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Who’s Who

CHOP Research Institute Leadership

  • Philip R. Johnson, MD Chief Scientific Officer
    Director, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
  • Tom Curran, PhD, FRS Deputy Scientific Director
  • Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE Director, Office of Clinical and Translational Research
  • Mary Tomlinson Deputy Administrative Director
    Vice President, Research Administration

Translational Medicine and Science Committee

  • Tristram C. Colket Jr., Chair
  • Anne Faulkner Schoemaker, Vice Chair
  • Fred Biesecker
  • Richard R. Carr
  • Dominic Caruso
  • Mark Fishman
  • Jeffrey Golden, MD
  • Asuka Nakahara
  • R. Anderson Pew

Research Operations Council

  • N. Scott Adzick, MD
  • Steven M. Altschuler, MD
  • Deborah Barnard
  • Madeline Bell
  • Tami Benton, MD
  • Alan Cohen, MD
  • Tom Curran, PhD, FRS
  • Jeffrey Golden, MD
  • William Greeley, MD, MBA
  • Diego Jaramillo, MD
  • Meg Jones
  • Jeffrey Kahn, Esq
  • Mary Leonard, PhD, MSCE
  • Thomas Todorow, CPA, MBA
  • Mary Tomlinson
  • Bryan Wolf, MD, PhD

Institutional Biological Safety Committee

  • Katherine A. High, MD, HHMI, Chair
  • Jeffrey Bergelson, MD
  • Raymond Colliton
  • Ian D. Krantz, MD
  • Denise M. Melvin
  • Paul Offit, MD
  • James Pierce, PhD
  • Mortimer Poncz, MD
  • Sue Souder
  • Matthew N. VanKouwenberg
  • Rebecca Wiltshire, DVM

Institutional Intellectual Property Advisory Committee

  • Tom Curran, PhD, FRS, Chair
  • Greg Baker, PhD
  • Struan Grant, PhD
  • Mike Grunstein, MD, PhD
  • Robert Kalb, MD
  • Robert McNair, Esq
  • Ellen Purpus, PhD
  • Timothy Roberts, PhD
  • Lisa Speicher, PhD
  • J. Fraser Wright, PhD

Institutional Core Advisory Committee

  • Tom Curran, PhD, FRS, Chair
  • Harry Ischiropoulos, PhD, Vice Chair
  • Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE
  • Craig Bassing, PhD
  • Lisa MacDowell
  • Eric Rappaport, PhD
  • Nancy Spinner, PhD
  • Lisa Speicher, PhD
  • David Stokes, PhD
  • Matthew Weitzman, PhD

Research Trainee Advisory Committee

  • Michael Robinson, PhD, Chair
  • Wendy Williams, PhD, Vice Chair
  • Melissa Alderfer, PhD
  • Aditya Belwadi, PhD
  • Kelly Dougherty, PhD
  • Mary Field, PhD
  • Michael Hogarty, MD
  • Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE
  • Sage Myers, MD
  • Berenice Saxon
  • Gail Slap, MD
  • Diana Stanescu, MD
  • Natalie Steinel
  • David Taylor, PhD
  • Mary Anne Timmins
  • Rita Valentino, PhD
  • David Weber, MD
  • Susan Weiss, PhD

Centers of Emphasis

Research Affinity Groups

Endowed Chairs

  • Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Alan R. Cohen, MD
  • Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Douglas A. Canning, MD
  • Frederick H. Allen Chair in Child Psychiatry Pending Appointment
  • Gisela and Dennis Alter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neonatology Haralambos Ischiropoulos, PhD
  • David Lawrence Altschuler Endowed Chair in Genomics and Computational Biology Peter S. White, PhD
  • Mary D. Ames Endowed Chair in Child Advocacy Pending Appointment
  • Richard M. Armstrong Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery John P. Dormans, MD
  • T. Hewson Bache Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Pending Appointment
  • Lester Baker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diabetes Michael A. Levine, MD
  • Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Diseases Douglas Wallace, PhD
  • James Battaglia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pain Management Gordon Barr, PhD
  • William H. Bennett Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Katherine High, MD
  • Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease David A. Piccoli, MD
  • Irma and Norman Braman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders Pending Appointment
  • Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Michael Bennett, PhD
  • Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Pathology and Clinical Laboratories Nancy B. Spinner, PhD, FACMG
  • Catherine D. Brown Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy Dennis Dlugos, MD
  • Patricia Borns Endowed Chair in Radiology Education – NEW Pending Appointment
  • Buck Family Endowed Chair in Hematology Research Monica Bessler, MD, PhD
  • Daniel B. Burke Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research Pending Appointment
  • Louis and Amelia Canuso Family Endowed Chair for Clinical Research in Oncology Frank M. Balis, MD
  • Henry S. Cecil, MD Endowed Chair in Rehabilitative Medicine at Children’s Seashore House Susan E. Levy, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine Vinay Nadkarni, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology – NEW Pending Appointment
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Mortimer Poncz, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology Robert R. Clancy, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology Robert Zimmerman, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery Pending Appointment
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery – NEW Pending Appointment
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Pediatric Airway Disorders – NEW Pending Appointment
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology Ken Kazahaya, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Cindy Christian, MD
  • Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Alan W. Flake, MD
  • Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Colman Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Robert N. Baldassano, MD
  • David Cornfeld Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Richard Rutstein, MD
  • Jean Cortner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology Virginia A. Stallings, MD
  • Nicholas Crognale Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Kathy M. Shaw, MD
  • Giulio D’Angio Endowed Chair in Neuroblastoma Research John Maris, MD
  • John J. Downes, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine William J. Greeley, MD, MBA
  • Mary Downs Endowed Chair in Pediatric Craniofacial Treatment and Research Pending Appointment
  • John W. Duckett, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Stephen A. Zderic, MD
  • Audrey E. Evans Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Garrett M. Brodeur, MD
  • Kenneth E. Fellows Endowed Chair in Radiology Quality and Patient Safety James S. Meyer, MD
  • Friends of Brian Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Pending Appointment
  • William T. Grant Endowed Chair in Child Development and Rehabilitation, University/CHOP Chair Marc Yudkoff, MD
  • Jane Fishman Grinberg Endowed Chair in Stem Cell Research Mitch Weiss, MD
  • Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics Christopher Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
  • Robert and Dolores Harrington Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Jack Rychik, MD
  • George Leib Harrison Endowed Chair in Fetal Therapy Mark Paul Johnson, MD
  • Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair Phyllis Dennery, MD
  • Maurice R. Hilleman Endowed Chair in Vaccinology Paul Offit, MD
  • Joseph Lee Hollander Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology, University/CHOP Chair Pending Appointment
  • John Westgate Hope Endowed Chair in Radiology Faculty Development – NEW Kassa Darge, MD, PhD
  • Orton P. Jackson Endowed Chair in Adolescent Medicine Carol Ford, MD
  • John H. and Hortense Cassell Jensen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Development and Teaching Stephen Ludwig, MD
  • Joshua Kahan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Leukemia Carolyn Felix, MD
  • C. Everett Koop Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery N. Scott Adzick, MD
  • Laffey-Connolly Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology Susan Furth, MD
  • Dr. Bong S. Lee Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics Maurizio Pacifici, PhD
  • Mabel E. Leslie Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology Monte Mills, MD
  • Grace R. Loeb Endowed Chair in Neurosciences Brenda Banwell, MD
  • Stephen Ludwig Endowed Chair in Medical Education Lisa Zaoutis, MD
  • Suzi and Scott Lustgarten Endowed Chair for Clinical Care of GI Motility Disorders Pending Appointment
  • Jeffrey Modell Endowed Chair in Pediatric Immunology Research Pending Appointment
  • Robert Gerard Morse Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Julian Allen, MD
  • Thomas Moshang Endowed Chair in Endocrinology Pending Appointment
  • E. Mortimer Newlin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Human Communication Ralph Wetmore, MD
  • Edmond F. Notebaert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Phillip R. Johnson, Jr. MD
  • Yetta Deitch Novotny Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Beverly J. Lange, MD
  • Oberkircher Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology Timothy Roberts, PhD
  • Patrick S. Pasquariello Jr. Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics Louis M. Bell, MD
  • R.A.F. Penrose Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Pending Appointment
  • Stanley Plotkin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Jeffrey M. Bergelson, MD
  • William Potsic Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Childhood Communication Pending Appointment
  • Peter Randall Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Scott P. Bartlett, MD
  • Russell C. Raphaely Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine Robert A. Berg, MD
  • William J. Rashkind Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Robert J. Levy, MD
  • Regional Autism Center Endowed Chair Robert T. Schultz, PhD
  • Mildred L. Roeckle Endowed Chair at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD
  • Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology Pending Appointment
  • Richard and Sheila Sanford Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Rochelle Bagatell, MD
  • Hubert J.P. and Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-oncology Peter C. Phillips, MD
  • Elias Schwartz, MD Endowed Chair in Hematology Kim Smith-Whitley, MD
  • Letitia B. and Alice Scott Endowed Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology Elaine H. Zackai, MD
  • William Wikoff Smith Endowed Chair in Pediatric Genomic Research Bryan Wolf, MD, PhD
  • Howard M. Snyder III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Pending Appointment
  • Daniel M. Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery J. William Gaynor, MD
  • Evelyn Rome Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Victoria L. Vetter, MD
  • Josephine J. and John M. Templeton Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Trauma Michael L. Nance, MD, FAAP, FACS
  • Josephine J. Templeton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology Clinical Education Susan C. Nicolson, MD
  • Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Robert E. Shaddy, MD
  • Charles E.H. Upham Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine, University/CHOP Chair Beverly S. Emanuel, PhD
  • William L. Van Alen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology Diego Jaramillo, MD
  • Frank R. Wallace Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD
  • Alice Langdon Warner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Thomas L. Spray, MD
  • Wawa Endowed Chair in International Adoption Susan Friedman, MD
  • Frank E. Weise III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD
  • Mai and Harry F. West Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Thomas Curran, PhD
  • Evelyn and George Willing Endowed Chair in Pathology Research Janis Burkhardt, PhD
  • Arthur Vincent Meigs Endowed Chair in Pediatrics – NEW Pending Appointment
  • John M. Keating Endowed Chair in Pediatrics – NEW Pending Appointment
  • Louis Starr Endowed Chair in Pediatrics – NEW Pending Appointment

Administrative Units

  • Clinical Trials Office Lisa Speicher, PhD, Director
  • Clinical and Translational Research Mary Leonard, MD, Director
  • Clinical Trials Financial Management Mitch Appleson, Director
  • Core Facilities Administration Lisa MacDowell, Administrative Director
  • Faculty Development Virginia Stallings, MD, Director
    Mary Blitzer Field, Assistant Director
  • Postdoctoral Affairs Wendy Williams, PhD, Director
    Jodi Leckrone, Assistant Director
  • Research Communications Jennifer Long, Director
  • Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Deborah Barnard, Director
    Marsha Wallace, Assistant Director
  • Research Finance Steve Wiley, Director
    Luz Arrison, Assistant Director
    Bethann Kurek, Assistant Director
  • Research Human Resources Alexandra Jorgensen, Director
  • Research Information Systems Peter Witzleb, Director
    Robert Del Campo, Assistant Director
  • Research Resources Howard Eck, Director
  • Research Safety Raymond Colliton, Director
    Denise Melvin, Assistant Director
  • Responsible Research Training Wendy Williams, PhD, Director
    Jodi Leckrone, Assistant Director
  • Sponsored Projects and Research Business Management Sara Dubberly, Director
    Brigid Czyszczin, Assistant Director
    Robert Denight, Assistant Director
  • Supply Chain Kimberly Gossin, Manager
  • Technology Transfer Ellen Purpus, PhD, Director
    Greg Baker, PhD, Associate Director
    Debbie Schmidt, Associate Director
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Credits

  • Steven M. Altschuler, MD Chief Executive Officer
  • Madeline Bell President
  • Philip R. Johnson, MD Chief Scientific Officer
    Director, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
  • Mary Tomlinson Deputy Administrative Director
    Vice President, Research Administration
  • Jennifer Long Director, Research Communications
  • Kevin O’Rourke Medical/Science Writer
  • Angela Knott Art Director
  • Melissa LaVigne Graphic Designer
  • Juliet Kilcoyne Production and Creative Services Coordinator
  • Robert Neroni Photographer
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