CHOP Research Institute Leadership

• Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President
  Director, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
• Beverly L. Davidson, PhD Chief Scientific Strategy Officer
• Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE Assistant Vice President and Chief Clinical Research Officer
• Patrick FitzGerald Vice President, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Zev Sunleaf Vice President, Technology Transfer, Commercialization and Innovation
• Matthew Hodgson Assistant Vice President, Office of Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs

Centers of Emphasis

• Center for Applied Genomics
 Director: Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD
• Center for Autism Research
 Director: Robert Schultz, PhD
• Center for Childhood Cancer Research
 Director: Stephen P. Hunger, MD
• Center for Clinical Pharmacology Director: Athena F. Zuppa, MD, MSCE
• Center for Injury Research and Prevention
 Directors: Flaura Winston, MD, PhD, and Kristy Arbogast, PhD
• Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine
 Director: Douglas Wallace, PhD
• Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness
 Director: Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
• PolicyLab
 Director: David Rubin, MD, MSCE
• Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics
 Director: Beverly Davidson, PhD

Research Affinity Groups

• Developmental Biology Group Leaders: Judy Grinspan, PhD, and Stewart Anderson, MD
• DNA-Protein Interaction Group Leaders: Struan Grant, PhD, and Andrew Wells, PhD
• Fetal Biology and Therapy Group Leader: Alan Flake, MD
• Genes, Genomes, and Pediatric Disease Group Leaders: John Maris, MD, and Nancy Spinner, PhD
• Global Health Group Leaders: Elizabeth Lowenthal, MD, MSCE
• Health and Behavior Group Leaders: Stephen Leff, PhD, and Joel Fein, MD, MPH
• mHealth Group Leaders: Nadia Dowshen, MD, Linda Fleisher, PhD, and Lisa Schwartz, PhD
• Metabolism, Nutrition, and Physical Development Group Leader: Babette Zemel, PhD
• Mitochondria Group Leader: Marni Falk, MD
• Neuroscience Group Leader: Michael Robinson, PhD
• Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis Group Leader: Carolyn Felix, MD
• Proteins Group Leader: Yair Argon, PhD
• Protective Immunity and Immunopathology Group Leaders: Edward Behrens, MD, and Paula Oliver, PhD
• Spatial and Functional Genomics Group Leaders: Struan Grant, PhD, Andrew Wells, PhD, and Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD
• Stem Cells and Benign Hematopoiesis Group Leader: Mortimer Poncz, MD

Endowed Chairs

• Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Joseph W. St. Geme III, MD
• Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Douglas A. Canning, MD
• Frederick H. Allen Endowed Chair in Child Psychiatry Holder: Tami D. Benton, MD
• Mary D. Ames Endowed Chair in Child Advocacy Holder: David Rubin, MD, MSCE
• Richard M. Armstrong Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Holder: John M. Flynn, MD
• T. Hewson Bache Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Robert W. Doms, MD, PhD
• Lester Baker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diabetes Holder: Michael A. Levine, MD
• Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Diseases Holder: Douglas Wallace, PhD
• James Battaglia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pain Management Holder: Gordon Barr, PhD
• Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease Holder: David A. Piccoli, MD
• Patricia Borns Endowed Chair in Radiology Education Holder: Janet R. Reid, MD
• Irma and Norman Braman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders Holder: Robert O. Heuckeroth, MD, PhD
• Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Holder: Michael Bennett, PhD
• Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Pathology and Clinical Laboratories Holder: Nancy B. Spinner, PhD, FACMG  
• Catherine D. Brown Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy Holder: Dennis Dlugos, MD
• Buck Family Endowed Chair in Hematology Research Holder: Pending Appointment
• Mortimer J. Buckley Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery Holder: Thomas L. Spray, MD
• Daniel B. Burke Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research Holder: Struan Grant, PhD
• Louis and Amelia Canuso Family Endowed Chair for Clinical Research in Oncology Holder: Frank M. Balis, MD
• Henry S. Cecil, MD Endowed Chair in Rehabilitative Medicine at Children’s Seashore House Holder: Susan E. Levy, MD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Quality and Patient Safety Holder: Pending Appointment
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Biomedical Informatics and Entrepreneurial Science Holder: Mohamed A. Rehman, MD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Holder: Andrew T. Costarino, MD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine Holder: Vinay Nadkarni, MD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Fetal Imaging Holder: Beverly Gilbert Coleman, MD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Holder: Rodney Camire, PhD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology Holder: Robert Zimmerman, MD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Holder: Pending Appointment
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology Holder: Ken Kazahaya, MD
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Pediatric Airway Disorders Holder: Ian N. Jacobs, MD
• Alan R. Cohen Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Peter Adamson, MD
• Colman Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Holder: Robert N. Baldassano, MD
• Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Holder: Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, RN
• Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Holder: Alan W. Flake, MD
• Tristram C. Colket, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology Holder: Robert R. Clancy, MD
• David Cornfeld Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Richard Rutstein, MD
• Jean Cortner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology Holder: Virginia A. Stallings, MD
• Nicholas Crognale Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Holder: Kathy N. Shaw, MD
• Giulio D'Angio Endowed Chair in Neuroblastoma Research Holder: John Maris, MD
• Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Phillip Bryant, DO
• Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Susan Coffin, MD
• Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Ian Krantz, MD
• Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Gail Slap, MD
• John J. Downes, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Holder: C. Dean Kurth, MD
• Mary Downs Endowed Chair in Pediatric Craniofacial Treatment and Research Holder: Jesse A. Taylor, MD
• John W. Duckett, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Stephen A. Zderic, MD
• Audrey E. Evans Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Holder: Garrett M. Brodeur, MD
• Kenneth E. Fellows Endowed Chair in Radiology Quality and Patient Safety Holder: James S. Meyer, MD
• Mark Fishman Endowed Chair in Genomics and Computational Science Holder: Joseph Zorc, MD, MSCE
• Ann and Richard Frankel Chair in Gastroenterology Research Holder: Pending Appointment
• Friends of Brian Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Holder: Pending Appointment
• William T. Grant Endowed Chair in Child Development and Rehabilitation Holder: Marc Yudkoff, MD
• William J. Greeley Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Holder: Francis McGowan, MD
• Jane Fishman Grinberg Endowed Chair in Stem Cell Research Holder: Mortimer Poncz, MD
• Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics Holder: Christopher Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
• Robert and Dolores Harrington Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Jack Rychik, MD
• George Leib Harrison Endowed Chair in Fetal Therapy Holder: Mark Paul Johnson, MD
• Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair Holder: Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
• Maurice R. Hilleman Endowed Chair in Vaccinology Holder: Paul Offit, MD
• Joseph Lee Hollander Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology Holder: Edward Behrens, MD
• John Westgate Hope Endowed Chair in Radiology Faculty Development Holder: Kassa Darge, MD, PhD
• Justin Michael Ingerman Endowed Chair for Palliative Care Holder: Wynne Morrison, MD
• Orton P. Jackson Endowed Chair in Adolescent Medicine Holder: Carol Ford, MD
• John H. and Hortense Cassell Jensen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Development and Teaching Holder: Stephen Ludwig, MD
• Richard B. Johnston, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Ronald Rubenstein, MD, PhD
• Joshua Kahan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Leukemia Research Holder: Carolyn Felix, MD
• Jacob A. Kamens Endowed Chair in Neurological Disorders and Translational NeuroTherapeutics Holder: Adeline Vanderver, MD
• John M. Keating Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Pending Appointment
• C. Everett Koop Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Holder: N. Scott Adzick, MD
• Laffey-Connolly Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology Holder: Susan Furth, MD
• Harriet and Ronald Lassin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neonatology Holder: Scott Lorch, MD
• Anthony A. Latini Endowed Chair in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Holder: Cindy Christian, MD
• Dr. Bong S. Lee Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics Holder: Maurizio Pacifici, PhD
• Mabel E. Leslie Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology Holder: Monte D. Mills, MD
• Grace R. Loeb Endowed Chair in Neurosciences Holder: Brenda Banwell, MD
• Stephen Ludwig Endowed Chair in Medical Education Holder: Lisa Zaoutis, MD
• Suzi and Scott Lustgarten Endowed Chair for Clinical Care of GI Motility Disorders Holder: Ritu Verma, MBChB
• Thomas Frederick McNair Scott Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Eric Eichenwald, MD
• Arthur Vincent Meigs Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Beverly Davidson, PhD
• Minimally Invasive Surgery Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Pending Appointment
• Jeffrey Modell Endowed Chair in Pediatric Immunology Research Holder: Neil Romberg, MD
• Robert Gerard Morse Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Holder: Julian Allen, MD
• Thomas Moshang Endowed Chair in Endocrinology Holder: Craig Alter, MD
• E. Mortimer Newlin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Human Communication Holder: Ralph Wetmore, MD
• Edmond F. Notebaert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Holder: Bryan Wolf, MD, PhD
• Yetta Deitch Novotny Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Holder: Stephan Grupp, MD, PhD
• Oberkircher Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology Holder: Timothy Roberts, PhD
• Kwame Ohene-Frempong Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Holder: Stefano Rivella, MD
• Patrick S. Pasquariello Jr. Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics Holder: Louis M. Bell, MD
• R.A.F. Penrose Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Stewart A. Anderson, MD
• Jeffrey E. Perelman Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Stephen Hunger, MD
• Raymond G. Perelman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Holder: Grant T. Liu, MD
• R. Anderson Pew Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Carole Marcus, MD
• Stanley Plotkin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Holder: Jeffrey M. Bergelson, MD
• William Potsic Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Childhood Communication Holder: Pending Appointment
• Gerald D. Quill Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics Holder: Ron Keren, MD, MPH
• Peter Randall Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Holder: Scott P. Bartlett, MD
• Russell C. Raphaely Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine Holder: Robert A. Berg, MD
• William J. Rashkind Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Robert J.  Levy, MD
• Regional Autism Center Endowed Chair Holder: Robert T. Schultz, PhD
• Mildred L. Roeckle Endowed Chair at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Holder: Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD
• Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology Holder: Pending Appointment
• Richard and Sheila Sanford Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology Holder: Alex Seif, MD, MPH
• Louise Schnaufer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Holder: Holly L. Hedrick, MD
• Hubert J.P. and Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Holder: Peter C. Phillips, MD
• Elias Schwartz, MD Endowed Chair in Hematology Holder: Kim Smith-Whitley, MD
• Letitia B. and Alice Scott Endowed Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology Holder: Elaine H. Zackai, MD
• Richard Shafritz Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology Research in the Division of Ophthalmology Holder: Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE
• William Wikoff Smith Endowed Chair in Pediatric Genomic Research Holder: Pending Appointment
• Howard M. Snyder III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology Holder: Pending Appointment
• Louis Starr Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Pending Appointment
• Stuart E. Starr Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Holder: Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
• Leslie N. Sutton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery Holder: Phillip B. Storm Jr., MD
• Daniel M. Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Holder: J. William Gaynor, MD
• Evelyn Rome Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Victoria L. Vetter, MD
• Josephine J. Templeton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology Clinical Education Holder: Susan C. Nicolson, MD
• Josephine J. and John M. Templeton Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Trauma Holder: Michael L. Nance, MD, FAAP, FACS
• Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Holder: Robert E. Shaddy, MD
• Charles E.H. Upham Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine Holder: Beverly S. Emanuel, PhD
• William L. Van Alen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology Holder: Pending Appointment
• Frank R. Wallace Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases Holder: Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD
• Alice Langdon Warner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Holder: Pending Appointment
• Wawa Endowed Chair in International Adoption Holder: Susan Friedman, MD
• Frank E. Weise III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Holder: Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD
• Mai and Harry F. West Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Holder: Pending Appointment
• Alexander B. Wheeler Endowed Chair in Neurosurgical Research Holder: Adam Resnick, PhD
• Evelyn and George Willing Endowed Chair in Pathology Research Holder: Janis Burkhardt, PhD
• Nancy Abramson Wolfson Endowed Chair in Health Services Research Holder: Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD
• Richard D. Wood Jr. and Jeanette A. Wood Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diagnostic Medicine Holder: Pending Appointment

Administrative Units

• Clinical Research Support Office Jennifer Goldfarb, Director
  Michele Toms, Assistant Director
• Clinical and Translational Research Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE, Director
• Clinical Trials Financial Management Tiana Dingle, Interim Director
• Core Facilities Administration Lisa MacDowell, Administrative Director
• Faculty Development Virginia Stallings, MD, Director
  Mary Blitzer Field, PhD, Assistant Director
• Postdoctoral Affairs Wendy Williams, PhD, Director
  David Taylor, PhD, Assistant Director
• Research Communications Jennifer Long, Director
• Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Matthew Hodgson, Assistant Vice President
• Research Finance Steven Wiley, Director
  Luz Arrison, Assistant Director
  Bethann Kurek, Assistant Director
• Research Information Systems Michael Schultz, Director
• Research Resources Howard Eck, Director
• Research Safety Raymond Colliton, Director
  Denise Melvin, Assistant Director
• Responsible Research Training Wendy Williams, PhD, Director
  Jodi Leckrone, Assistant Director
• Sponsored Projects and Research Business Management Sara Dubberly, Director
  Brigid Czyszczin, Assistant Director
  Robert Denight, Assistant Director
• Technology Transfer, Commercialization and Innovation Zev Sunleaf, Director
  Camille Jolly-Tornetta, Assistant Director, Intellectual Property & Licensing

• Madeline Bell 

Chief Executive Officer
• Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD

 Chief Scientific Officer
 & Executive Vice President

  Director, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
• Jennifer Long

 Director, Research Communications
• Sharlene George

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• Rachel Ewing

 Medical/Science Writer
• Elyse Siravo Editorial Intern
• Angela Knott

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• Juliet Kilcoyne

 Creative Designer & Developer
• Melissa LaVigne

 Graphic Designer
• Alexis Arvanitides 

Graphic Designer
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• Michael Nelson Rizzo Contributing Photographer

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CHOP Research Institute’s department of Research Communications produced the 2016 Research Annual Report.