Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders Members

Current Members

Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Faculty

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