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NameTitleEmailKeywords
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6d Joseph A Abboud, MD f
9 		1d
38 Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
4e abboudj@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8
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6c Sherrill L Adams f
9 		1d
2b Chairman and Professor of Biochemistry 9
8 		1d
58 sherri@biochem.dental.upenn.edu 9
8
a
6f Kimberly A. Agnello f
9 		1d
34 Assistant Professor of Small Animal Surgery at 9
8 		1d
46 kagnello@vet.upenn.edu 9
8
a
6c Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD f
9 		1d
37 Adjunct Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
54 jaimo_ahn@alumni.stanford.edu 9
8
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6d Sunday O Akintoye f
9 		1d
29 Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine 9
8 		1d
50 akintoye@exchange.upenn.edu 9
8
a
83 Abass Alavi, MD,MD(Hon),PhD(Hon),DSc(Hon) f
9 		1d
1b Professor of Radiology 9
8 		1d
4e abass.alavi@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
a
72 Kristy B Arbogast, PhD f
9 		1d
21 Research Assistant Professor 9
8 		1d
48 arbogast@email.chop.edu 9
8 		20
4a pediatric biomechanics, biomechanical epidemiology, traffic injury, 22 effectiveness of safety products 9
8
a
6c Yair Argon, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
3c Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 9
8 		1d
54 yargon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
71 Elisabeth R Barton, PhD f
9 		1d
1a Assistant Professor 27 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology 9
8 		1d
4c erbarton@dental.upenn.edu 9
8
a
7d Avinash Bhandoola, M.B., B.S., Ph.D. f
9 		1d
3e Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1 9
8 		1d
50 bhandooa@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
54 hematopoietic stem cells; progenitor migration; notch signaling; stem cell aging 9
8
a
73 Michael J. Brennick, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
2d Research Assistant Professor of Medicine 9
8 		1d
50 brennick@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
4e obstructive sleep apnea, magnetic resonance imagine, pharynx, rats, Zucker 9
8
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6c Jason A. Burdick f
9 		1d
29 Wilf Family Term Assistant Professor 9
8 		1d
48 burdick2@seas.upenn.edu 9
8
a
73 Michael Paul Cancro, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
31 Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 9
8 		1d
54 cancro@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
7c Youhai H. Chen, M.B., Ph.D., FAIMBE f
9 		1d
3b Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 9
8 		1d
4e yhc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
30 Immunity, Inflammation, Cancer, Gene Therapy 9
8
a
7c Christopher S. Chen, M.D., Ph.D. f
9 		1d
44 Skirkanich Associate Professor of Innovation in Bioengineering 9
8 		1d
4a chrischen@seas.upenn.edu 9
8
a
6d Yongwon Choi, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
40 Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1 9
8 		1d
54 ychoi3@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
71 Margaret M. Chou, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
41 Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell and Developmental Biology 1 9
8 		1d
4e mmc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
a TRE17 6 USP6 10 Ubiquitination 9 sarcoma 1d bone and soft tissue tumors 12 pediatric cancer 7 Cancer 9
8
a
71 Charles C. Clark, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
2f Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
56 ccclark@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
cb Healing of articular cartilage and intervertebral discs, effects of electrical stimulation on the regulation of gene expression, production of matrix molecules and metalloproteinases, mRNA expression 9
8
a
70 Marcella Devoto, PhD f
9 		1d
18 Associate Professor 9
8 		1d
44 devoto@email.chop.edu 9
8 		20
40 complex traits genetics, genetic epidemiology, disease gene 9 mapping 2 9
8
a
74 Dennis E. Discher, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
29 Professor of Biophysical Engineering 9
8 		1d
46 discher@seas.upenn.edu 9
8
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75 John Paul Dormans, MD, FACS f
9 		1d
25 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
46 dormans@email.chop.edu 9
8 		20
85 malignant and benign musculoskeletal tumors in children, cervical spine disorders, injuries to children's musculoskeletal systems 9
8
a
22 Paul Ducheyne f
9 		1d
20 Professor of Bioengineering 9
8 		1d
48 ducheyne@seas.upenn.edu 9
8
a
80 Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto, D.D.S, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
38 Research Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
4a iwamotom1@email.chop.edu 9
8
a
70 John L. Esterhai, M.D. f
9 		1d
e Professor 9
8 		1d
50 esterhai@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8
a
23 Shannon Fisher f
9 		1d
5 9
8 		1d
1a 9
8
a
72 Theodore J. Ganley, M.D. f
9 		1d
20 Orthopaedic Sports Director 9
8 		1d
38 ganley@chop.edu 9
8
a
6c Carolyn W Gibson f
9 		1d
28 Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology 9
8 		1d
4a cgibson@dental.upenn.edu 9
8
a
69 David L. Glaser f
9 		1d
2f Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
4e dglaser@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8
a
71 Jerry D. Glickson, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
2e Professor & Director of Molecular Imaging 9
8 		1d
58 glickson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
c6 molecular imaging, magnetic resonance, cancer detection. prediction & detection of therapeutic response, cancer therapy, metastatic potential, theranostic agents, nano particles, optical imaging 9
8
a
72 Yale E. Goldman, MD, PhD f
9 		1d
1c Professor of Physiology 9
8 		1d
58 goldmany@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
b8 Actin, Molecular motors, Motility, Myosin, Kinesin, Dynein, Structural dynamics, Fluorescence, Ribosome, Protein synthesis, G-Protein, Optical Trap, Single-Molecule, Nanotechnology 9
8
a
77 Ellis Eckstein Golub, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
1e Professor of Biochemistry 9
8 		1d
56 ellis@biochem.dental.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
1c Calcification mechanisms 9
8
a
72 Struan F.A. Grant, PhD f
9 		1d
24 Assistant Professor, Pediatrics 9
8 		1d
76 grants@pennmedicine.upenn.edu; grants@chop.edu 9
8 		20
4d Genetics, Genomics, Pediatrics, Bone, Obesity, Diabetes, Sleep, Chromatin 9
8
a
85 Kurt David Hankenson, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D. f
9 		1d
28 Assistant Professor of Cell Biology 9
8 		1d
36 kdhank@msu.edu 9
8 		20
67 Mesenchymal Stem Cell; Osteoblast; Adipocyte; Extracellular Matrix; Thrombospondin; Wnt; Notch; BMP 9
8
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6c Mark Haskins VMD f
9 		1d
f Professor 20 Pathology and Medical Genetics 2e Head, Laboratory of Pathology and Toxicology 1e School of Veterinary Medicine 9
8 		1d
46 mhaskins@vet.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
3c Animal models, dogs, cats, lysosomal storage disease, 2a mucopolysaccharidosis, glycosaminoglycan 1 9
8
a
6f Nader M. Hebela, MD f
9 		1d
18 Assistant Professor 9
8 		1d
50 nader.hebela@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
a
74 Edwin M Horwitz, MD, PhD f
9 		1d
18 Attending Physician 9
8 		1d
1a 9
8
a
76 G Russell Huffman, MD, MPH f
9 		1d
2c Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
58 huffmanr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
6c Eric L. Hume, MD f
9 		1d
38 Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
5a eric.hume@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
15 hip arthroplasty 13 knee arthroplasty 13 Quality & Safety 6 QI/PI 9
8
a
24 Said A. Ibrahim f
9 		1d
5 9
8 		1d
1a 9
8
a
7b Masahiro Iwamoto, Ph.D., D.D.S. f
9 		1d
38 Research Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
48 iwamotom@email.chop.edu 9
8
a
69 Olena Jacenko f
9 		1d
2a Associate Professor of Animal Biology 9
8 		1d
44 jacenko@vet.upenn.edu 9
8
a
7c Ian N. Jacobs, MD, MLA, FACS, FAAP f
9 		1d
18 Associate Professor 9
8 		1d
3a jacobsi@chop.edu 9
8
a
72 Frederick S. Kaplan, M.D. f
9 		1d
36 Chief, Division of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine 9
8 		1d
68 frederick.kaplan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
7b fibrodysplasia ossificans prognosis, progressive osseous heteroplasia, heterotopic ossification, metabolic bone disease 9
8
a
6e John D Kelly IV MD f
9 		1d
2c Associate Professor Orthopedic Surgery 1 9
8 		1d
5c john.kelly@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
d Shoulder c Arthroscopy 9
8
a
6e Viviane Khoury, MD f
9 		1d
26 Assistant Professor of Radiology 1 9
8 		1d
58 vivianek@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
73 Tejvir S. Khurana, MD, PhD f
9 		1d
26 Assistant Professor of Physiology 9
8 		1d
86 tsk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
be Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), regulation of utrophin expression in muscle, hypoxia, molecular characterization of extraocular muscle, extraocular muscle stem cells for DMD therapy 9
8
a
6d Jung-Hoon Kim, MD f
9 		1d
2a Instructor A of Medicine (Geriatrics) 9
8 		1d
52 jung-hoon.kim@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
a
26 J. Bruce Kneeland f
9 		1d
56 Professor of Radiology, Chairman, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital 1 9
8 		1d
1a 9
8
a
74 Sharon L. Kolasinski, M.D. f
9 		1d
2e Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine 1b Chief of Clinical Service 1d Director, Fellowship Program 9
8 		1d
6a sharon.kolasinski@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
76 Eiki Koyama, Ph.D., D.D.S. f
9 		1d
38 Research Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
46 koyamae@email.chop.edu 9
8
a
75 Andrew Frederic Kuntz, MD f
9 		1d
2f Clinical-Scientist of Orthopaedic Surgery 1 9
8 		1d
50 andrew.kuntz@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
a
72 Richard D. Lackman, M.D. f
9 		1d
1f Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
3c rilack@pahosp.com 9
8
a
73 Mary B. Leonard, MD, MSCE f
9 		1d
37 Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology 9
8 		1d
46 leonard@email.chop.edu 9
8
a
7a Lawrence Scott Levin, MD, FACS f
9 		1d
39 Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Bone and Joint Surgery 9
8 		1d
4e scott.levin@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
a
26 Michael A. Levine f
9 		1d
29 Director, Division of Endocrinology 28 The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 9
8 		1d
1a 9
8
a
6f Kathleen M. Loomes, MD f
9 		1d
52 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 1 9
8 		1d
38 loomes@chop.edu 9
8 		20
3a pediatric gastroenterology, liver disease, bile ducts 1 9
8
a
72 Neil R. Malhotra, M.D. f
9 		1d
50 Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 9
8 		1d
3e nrm@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
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6f Robert L Mauck, PhD f
9 		1d
40 Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering 9
8 		1d
56 lemauck@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
78 cartilage, meniscus, tissue engineering, biomaterials, mechanobiology, cartilage development, mesenchymal stem cells 9
8
a
6a Samir Mehta, M.D. f
9 		1d
18 Assistant Professor 9
8 		1d
4e samir.mehta@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
84 orthopaedic trauma, periarticular fractures, fracture healing, bone, pevic fractures, acetabular fractures, nonunions, malunions 9
8
a
70 Mary C. Mullins, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
30 Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology 9
8 		1d
56 mullins@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
6e Michael Ostap, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
1c Professor of Physiology 9
8 		1d
52 ostap@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
a
72 Maurizio Pacifici, PhD f
9 		1d
25 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
4a pacificim@email.chop.edu 9
8
a
6d Michael A. Pack, MD f
9 		1d
2d Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) 9
8 		1d
52 mpack@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
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78 Robert John Pignolo, MD, PhD f
9 		1d
24 Assistant Professor of Medicine 9
8 		1d
4e pignolo@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
bb aging; cell senescence; osteoblast differentiation; osteoporosis; mesenchymal stem cells; heterotopic ossification; geriatrics; stem cell biology; metabolic bone disease; bone biology 9
8
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74 Kathleen Joy Propert Sc.D. f
9 		1d
73 Professor of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 9
8 		1d
4e propert@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8
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71 Sally Pullman-Mooar, MD f
9 		1d
32 Professor of Clinical Medicine (Rheumatology) 9
8 		1d
4e sally.pullman-mooar@va.gov 9
8
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71 Reed E. Pyeritz, MD, PhD f
9 		1d
25 Professor of Medicine & Genetics 9
8 		1d
50 reed.pyeritz@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
15 Medical Genetics 11 Marfan syndrome 27 Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia f Faculty Senate 9
8
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6b Ling Qin, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
18 Assistant Professor 9
8 		1d
56 qinling@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
63 bone and cartilage metabolism, stem cell biology, skeletal development, and signal transduction 9
8
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6a Arjun Raj, PhD f
9 		1d
20 Professor of Bioengineering 9
8 		1d
48 arjunraj@seas.upenn.edu 9
8
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6c Ravinder Reddy, PhD f
9 		1d
26 Associate Professor of Radiology 9
8 		1d
4e krr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
60 MRI, MRS, CEST, Metabolic imaging, Imaging biomarkers, Neurodegeneration, Glutamate imaging. 9
8
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79 Dean W Richardson, DVM, DACVS f
9 		1d
5 9
8 		1d
3c dwr@vet.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
3c Orthopedics/Joint Disease/Molecular Biology of Cartilage 9
8
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77 Steven S. Scherer, M.D. Ph.D. f
9 		1d
e Professor 9
8 		1d
54 steven.scherer@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
55 neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, CMT, myelin, glia 9
8
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70 Brian J. Sennett, M.D. f
9 		1d
2f Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
52 brian.sennett@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
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6f Eileen M. Shore, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
46 Res. Assoc. Professor Director Center for FOP & Related Disorders 9
8 		1d
4a shore@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8
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75 Gail K Smith V.M.D., Ph.D f
9 		1d
25 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
44 smithgk@vet.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
7a Canine hip dysplasia (CHD), osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip, PennHIP radiographic procedure, biomechanics, biomaterials 9
8
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7c Neal John Sondheimer, M.D. Ph.D. f
9 		1d
25 Section of Biochemical Genetics 28 The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 9
8 		1d
4c sondheimer@email.chop.edu 9
8 		20
37 mitochondrial transcription, mitochondrial genetics 9
8
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6e Hee Kwon Song, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
30 Assistant Professor of Radiological Science 9
8 		1d
60 heekwon.song@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
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71 Lou J. Soslowsky, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
36 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering 9
8 		1d
3e soslowsk@upenn.edu 9
8
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6f Hansell H. Stedman, MD f
9 		1d
19 Professor of Surgery 9
8 		1d
58 hstedman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
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76 Kathleen E. Sullivan, MD PhD f
9 		1d
31 Professor of Pediatrics (Allergy/Immunology) 9
8 		1d
4a sullivank@email.chop.edu 9
8
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6c H. Lee Sweeney, Ph.D f
9 		1d
1b Professor and Chairman 9
8 		1d
50 lsweeney@mail.med.upenn.edu 9
8
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74 Fotios P Tjoumakaris, MD f
9 		1d
61 Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 9
8 		1d
4c fotiostjoumakaris@msn.com 9
8
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69 Wei Tong, PhD f
9 		1d
3e Assistant Professor, Hematology Div., Dept. of Pediatrics 9
8 		1d
36 tongw@chop.edu 9
8
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79 Vivianna M. Van Deerlin, MD, PhD f
9 		1d
3e Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1 9
8 		1d
6e vivianna.vandeerlin@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
47 molecular pathology, genomics, genetics, neurodegenerative diseases 9
8
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73 Susan W Volk VMD, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
18 Assistant Professor 9
8 		1d
42 swvolk@vet.upenn.edu 9
8
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72 Felix Werner Wehrli, PhD f
9 		1d
34 Director, Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging 9
8 		1d
60 felix.wehrli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 9
8
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69 Lawrence Wells f
9 		1d
2c Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery 9
8 		1d
44 wellsl@email.chop.edu 9
8
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73 Beth A Winkelstein, PhD f
9 		1d
2b Associate Professor of Bioengineering 9
8 		1d
48 winkelst@seas.upenn.edu 9
8 		20
2c pain, injury, inflammation, biomechanics 9
8
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73 Alexander C. Wright, Ph.D. f
9 		1d
21 Research Assistant Professor 9
8 		1d
58 alexander.wright@uphs.upenn.edu 9
8
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64 Arjun Yodh f
9 		1d
19 Professor of Science 9
8 		1d
50 yodh@dept.physics.upenn.edu 9
8
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6f Babette S. Zemel, PhD f
9 		1d
2f Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics 9
8 		1d
42 zemel@email.chop.edu 9
8 		20
8e childhood growth and nutrition, body composition, energy expenditure and bone density across the lifespan, patterns of bone mineralization 9
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