Full Members
| Member | Title/Department | Keywords | |
| Sherrill L. Adams | Professor of Biochemistry | type III collagen, skeletal development, ECM during differentiation and development, chondrocyte maturation | sherri@biochem.dental.upenn.edu |
| Kimberly Agnello | Assistant Professor of Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery | orthopedic veterinary medicine/surgery arthroscopy/minimally invasive orthopedic surgery, meniscus, ACL reconstruction, OA | kagnello@vet.upenn.edu |
| Jaimo Ahn | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | characterization and stimulation of fracture healing; induction and regulation of bone formation; optimization of healing after orthopaedic trauma; outcomes based orthopaedic trauma care; surgical decision making; development of the clinician-scientist | Jaimo.Ahn@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Sunday O. Akintoye | Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine | oro facial bone marrow stromal stem cells, osseous defects in the maxillofacial region, dental metabolic bone diseases | akintoye@dental.upenn.edu |
| Abass Alavi | Professor of Radiology | positron emission tomography, single photon emission tomography, MRI, functional brain imaging; cerebral blood flow; metabolism | abass.alavi@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Kristy B. Arbogast | Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | pediatric biomechanics, biomechanical epidemiology, traffic injury, CChIPS | arbogast@email.chop.edu |
| Yair Argon | Professor of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Chief, Division of Cell Pathology | molecular chaperones, stress proteins, insulin like growth factors, muscle differentiation, muscular injury | yargon@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Elisabeth Barton | Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology | skeletal muscle repair; mechanical transduction in muscle; Insulin-like growth factor, muscular dystrophy, IGF-I,TMJ, rotator cuff injury, DGC | erbarton@biochem.dental.upenn.edu |
| Joseph Baur | Assisant Professor of Physiology | Aging, mitochondria, resveratrol, sirtuins, metabolism, longevity, mTor, rapamycin | baur@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Avinash Bhandoola | Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | hematopoietic stem cells; progenitor migration; notch signaling; stem cell aging | bhandooa@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Michael Brennick | Research Assistant Professor of Medicine | magnetic resonance imaging, obstructive sleep apnea, pharyngeal muscles, upper airway patency genioglossus muscle, hypoglossal nerve stimulation, Zucker rats - obesity | brennick@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Jason A. Burdick | Wilf Family Term Assistant Professor of Bioengineering | scaffolding for cell and growth factor delivery, bone and cartilage regeneration, stem cell differentiation, influence of monomer structure on network properties | burdick2@seas.upenn.edu |
| Franklin Caldera | Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Platelett Rich Plasma,pain, MSK ultrasound, interventional pain, anatomy | Franklin.caldera@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Michael Paul Cancro | Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | B lymphocyte development, selection and homeostasis; immunobiology of aging | cancro@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| James L. Carey | Director, Penn Center for Cartilage Repair and Osteochondritis Dissecans Treatment | osteochondritis dissecans, cartilage repair, sports medicine | James.Carey@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Christopher S. Chen | Skirkanich Associate Professor of Innovation in Bioengineering | angiogenesis, stem cells, vascular biology, mechanotransduction, extracellular matrix, integrins, cadherins, cell adhesion, cytoskeleton, Rho | chrischen@seas.upenn.edu |
| Youhai Harry Chen | Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | gene therapy, genomics, autoimmune diseases, TLR, innate immunity, immunologic tolerance, apoptosis, and therapeutics | yhc@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Yongwon Choi | Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | dendritic cell regulation of t-cells, osteoclast activation | ychoi3@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Margaret M. Chou | Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | G proteins, transformation, vesicular trafficking, ubiquitination | mmc@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Charles C. Clark | Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | articular cartilage and bone healing, effects of electrical stimulation on the regulation of gene expression, production of matrix molecules and metalloproteinases | ccclark@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Marcella Devoto | Associate Professor of Pediatrics | complex traits genetics, genetic epidemiology, quantitative traits mapping, bone mineral density | devoto@email.chop.edu |
| Dennis Discher | Professor of Biophysical Engineering | skeletal muscle and contractility,mesenchymal stem cells, nano-mechanics of tissues, cells, and nuclei, proteomic methods | discher@seas.upenn.edu |
| John Paul Dormans | Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | pediatric orthopaedics, tumors, cervical spine disorders, injuries to children's musculoskeletal systems | dormans@email.chop.edu |
| Paul Ducheyne | Professor of Bioengineering | biomaterials and tissue engineering; in vitro synthesis of musculoskeletal tissues; controlled release of growth factors and effect of material selection; bioactive ceramics, porous metals, materials engineering, orthopaedic and dental applications, implant retrieval and analysis | ducheyne@seas.upenn.edu |
| Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto | Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | cartilage, tendon,Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, osteoarthritis, skeletal development | iwamotom1@email.chop.edu |
| John L. Esterhai | Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | musculoskeletal infections including osteomyelitis, fracture nonunion, multiple trauma | esterhai@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Shannon Fisher | Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology | zebrafish, skeletal development, osteoblast differentiation, transcriptional regulation | sfisher4@upenn.edu |
| Theodore J. Ganley | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | ACL surgery in young athletes, osteochondritis dissecans, cartilage preservation surgery, meniscus surgery, shoulder surgery, pediatric fractures | ganley@email.chop.edu |
| Carolyn W. Gibson | Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology | regulation of enamel formation, amelogenesis imperfecta, tooth development, effects of fluoride | gibson@biochem.dental.upenn.edu |
| David L. Glaser | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | shoulder surgery, rotator cuff tendon healing, gene therapy technologies of tendon healing and bone formation | david.glaser@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Jerry D. Glickson | Professor & Director of Molecular Imaging | molecular imaging, magnetic resonance, cancer detection | glickson@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Yale E. Goldman | Professor of Physiology | actin, molecular motor, motility, myosin, structural dynamics, fluorescence, muscle, ribosome, protein synthesis, G-Protein, ATPase, laser photolysis, caged ATP, optical trap | goldmany@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Ellis Eckstein Golub | Professor of Biochemistry | calcification of hard tissues, computer applications in biochemistry and molecular biology | ellis@biochem.dental.upenn.edu |
| Michael Granato | Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology | axonal guidance, motoneuron, neuromuscular junction, nerve muscle interactions, zebrafish behavior | granatom@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Struan Grant | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | genetics, bone, pediatrics, prevention of obesity and osteoporosis | grants@chop.edu; grants@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Dana Graves | Professor of Periodontics | inflammation and diabetes as they relate to periodontal disease and the loss and repair of connective tissue and bone | dtgraves@dental.upenn.edu |
| Kurt D. Hankenson | Assistant Professor of Cell Biology | mesenchymal stem cell, osteoblast, adipocyte, extracellular matrix, Thrombospondin, Wnt, Notch, BMP | kdhank@vet.upenn.edu |
| Mark Haskins | Professor of Pathology and Medical Genetics | animal models, dogs, cats, lysosomal storage disease, mucopolysaccharidosis, glycosaminoglycan | mhaskins@vet.upenn.edu |
| Nader M. Hebela | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | spine surgery, biology of bone formation in spine and extremities, disc degeneration | nader.hebela@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Edwin M. Horwitz | Associate Professor of Pediatrics | stem cells, marrow osteoprogenitors, cell therapy, stem cell transplantation, genetic disorders | horwitze@email.chop.edu |
| G. Russell Huffman | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | shoulder and elbow surgery, sports medicine, cartilage and meniscus restoration | russell.huffman@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Eric L. Hume | Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery | hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, ceramic hip bearings, knee navigation, osteoarthritis, bone mechanics | Eric.Hume@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Said Ibrahim | Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair of Medicine | health disparities, racial disparity, joint replacement, osteoarthritis, knee/hip OA, utilization | ibrahims@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Kaori Ihida-Stansbury | Research Assistant Professor | vascular development, extracellular matrix, stem/progenitor cell differentiation, regenerative medicine, decellularized scaffolds, ultrafine structure | ikaori@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Masahiro Iwamoto | Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | articular cartilage, osteoarthritis, muscle repair, heterotopic ossification | IwamotoM@email.chop.edu |
| Olena Jacenko | Associate Professor of Animal Biology | molecular mechanisms of skeletal development, hematopoietic disorders | jacenko@vet.upenn.edu |
| Ian N. Jacobs | Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology | tissue-engineered cartilage, grafts in laryngotracheal reconstruction | jacobsi@email.chop.edu |
| Frederick S. Kaplan | Isaac and Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine | fibrodysplasia ossificans prognosis (FOP), heterotopic ossification, metabolic bone disease, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, Paget's disease | fkaplan@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Brett Kaufman | Assistant Professor of Biochemistry | mitochondria, mtDNA, TFAM, respiratory control, mitochondrial gene expression | bkauf@vet.upenn.edu |
| John Kelly | Associate Professor Orthopedic Surgery | shoulder research regarding diabetes, instability, throwing injuried and fatty atrophy of the rotator cuff | John.Kelly@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Viviane Khoury | Assistant Professor of Radiology | musculoskeletal, imaging, ultrasound, tendons | viviane.khoury@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Tejvir S. Khurana | Assistant Professor of Physiology | Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD), utrophin promoter in muscle, extraocular muscle, synapses; neuromuscular junctions; imaging; growth; strength; myostatin; utrophin; hypoxia | tsk@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Bruce Kneeland | Professor of Radiology, Chairman, Department of Radiology | Radiology, magnetic resonance imaging, articular cartilage | bruce.kneeland@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Eiki Koyama | Associate Professor of Orthopedic Research | appendicular, axial and craniofacial development, Hereditary Multiple Exostosis (HME), synovial joint development | KoyamaE@email.chop.edu |
| Andrew Kuntz | Clinical-Scientist of Orthopaedic Surgery | shoulder and elbow surgery, rotator cuff injury and repain, should joint biomechanics | andrew.kuntz@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Mary B. Leonard | Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology | Crohn's disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, effects of renal osteodystrophy on bone structure and muscle function, osteopenia | leonard@email.chop.edu |
| L. Scott Levin | Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery | hand surgery, microsurgical extremity reconstruction, composite tissue allotransplantation | scott.levin@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Michael A. Levine | Professor of Pediatrics | parathyroid; PTH; developmental biology; osteoporosis; osteoclast; osteoimmunology; G proteins | levinem@email.chop.edu |
| X. Sherry Liu | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | Imaging and Image; Analysis of Biological Tissues; Bone Mechanics; Metabolic Bone Diseases | xiaoweil@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Kathleen M. Loomes | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | genetics of liver and bile duct development, Jag1 | loomes@email.chop.edu |
| Neil R. Malhotra | Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery | spine surgery, disc degeneration, scaffolding for cell and growth factor delivery, injectable implants for degeneration, metastatic spine bone disease, biomechanics, intervertebral disc, aging, injury | neil.malhotra@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Robert L. Mauck | Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering | cartilage, meniscus, tissue engineering, biomaterials, mechanobiology, cartilage development, mesenchymal stem cells | lemauck@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Samir Mehta | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | orthopaedic trauma, periarticular fractures, fracture healing, bone, pelvic fractures, acetabular fractures, nonunions, malunions | samir.mehta@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Peter A. Merkel | Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology | rheumatology, complex systemic rheumatic and inflammatory diseases, scleroderma, vasculitis, arthritis | pmerkel@upenn.edu |
| Patricia Miguez | Assistant Professor of Periodontics | bone, dentin, collagen, proteoglycan, biglycan, cross-linkers, natural compounds | miguezp@dental.upenn.edu |
| Mary Mullins | Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology | bone morphogenetic protein signaling, zebrafish, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, BMP antagonists, BMP regulation | mullins@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Hyun-Duck Nah-Cederquist | Research Associate Professor | bone engineering, tissue engineering, craniofacial biology, neovascularization, microsphere encapsulation | nah@email.chop.edu |
| Michael Ostap | Professor of Physiology | myosin, actin, contractility, motility, biochemistry, biophysics, single-molecule | ostap@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Maurizio Pacifici | Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | skeletal development and growth; synovial joint formation and morphogenesis; acquired and congenital skeletal pathologies including heterotopic ossification (HO), Hereditary Multiple Exostoses (HME) and Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) | pacificim@email.chop.edu |
| Michael Pack | Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology | zebrafish, developmental biology, intestine, liver, pancreas, genetics | mpack@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Robert Pignolo | Assistant Professor of Medicine | geriatrics, cellular senescence, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, osteobiology of aging, stem cells, differentiation, and aging | pignolo@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Kathleen Propert | Professor of Biostatistics | biostatistics, optimal design, clinical trials, translational, urology, pain | propert@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Sally Pullman-Mooar | Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine | traumatic OA, early diagnosis of OA with biomarkers for cartilage damage, degenerative disc disease, Vitamin D and Vitamin D receptors as relates to various (non-osteoporotic) problems with aging and the immune system as well as radiology/imaging | Sally.Pullman-Mooar@va.gov |
| Reed E. Pyeritz | Professor of Medicine & Genetics | mendelian disorders of the cardiovascular system, genetic risk factors for atherosclerosis and their management, Marfan syndrome (MFS), osteogenesis imperfecta | reed.pyeritz@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Ling Qin | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | bone metabolism, cancer bone metastasis, stem cell, signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, growth factors | qinling@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Arjun Raj | Assistant Professor of Bioengineering | RNA systems biology, non-coding RNA, development, cancer | arjunraj@seas.upenn.edu |
| Ravinder Reddy | Professor of Radiology | multinuclear MRI and spectroscopic techniques, arthritis, stroke, cartilage and proteoglycan detection | ravi@mail.mmrrcc.upenn.edu |
| Alexander M.Reiter | Associate Professor of Dentistry and Oral Surgery | dentistry, surgery, oral, maxillofacial, masticatory, teeth, jaws, tempormandibular joint | reiter@vet.upenn.edu |
| Dean W. Richardson | Charles W. Raker Professor of Surgery, Chief of Large Animal Surgery | fracture repair, osteoarthritis cartilage repair, gene therapy (arthritis and laminitis) | dwr@vet.upenn.edu |
| Steven S. Scherer | William N. Kelley Professor of Neurology | neurology, pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathies, axon regeneration in peripheral nerves, molecular organization of myelinated axons, Schwann cell culture | steven.scherer@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Chandra Sehgal | Research Professor of Radiology | ultrasound imaging, therapeutic ultrasound, musculoskeletal ultrasound, Doppler flow, microbubble contrast imaging | Chandra.Sehgal@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Brian J. Sennett | Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | sports medicine surgery, meniscus, fetal, transplantation, repair, and scaffold | brian.sennett@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Eileen M. Shore | Research Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Genetics | bone formation, cell differentiation, molecular, cell, developmental biology, inherited diseases, bone, cartilage, BMP, GNAS, FOP, POH | shore@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Gail K. Smith | Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | orthopaedic veterinary medicine, canine hip dysplasia (CHD), osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip, PennHIP radiographic procedure | smithgk@vet.upenn.edu |
| Neal John Sondheimer | Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics | translational research into mitochondrial disorders, mitochondrial genome | sondheimer@email.chop.edu |
| Hee Kwon Song | Assistant Professor of Radiological Science | novel DCE-MRI methodologies based on radial data acquisition; novel motion compensation strategies; in vivo iron quantification techniques | hsong@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Louis J. Soslowsky | Fairhill Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering | orthopaedic biomechanics, tendon and ligament injury, repair and regeneration, shoulder and joint biomechanics | soslowsk@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Hansell Stedman | Associate Professor of Surgery | muscular dystrophy, pathophysiology of muscle disease, myosin, molecular therapy, surgery | hstedman@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Marvin Steinberg | Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | hip, arthritis, osteonecrosis, classification and staging of osteonecrosis |
Marvin.Steinberg@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Kathleen E. Sullivan | Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Allergy Immunology | lupus, inflammation, epigenetics | sullivak@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| H. Lee Sweeney | William Maul Measey Professor and Chairman of Physiology | molecular motors; muscle injury and disease; gene transfer into striated muscle; myofibrillogenesis | lsweeney@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Wei Tong | Assistant Professor of Hematology, Dept. of Pediatrics | hematopoiesis, leukemia, stem cells, cytokine receptor, signaling | tongw@email.chop.edu |
| Vivianna Van Deerlin | Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | DNA, RNA, microarray, genotyping, SNP, expression analysis, genomics, Sequenom MassArray, Fluidigm, Neurodegenerative disease, genetics, Fluidigm, Panomics, Affymetrix, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, Frontotemporal degeneration | vivianna@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Susan W. Volk | Assistant Professor of Small Animal Surgery | extracellular matrix, collagen, wound healing, stem cells, and regenerative medicine | swvolk@vet.upenn.edu |
| Ricardo Walter | Assistant Professor of Preventative & Restorative Sciences | dentin, bonding, adhesive, biomineralization | walterr@dental.upenn.edu |
| Felix W. Wehrli | Professor of Radiologic Science | development of image-based methods toward the understanding of tissue architecture, physiology and function and their applications to clinical medicine | wehrli@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Lawrence Wells | Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | articular cartilage injury and repair mechanisms, avascular necrosis, stress fractures in adolescents, post-operative pain management in ambulatory surgery patients | wellsl@email.chop.edu |
| Beth A. Winkelstein | Associate Professor of Bioengineering | biomechanics of neck injuries; mechanical and cellular mechanisms of pain onset and persistence; CNS neuroimmune responses of pain; cervical spine biomechanics; injury mechanics | winkelst@seas.upenn.edu |
| Y. Joseph Woo | Assistant Professor of Surgery | angiogenesis, myocardial regeneration, myocardial tissue engineering | y.joseph.woo@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Alexander C. Wright | Research Assistant Professor of Radiology | development of techniques toward cellular MR microscopy of tissues; design of cryogenically cooled RF coils for increased SNR | alexander.wright@uphs.upenn.edu |
| Arjun Yodh | Professor of Science | experimental condensed matter physics and biomedical optics; fluids and networks, carbon nanotubes, laser spectroscopy, optical microsopy & micromanipulation, functional imaging | yodh@dept.physics.upenn.edu |
| Babette S. Zemel | Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics | childhood growth and nutrition, body composition, energy expenditure and bone density across the lifespan, patterns of bone mineralization | zemel@email.chop.edu |