Facts & Figures
Who’s Who - FY 17
CHOP Research Institute Leadership
- Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President
- Beverly L. Davidson, PhD Chief Scientific Strategy Officer
- Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE Assistant Vice President and Chief Clinical Research Officer
- Michelle Lewis, MS, CRA Vice President, Research Administration and Operations
- Zev Sunleaf Vice President, Office of Technology Transfer, Commercialization and Innovation
- Matthew Hodgson Assistant Vice President, Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs
Centers of Emphasis
- Center for Applied Genomics Director: Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD
- Center for Autism Research Director: Robert Schultz, PhD
- Center for Childhood Cancer Research Director: Stephen P. Hunger, MD
- Center for Clinical Pharmacology Director: Athena F. Zuppa, MD, MSCE
- Center for Injury Research and Prevention Directors: Flaura Winston, MD, PhD, and Kristy Arbogast, PhD
- Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine Director: Douglas Wallace, PhD
- Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness Director: Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
- PolicyLab Director: David Rubin, MD, MSCE
- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Director: Beverly Davidson, PhD
Research Affinity Groups
- Clinical Trials Research Affinity Group Leader: Pam Weiss, MD, MSC
- Developmental Biology Leaders: Judy Grinspan, PhD, and Stewart Anderson, MD
- Fetal Biology and Therapy Leader: Alan Flake, MD
- Genes, Genomics, and Pediatric Disease Leaders: John Maris, MD, and Nancy Spinner, PhD
- Global Health Leaders: Elizabeth Lowenthal, MD, MSCE
- Health and Behavior Leaders: Stephen Leff, PhD, and Joel Fein, MD, MPH
- Metabolism, Nutrition, and Physical Development Leader: Babette Zemel, PhD
- METACHOP (Math, Engineering, Technology) Leader: Helen Loeb, PhD
- mHealth Leaders: Nadia Dowshen, MD, Linda Fleisher, PhD, and Lisa Schwartz, PhD
- Mitochondria Leader: Marni Falk, MD
- Neuroscience Leader: Michael Robinson, PhD
- Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis Leader: Carolyn Felix, MD
- Proteins Leader: Yair Argon, PhD
- Protective Immunity and Immunopathology Leaders: Edward Behrens, MD, and Paula Oliver, PhD
- Qualitative Methods Leader: Cynthia Mollen, MD, MSCE
- Spatial and Functional Genomics Leaders: Struan Grant, PhD, Andrew Wells, PhD, and Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD
- Stem Cells and Benign Hematopoiesis Leaders: Mortimer Poncz, MD, and Deborah French, PhD
Endowed Chairs
- Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Joseph W. St. Geme III, MD
- Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Douglas A. Canning, MD
- Frederick H. Allen Endowed Chair in Child Psychiatry Holder: Tami D. Benton, MD
- Gisela and Dennis Alter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neonatology Holder: Haralambos Ischiropoulos, PhD
- Mary D. Ames Endowed Chair in Child Advocacy Holder: David Rubin, MD, MSCE
- Richard M. Armstrong Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Holder: John M. Flynn, MD
- T. Hewson Bache Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Robert W. Doms, MD, PhD
- Lester Baker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diabetes Holder: Michael A. Levine, MD
- Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Diseases Holder: Douglas Wallace, PhD
- James Battaglia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pain Management Holder: Gordon Barr, PhD
- William H. Bennett Professor of Pediatrics (at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Holder: Nathan Blum, MD
- Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease Holder: David A. Piccoli, MD
- Patricia Borns Endowed Chair in Radiology Education Holder: Janet R. Reid, MD
- Irma and Norman Braman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders Holder: Robert O. Heuckeroth, MD, PhD
- Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Holder: Michael Bennett, PhD
- Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Pathology and Clinical Laboratories Holder: Nancy B. Spinner, PhD, FACMG
- Catherine D. Brown Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy Holder: Dennis Dlugos, MD
- Buck Family Endowed Chair in Hematology Research Holder: Pending Appointment
- Mortimer J. Buckley Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery Holder: Thomas L. Spray, MD
- Daniel B. Burke Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research Holder: Struan Grant, PhD
- Louis and Amelia Canuso Family Endowed Chair for Clinical Research in Oncology Holder: Frank M. Balis, MD
- Henry S. Cecil, MD Endowed Chair in Rehabilitative Medicine at Children’s Seashore House Holder: Susan E. Levy, MD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Quality and Patient Safety Holder: Pending Appointment
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Biomedical Informatics and Entrepreneurial Science Holder: Pending Appointment
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Holder: Andrew T. Costarino, MD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine Holder: Vinay Nadkarni, MD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Fetal Imaging Holder: Beverly Gilbert Coleman, MD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Holder: Rodney Camire, PhD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology Holder: Robert Zimmerman, MD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Holder: Pending Appointment
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology Holder: Ken Kazahaya, MD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Pediatric Airway Disorders Holder: Ian N. Jacobs, MD
- Alan R. Cohen Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Peter Adamson, MD
- Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Holder: Pending Appointment
- Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Holder: Alan W. Flake, MD
- Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology Holder: Robert R. Clancy, MD
- Colman Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Holder: Robert N. Baldassano, MD
- David Cornfeld Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Richard Rutstein, MD
- Jean Cortner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology Holder: Virginia A. Stallings, MD
- Nicholas Crognale Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Holder: Kathy N. Shaw, MD
- Giulio D'Angio Endowed Chair in Neuroblastoma Research Holder: John Maris, MD
- Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Phillip Bryant, DO
- Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Susan Coffin, MD
- Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Alex Fiks, MD, MSCE
- Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Ian Krantz, MD
- Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Jonathan Rome, MD
- Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Gail Slap, MD
- Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Flaura Winston, MD, PhD
- Distinguished Chairs in the Department of Pediatrics Holders: Pending Appointment
- John J. Downes, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Holder: C. Dean Kurth, MD
- Mary Downs Endowed Chair in Pediatric Craniofacial Treatment and Research Holder: Jesse A. Taylor, MD
- John W. Duckett, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Stephen A. Zderic, MD
- Audrey E. Evans Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Holder: Garrett M. Brodeur, MD
- Kenneth E. Fellows Endowed Chair in Radiology Quality and Patient Safety Holder: Raymond Sze, MD, MAMS
- Mark Fishman Endowed Chair in Genomics and Computational Science Holder: Joseph Zorc, MD, MSCE
- Ann and Richard Frankel Chair in Gastroenterology Research Holder: Pending Appointment
- Friends of Brian Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Holder: Pending Appointment
- William T. Grant Endowed Chair in Child Development and Rehabilitation Holder: Marc Yudkoff, MD
- William J. Greeley Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Holder: Francis McGowan, MD
- Jane Fishman Grinberg Endowed Chair in Stem Cell Research Holder: Mortimer Poncz, MD
- Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics Holder: Christopher Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
- Robert and Dolores Harrington Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Jack Rychik, MD
- George Leib Harrison Endowed Chair in Fetal Therapy Holder: Mark Paul Johnson, MD
- Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair Holder: Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
- Maurice R. Hilleman Endowed Chair in Vaccinology Holder: Paul Offit, MD
- Joseph Lee Hollander Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology Holder: Edward Behrens, MD
- John Westgate Hope Endowed Chair in Radiology Faculty Development Holder: Pending Appointment
- Justin Michael Ingerman Endowed Chair for Palliative Care Holder: Wynne Morrison, MD
- Orton P. Jackson Endowed Chair in Adolescent Medicine Holder: Carol Ford, MD
- John H. and Hortense Cassell Jensen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Development and Teaching Holder: Stephen Ludwig, MD
- Richard B. Johnston, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Ronald Rubenstein, MD, PhD
- Joshua Kahan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Leukemia Research Holder: Carolyn Felix, MD
- Jacob A. Kamens Endowed Chair in Neurological Disorders and Translational NeuroTherapeutics Holder: Adeline Vanderver, MD
- John M. Keating Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Pending Appointment
- C. Everett Koop Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Holder: N. Scott Adzick, MD, MMM
- Laffey-Connolly Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology Holder: Susan Furth, MD
- Harriet and Ronald Lassin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neonatology Holder: Scott Lorch, MD
- Anthony A. Latini Endowed Chair in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Holder: Cindy Christian, MD
- Dr. Bong S. Lee Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics Holder: Maurizio Pacifici, PhD
- Mabel E. Leslie Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology Holder: Monte D. Mills, MD
- Grace R. Loeb Endowed Chair in Neurosciences Holder: Brenda Banwell, MD
- Stephen Ludwig Endowed Chair in Medical Education Holder: Lisa Zaoutis, MD
- Suzi and Scott Lustgarten Endowed Chair for Clinical Care of GI Motility Disorders Holder: Ritu Verma, MBChB
- Soroosh Mahboubi Endowed Chair in Body Imaging at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Holder: Pending Appointment
- Arthur Vincent Meigs Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Beverly Davidson, PhD
- Minimally Invasive Surgery Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Pending Appointment
- Jeffrey Modell Endowed Chair in Pediatric Immunology Research Holder: Neil Romberg, MD
- Robert Gerard Morse Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Holder: Julian Allen, MD
- Thomas Moshang Endowed Chair in Endocrinology Holder: Craig Alter, MD
- E. Mortimer Newlin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Human Communication Holder: Ralph Wetmore, MD
- Edmond F. Notebaert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Holder: Bryan Wolf, MD, PhD
- Yetta Deitch Novotny Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Holder: Stephan Grupp, MD, PhD
- Oberkircher Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology Holder: Timothy Roberts, PhD
- Kwame Ohene-Frempong Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Holder: Stefano Rivella, MD
- Patrick S. Pasquariello Jr. Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics Holder: Louis M. Bell, MD
- R.A.F. Penrose Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Stewart A. Anderson, MD
- Jeffrey E. Perelman Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Stephen Hunger, MD
- Perelman Scholars Holders: Pending Appointment
- Raymond G. Perelman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Holder: Grant T. Liu, MD
- R. Anderson Pew Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Carole Marcus, MBBCh
- Stanley Plotkin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Holder: Jeffrey M. Bergelson, MD
- William Potsic Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Childhood Communication Holder: Pending Appointment
- Gerald D. Quill Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Ron Keren, MD, MPH
- Peter Randall Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Holder: Scott P. Bartlett, MD
- Russell C. Raphaely Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine Holder: Robert A. Berg, MD
- William J. Rashkind Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Robert J. Levy, MD
- Regional Autism Center Endowed Chair Holder: Robert T. Schultz, PhD
- Mildred L. Roeckle Endowed Chair at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Holder: Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD
- Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology Holder: Pending Appointment
- Richard and Sheila Sanford Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Holder: Alex Seif, MD, MPH
- Louise Schnaufer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Holder: Holly L. Hedrick, MD
- Hubert J.P. and Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Holder: Peter C. Phillips, MD
- Elias Schwartz, MD Endowed Chair in Hematology Holder: Kim Smith-Whitley, MD
- Letitia B. and Alice Scott Endowed Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology Holder: Elaine H. Zackai, MD
- Thomas Frederick McNair Scott Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Eric Eichenwald, MD
- Richard Shafritz Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology Research in the Division of Ophthalmology Holder: Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE
- William Wikoff Smith Endowed Chair in Pediatric Genomic Research Holder: Pending Appointment
- Howard M. Snyder III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Thomas F. Kolon, MD
- Louis Starr Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Pending Appointment
- Stuart E. Starr Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
- Leslie N. Sutton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery Holder: Phillip B. Storm Jr., MD
- Daniel M. Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Holder: J. William Gaynor, MD
- Evelyn Rome Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Victoria L. Vetter, MD
- Josephine J. Templeton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology Clinical Education Holder: Susan C. Nicolson, MD
- Josephine J. and John M. Templeton Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Trauma Holder: Michael L. Nance, MD, FAAP, FACS
- Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Joseph Rossano, MD
- Charles E.H. Upham Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine Holder: Beverly S. Emanuel, PhD
- William L. Van Alen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology Holder: Kassa Darge, MD, PhD
- Frank R. Wallace Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases Holder: Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD
- Alice Langdon Warner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Holder: Pending Appointment
- Wawa Endowed Chair in International Adoption Holder: Susan Friedman, MD
- Frank E. Weise III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Holder: Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD
- Mai and Harry F. West Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Holder: Pending Appointment
- Alexander B. Wheeler Endowed Chair in Neurosurgical Research Holder: Adam Resnick, PhD
- Evelyn and George Willing Endowed Chair in Pathology Research Holder: Janis Burkhardt, PhD
- Nancy Abramson Wolfson Endowed Chair in Health Services Research Holder: Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD
- Richard D. Wood Jr. and Jeanette A. Wood Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diagnostic Medicine Holder: Pending Appointment
Administrative Units
- Clinical Research Support Office
Jennifer Goldfarb, Director
Michele Toms, Assistant Director - Center for Human Phenomic Science Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE
- Clinical Trials Financial Management
Veronica Kain, Director
Tiana Dingle, Assistant Director - Core Facilities Administration Lisa MacDowell, Administrative Director
- Faculty Development
Virginia Stallings, MD, Director
Mary Blitzer Field, PhD, Assistant Director - Postdoctoral Affairs
Wendy Williams, PhD, Director
David Taylor, PhD, Assistant Director - Research Communications Jennifer Long, Director
- Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Matthew Hodgson, Assistant Vice President
- Research Finance
Steven Wiley, Director
Luz Arrison, Assistant Director
Bethann Kurek, Assistant Director - Research Information Systems Michael Schultz, Director
- Research Resources Howard Eck, Director
- Research Safety Denise Melvin, 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
- Technology Transfer, Commercialization and Innovation
Zev Sunleaf, Vice President
Camille Jolly-Tornetta, Assistant Director, Intellectual Property & Licensing
Credits
- Madeline Bell Chief Executive Officer
- Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President
- Michelle A. Lewis Vice President, Research Administration and Operations
- Jennifer Long Director, Research Communications
- Sharlene George Senior Medical/Science Writer
- Jillian Lim Medical/Science Writer
- Angela Knott Art Director
- Juliet Kilcoyne Creative Designer & Developer
- Melissa LaVigne Graphic Designer
- Alexis Arvanitides Graphic Designer
Links of Interest
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute Website
- Cornerstone, CHOP Research Institute’s blog
- CHOP Research Institute Press Releases
- Bench to Bedside, CHOP Research Institute’s Online Newsmagazine
- CHOP Research Institute’s Facebook Page
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- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Website
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia YouTube Channel
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation Website
CHOP Research Institute’s Department of Research Communications produced the 2017 Research Annual Report.