Michael Chorny, PhD
Research Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Member, Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director, Center for Targeted Therapeutics & Translational Nanomedicine, Institute of Translational Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Penn Medicine Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
Associate Member, Pediatric Oncology Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pediatrics
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
The Abramson Pediatric Research Center, Suite 702G
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3615 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3615 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3063
Email:
chorny@chop.edu
chorny@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
BPharm (Pharmaceutical sciences)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1996.
MS (Pharmaceutical sciences)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1997.
PhD (Pharmaceutical sciences)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2004.
Permanent linkBPharm (Pharmaceutical sciences)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1996.
MS (Pharmaceutical sciences)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1997.
PhD (Pharmaceutical sciences)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2004.
Description of Research Expertise
delivery systems; biodegradable nanocarriers; magnetic targeting of small molecule drugs and biotherapeutics; prodrug and codrug design; targeted therapy of proliferative diseases, arterial restenosis and pediatric solid tumors; neuroblastomaSelected Publications
M. Matsuoka, K. Uchibe, N. Tang, H. Tian, A. Suzuki, T. Oichi, Y. Usami, I. Alferiev, S. Otsuru, J.M. Abzug, J.E. Herzenberg, M. Pacifici, M. Enomoto-Iwamoto, M. Chorny, M. Iwamoto: Retinoid-impregnated nanoparticles enable control of bone growth by site-specific modulation of endochondral ossification in mice. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Jan 2025.S.A. Garcia, K. Wilson, N. Tang, H. Tian, T. Oichi, A.T. Gunawardena, M. Chorny, I.S. Alferiev, J.E. Herzenberg, V.Y. Ng, M. Iwamoto, M. Enomoto-Iwamoto: Analysis of the actions of RARγ agonists on growing osteochondromas in a mouse model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(14): Article 7610, Jul 2024.
I.S. Alferiev, K. Zhang, Z. Folchman-Wagner, R.F. Adamo, D.T. Guerrero, I. Fishbein, D. Soberman, R.J. Levy, M. Chorny: Nanocarrier design for dual-targeted therapy of in-stent restenosis. Pharmaceutics 16(2): 188, Jan 2024.
K.H. Ashi, M.B. Karmacharya, L.R. Sultan, D.T. Guerrero, M. Chorny, C.M. Sehgal: Photoacoustic imaging of vascular hyperpermeability. 2023 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) Page: 1-4, Nov 2023.
I.S. Alferiev, B. Hooshdaran, B.B. Pressly, P.W. Zoltick, S.J. Stachelek, M. Chorny, R.J. Levy, I. Fishbein: Intraprocedural endothelial cell seeding of arterial stents via biotin/avidin targeting mitigates in-stent restenosis. Scientific Reports 12(1): 19212, Nov 2022.
I.S. Alferiev, M. Chorny, R.L. Wilensky, R.J. Levy, I. Fishbein: Stent-based gene delivery for coronary disease. Methods in Molecular Biology 2573: 217-233, Aug 2022.
D. Tateiwa, T. Kaito, K. Hashimoto, R. Okada, J. Kodama, J. Kushioka1, Z. Bal, H. Tsukazaki, S. Nakagawa, Y. Ukon, H. Hirai, H. Tian, I. Alferiev, M. Chorny, S. Otsuru, S. Okada, M. Iwamoto: Selective retinoic acid receptor γ antagonist 7C is a potent enhancer of BMP-induced ectopic endochondral bone formation. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 10: Article 802699, Mar 2022.
I.S. Alferiev, D.T. Guerrero, P. Guan, F. Nguyen, V. Kolla, D. Soberman, B.B. Pressly, I. Fishbein, G.M. Brodeur, M. Chorny: Poloxamer-linked prodrug of a topoisomerase I inhibitor SN22 shows efficacy in models of high-risk neuroblastoma with primary and acquired chemoresistance. The FASEB Journal 36(3): e22213, Mar 2022.
B.B. Pressly, B. Hooshdaran, I.S. Alferiev, M. Chorny, R.J. Levy, S.J. Stachelek, I. Fishbein: Adeno-associated viral vector immobilization and local delivery from bare metal surfaces. Methods in Molecular Biology 2394: 601-616, Feb 2022.
A. Zakharchenko, Y. Xue, S. Keeney, C.A. Rock, I.S. Alferiev, S.J. Stachelek, H. Takano, T. Thomas, C. Nagaswami, A.M. Krieger, M. Chorny, G. Ferrari, R.J. Levy: Poly-2-methyl-2-oxazoline–modified bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets have enhanced biocompatibility and resist structural degeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119(6): e2120694119, Feb 2022.