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The Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics (DBHi), led by Chair Bryan Wolf, MD, PhD, consists of more than 125 faculty and staff members spanning all areas of health informatics who are shaping the future of pediatric health.
Building upon Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s legacy as one of the preeminent pediatric research institutions in the world, Bryan Wolf, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, oversees implementation of an ambitious, faculty-led strategic plan to make the most of the Research Institute’s unique resources, infrastructure, intellect, and talent to conduct transformational research initiatives with the highest scientific integrity from bench to bedside.
Colleen Gaynor
Outreach Specialist
gaynorc@chop.edu
Juan Giarrizzo, PhD
Project Manager
giarrizzoj@chop.edu
Hannah Bocchinfuso
Resource Coordinator
lazarush@chop.edu
Kelli Moore-Wynn
Senior Resource Coordinator
moorewynnk@chop.edu
Mark Porter
Senior Director, DBHi Operations
porterm1@chop.edu
Tom Outland
Office Coordinator
outlandte@chop.edu
Julia Smallen
Financial Manager
smallenj@chop.edu
Donna Vito
Outreach Manager
vitod@chop.edu
Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics
wolfb@chop.edu
Laura Almasy, PhD
Professor of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine
almasyl@chop.edu
Richard Aplenc MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
aplenc@chop.edu
Charles Bailey, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
baileyc@chop.edu
Mary Regina Boland, PhD
Assistant Professor of Informatics
bolandm@mail.med.upenn.edu
Christopher Bonafide, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
bonafide@chop.edu
Sansanee Craig, MD
Clinical Instructor, Digital Health Equity
Craigs4@chop.edu
Bimal Desai, MD, MBI
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
desai@chop.edu
Sharon Diskin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
diskin@chop.edu
Daria Ferro, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
ferrod@chop.edu
Alexander Fiks, MDs
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
fiks@chop.edu
Christopher Forrest, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics
forrestc@chop.edu
Michael Francavilla, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiology
francavillam@chop.edu
Jorge A. Galvez, MD, MBI
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
galvezj@chop.edu
Robert Grundmeier, MD
Director, Clinical Informatics
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
grundmeier@chop.edu
Whitney Guthrie, PhD
Scientist/Co-Director, Data and Statistical Core
Center for Autism Research
guthriew@chop.edu
Ingo Helbig, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
helbigi@chop.edu
John Holmes, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
jhholmes@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
jenssenb@chop.edu
Stephan Kadauke, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
kadaukes@chop.edu
Brooke Luo, MD
Clinical Instructor, Health IT Patient Safety
luobt@chop.edu
Eli Lourie, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
lourie@chop.edu
Anthony Luberti, MD
Medical Director, Informatics Education
luberti@chop.edu
Aaron Masino, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
masinoa@chop.edu
Stephen Master, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
masters@chop.edu
Jeremy Michel, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
michelj@chop.edu
Jason Moore, PhD
Director, Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics
jhmoore@upenn.edu
Naveen Muthu, MD
Instructor, Clinical Informatics
muthun@chop.edu
Amrom Obstfeld, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
obstfelda@chop.edu
Michael Padula, MD, MBI
Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics
padula@chop.edu
Julia Parish-Morris, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Psychology
parishmorrisj@chop.edu
Liming Pei, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
peil@chop.edu
Charles Phillips, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor, Oncology
phillipsc2@chop.edu
Stephon Proctor, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
proctors@chop.edu
Irit Rasooly, MD MSCE
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics
rasoolyi@chop.edu
Adam Resnick, PhD
Researcher, Neurosurgery
resnick@chop.edu
Eric Schmitt, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiology
James.Schmitt@uphs.upenn.edu
Robert Schultz, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry
schultzrt@chop.edu
Eric Shelov, MD, MBI
Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer
shelov@chop.edu
Allan Simpao, MD, MBI
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
simpaoa@chop.edu
Susan Sotardi, MD
Instructor, Radiology
sotardis@chop.edu
Kai Tan, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics
tank1@chop.edu
Deanne Taylor, PhD
Director, Bioinformatics
taylordm@chop.edu
Fuchiang (Rich) Tsui, PhD
Associate Professor
tsuif@chop.edu
Levon Utidjian, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
utidjianl@chop.edu
Kai Wang, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
wangk@chop.edu
James Weimer, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
weimerj@seas.upenn.edu
Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics
wolfb@chop.edu
Yi Xing, PhD
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
xingyi@chop.edu
Joseph Zorc, MD, MSCE
Professor, Pediatrics
zorc@chop.edu
Jonathan Beus, MD
Clinical Informatics Fellow
beusj@chop.edu
Ian Campbell, MD, PhD
Clinical Informatics Fellow
campbellim@chop.edu
Leah Carr, MD
Clinical Informatics Fellow
carrlh@chop.edu
Joseph Dybas
Postdoctoral Fellow
dybasj@chop.edu
Jason Grey Faulkenberry, MD
Clinical Informatics Fellow
faulkenbej@chop.edu
Peng Gao, PhD
Research Postdoctoral Fellow
gaop@chop.edu
(Jimmy) Mansuck Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
kimm16@chop.edu
Zalman Vaksman, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
vaksmanz@chop.edu
Wenbao Yu, PhD
Research Postdoctoral Fellow
yuw1@chop.edu
Juanjuan Zhao, PhD
Research Postdoctoral Fellow
zhaoJ3@chop.edu
Marc Tobias, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
tobiasm@chop.edu
Evan Orenstein, MD
Assistant Professor, Emory University
Lara Lechtenberg, MPH
REDCap Application Owner
lechtenbel@chop.edu
Mitchell Maltenfort
Biostatistician
maltenform@chop.edu
Ramki Rajagopalan
Bioinformatics Scientist
rajagopalanr@chop.edu
Jo Lynne Rokita, PhD
Research Scientist
rokita@chop.edu
Larry Singh, PhD
Research Scientist
singhln@chop.edu
Jack Wasey, MD
Attending Anesthesiologist
waseyj@chop.edu