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Abdenur, Jose E – MD
Research focus: Dietary
treatments for newborns
with fatty acid oxidation
defects
Adler-Shohet, Felice C
– M.D.
Research focus:
Tuberculosis, bone
and joint infections,
and neonatal
infections
Aminian, Afshin – MD
Research focus: Spinal
deformities, teen
idiopathic scoliosis (AIS),
Hurler’s Syndrome
Anas, Nick G – MD Arrieta, Antonio C –
M.D.
Research focus:
Pediatric HIV, serious
and unusual
community-acquired
infections, nosocomial
infections.
Ashouri, Negar – M.D.
Research focus:
Bloodstream infections
and drug trials
Batra, Anjan S – MD
Research focus:
Arrhythmia,
cardiopulmonary exercise
Ben-Ezer, Dorit B – MD Boon, Sheryl J – MD
Buchbinder, David K –
M.D.
Research focus:
Hematopoietic cell
transplantation for non-
malignant disorders,
impact of late occurring
toxicities of hematopoietic
and malignant diseases.
Buzby, Jeff – PhD
Research focus:
Molecular & cellular
mechanisms that
regulate inflammation
and coagulation in
newborn infants
Cappon, James P – MD
Research focus: Patient
safety and quality
improvement
Chang, Mei – Ph.D.
Research focus:
Megakaryocytopoiesis
and thrombocytopoiesis
in immune
thrombocytopenia,
hematopoietic cytokines
and their effect on stem
cell development and
immune modulation
Chang, Richard C – MD Chang, Anthony C – MD
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2. Cherin, Anthony – MD
Research focus: Improving
critical care outcomes in
pediatric patients
Clark, Susan J – MD Cleary, John P – MD
Cooper, Dan M – MD
Research focus: Exercise
and physical activity
Daniels, Mark W – MD Dhar, Vijay – MD
Research focus:
Evaluating tracheal
aspirate leptin and
parathyroid hormone-
related protein levels in
predicting the
development of
bronchopulmonary
dysplasia
Ellis, Mark H – MD
Research focus: Allergic
rhinitis, sinusitis, urticaria,
and atopic dermatitis
Flannery, Timothy K –
MD
Research focus:
Growth disorders,
pituitary and
hyposthenic
disorders, and calcium
disorders
Forghan
i
Forghani, Nikta – M.D.
Fortier, Michelle A – Ph.D.
Research focus:
Management of pediatric
pain
Galant, Stanley P – MD
Research focus:
Asthma diagnosis and
treatment, asthma
education, and new
diagnostic and
therapeutic modalities
for pediatric asthma
Gates, Richard – MD
Gillman, Sherwin A – MD
Research focus: Allergic
rhinitis, sinusitis, urticaria,
and atopic dermatitis
Goodman, Gary – MD Grant, Kenneth E – MD
Research focus:
Noninvasive techniques
for diagnosing and
monitoring eosinophilic
esophagitis
Hawthorne, Heather – MD
Research focus:
Adolescent and Young
Adult Oncology
Hicks, David A – MD
Research focus: Cystic
fibrosis medications
and treatments
Horvath, Agnes – MD
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3. Hsieh, Loan B – MD
Research focus:
Hematology with an
emphasis in Factor XIII
deficiency, chronic
thrombocytopenia
Huszti, Heather C –
PhD
Huynh, Van T – MD
Idries, Shaheen I – MD
Research focus:
Erythromycin and
octreotide on
antroduodenal
manometry
Kabeer, Mustafa H –
MD
Research focus:
Autologous splenic
lymphoctye
reinfusion, Raman
spectroscopy, surgical
robotics, stem cells
Kain, Zeev – MD
Katz, Mitchell H – MD
Research focus:
Inflammatory bowel
disease and
gastroesophageal reflux,
Crohn’s disease
Kimonis, Virginia E –
MD
Research focus:
Prader Willi and
Morbid Obesity
syndromes,
craniosynostosis,
inherited muscle
disorders
Kirov, Ivan I – MD
Research focus:
Hodgkin’s and non-
Hodgkin’s lymphomas,
recurrent cancers, and
bone marrow
transplants
Knight
Knight, Jason M – MD Kukreja, Sudeep – MD Lang, David J – MD
Li, Calvin – PhD
Research focus:
Determining the optimal
therapeutic windows for
the targeted destruction
of cancer stem cells
Liao, Patricia P – MD
Research focus:
Genetic
predispositions to
critical illnesses
Loudon, William G –
MD, PhD
Research focus:
Molecular
characterization and
novel therapeutic
approaches for CNS
malignancy, cancer
stem cell biology, and
regenerative medicine
Muhonen, Michael G – MD
Research focus: Cerebral
palsy, complicated
hydrocephalus and
traumatic head injury
Naidu, Ajanta – MD,
MBA, FACE
Neudorf, Steven M –
MD
Research focus: Blood
and marrow
transplants, pediatric
leukemia
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4. Nickerson, Bruce G – MD
Research focus: New
therapies for cystic
fibrosis, noninvasive
measurement of gas
exchange, and treatment
of bronchopulmonary
dysplasia
Nieves, Delma – MD
Research focus:
Pertussis
Nugent, Diane J – MD
Research focus: Blood
disorders, bone marrow
failure, bleeding and
clotting disorders, and
white cell and immune
deficiencies
Puthenveetil, Geetha –
MD
Research focus: Sickle cell
disorders
Rebolledo, Michael A –
MD
Rosenfeld, Samuel R –
MD
Rubin, Elyssa – MD Schwartz, Phillip – PhD
Research focus: Stem
cells
Schwarz, Adam J – MD
Sender, Leonard S – MD
Research focus: Genomic
cancer research
Shen, Wei-Ping Violet –
MD
Research focus:
Children’s Oncology
Group (COG) studies,
Neuro-oncology
research
Singer, Melville I – MD
Singh, Jasjit – MD
Research focus: vaccine
trials, studies of new
antimicrobial and
antifungal agents
Soliman, Antoine – MD
Research focus:
Noninvasive
ventilitory strategies
in extremely low birth
weight infants and
quality improvement
for the care of
preterm infants
Soni, Amit – MD
Research focus:
Bleeding disorders,
teens with hemophilia
Torno, Lilibeth L – MD
Research focus: Cancer
survivorship and
educating cancer
survivors on the long-
term impact of their
cancers and treatments
Trinh, Lien N – MD Wang, Raymond Y – MD
Research focus:
Lysosomal storage
disorders
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