CHOP Research Institute Leadership

Philip R. Johnson, MD

Chief Scientific Officer

Executive Vice President, Translational Medicine and Science

Director, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute

Tom Curran, PhD

Deputy Scientific Director

Peter Adamson, MD

Director, Office of Clinical and Translational Research

Mary Tomlinson

Deputy Administrative Director

Vice President, Research Administration

Translational Medicine and Science Committee

Tristram C. Colket Jr., Chair

Anne Faulkner Schoemaker, Vice Chair

Fred Biesecker

Richard R. Carr

Dominic Caruso

Philip R. Johnson, MD

James L. McCabe

Asuka Nakahara

R. Anderson Pew

Research Operations Council

Philip R. Johnson, MD, Chair

Peter Adamson, MD

N. Scott Adzick, MD

Steven M. Altschuler, MD

Deborah Barnard

Madeline Bell

Robert Berkowitz, MD

Alan Cohen, MD

Tom Curran, PhD

William Greeley, MD, MBA

Ellen Hyman-Browne

Diego Jaramillo, MD

Meg Jones

Virginia Stallings, MD

James Steven, MD

Thomas Todorow, CPA, MBA

Mary Tomlinson

Bryan Wolf, MD, PhD

Institutional Biological Safety Committee

Katherine High, MD, HHMI, Chair

Jeffrey Bergelson, MD

Christopher Coforio

Raymond Colliton

Crawford Hill III

Ian Krantz, MD

Denise Melvin

Paul Offit, MD

James Pierce, PhD

Mortimer Poncz, MD

Sue Souder

Rebecca Wiltshire, DVM

Institutional Intellectual Property Advisory Committee

Tom Curran, PhD, Chair

Mary Tomlinson, Vice Chair

Greg Baker, PhD

Terri Finkel, MD, PhD

Struan Grant, PhD

Mike Grunstein, MD, PhD

Robert Kalb, MD

Robert McNair Jr.

Ellen Purpus, PhD

Timothy Roberts, PhD

Lisa Speicher, PhD

Fraser Wright, PhD

Institutional Core Advisory Committee

Tom Curran, PhD, Chair

Harry Ischiropoulos, PhD, Vice Chair

Peter Adamson, MD

Craig Bassing, PhD

Alan Flake, MD

Lisa MacDowell

Eric Rappaport, PhD

Lisa Speicher, PhD

Nancy Spinner, PhD

Babette Zemel, PhD

Research Conflict of Interest Committee

Philip R. Johnson, MD

Jeffrey Kahn, JD

Mary Tomlinson

Research Trainee Advisory Committee

Michael Robinson, PhD, Chair

Wendy Williams, PhD, Vice Chair

Melissa Alderfer, PhD

Jeffrey Barrett, PhD

Jill Brodsky, MD

Lyngine Calizo, PhD

Andrew Chu, MD

Kelly Dougherty, PhD

Jake Kushner, MD

Stephen Leff, PhD

Sage Myers, MD

Yvonne Paterson, PhD

Berenice Saxon

Gail Slap, MD

Prema Sundaram, PhD

David Taylor, PhD

Rita Valentino, PhD

Mitch Weiss, MD, PhD

Centers of Emphasis

Center for Applied Genomics

Director: Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD

Center for Autism Research

Director: Robert Schultz, PhD

Center for Biomedical Informatics

Director: Peter White, PhD

Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics

Director: Katherine High, MD, HHMI

Center for Childhood Cancer Research

Director: John Maris, MD

Center for Developmental Biology

Director: Jeffrey Golden, MD

Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Director: Flaura Winston, MD, PhD

Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness

Director: Ron Keren, MD, MPH

PolicyLab

Directors: David Rubin, MD, MSCE

Kathleen Noonan, JD

Susmita Pati, MD, MPH

Research Affinity Groups

Fetal Biology and Therapy

Group Leader: Alan Flake, MD

Genes, Genomes, and Pediatric Disease

Group Leaders: John Maris, MD; Nancy Spinner, PhD

Health and Behavior

Group Leaders: Anne Kazak, PhD; and Joel Fein, MD, MPH

Metabolism, Nutrition, and Physical Development

Group Leader: Babette Zemel, PhD

Mitochondria

Group Leaders: Marni Falk, MD; and Neal Sondheimer, MD, PhD

Neuroscience

Group Leader: Michael Robinson, PhD

Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis

Group Leader: Carolyn Felix, MD

Proteins

Group Leader: Yair Argon, PhD

Vaccine and Immunotherapies

Group Leader: Terri Finkel, MD, PhD

Administrative Units and Directors

Clinical Trials Office

Lisa Speicher, PhD, Director

Nirmala Thevathasan, Associate Director

Core Services

Lisa MacDowell, Administrative Director

Office of Clinical and Translational Research

Peter Adamson, MD, Director

Office of Faculty Development

Virginia Stallings, MD, Director

Mary Blitzer Field, Assistant Director

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Wendy Williams, PhD, Director

Jodi Leckrone, Assistant Director

Office of Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs

Deborah Barnard, Director

Office of Responsible Research Training

Wendy Williams, PhD, Director

Jodi Leckrone, Assistant Director

Office of Technology Transfer

Ellen Purpus, PhD, Director

Greg Baker, PhD, Associate Director

Debbie Schmidt, Associate Director

Research Acquisitions and Contracting

Kim Gossin, Manager

Research Communications

Jennifer Long, Director

Research Finance

Steve Wiley, Director

Luz Arrison, Assistant Director

Bethann Kurek, Assistant Director

Sonji Robinson, Assistant Director

Research Human Resources

Alexandra Jorgensen, Director

Research Information Systems

Peter Witzleb, Director

Robert Del Campo, Assistant Director

Research Resources

Howard Eck, Director

Research Safety

Raymond Colliton, Program Officer

Sponsored Projects and Research Business Management

Sara Dubberly, Director

Deborah Grupp-Patrutz, Assistant Director

Brigid Czyszczon, Assistant Director

Endowed Chairs and Chairholders

Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology

Chairholder: Douglas A. Canning, MD

Chief, Division of Urology

Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

Chairholder: Alan R. Cohen, MD

Physician-in-chief

Frederick H. Allen Chair in Child Psychiatry

Chairholder: Robert I. Berkowitz, MD

Chair, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Gisela and Dennis Alter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neonatology

Chairholder: Harry Ischiropoulos, PhD

Director, Neonatology Research

David Lawrence Altschuler Endowed Chair in Genomics and Computational Biology

Chairholder: Peter S. White, PhD

Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics

Mary D. Ames Endowed Chair in Child Advocacy

Chairholder: Christopher B. Forrest, MD, PhD

Lester Baker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diabetes

Chairholder: Michael A. Levine, MD

Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Diseases

Chairholder: Paige Kaplan, MB, BCh

James Battaglia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pain Management

Chairholder: Gordon Barr, PhD

William H. Bennett Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Chairholder: Katherine High, MD, HHMI

Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease

Chairholder: David A. Piccoli, MD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Director, Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center

Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Clinical Laboratories and Pathology

Chairholder: Michael Bennett, PhD

Director, Michael J. Palmieri Metabolic Laboratory

Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Pathology and Clinical Laboratories

Chairholder: Jeffrey A. Golden, MD

Interim Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Chief, Developmental Biology Center

Catherine D. Brown Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy

Chairholder: Dennis Dlugos, MD

Buck Family Endowed Chair in Hematology

Chairholder: Pending

Daniel B. Burke Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research

Chairholder: Pending

Henry S. Cecil, MD, Endowed Chair in Rehabilitative Medicine at Children's Seashore House

Chairholder: Susan E. Levy, MD

Director, Regional Autism Center

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Adolescent Medicine

Chairholder: Pending

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine

Chairholder: Vinay Nadkarni, MD

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Fetal Therapy

Chairholder: Mark Paul Johnson, MD

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology

Chairholder: Mortimer Poncz, MD

Director, Division of Hematology

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology

Chairholder: Robert R. Clancy, MD

Director, Pediatric Regional Epilepsy Program

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology

Chairholder: Robert Zimmerman, MD

Chief, Division of Neuroradiology, MRI

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Chairholder: Pending

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Chairholder: John P. Dormans, MD

Chief, Division of Orthopaedics

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology

Chairholder: Steven D. Handler, MD

Associate Director of Otolaryngology

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology

Chairholder: James S. Meyer, MD

Associate Radiologist-in-chief

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Chairholder: Cindy Christian, MD

Director, Child Abuse Services; Co-director, Safe Place

Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing

Chairholder: Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD

Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Chairholder: Alan W. Flake, MD

Director, General Surgery Fellowship Program

Colman Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Chairholder: Robert N. Baldassano, MD

David Cornfeld Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

Chairholder: Richard Rutstein, MD

Medical Director, Special Immunology Service

Jean Cortner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology

Chairholder: Virginia A. Stallings, MD

Section Chief, Nutrition

Nicholas Crognale Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Chairholder: Kathy M. Shaw, MD

Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine

Giulio D'Angio Endowed Chair in Neuroblastoma Research

Chairholder: John Maris, MD

Chief, Division of Oncology

John J. Downes, MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Chairholder: William J. Greeley, MD, MBA

Anesthesiologist-in-chief

Mary Downs Endowed Chair in Pediatric Craniofacial Treatment and Research

Chairholder: Richard Kirschner, MD

Director, Craniofacial Program

John W. Duckett Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology

Chairholder: Pending

Audrey E. Evans Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

Chairholder: Garrett M. Brodeur, MD

Friends of Brian Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chairholder: Pending

William T. Grant Endowed Chair in Child Development and Rehabilitation

Chairholder: Marc Yudkoff, MD

Chief, Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation

Jane Fishman Grinberg Endowed Chair in Stem Cell Research

Chairholder: Mitch Weiss, MD, PhD

Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics

Chairholder: Christopher Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH

Director, Department of Medical Ethics

Robert and Dolores Harrington Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology

Chairholder: Jack Rychik, MD

Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair

Chairholder: Phyllis Dennery, MD

Chief, Division of Neonatology

Maurice R. Hilleman Endowed Chair in Vaccinology

Chairholder: Paul Offit, MD

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Joseph Lee Hollander Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology

Chairholder: Terri Finkel, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Rheumatology

John H. and Hortense Cassell Jensen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Development and Teaching

Chairholder: Stephen Ludwig, MD

Associate Physician-in-chief for Medical Education

Joshua Kahan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Leukemia

Chairholder: Pending

C. Everett Koop Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Chairholder: N. Scott Adzick, MD

Surgeon-in-chief

Laffey-Connolly Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology

Chairholder: Bernard S. Kaplan, MB, BCh

Chief, Division of Nephrology

Dr. Bong S. Lee Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics

Chairholder: Pending

Mabel E. Leslie Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology

Chairholder: Monte Mills, MD

Chief, Division of Ophthalmology

Grace R. Loeb Endowed Chair in Neurosciences

Chairholder: Gihan I. Tennekoon, MD

Chief, Division of Neurology

Robert Gerard Morse Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

Chairholder: Julian Allen, MD

Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Thomas Moshang Endowed Chair in Endocrinology

Chairholder: Pending

E. Mortimer Newlin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Human Communication

Chairholder: Ralph Wetmore, MD

Edmond F. Notebaert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research

Chairholder: Philip R. Johnson, MD

Chief Scientific Officer; Executive Vice President, Translational Medicine and Science; Director, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute

Yetta Deitch Novotny Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

Chairholder: Beverly J. Lange, MD

Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Services and Clinical Research 

Oberkircher Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology

Chairholder: Timothy Roberts, PhD

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Radiology

Patrick S. Pasquariello Jr. Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics

Chairholder: Louis M. Bell, MD

Chief, Division of General Pediatrics

Stanley Plotkin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases   

Chairholder: Jeffrey M. Bergelson, MD

William Potsic Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Childhood Communication

Chairholder: Pending

Peter Randall Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chairholder: Scott P. Bartlett, MD

Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Russell C. Raphaely Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine

Chairholder: Robert A. Berg, MD

Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine

William J. Rashkind Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology

Chairholder: Robert J. Levy, MD

Director, Pediatric Cardiology Research Laboratory

Regional Autism Center Endowed Chair

Chairholder: Robert T. Schultz, PhD

Director, Center for Autism Research

Mildred L. Roeckle Endowed Chair at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Chairholder: Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD

Chief Information Officer

Richard and Sheila Sanford Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

Chairholder: Michael D. Hogarty, MD

Hubert J.P. and Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-oncology

Chairholder: Peter C. Phillips, MD

Director, Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program

Elias Schwartz, MD, Endowed Chair in Hematology

Chairholder: Kim Smith-Whitley, MD

Letitia B. and Alice Scott Endowed Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology

Chairholder: Elaine H. Zackai, MD

Director, Clinical Genetics

William Wikoff Smith Endowed Chair in Pediatric Genomic Research

Chairholder: Vivian Cheung, MD, HHMI

Evelyn Rome Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology

Chairholder: Victoria L. Vetter, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiology

Daniel M. Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Chairholder: J. William Gaynor, MD

Josephine J. Templeton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology Clinical Education

Chairholder: Susan C. Nicolson, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Josephine J. and John M. Templeton Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Trauma

Chairholder: Michael L. Nance, MD, FAAP, FACS

Director, Pediatric Trauma Program

Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology

Chairholder: Robert E. Shaddy, MD

Charles E.H. Upham Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine

Chairholder: Beverly S. Emanuel, PhD

Chief, Division of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology     

William L. Van Alen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology

Chairholder: Diego Jaramillo, MD

Radiologist-in-chief

Frank R. Wallace Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases

Chairholder: Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology

Alice Langdon Warner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Chairholder: Thomas L. Spray, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Wawa Endowed Chair in International Adoption

Chairholder: Susan Friedman, MD

Frank E. Weise III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology

Chairholder: Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD

Mai and Harry F. West Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research

Chairholder: Tom Curran, PhD

Deputy Scientific Director

Evelyn and George Willing Endowed Chair in Pathology Research

Chairholder: Janis Burkhardt, PhD