| Aisha Barber, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
simulation, assessment, resident well-being, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, hospitalist |
Email |
simulation, assessment, resident well-being, and diversity, equity, and inclusion |
| Anastassios Koumbourlis, MD, MPH |
Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Lung mechanics, Neuromuscular diseases & chest wall abnormalities, Sickle cell disease, Congenital airway & lung abnormalities, |
Email |
Pediatric pulmonary medicine with special interests in congenital lung and airway anomalies, chest wall deformities and pulmonary complications of neuromuscular and sickle cell disease. |
| Andrea Hahn, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Cystic Fibrosis, Microbiota, Respiratory System, lung |
Email |
Pharmacokinetic modeling, Cystic Fibrosis, and the airway microbiome. |
| Andrew Campbell, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
sickle cell disease, pulmonary complications, fetal hemoglobin switching in transgenic sickle cell mice, phenotype/genotype relationships, and renal complications. |
Email |
Sickle cell disease, pulmonary complications, fetal hemoglobin switching in transgenic sickle cell mice, phenotype/genotype relationships, and renal complications. |
| Anita Patel, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
Email |
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
| Babak Sarani, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Surgery: SMHS |
Emergency Service, Hospital, Blood Coagulation Disorders, Intensive Care Units, Critical Care, |
Email |
Trauma surgery, critical care, and rapid response systems; diagnosis and management of coagulation disorders following trauma, delirium in the ICU, and optimal design of rapid response systems. |
| Bao-Ngoc Nguyen, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Surgery: SMHS |
Aortic aneurysm, diabetic wound healing, ischemic wound healing, therapeutic angiogenesis, cardiovascular diseases, immunology, spinal cord ischemia, |
Email |
Cardiovascular diseases, heart and lung transplant immunology, ischemia, and angiogenesis and vasculogenesis in the context of wound healing in diabetic patients. |
| Brian Reilly, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Surgery: CNH |
Cochlear Implants, Otitis Media, Tonsillitis, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Surgery |
Email |
Hearing loss, cochlear implants, otitis media, obstructive sleep apnea and chronic tonsillitis. |
| Catherine Cox, PhD, RN |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Nursing: SON |
military experiences, veterans, posttraumatic stress disorder, partner violence, critical care nusing, |
Email |
Veteran and military spouse experiences. |
| Craig DeWolfe, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Medical Student Education in Pediatrics, Hospitalist |
Email |
Medical Student Education in Pediatrics, Hospitalist |
| Daniel Baram, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
Interventional Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine |
Email |
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), Bronchial Stenting, Electrocautery and Argon Plasma Coagulation, Balloon Dilation and Stenting, Bronchial Thermoplasty for treatment of severe persistent asthma, electro navigational bronchoscopy and other aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy. |
| Daniel Scher, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Radiology: SMHS |
Interventional Oncology, Minimally Invasive tx of Cancer, Venous Interventions, Biliary Interventions, Pulmonary Embolism Thrombectomy, |
Email |
Venous interventions and pulmonary embolisms |
| David Mendelowitz, PhD |
Prof |
Info |
Pharmacology & Physiology: SMHS |
Sudden Infant Death, Oxytocin, Optogenetics, Polysomnography, Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Autonomic Nervous System, Hypertension, Brain Stem, Cardiovascular Diseases, Homeostasis, Neurology, Pharmacology & Physiology |
Email |
Autonomic and respiratory control of cardiovascular function; targets in the autonomic nervous system control of cardiac function that can reduce and/or prevent cardiovascular diseases, including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and heart failure; the cellular properties, neuronal network and in-vivo reflex control of pre-motor parasympathetic cardio-inhibitory vagal neurons located in the brainstem that generate parasympathetic activity to the heart. |
| David Wessel, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine: CNH |
Child, Newborn Infant, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Heart Defects, Critical Care, Perioperative Care, Cardiology , Pulmonology |
Email |
Cardiac critical care and pulmonary hypertension, and he is interested in determining the efficicacy of treatment strategies in caring for critically ill children. |
| Dinesh Pillai, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
cycle regulators, circadian oscillator genes, respiratory epithelial regeneration, asthma, pulmonary diseases, lung inflammation, airway epithelium genomics, |
Email |
Identifying genetic modifiers in airway inflammation and asthma and his clinical interests are in asthma, complicated pneumonia and interstitial lung disease. |
| Ellen Costello, PhD |
Prof |
Info |
Health, Human Function, & Rehabilitation Sciences: SMHS |
medical education, Educational outcomes, Computer-assisted learning, Fall prevention, Aging, Health and fitness, Simulation, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Acute Care, |
Email |
Scholarship of teaching and learning and related outcomes of health profession students. She has experience studying the use of information and simulation in facilitating learning, and physical ability and activities in aging people. |
| Faysal Haroun, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
lung cancer, hematology, blood disorders, immunotherapy, targeted treatment, |
Email |
Lung cancer as well as benign and malignant blood disorders; novel therapeutics such as immunotherapy and targeted treatments aimed at improving outcomes for our patients. |
| Gregory Trachiotis, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Surgery: SMHS |
Biomarkers, Tumor, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, |
Email |
Outcome analysis utilizing cardiac imaging for identifying prognostic risk factors in cardiac surgery; AIDS-related thoracic and cardiac disease; cardiovascular disease in sleep apnea and right heart dysfunction; donor heart and lung preservation; imaging and revascularization for LV dysfunction (heart failure), valvular heart surgery; off-bypass coronary operations; cancer and tumor markers in esophageal and lung cancer; hypertension device research. |
| Gurwinder Gill, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine: SMHS |
Critical Care Anesthesiology, Graduate Medical Education, Simulation , Anesthesiology , Medical Education |
Email |
Graduate medical education and standards or professionalism in residency. |
| Gustavo Nino, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Asthma, Rhinovirus, MicroRNAs, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, Respiratory System, |
Email |
Airway biology; asthma and obstructive sleep apnea in children; novel mechanisms of airway genetic reprogramming mediated by microRNAs. |
| Jalil Ahari, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary embolism, Interstitial lung disease, Obstructive sleep apnea, Mechanical ventilation, |
Email |
sleep disorders. |
| Jeffrey Williams, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
Mechanical ventilation, Critical Care Ultrasonography, Critical Care disaster preparedness , Anesthesiology, Pulmonology |
Email |
Physiology on oxygen consumption and lactate production during mechanical ventilation along with the development of novel techniques for monitoring ventilator patient dyssynchrony. |
| Jennifer Berkeley, MD, PhD |
|
Info |
Neurology: Lifebridge |
neurocritical care, brain injury, Spinal Disorder, Vascular Neurology, neurology |
Email |
neurocritical care, brain injury |
| Karen Fagan, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
lung, pulmonary, arterial |
Email |
Pulmonary hypertension, health disparities |
| Kate Applebaum, ScD, MSPH |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Environmental & Occupational Health: MISPH |
Pesticides, Asbestos, Occupational Exposure, Chronic Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Disease, Hispanic Americans, Endotoxins, Brain, Lung Neoplasms, |
Email |
Environmental and occupational exposures influencing the risk of chronic diseases and cancer, including cancer of the lung, head and neck, skin, kidney, and brain; exposures such as pesticides, heavy metals including arsenic, lead and cadmium, silica dust, asbestos, endotoxin, and metalworking fluids. Current projects focus on chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Hispanic/Latino populations in the U.S. and Nicaragua and in pesticide applicators and autoworkers in the U.S. |
| Kathleen Ogle, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Emergency Medicine: SMHS |
Emergency Ultrasound, Medical Education, Critical Care, |
Email |
Medical education and access to care. |
| Keith Mortman, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Surgery: SMHS |
Clinical Outcomes, Cancer Prevention, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, hyperhidosis, achalasia, Cancer , Surgery |
Email |
Treatment of lung and esophageal cancer, the treatment of mediastinal masses and cysts, and the treatment of hyperhidrosis, achalasia, and complex pleural space disease. |
| Khalil Diab, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
pulmonology, Critical Care |
Email |
Endobronchial Ultrasound, Radial ultrasound, Percutaneous Tracheostomy, Endobronchial Stent Placement, Electromagnetic, Navigation Bronchoscopy, Endobronchial Valve Placement, Tumor Debulking Using Argon Plasma Coagulation and Cryotherapy |
| Lynn Abell, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine: SMHS |
Herniorrhaphy, Workflow, Critical Care, Anesthesiology, Surgery |
Email |
Operative workflow economics, complex hernia repair, and critical care |
| Marcie Feinman, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Surgery: Lifebridge |
critical care |
Email |
critical care |
| Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc |
Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
pulmonary heart disease, cardiology, heart failure, Pulmonary hypertension, cardiac imaging, thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease |
Email |
Pulmonary hypertension; research on the epidemiology of pulmonary hypertension, imaging the right ventricle, understanding PH associated with left heart disease and chronic thromboembolic disease and the development and evaluation of novel pharmacological therapies for PAH; clinical trials that explore the efficacy and safety of new drugs; genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying PAH. |
| Marinella Temprosa, PhD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Epidemiology & Biostatistics: MISPH |
Infant, Low Birth Weight, Dexamethasone, Biostatistics, Biometry, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Lung Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Biomarkers, |
Email |
The role of novel biomarkers in the development of diabetes and its complications; therapy in very low birth weight infants at risk for chronic lung disease, therapy to increase survival without chronic lung disease in extremely low birth weight infants, and effects of maternal lifestyles on infant outcomes. |
| Matthew Kay, DSBME |
Prof |
Info |
Biomedical Engineering: SEAS |
Oxytocin, Sarcolemma, Cancer Engineering, Myocardial Ischemia, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, Myocardium, Heart Failure, Hypoxia, Neurons, Electrophysiology, |
Email |
Metabolism and electrophysiology during hypoxia, ischemia, and heart failure; how chronic selective activation of hypothalamic oxytocin neurons improves cardiac function and favorably alters indices of cardiac ischemia and damage that occurs in heart failure. |
| Mekela Whyte-Nesfield, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
pediatrics, acute stress, IUC, critical care medicine, |
Email |
Acute stress in parents and caregivers of patients admitted to the ICU. |
| Michael Bell, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Hypothermia, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine , Neurology |
Email |
Critical care and neurocritical care; barriers to implementation of traumatic brain injury guidelines, the effect of hypothermia on brain injuries and clinical applications for neurological markers. |
| Murray Pollack, MD, MBA |
Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Neonatology, Critical Care, Morbidity, Prognosis, Emergency Medicine, |
Email |
Severity of illness, morbidity, pediatric critical care; predicting multiple outcome states (new morbidity as well as mortality) from pediatric critical care. |
| Nicholas Shworak, MD, PhD |
Prof |
Info |
Pharmacology & Physiology: SMHS |
Glycobiology, Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, Sepsis, Coronary artery disease, Medical Education , Pharmacology & Physiology |
Email |
Hydrocarbon receptor signaling affects on obesity mediation, life span, cardiac gene expression, and growth, and also studies heparan sulfates in the lung. |
| Niti Dham, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Cardio-Oncology, Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension and echocardiography |
Email |
Early cardiac detection in cancer survivors, evaluation of pulmonary hypertension with non-invasive cardiac modalities, heart failure and cardiogenetics. |
| Pallavi Kumar, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Oncology: Lifebridge |
melanoma, lung cancer, lymphoma, communication strategies |
Email |
melanoma, lung cancer, lymphoma, communication strategies |
| Pamela Mudd, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Surgery: CNH |
Distraction Osteogenesis, Nasal Polyps, Early Intervention (Education), Mandible, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Airway Obstruction, Sinusitis, Surgery |
Email |
deletion syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. |
| Pedro Gazzinelli, PhD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine: SMHS |
immunology, biology of helminth infections and allergic diseases, parasitology, and global health. |
Email |
Biomarkers for allergens- and helminth antigens-specific human Th2 cells subsets; multiomic profiling and TCR repertoire diversity of effector Th2 cells; pulmonary type-2 inflammation; co-infections models; drug administration programs and diagnostics development for the control of neglected tropical diseases |
| Philip Zapanta, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Surgery: SMHS |
Medical student education, resident education, obstructive sleep apnea, facial trauma |
Email |
Medical student and resident education, sleep apnea, and otolaryngic trauma. |
| Qiwei Gai, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Oncology: Lifebridge |
lung cancer, mestastasis |
Email |
lung cancer, mestastasis |
| Raymond Pla, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine: SMHS |
Urologic Anesthesia, Critical Care, Medicine, Airway Management |
Email |
Urologic Anesthesia, Critical Care, Medicine, Airway Management |
| Samir Patel, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension , |
Email |
Management of hypertension and also has interest in psychosocial issues including quality of life, sleep disorders and pain perception in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with hemodialysis. |
| Shawn Sarin, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Radiology: SMHS |
Endovascular Therapy, Thrombosis, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Pulmonary Embolism,Aortic Aneurysms, Acute Stroke, Cancer Engineering, |
Email |
Venous thromboembolic disease, vascular closure devices, endovascular therapy, and stroke. |
| Shikha Khosla, MBBS, MHA |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
Factors impacting glycemic control including fitness, insulin antibodies, Procalcitonin as a marker of infection, Metabolic implications of Sleep Apnea , |
Email |
Distinguishing between infectious and noninfectious etiologies and determining the clinical outcomes of diabetes patients. |
| Sonali Basu, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, medical education, critical care ultrasound |
Email |
integration of point of care ultrasound into clinical practice as well as point of care ultrasound education program development |
| Sora Ely, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Surgery: SMHS |
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery); Surgery; Clinical Outcomes; Small Cell Lung Cancer; Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; Lung Cancer; Lung Cancer Screening; Health Equity; Population Health; Health Services; Public Health |
Email |
Lung and Esophageal Cancer; Mediastinal Masses and Cysts; Benign Foregut Surgery including Hiatal Hernia; Minimally Invasive Surgery including Robotic-Assisted; Clinical Outcomes; Cancer Care Quality; Lung Cancer Screening; Cancer Early Detection; Incidental Lung Nodules; Disparities in Lung Cancer Outcomes and Screening |
| Susan Kartiko, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Surgery: SMHS |
surgery, surgical critical care, neurocritical care, surgical education, critical care, trauma surgery, and geriatric trauma |
Email |
Trauma surgery, Emergency General Surgery, Critical Care Surgery |
| Susma Vaidya, MD, MPH |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Pediatric Obesity, Disease Management, |
Email |
Pediatric obesity, myocardial infarction, pediatric septic arthritis, pulmonary fibrosis, and mumps virus. |
| Terry Dean, MD |
Asst Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
Neuroscience, traumatic brain injuries, the role of circadian rhythms in brain injury and recovery, sleep |
Email |
Traumatic brain injuries, circadian rhythms, sleep |
| Tesfaye Zelleke, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Neurology: CNH |
Pediatric Neurology, neurocritical care, epilepsy |
Email |
Pediatric Neurology, neurocritical care, epilepsy |
| Vivek Jain, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Medicine: SMHS |
Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Polysomnography, Hypertension, Neurons, |
Email |
Research includes examination of effects of oxytocin on sleep apnea. |
| Vsevolod Polotsky, MD |
Prof |
Info |
Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine: SMHS |
Sleep Apnea, Athsma, Resperatory Physiology, gene-therapy, leptin, Anesthesiology, Brain |
Email |
Hypoxia; Obesity; Metabolic Syndrome; Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
| Xiaoyan Zheng, PhD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Anatomy & Cell Biology: SMHS |
Cancer, Child, Medulloblastoma, Indicators and Reagents, Genetic Background, Genotype, Antibodies, Signal Transduction, Brain Neoplasms, Cell Communication, Mutation, Anatomy & Pathology, Cancer, lung |
Email |
Target genes regulated by the Hh signal; molecular mechanisms; trafficking of Hh receptors (II). |
| Yan Wang, MD, DrPH |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Prevention & Community Health: MISPH |
Behavioral Health, Biostatistics, Chronic Disease, Epidemiology, Health Disparities, health disparity, Mental Health, Obesity, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Underserved Populations, Women's Health, |
Email |
Epidemiology and prevention intervention on risky health behaviors and health problems, including substance use, especially tobacco smoking, obesity, risky sexual behaviors, unintentional injuries, mental health disorders, and medical problems, e.g. lung cancer and HIV infection; Statistical methodology and causal inference |
| Yue-Hin Loke, MD |
Assoc Prof |
Info |
Pediatrics: CNH |
3D imaging, cardiac imagery, 3D modeling, congenital heart disease, pulmonary valve replacement, |
Email |
3D modeling of congenital heart disease, and the use of computational fluid dynamics to guide therapy, including the Fontan operation, the arterial switch in Transposition of Great Arteries, and pulmonary valve replacement in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. |
