{"result":[{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Robotic Radical Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Single Port Laparoscopy"},{"focus":"Robotics"},{"focus":"Adrenal Cancer"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urology"},{"focus":"Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures"},{"focus":"Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy"},{"focus":"Robotic Partial Nephrectomy"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7864&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Benjamin I. Chung","firstName":"Benjamin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Benjamin_Chung","researchInterest":"Renal cell carcinoma and prostate cancer outcomes research and epidemiology."},{"lastName":"Leppert","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10322&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Leppert","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/John_Leppert","researchInterest":"Our research aims to improve the global quality of care for patients with Urologic cancer with a particular focus on kidney cancer. We are evaluating the comparative effectiveness of various kidney cancer surgeries and their impact on chronic kidney disease and its downstream effects. We are investigating nanofluidic proteomic assays to diagnose kidney cancer and signatures of response to therapy. We are applying epidemiology, bioinformatics, and health services methods to urologic conditions."},{"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://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4634&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/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":"Wang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Materials Science and Engineering - Materials Science Operations"},{"appointment":"Professor,Electrical Engineering - Solid State and Photonics Laboratory Operations"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Materials Science and Engineering - Materials Science Operations","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8087&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shan X. Wang","firstName":"Shan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Shan_Wang","researchInterest":"Dr. Wang is a Co-PI of the Stanford-led Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence and Translation (CCNE-T).  His research interests lie in magnetic nanotechnologies in general and include magnetic biochips, in vitro diagnostics, magnetic nanoparticles, nano-patterning, spin electronic materials and sensors, magnetic inductive heads, as well as magnetic integrated inductors and transformers."},{"lastName":"Srinivas","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Bladder Cancer"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Germ Cell Tumors - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer"},{"focus":"Kidney Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Male Cancers - Penile"},{"focus":"Male Cancers - Prostate "},{"focus":"Male Cancers - Testicular "},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"},{"focus":"Penile Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors"},{"focus":"Testicular Tumors - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer"},{"focus":"Ureteral Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer"},{"focus":"Urethral Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4350&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandy Srinivas","firstName":"Sandhya","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sandhya_Srinivas","researchInterest":"Clinical interests: general oncology, genito-urinary malignancy Research interests: conducting clinical trials in advanced prostate cancer, bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma"},{"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://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4434&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Kennedy","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/William_Kennedy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gonzalgo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Robotic Prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Bladder Cancer - Robotic Cystectomy"},{"focus":"Urologic Oncology - Prostate, Bladder, Kidney, Testicular Cancer"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Urology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13213&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark L. Gonzalgo, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mark_Gonzalgo","researchInterest":"My laboratory is focused on studying the role of DNA methylation in prostate and bladder cancer.  Certain genes and their downstream targets may be useful molecular markers for disease detection and prognostication. We are interested in utilizing methylation markers to detect abnormal changes in serum and urine.  Clinical Focus: Prostate Cancer - Robotic Prostatectomy; Bladder Cancer - Robotic Cystectomy; Urologic Oncology - Prostate, Bladder, Kidney, Testicular Cancer."},{"lastName":"Gaster","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Ph.D., Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17743&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Gaster","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Richard_Gaster","researchInterest":"medical devices, biosensors, magnetic nanotechnology, point-of-care diagnostics, protein-protein binding kinetics, multiplex cancer diagnostics"},{"lastName":"Shih","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7951&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mei-Chiung Shih","firstName":"Mei-Chiung","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mei-Chiung_Shih","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Solgaard","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Electrical Engineering","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7225&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Olav Solgaard","firstName":"Olav","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Olav_Solgaard","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Higgins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4038&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Higgins","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/John_Higgins","researchInterest":"I work as a diagnostic surgical pathologist doing translational research in renal neoplasia and medical renal disease and neoplastic and medical liver disease. Subspecialty areas of clinical interest include diagnostic immunohistochemistry, renal, hepatic and transplant pathology."},{"lastName":"Akin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"},{"appointment":"Senior Research Scientist,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8526&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Demir Akin, D.V.M., Ph.D.","firstName":"Demir","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Demir_Akin","researchInterest":"Nanomedicine, BioMEMS, Targeted Drug Delivery, Cancer, Systems Biology, Biosensors, Cellular Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Nanobiotechnology, Nanotechnology, Molecular Diagnostics, nanobot, microbot, microbotics, experimental therapeutics, nanotherapeutics"},{"lastName":"Ra","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11374&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hyejun Ra","firstName":"Hyejun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Hyejun_Ra","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Software Developer,Pediatrics - Systems Medicine"},{"appointment":"Software Developer, Research,Pediatrics - Systems Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Software Developer,Pediatrics - Systems Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=27445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Li Li","firstName":"Li","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Li_Li","researchInterest":""},{"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://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12854&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Harrison Hsieh","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/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":"Desai","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Health Research & Policy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13492&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Manisha Desai","firstName":"Manisha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Manisha_Desai","researchInterest":"Dr. Desai is the Director of the Quantitative Sciences Unit.  She is interested in the application of biostatistical methods to all areas of medicine including oncology, nephrology, and endocrinology.  She works on methods for the analysis of epidemiologic studies, clinical trials, and studies with missing observations."},{"lastName":"Tan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation"},{"focus":"Nephrology"},{"focus":"Nephrology (Kidney)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"MS, Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3846&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jane C. Tan","firstName":"Jane","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jane_Tan","researchInterest":"My research relates to issues pertaining to clinical kidney transplantation. We have ongoing studies on the following topics.\r\n1. Renal senescence and kidney transplant, and chronic allograft nephropathy.\r\n2. Living donor safety and response to uninephrectomy.\r\n3. Biomarkers for post-transplant monitoring."},{"lastName":"Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7014&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kendric C. Smith","firstName":"Kendric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kendric_Smith","researchInterest":"The photochemistry and radiation chemistry of DNA, the genetic control and biochemical bases of the multiple pathways of DNA repair, and the roles of DNA repair processes in radiation and spontaneous mutagenesis. Over 190 papers have been published on these and related topics."},{"lastName":"Brooks","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Male Cancers - Prostate "},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer"},{"focus":"Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy"},{"focus":"Prostate Cancer - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers"},{"focus":"Urologic Cancers - Urologic Oncology"},{"focus":"Urology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6178&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James D. Brooks","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/James_Brooks","researchInterest":"We use genomic approaches to identify disease biomarkers.  We are most interested in translating biomarkers into clinical practice in urological diseases with a particular focus in cancer."},{"lastName":"Hanawalt","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5957&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip C. Hanawalt","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Philip_Hanawalt","researchInterest":"Our current research focuses in two principal areas:\r\n\r\n1. The molecular basis for  diseases in which the pathway of transcription-coupled DNA repair is defective, including Cockyne syndrome (CS) and UV-sensitive syndrome (UVSS). Patients are severely sensitive to sunlight  but  get no cancers. See Hanawalt & Spivak, 2008, for review.\r\n\r\n2. Transcription arrest by guanine-rich DNA sequences and non-canonical secondary structures. Transcription collisions with replication forks."},{"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://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4287&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harcharan Gill","firstName":"Harcharan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/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":"Chu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4149&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gilbert Chu","firstName":"Gilbert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Gilbert_Chu","researchInterest":"Our laboratory focuses on understanding how cells respond to DNA damage. Our research currently involves areas that interact with each other: repair of radiation damage, and transcriptional responses to DNA damage."},{"lastName":"Grimm","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Nephrology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7989&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul C. Grimm","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Paul_Grimm","researchInterest":"Computerized image analysis of kidney and liver biopsies to quantitate and diagnose subtle changes in tissue structure. \r\nRenal Inflammation\r\nRenal Allograft Rejection\r\nRenal Fibrosis in; \r\n-Primary Kidney Disease\r\n-Transplant Kidney Disease\r\nLiver fibrosis\r\nSteatohepatitis"}]}