. Finally, I have an ongoing project related to landmark clinical trials that have had great impact."},{"lastName":"Holodniy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4021&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Holodniy","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mark_Holodniy","researchInterest":"My research program is currently focused in three areas: 1) translational research (HCV/HIV viral evolution and antiviral resistance prevalence and development), 2) HIV/HCV clinical trials (diagnostic assay/medical device, antiretrovirals, ARVs and immunomodulators), and 3) health services research focusing on cost effectiveness of HIV antibody and ARV resistance testing and ARV utilization and clincal outcome."},{"lastName":"Smith-Spangler","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8673&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Crystal Smith-Spangler","firstName":"Crystal","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/cancer/physician/Crystal_Smith-Spangler","researchInterest":"I study the health and economic outcomes related to the prevention and management of chronic diseases. I am specifically interested in population- and system-based approaches to improve health."},{"lastName":"Kuschner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4437&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ware Kuschner, M.D.","firstName":"Ware","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ware_Kuschner","researchInterest":"Occupational and environmental lung disease; Pulmonary and systemic responses to toxicant inhalation; Indoor and outdoor air pollution health effects;"},{"lastName":"DeBusk","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4093&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert DeBusk","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Robert_DeBusk","researchInterest":"Experimental and clinical epidemiology of myocardial, infarction; exercise testing; cardiac risk factor management;, cardiac rehabilitation; systems for patient management; ischemic, heart disease; computer-based expert systems."},{"lastName":"Perez","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Atrial Fibrillation"},{"focus":"Arrhythmias, Cardiac"},{"focus":"Channelopathies (Long QT, Brugada, CPVT)"},{"focus":"Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9771&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marco Perez","firstName":"Marco","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Marco_Perez","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kraemer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4163&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Helena Chmura Kraemer","firstName":"Helena","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Helena_Kraemer","researchInterest":"I am interested in the methodology pertinent to dealing with research problems where biological and behavioral interests meet. These interests have been applied not only in psychiatric research, but in those areas of Cardiology, Pediatrics and other fields of medicine in which behavioral research is becoming ever more salient."},{"lastName":"Bendavid","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9404&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eran Bendavid","firstName":"Eran","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Eran_Bendavid","researchInterest":"Effect of global health policies on health of individuals in developing countries, global health, HIV and TB."},{"lastName":"Basu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"General Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sanjay Basu","firstName":"Sanjay","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sanjay_Basu","researchInterest":"mathematical models\r\neconometrics\r\nglobal health\r\nsocial determinants of health\r\nhealth policy"},{"lastName":"Al-Ahmad","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiac Electrophysiology"},{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"focus":"Atrial Fibrillation"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6371&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amin Al-Ahmad","firstName":"Amin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Amin_Al-Ahmad","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Albers","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4026&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gregory W. Albers","firstName":"Gregory","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Gregory_Albers","researchInterest":"Our group\u0092s research focus is the acute treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disorders.  Our primary interest is the use of diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI to expand the treatment window for ischemic stroke.  We are also conducting clinical studies of both neuroprotective and thrombolytic strategies for the treatment of acute stroke and investigating new antithrombotic strategies for stroke prevention."},{"lastName":"Heidenreich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4682&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Heidenreich, MD","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Paul_Heidenreich","researchInterest":"My research interests include \r\n\r\n1) The cost-effectiveness of new cardiovascular technologies. \r\nExample: tests to screen asymptomatic patients for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.\r\n\r\n2) Interventions to improve the quality of care of patients with heart disease. Examples: include clinical reminders and home monitoring.\r\n\r\n3) Outcomes research using existing clinical and administrative datasets. \r\n\r\n4) Use of echocardiography to predict prognosis (e.g. diastolic dysfunction)."},{"lastName":"Bhattacharya","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Social Sciences Cluster - Economics"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4000&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jayanta Bhattacharya","firstName":"Jayanta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jayanta_Bhattacharya","researchInterest":"My research focuses on the constraints that vulnerable populations face in making decisions that affect their health status, as well as the effects of government policies and programs designed to benefit vulnerable populations."},{"lastName":"Bergman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"Pediatrics"},{"focus":"Health Service Area"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4265&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Bergman","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/David_Bergman","researchInterest":"My research has involved the use of new technologies to create different types of patient-doctor transactions.  I am also interested in how these new transactions impact clinical care processes.  Current work includes the evaluation of a patient portal for children with cystic fibrosis, the use of telemedicine to bring asthma experts into the schools and the attitudes of teens and parents about the use of a secure patient portal for teens."}]}