About the Institute : Investigators and Members
Investigators and Members
Joshua M. Hare, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine, Molecular and Pharmacology, and
Biomedical Engineering
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
Evangelos V. Badiavas, M.D., Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery
Chunming Dong, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Cell Biology and Anatomy, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
James M. Grichnik, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
Director, Melanoma Program
Alan W. Heldman, M.D., F.S.C.A.I.
Professor of Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Vice Chief, Cardiovascular Division
Ray E. Hershberger, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Division
Director of Advanced Heart Failure
Tan Ince, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Michael Kapiloff, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Signal Transduction and Cellular Biology Laboratory
Krishna Komanduri, M.D.
Director, Sylvester Stem Cell Transplantation Program
Associate Director, Translational Research
Miami Transplant Institute
Ian K. McNiece, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Experimental and Clinical Cell Based Therapies Program
Claudia Rodrigues, M.S., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Ivonne H. Schulman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
David Min Suk Seo, M.D.
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Co-Medical Director of Clinical Informatics
Director of the Genomic Medicine Registry
Members
Wayne E. Balkan, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Medicine
Cara Benjamin, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Nanette H. Bishopric, M.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, University of Miami / Florida Heart Research Institute Cardiovascular Genomics Laboratory
Norman L. Block, M.D.
Professor of Urology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
Mary Bartlett Bunge, Ph.D.
Christine E. Lynn Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience
Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy, Neurological Surgery and Neurology
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Herman S. Cheung, Ph.D.
James L. Knight Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Senior VA Research Career Scientist
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Orthopedic Surgery
Jose Santos Da Silva
Associate Scientist
Walter H. Coulter Center for Translational Research
W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., III
Scientific Director, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery
Senior Associate Dean for Discovery of Science
Professor, Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Gianluca D’Ippolito, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
GRECC Investigator, University of Miami Tissue Bank
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Shahnaz Duara, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Robin N. Fiore, PhD
Associate Professor (pending)
Ethics Program
Joel E. Fishman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology
Medical Director, UM Miller School of Medicine
Chief, Section of Thoracic Radiology
Eli Gilboa, Ph.D.
Dodson Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Dodson Interdisciplinary Immunotherapy Institute
Co-leader, Tumor Immunology Research Program
UM/Sylvester Cancer Center
Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., F.A.C.M.I.
Bioethics Program Director
Co-Director Ethics Programs
Qinghua Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
Rosemeire M. Kanashiro-Takeuchi, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Lee D. Kaplan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics
Chief of UHealth Sports Medicine Division
Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D.
Martin Kleiman Professor of Surgery, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes Research Institute
Executive Director, Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research
Gary I. Kleiner, M.D.,Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery
Duanxiang Li, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
Zhao-Jun Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Paula V. Monje, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Dominique L. Musselman, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor
Director, Adult Consultation-Liaison Service
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Seigo Nishida, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Office of Ombudsperson
Nadine Norton, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
Pradip M. Pattany, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Chief, Section of MR Physics
Damian D. Pearse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Andrew V. Schally, Ph.D., MDhc (Multi), D.Sc
Distinguished Medical Research Scientist
Head of The Endocrine, Polypeptide and Cancer Institute, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Distinguished Leonard M. Miller Professor of Pathology & Professor of Hematology, Oncology
Recipient of The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977
Paul Schiller, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director, Stem Cell Research Program
GRECC Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Lina A. Shehadeh, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cell Pharmacology
Xiaohua Song, M.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
H. Thomas Temple, M.D.
Professor, Orthopaedics and Pathology
Vice Chair and Chief, Oncology Division
Director, University of Miami Tissue Bank
Andreas G. Tzakis, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Director, Liver/GI and Transplant Program
Diabetes Research Institute
Roberto Vazquez-Padron, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Transplantation Research Laboratory
Omaida C. Velazquez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Keith A. Webster, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Eric Wieder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dileep R. Yavagal, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Director of Interventional Neurology
Co-Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery
Karen C. Young, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Juan P. Zambrano, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Shoukang Zhu, M.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division