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Email

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Kimberly Agnello
Associate Professor of Surgery, Veterinary Medicine

kagnello@vet.upenn.edu

Orthopedic veterinary medicine/surgery arthroscopy/minimally invasive orthopedic surgery, meniscus, ACL reconstruction, OA

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, CHOP

**New Member**
 
ahrensnicklasr@chop.edu Inborn errors of metabolism, rare diseases, genetics

Sunday O. Akintoye
Associate Professor of Oral Medicine

akintoye@upenn.edu

Oro facial bone marrow stromal stem cells, osseous defects in the maxillofacial region, dental metabolic bone diseases

Abass Alavi
Professor of Radiology

Abass.Alavi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Positron emission tomography, single photon emission tomography, MRI, functional brain imaging; cerebral blood flow; metabolism

Mark G. Allen 
Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of
Electrical and Systems Engineering

mallen@seas.upenn.edu

Micro- and nanofabrication; microelectromechanical systems; micromachined biointerfaces

Zoltan Arany
Samuel Bellet Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
 

zarany@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Metabolism

Yair Argon
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine

yargon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Molecular chaperones, stress proteins, insulin like growth factors, muscle differentiation, muscular injury

Nataliya Balashova
Research Assistant Professor,
Penn Dental Pathology

natbal@upenn.edu bacterial pathogenesis, HACEK bacteria, septic arthritis, Kingella kingae

Marisa Bartolomei 
Perelman Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

bartolom@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Genomic imprinting, epigenetics, endocrine disrupting chemicals, assisted reproductive technologies

Joseph A. Baur
Associate Professor of Physiology

baur@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Aging, mitochondria, resveratrol, sirtuins, metabolism, longevity, mTor, rapamycin

Josh R. Baxter
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

josh.baxter@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Clinical research, Achilles tendon, muscle mechanics, function

Warren B. Bilker
Professor of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
**New Member**

warren@upenn.edu Infectious Diseases, Pharmacoepi, Schizophrenia, Brain Imaging

Manju Benakanakere
Research Assistant Professor of Periodontics

bmanju@upenn.edu

Peridodontitis, bone loss, osteoclasts, epigenetics, apoptosis, miRNAs

Jenny Teresa Bencardino
Chief, Musculoskeletal Radiology

jenny.bencardino@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Musculoskeletal radiology, musculoskeletal MRI, cartilage, muscle, bone, peripheral nerves

Shelley L. Berger
Daniel S. Och University Professor of
Cell and Developmental Biology

bergers@upenn.edu

Chromatin, epigenetics
Elizabeth Bhoj
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics/Genetics
CHOP
**New Member**
bhoje@chop.edu Genetics, Neurodegeneration, Craniofacial
Lorraine Boakye
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
**New Member**
 
Lorraine.Boakye@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu Achilles, Tendinopathy, Rehabilitation, Ankle, Foot

Joel D. Boerckel
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering

boerckel@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Mechanobiology, development, tissue engineering

Roberto Bonasio
Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

rbon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Epigenetics, chromatin, noncoding RNAs, stem cells, cell identity, neurons, brains, behavior

Franklin Caldera 
Assistant Professor, Clinical Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Franklin.Caldera@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Platelett Rich Plasma,pain, MSK ultrasound, interventional pain, anatomy

Michael Paul Cancro
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

cancro@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

B lymphocyte development, selection and homeostasis; immunobiology of aging

James L. Carey
Director, Penn Center for Cartilage Repair & Osteochondritis Dissecans Treatment

James.Carey@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Osteochondritis dissecans, cartilage repair, sports medicine

Shampa Chatterjee
Research Associate Professor, Physiology

shampac@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Inflammation, injury, inflammation signaling, bone inflammation

Chider Chen
Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology

chenc10@upenn.edu Mesenchymal Stem Cell, Osteoporosis, Osteo-immunology, Tissue Regeneration, Cancer Stromal effect

Youhai Harry Chen
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

yhc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Gene therapy, genomics, autoimmune diseases, TLR, innate immunity, immunologic tolerance, apoptosis, and therapeutics

Zhiliang Cheng
Research Assistant Professor

zcheng@seas.upenn.edu Nanotechnology, molecular imaging, drug delivery

Yongwon Choi
Leonard Jarett Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

ychoi3@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

 

Dendritic cell regulation of t-cells, osteoclast activation

Margaret M. Chou
Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

mmc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

G proteins, transformation, vesicular trafficking, ubiquitination

Charles C. Clark
Emeritus Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

ccclark@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

 

Articular cartilage and bone healing, effects of electrical stimulation on the regulation of gene expression, production of matrix molecules and metalloproteinases

David P. Cormode
Assistant Professor, Radiology

David.Cormode@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Cardiovascular disease, arthritis, nanoparticles, contrast agents, medical imaging, computed tomography

D. Kacy Cullen
Research Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

dkacy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Tissue engineering, neurotrauma, neuroengineering, traumatic brain injury,
peripheral nerve injury

Ronald DeMatteo
Professor and Chair Department of Surgery

**New Member**

Ronald.Dematteo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Tumor immunology, mouse models

Derek J. Donegan
 Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

Derek.Donegan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Biomechanics, fracture fixation constructs, functional outcomes

Nat Dyment
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

dyment@upenn.edu Tendon and ligament injury, repair and regeneration. Stem/progenitor cell lineage,
Jonathan A. Epstein
Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer
**New Member**
epsteinj@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Fibrosis, heart failure, CAR T therapy, & epigenetics

Daniel Farber
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Daniel.Farber@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Achilles tendon, diabetic foot, footwear, orthopaedic foot and ankle, weight bearing computed tomography

John Farrar
Associate Professor, Epidemiology

jfarrar@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Measurement of pain, associated symptoms, quality of life; novel methodology in clinical trial design, conduct, data analysis, data interpretation; studies of the treatment of chronic nociceptive (e.g., osteoarthritis), neuropathic (e.g., diabetic neuropathy) cancer related pain; functional neuroimaging studies of the neurological manifestations of pain related disease

John Fischer
Assistant Professor, Surgery

John.Fischer2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Hernia, mesh, prophylactic surgery, risk modelling, biomedical mesh assessment

Aime Franco
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
**New Member**

francoa1@chop.edu Cancer, cancer survivorship, long-term side effects of cancer care

Oren Friedman
Director, Facial Plastic Surgery Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology

Oren.Friedman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Facial plastic surgery, rhinoplasty, skin cancer reconstruction, facial trauma

Theodore J. Ganley
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery CHOP
 

ganley@email.chop.edu

ACL surgery in young athletes, osteochondritis dissecans, cartilage preservation surgery, meniscus surgery, shoulder surgery, pediatric fractures

David L. Glaser
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
 

David.Glaser@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Shoulder surgery, rotator cuff tendon healing, gene therapy technologies of tendon healing and bone formation

Jerry D. Glickson
Professor & Director, Molecular Imaging
 

glickson@upenn.edu

Molecular imaging, magnetic resonance, cancer detection

Yale E. Goldman 
Professor, Physiology

goldmany@upenn.edu

Actin, molecular motor, motility, myosin, structural dynamics, fluorescence, muscle, ribosome, protein synthesis, G-Protein, ATPase, laser photolysis, caged ATP, optical trap

Yanqing Anna Gong
Research Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine

gongy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Protease, inflammation, mesenchymal stem cell, tissue repair including bone
Riccardo Gottardi
Assistant Professor, Surgery CHOP
gottardir@email.chop.edu Cartilage, tissue engineering, bioreactor, controlled delivery, regenerative rehabilitation, pediatric

Struan Grant 
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

grants@chop.edu

Genetics, bone, pediatrics, prevention of obesity and osteoporosis

Dana T. Graves
Professor, Periodontics

dtgraves@dental.upenn.edu

Inflammation and diabetes as they relate to periodontal disease and the loss and repair of connective tissue and bone

Elizabeth Grice
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology

egrice@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Skin microbiome, wound healing, chronic wounds, open fractures, host-microbe interactions, innate immunity

Maureen Griffin
Assistant Professor of Small Animal Surgical Oncology
**New Member**
magri@upenn.edu

Surgical oncology, imaging and staging, interventional techniques, veterinary

Sarah Gullbrand
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
**New Member**
sgullb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Spine, biomechanics, tissue engineering, imaging

George Hajishengallis
Thomas W. Evans Centennial Professor, Microbiology 

geoh@upenn.edu

 

Osteoclasts, bone loss, periodontitis, inflammation, Del-1, MFG-E8

Michael Hast
Assistant Research Professor
Biedermann Lab, Orthopaedic Surgery

hast@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Biomechanics, implants, computational modeling, fracture, trauma

Jorge Henao-Mejia
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

jhena@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Inflammation

Su Chin Heo
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

heosc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Musculoskeletal tissue/cell mechanobiology, Super-resolution imaging, Chromatin structure,

Lawrence B. Holzman
Professor and Division Chief
Medicine/Renal

lholzman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Cell biology, cell signaling, kidney disease
Alex Hughes
Assistant Professor, SEAS Bioengineering
**New Member**
ajhughes@seas.upenn.edu Tissue development, cell collective behavior, mechanobiology

Dan Dongeun Huh
Wilf Family Term Chair & Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

huhd@seas.upenn.edu Micro- and nanoengineering, organs-on-chips, biomimetics, cell biology

Eric L. Hume
Associate Professor, Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Eric.Hume@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, ceramic hip bearings, knee navigation, osteoarthritis, bone mechanics

Misun Hwang
Assistant Professor of Radiology
**New Member**
Hwangm@email.chop.edu Ultrasound, brain imaging, neurologic disorders

Olena Jacenko
Associate Professor,  Animal Biology
 

jacenko@vet.upenn.edu

Molecular mechanisms of skeletal development, hematopoietic disorders

Ian N. Jacobs 
Assisstant Professor,  Otorhinolaryngology Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
 

jacobsi@email.chop.edu

Tissue-engineered cartilage, grafts in laryngotracheal reconstruction

Frances Jensen
Arthur Knight Asbury Professor and Chair of Neurology
**New Member**
frances.jensen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Epilepsy, neurodegeneration, synaptic plasticity, human tissue gene and protein studies, preclinical models of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopment disorders

Hyeran Helen Jeon
Assistant Professor of Orthodontics

hjeon@upenn.edu Bone remodeling, wound healing, mechanotransduction

Kyu Sang Joeng
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

joeng@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Bone, Cartilage, Tendon, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Osteoarthritis, Tendinopathy
Mark L. Kahn
Professor, Medicine 
markkahn@pennmedicine.upenn.edu cardiovascular development, heart development, vascular signaling
Jennifer Kalish
Assistant Professor

**New Member**
kalishj@chop.edu Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, epigenetics, organ overgrowth, muscle overgrowth

Frederick S. Kaplan
Isaac and Rose Nassau Professor, Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine

Frederick.Kaplan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Fibrodysplasia ossificans prognosis (FOP), heterotopic ossification, metabolic bone disease, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, Paget's disease

Bekir Karabucak
Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Endodontics
Director, Postdoctoral Endodontics Program

bekirk@upenn.edu
nterim Chair and Associate Professor of Endodontics
Director, Postdoctoral Endodontics Program - See more at: http://www.dental.upenn.edu/departments_faculty/faculty_directory/bekir_karabucak/#sthash.h0HjKPNF.dpuf
 

John Kelly
Associate Professor Orthopedic Surgery

John.Kelly@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Shoulder research regarding diabetes, instability, throwing injured and fatty atrophy of the rotator cuff

Viviane Khoury
Assistant Professor,  Radiology

viviane.khoury@uphs.upenn.edu

musculoskeletal, imaging, ultrasound, tendons

Tejvir S. Khurana 
Professor of Physiology

tsk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD), utrophin promoter in muscle, extraocular muscle, synapses; neuromuscular junctions; imaging; growth; strength; myostatin; utrophin; hypoxia

Bruce Kneeland
Professor, Radiology, Section Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging Division

John.Kneeland@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Radiology, magnetic resonance imaging, articular cartilage

Kang I Ko
Assistant Professor, Periodontics
**New Member**

gank@upenn.edu

 

Oral biology, regeneration
Sharon L. Kolasinski
Professor, Clinical Medicine 
Sharon.Kolasinski@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Osteoarthritis, education

Eiki Koyama 
Research Associate Professor, Orthopedic Research

KoyamaE@email.chop.edu

Appendicular, axial and craniofacial development, Hereditary Multiple Exostosis (HME), synovial joint development

Andrew Kuntz
Assistant Professor,  Orthopaedic Surgery 

Andrew.Kuntz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Shoulder and elbow surgery, rotator cuff injury and repain, should joint biomechanics

Melike Lakadamyali
Assistant Professor, Physiology

melikel@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Super-resolution imaging, chromatin structure, cytoskeleton, motor proteins

Michael C. Langham
Research Assistant Professor, Radiology 

langhamc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Pulse sequence designing, MR susceptometry, velocimetry, regional pulse-wave velocity quantification, vessel-wall imaging, non-contrast enhanced MR angiograph

Mitchell Lazar
Sylvan H. Eisman Professor, Medicine

LAZAR@PENNMEDICINE.UPENN.EDU Diabetes, endocrinology, epigenomics, nuclear receptors, circadian rhythms
Anh D. Le
Chair and Norman Vine Endowed Professor of Oral Rehabilitation

anhle@dental.upenn.edu

Orofacial mesenchymal stem cells; epithelial stem cells; cancer stem cells; benign tumor stem cells; immunomodulation; neural regeneration; wound healing; craniofacial regeneration; oral cancer

Daeyeon Lee
Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

daeyeon@seas.upenn.edu

Microfluidics, microencapsulation, controlled released, composites, soft materials, colloids, biomaterials

Hannah Lee
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
**New Member**
hannah.lee1@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Peripheral nerve regeneration

Véronique Lefebvre
Professor, Department of Surgery/ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery

lefebvrev1@email.chop.edu Chondrogenesis, bone formation, development, skeletal dysplasia, degenerative joint diseases, transcriptional regulation, SOX transcription factors, cell lineage determination, cell differentiation

Thomas H. Leung
Assistant Professor of Dermatology

thl@upenn.edu  

L. Scott Levin 
Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery Paul D. Magnuson Professor, Bone & Joint Surgery Professor, Plastic Surgery in Surgery

Scott.Levin@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Hand surgery, microsurgical extremity reconstruction, composite tissue allotransplantation

Michael A. Levine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology Medical Director, Center for Bone Health Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

levinem@email.chop.edu

Parathyroid; PTH; developmental biology; osteoporosis; osteoclast; osteoimmunology; G proteins

Robert J. Levy
Professor, Pediatrics & Pharmacology
William J. Rashkind Endowed Chair, Pediatric Cardiology

levyr@email.chop.edu Biomaterials, biomechanics, local drug delivery, heart valve disease, stents, and arterial injury

Chenshuang Li
Assistant Professor, Orthodontics

lichens@upenn.edu Craniofacial growth and development, signaling pathways regulating endochondral bone formation, cartilage tissue engineering, and arthritis
Eric Liao
Surgery Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Department of Surgery
CHOP
liaoce@chop.edu Craniofacial development and genetics, orofacial clefts, zebrafish, human iPSC, neural crest, periderm

Kathy Fange Liu
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
 

liufg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu RNA binding proteins, RNA modifying enzymes, phase separation, neurodegenerative disease, neuromuscular disease, sex bias in gene regulation

X. Sherry Liu
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

xiaoweil@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Imaging and Image; Analysis of Biological Tissues; Bone Mechanics; Metabolic Bone Diseases

Vincent Lo Re III
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
 

vincentl@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Viral hepatitis; HIV; inflammation; musculoskeletal abnormalities

Kathleen M. Loomes
Associate Professor,  Pediatrics Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 

loomes@email.chop.edu

Genetics of liver and bile duct development, Jag1

Fanxin Long
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

longf1@email.chop.edu Bone, cartilage, metabolism
Damaris Lorenzo
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
**New Member**
damaris.lorenzo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Genetics, cellular and molecular mechanisms of diseases of the nervous system and metabolic disorders

Neil R. Malhotra
Assistant Professor,  Neurological Surgery

Neil.Malhotra@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Spine surgery, disc degeneration, scaffolding for cell and growth factor delivery, injectable implants for degeneration, metastatic spine bone disease, biomechanics, intervertebral disc, aging, injury

Michael Marks
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine & Physiology
**New Member**
marksm@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Cell biology; membrane transport; membrane dynamics; organelle biogenesis; lysosome-related organelles; lysosomes; pigmentation; hemostasis; rare diseases

Anna Massie
Assistant Professor of Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery

amassie@vet.upenn.edu Bone quality, regenerative medicine, veterinary

Robert L. Mauck
Mary Black Ralston Professor for Education and Research in Orthopaedic Surgery 

lemauck@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Cartilage, meniscus, tissue engineering, biomaterials, mechanobiology, cartilage development, mesenchymal stem cells

Michael May
Associate Professor
Biomedical Sciences
**New Member**
maym@vet.upenn.edu NF-κB signaling, Inflammation, Immunity, Vascular Biology, Lymphatics

Samir Mehta
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery 

Samir.Mehta@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Orthopaedic trauma, periarticular fractures, fracture healing, bone, pelvic fractures, acetabular fractures, nonunions, malunions

Peter A. Merkel
Professor, Medicine & Epidemiology

pmerkel@upenn.edu

Rheumatology, complex systemic rheumatic and inflammatory diseases, scleroderma, vasculitis, arthritis

Michael John Mitchell
Assistant Professor of Innovation

mjmitch@seas.upenn.edu Biomaterials, drug delivery, gene therapy, immunoengineering

Edmund K. Moon
Assistant Professor of Medicine
**New Member**

edmund.moon@uphs.upenn.edu Tumor microenvironment, T cells, immunotherapy

Foteini Mourkioti
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery 

fmour@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Muscle disorders, stem cells, muscle regeneration, telomeres, cardiomyopathy, mitochondria, oxidative stress, muscle atrophy, muscle wasting

Mary Mullins 
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology

mullins@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Bone morphogenetic protein signaling, zebrafish, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, BMP antagonists, BMP regulation

Hyun-Duck Nah-Cederquist 
Research Associate Professor, Surgery

nah@email.chop.edu

Bone engineering, tissue engineering, craniofacial biology, neovascularization, microsphere encapsulation

Peter B. Noel
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Director of CT Research

Peter.Noel@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Computed tomography, quantitative imaging

Jie C Nguyen
Director, Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology

nguyenj6@email.chop.edu Quantitative Cartilage Imaging (T2 map), metabolic/obesity effects on the musculoskeletal system, MR bone imaging, OCD
Jennifer Orthmann Murphy
Assistant Professor of Neurology
**New Member**
jennifer.orthmann-murphy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Glial cells, myelin, oligodendrocytes, remyelination, neuroimmunology

Kyla Ortved
Assistant Professor, Large Animal Surgery, New Bolton

kortved@vet.upenn.edu

Gene therapy and cell therapy techniques, including the use of stem cells, to modulate the articular environment and bolster the weak intrinsic healing response of cartilage.

Michael Ostap
Professor, Physiology

ostap@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Myosin, actin, contractility, motility, biochemistry, biophysics, single-molecule

Maurizio Pacifici
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

pacificim@email.chop.edu

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)

Michael Pack
Professor, Medicine & Cell & Developmental Biology 

mpack@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Zebrafish, developmental biology, intestine, liver, pancreas, genetics

Emily Partridge
Attending Surgeon and Principal Investigator
Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery
CHOP

**New Member**
partridgee@chop.edu Esophageal atresia, mechanotransduction, esophageal progenitor cell, myofibroblast

Liming Pei
Associate Professor Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 

lpei@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Heart biology and disease, metabolism and metabolic disease, cardiac endocrinology, single-cell genomics
William Peranteau
Professor of Surgery, CHOP
**New Member**
 
peranteauw@email.chop.edu Pediatric Surgery, Fetal Surgery, Gene Editing, Cell Therapy

Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering & Genetics
**New Member**

jcremins@seas.upenn.edu 3D Epigenetics
James Pikul
Assistant Professor, MEAM in SEAS
**New Member**
pikul@seas.upenn.edu Soft robotics and energy
Dipti Pitta
Assistant Professor, Ruminant Nutrition 
dpitta@vet.upenn.edu Ruminant microbiology, cultivation of rumen microbes, metagenomics, next generation throughput sequencing, sequential and gene-centric approaches of metagenomics
Nicolas Plachta
Professor,
Cell & Developmental Biology
**New Member**
Nicolas.Plachta@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu Cytoskeleton, early mammalian development, preimplantation embryo, implantation
Benjamin Prosser
Assistant Professor, Physiology 
bpros@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Cardiac electrophysiology, excitation-contraction coupling, calcium signaling, mechanotransduction, redox signaling

Ellen Pure
Grace Lansing Lamber Professor, Biomedical Science

epure@vet.upenn.edu Inflammation, fibrosis, extracellular matrix, mouse genetics

Ling Qin
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery 

qinling@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Bone metabolism, cancer bone metastasis, stem cell, signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, growth factors

Arjun Raj 
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

arjunraj@seas.upenn.edu

RNA systems biology, non-coding RNA, development, cancer

Chamith Rajapakse
Assistant Professor, Radiology and Orthopaedic Surgery

chamith@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Musculoskeletal Imaging, Bone Biomechanics, 3D Printing, Hip Fracture

Jordan Raney
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
**New Member**

raney@seas.upenn.edu Heterogeneous materials, bioinspired materials, 3d printing, nonlinear mechanics

Ravinder Reddy
Professor, Radiology

krr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Multinuclear MRI & spectroscopic techniques, arthritis, stroke, cartilage & proteoglycan detection

Alexander M.Reiter
Associate Professor, Dentistry & Oral Surgery

reiter@vet.upenn.edu

Dentistry, surgery, oral, maxillofacial, masticatory, teeth, jaws, tempormandibular joint

Andrew Richardson
Research Assistant Professor,
Neurosurgery

Andrew.Richardson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Brain-machine interfaces, neural prosthetics, neural interfaces, neuroscience, neuroengineering

Dean W. Richardson 
Charles W. Raker Professor, Surgery, Chief of Large Animal Surgery

dwr@vet.upenn.edu

Fracture repair, osteoarthritis cartilage repair, gene therapy (arthritis and laminitis)

Stefano B. Rivella
Professor of Hematology
**New Member**

rivellas@email.chop.edu Gene transfer cure of ß-thalassemia & sickle cell anemia. Erythropoiesis & iron metabolism in beta-thalassemia, hemochromatosis polycythemia vera.

Jeffrey David Roizen
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Division of Endocrine and Diabetes

roizenj@chop.edu

 

Vitamin D metabolism, vitamin D action, pseudohypoparathyroidism, obesity, calcium metabolism

Carla Scanzello
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Rheumatology

cscanz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Osteoarthritis, post-traumatic arthritis, meniscal degeneration, synovium, inflammation, toll-like receptors

Ernestina Schipani
WW Smith Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
**New Member**

 

Ernestina.Schipani@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Hypoxia, HIF, Mitochondria, Chondrocytes Development Skeleton, Endochondral bone development, Dwarfism, Jansen, Somites, Congenital Scoliosis, Fibrosarcoma

Patrick Seale
Associate Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

sealep@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Adipose tissue, transcriptional regulation, obesity, metabolic disease
Ronnie A. Sebro
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Ronnie.Sebro@uphs.upenn.edu Radiology, bone and soft tissue sarcomas, rheumatology, genetics, bone mineral density, quantitative methods

Chandra Sehgal
Research Professor, Radiology

Chandra.Sehgal@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Ultrasound imaging, therapeutic ultrasound, musculoskeletal ultrasound, Doppler flow, microbubble contrast imaging

Brian J. Sennett
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

Brian.Sennett@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Sports medicine surgery, meniscus, fetal, transplantation, repair, and scaffold

Neil Perry Sheth
Assistant Professor,  Orthopaedic Surgery

Neil.Sheth@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Hip revision, knee revision, total joint arthroplasty, acetabular bone loss, femoral bone loss, osteolysis, peri-prosthetic infection, and Orthopaedic global health

Eileen M. Shore
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Genetics

shore@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Bone formation, cell differentiation, molecular, cell, developmental biology, inherited diseases, bone, cartilage, BMP, GNAS, FOP, POH

Harvey E. Smith
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

Harvey.Smith@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Spine, intervertebral disc, MRI

Lachlan J. Smith
Associate  Professor, Neurosurgery

lachlans@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Spine; intervertebral disc; bone; genetic diseases; regenerative medicine; translational animal models; tissue engineering; drug delivery.

Hee Kwon Song
Associate Professor, Radiological Science

hsong@uphs.upenn.edu

Novel DCE-MRI methodologies based on radial data acquisition; novel motion compensation strategies; in vivo iron quantification techniques

Wenchao Song
Professor, Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics

Songwe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Vascular biology of inflammatory mediators, TLRs and macrophage biology

Louis J. Soslowsky
Fairhill Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering

soslowsk@upenn.edu

Orthopaedic biomechanics, tendon and ligament injury, repair and regeneration, shoulder and joint biomechanics

Hansell Stedman
Associate Professor, Surgery
 

hstedman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Muscular dystrophy, pathophysiology of muscle disease, myosin, molecular therapy, surgery

Holly Stewart
Assistant Professor of Large Animal Surgery
**New Member**
hstew@vet.upenn.edu Subchondral bone, imaging, osteoarthritis, translational models, joint health and disease

Laura Su
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Rheumatology
**New Member**

laurasu@upenn.edu Rheumatoid arthritis, T1D, CD4+ T Cells, memory, vaccine

Kathleen E. Sullivan
Professor, Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Allergy Immunology

sullivank@email.chop.edu

Lupus, inflammation, epigenetics

Jason Alan Syrcle
Associate Professor, Clinical Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery
**New Member**

syrcle@upenn.edu Biomechanics, fracture fixation, humerus
Kai Tan
Professor of Pediatrics, CHOP
**New Member**
tank1@chop.edu Systems biology, leukemia, bone marrow microenvironment, computational biology
Quinn Tate
Assistant Professor, PM&R Department
**New Member**
quinn.tate@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Chronic pain, spine, electrical neuromodulation
Ottman Tertuliano
Assistant Professor, SEAS, MEAM
**New Member**
oat@seas.upenn.edu Micro- and nano-scale mechanics, bone, fracture mechanics, in situ experimentation, bio inspired materials

Christoph A. Thaiss
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
**New Member**

thaiss@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Host environment interactions, microbiome, metabolism

Marco Tizzano
Associate Professor, Department of Basic & Translational Sciences
**New Member**

mtizzano@upenn.edu Solitary chemosensory cells, taste receptors, immunity type 2, rhino sinusitis, periodontitis

Paul Michael Titchenell
Assistant Professor, Physiology and IDOM

ptitc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Metabolism, insulin signaling, muscle physiology, muscle growth

Wei Tong
Associate Professor, Hematology, Dept. of Pediatrics CHOP

tongw@email.chop.edu

Hematopoiesis, leukemia, stem cells, cytokine receptor, signaling

Andrew Tsourkas
Professor, Bioengineering

atsourk@seas.upenn.edu

Molecular imaging, contrast agents, nanomedicine, bioconjugate chemistry, probes

Kyle Vining
Assistant Professor, Dental Medicine
**New Member**
viningk@upenn.edu Biomaterials, mechanobiology, immunology, cancer research, regeneration, stem cells


Susan W. Volk
Assistant Professor, Small Animal Surgery

swvolk@vet.upenn.edu

Extracellular matrix, collagen, wound healing, stem cells, and regenerative medicine

Douglas Wallace, MD, PhD
Professor & Director, Department of Pediatrics
**New Member**
wallaced1@email.chop.edu mtDNA, mitochondria, myopathy, exercise, exercise intolerance cardiomyopathy, enchephalomyopathy, , connective tissue

David R. Weber
Assistant Professor, Clinician-Educator, PE-Pediatrics
 

weberd@email.chop.edu Pediatric osteoporosis, bone health, DXA

Kristy L. Weber 
Professor/Vice-Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery

Kristy.Weber@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Sarcoma, bone, growth factor inhibitors, hypoxia, metastasis

Felix W. Wehrli
Professor, Radiology

wehrli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Development of image-based methods toward the understanding of tissue architecture, physiology and function and their applications to clinical medicine

Lawrence Wells
Associate Professor , Orthopaedic Surgery

wellsl@email.chop.edu

Articular cartilage injury and repair mechanisms, avascular necrosis, stress fractures in adolescents, post-operative pain management in ambulatory surgery patients

Victoria P. Werth
Professor, Dermatology & Medicine Chief, Dermatology, Philadelphia V.A. Hospital
werth@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Ultraviolet light effects on skin, autoimmune skin diseases, cutaneous lupus, dermatomyositis

Beth A. Winkelstein
Professor, Bioengineering

winkelst@seas.upenn.edu

Biomechanics of neck injuries; mechanical and cellular mechanisms of pain onset and persistence; CNS neuroimmune responses of pain; cervical spine biomechanics; injury mechanics

Shuying Yang
Associate Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology

shuyingy@upenn.edu Bone remodeling, bone development, tooth development, osteoporosis, arthritis, stem cells and bone regeneration

Arjun Yodh
James M. Skinner Professor, Science

yodh@dept.physics.upenn.edu

Experimental condensed matter physics and biomedical optics; fluids & networks, carbon nanotubes, laser spectroscopy, optical microsopy & micromanipulation, functional imaging

Paul Yushkevich
Associate Professor, Radiology
**New Member**

pauly2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu medical image analysis
Payman Zamani
Assistant Professor,
Cardiovascular Medicine
**New Member**
pzamani@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Heart Failure, exercise, skeletal muscle

Babette S. Zemel
Research Associate Professor,  Pediatrics

zemel@email.chop.edu

Childhood growth and nutrition, body composition, energy expenditure and bone density across the lifespan, patterns of bone mineralization

Miltiadis Zgonis
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Co-Director, Human Tissue Laboratory

Miltiadis.Zgonis2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Shoulder-AC joint, biceps tendon, glenoid labrum, rotator cuff, Knee-cartilage, osteochondritis dissecans, meniscus, ACL, PCL, imaging biology of cartilage, ligament, & tendon, biomechanics articular cartilage, ligament, & tendon, cell/molecular biology, stem cell therapy, tissue engineering

Hongtao Zhang
Research Assistant Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine

zhanghon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

DNA repair, SUN proteins, neuromuscular disease

Qunzhou Zhang
Research Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Pharmacology

zqunzhou@upenn.edu Mesenchymal stem cells, oral cancer, tissue regeneration

Yejia Zhang
Assistant Professor,Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Yejia.Zhang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Mechanism of intervertebral disc degeneration and discogenic back pain

Jun (Jay) Zhu
Professor , Microbiology
**New Member**

junzhu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Bacterial pathogenesis, signal transduction

Wei(Jennifer) Zou
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
**New Member**

wei.zou@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Radiotherapy, Medical Physics, Proton radiotherapy, FLASH radiotherapy

 

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