Facts & Figures

Who's Who

Who's Who

CHOP Research Institute Leadership

  • Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD
    
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President
    Director, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
  • Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE
    
Director, Office of Clinical and Translational Research
  • Mary Tomlinson
    
Deputy Administrative Director

    Senior Vice President, Research Administration

Centers of Emphasis

Research Affinity Groups

Endowed Chairs

  • Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

    Joseph W. St. Geme III, MD
  • Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology

    Douglas A. Canning, MD
  • Frederick H. Allen Chair in Child Psychiatry

    Tami D. Benton, MD
  • Gisela and Dennis Alter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neonatology

    Haralambos Ischiropoulos, PhD
  • David Lawrence Altschuler Endowed Chair in Genomics and Computational Biology

    Joseph Zorc, MD
  • Mary D. Ames Endowed Chair in Child Advocacy

    David Rubin, MD, MSCE
  • Richard M. Armstrong Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

    John P. Dormans, MD
  • T. Hewson Bache Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

    Robert W. Doms, MD, PhD
  • Lester Baker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diabetes

    Michael A. Levine, MD
  • Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Diseases

    Douglas Wallace, PhD
  • James Battaglia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pain Management

    Gordon Barr, PhD
  • Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease

    David A. Piccoli, MD
  • Patricia Borns Endowed Chair in Radiology Education

    Janet R. Reid, MD
  • Irma and Norman Braman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders

    Robert O. Heuckeroth, MD, PhD
  • Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Clinical Laboratories and Pathology

    Michael Bennett, PhD
  • Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Pathology and Clinical Laboratories

    Nancy B. Spinner, PhD
  • Catherine D. Brown Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy

    Dennis Dlugos, MD
  • Buck Family Endowed Chair in Hematology Research

    Monica Bessler, MD, PhD
  • Daniel B. Burke Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research

    Struan F.A. Grant, PhD
  • Louis and Amelia Canuso Family Endowed Chair for Clinical Research in Oncology

    Frank M. Balis, MD
  • Henry S. Cecil, MD, Endowed Chair in Rehabilitative Medicine at Children’s Seashore House

    Susan E. Levy, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine

    Vinay Nadkarni, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology

    Francis McGowan, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Pending Appointment
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology

    Rodney Camire, PhD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology

    Robert R. Clancy, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology

    Robert Zimmerman, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

    Pending Appointment
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology

    Ken Kazahaya, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Pediatric Airway Disorders

    Ian N. Jacobs, MD
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

    Cindy Christian, MD
  • Alan R. Cohen Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics

    Peter Adamson, MD
  • Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

    Alan W. Flake, MD
  • Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing

    Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, RN
  • Colman Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Robert N. Baldassano, MD
  • David Cornfeld Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

    Richard Rutstein, MD
  • Jean Cortner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology

    Virginia A. Stallings, MD
  • Nicholas Crognale Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

    Kathy M. Shaw, MD
  • Giulio D’Angio Endowed Chair in Neuroblastoma Research

    John Maris, MD
  • Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics

    Carole Marcus, MBBCh
  • Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics

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

    William J. Greeley, MD, MBA
  • Mary Downs Endowed Chair in Pediatric Craniofacial Treatment and Research

    Pending Appointment
  • John W. Duckett Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology

    Stephen A. Zderic, MD
  • Audrey E. Evans Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

    Garrett M. Brodeur, MD
  • Kenneth E. Fellows Endowed Chair in Radiology Quality and Patient Safety

    James S. Meyer, MD
  • Kwame Ohene-Frempong Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology

    Pending Appointment
  • Friends of Brian Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    Pending Appointment
  • William T. Grant Endowed Chair in Child Development and Rehabilitation, University/CHOP Chair

    Marc Yudkoff, MD
  • Jane Fishman Grinberg Endowed Chair in Stem Cell Research
    
Mortimer Poncz, MD
  • Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics

    Christopher Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
  • Robert and Dolores Harrington Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
    
Jack Rychik, MD
  • George Leib Harrison Endowed Chair in Fetal Therapy

    Mark Paul Johnson, MD
  • Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair

    Phyllis Dennery, MD
  • Maurice R. Hilleman Endowed Chair in Vaccinology

    Paul Offit, MD
  • Joseph Lee Hollander Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology

    Pending Appointment
  • John Westgate Hope Endowed Chair in Radiology Faculty Development

    Kassa Darge, MD, PhD
  • Justin Michael Ingerman Endowed Chair for Palliative Care

    Tamy Kang, MD, MSCE
  • Orton P. Jackson Endowed Chair in Adolescent Medicine
    Carol Ford, MD
  • John H. and Hortense Cassell Jensen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Development and Teaching

    Stephen Ludwig, MD
  • Richard B. Johnston Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

    Ronald Rubenstein, MD, PhD
  • Joshua Kahan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Leukemia Research

    Carolyn Felix, MD
  • C. Everett Koop Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

    N. Scott Adzick, MD
  • Laffey-Connolly Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology
    Susan Furth, MD
  • Harriet and Ronald Lassin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neonatology

    Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE
  • Dr. Bong S. Lee Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics

    Maurizio Pacifici, PhD
  • Mabel E. Leslie Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology

    Monte Mills, MD
  • Grace R. Loeb Endowed Chair in Neurosciences

    Brenda Banwell, MD
  • Stephen Ludwig Endowed Chair in Medical Education

    Lisa Zaoutis, MD
  • Suzi and Scott Lustgarten Endowed Chair for Clinical Care of GI Motility Disorders

    Ritu Verma, MBChB
  • Arthur Vincent Meigs President’s Scholars Endowed Chair

    Beverly Davidson, PhD
  • Robert Gerard Morse Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

    Julian Allen, MD
  • Thomas Moshang Endowed Chair in Endocrinology

    Craig Alter, MD
  • E. Mortimer Newlin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Human Communication

    Ralph Wetmore, MD
  • Edmond F. Notebaert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research

    Pending Appointment
  • Yetta Deitch Novotny Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

    Stephan Grupp, MD, PhD
  • Oberkircher Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology

    Timothy Roberts, PhD
  • Patrick S. Pasquariello Jr. Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics

    Louis M. Bell, MD
  • R.A.F. Penrose Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

    Stewart A. Anderson, MD
  • Stanley Plotkin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    Jeffrey M. Bergelson, MD
  • William Potsic Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Childhood Communication

    Pending Appointment
  • Peter Randall Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    Scott P. Bartlett, MD
  • Russell C. Raphaely Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine

    Robert A. Berg, MD
  • William J. Rashkind Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology

    Robert J. Levy, MD
  • Regional Autism Center Endowed Chair in Autism Research

    Robert T. Schultz, PhD
  • Mildred L. Roeckle Endowed Chair at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

    Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD
  • Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Endowed Chair in Neuropathology
    Pending Appointment
  • Richard and Sheila Sanford Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

    Angela J. Waanders, MD, MPH
  • Louise Schnaufer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

    Holly L. Hedrick, MD
  • Hubert J.P. and Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-oncology

    Peter C. Phillips, MD
  • Elias Schwartz, MD, Endowed Chair in Hematology

    Kim Smith-Whitley, MD
  • Letitia B. and Alice Scott Endowed Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology

    Elaine H. Zackai, MD
  • Thomas Frederick McNair Scott Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

    Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
  • William Wikoff Smith Endowed Chair in Pediatric Genomic Research

    Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD
  • Howard M. Snyder III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology

    Pending Appointment
  • Stuart E. Starr Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

    Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
  • Leslie N. Sutton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery

    Phillip B. Storm Jr., MD
  • Daniel M. Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

    J. William Gaynor, MD
  • Evelyn Rome Tabas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology

    Victoria L. Vetter, MD
  • Josephine J. and John M. Templeton Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Trauma

    Michael L. Nance, MD
  • Josephine J. Templeton Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology Clinical Education

    Susan C. Nicolson, MD
  • Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
    Robert E. Shaddy, MD
  • Charles E.H. Upham Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine, University/CHOP Chair

    Beverly S. Emanuel, PhD
  • William L. Van Alen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology

    Diego Jaramillo, MD
  • Frank R. Wallace Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases

    Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD
  • Alice Langdon Warner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Thomas L. Spray, MD
  • Wawa Endowed Chair in International Adoption

    Susan Friedman, MD
  • Frank E. Weise III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology

    Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD
  • Mai and Harry F. West Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research

    Pending Appointment
  • Alexander B. Wheeler Endowed Chair in Neurosurgical Research

    Adam Resnick, PhD
  • Evelyn and George Willing Endowed Chair in Pathology Research

    Janis Burkhardt, PhD
  • Nancy Abramson Wolfson Endowed Chair in Health Services Research
    Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD
  • Richard D. Wood Jr. and Jeanette A. Wood Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diagnostic Medicine

    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
    Mitch Appleson, 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, Director
  • Research Finance
    Steven Wiley, Director
    Luz Arrison, Assistant Director
    Bethann Kurek, Assistant Director
  • Research Human Resources
    Leon Jones, Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
  • Research Information Systems
    Andrew Farella, Acting 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
  • Supply Chain
    Kimberly Gossin, Manager
  • Technology Transfer
    Andrew Hardy, Interim Co-Director
    Stephanie Laste, Interim Co-Director

Credits

Credits
  • Madeline Bell

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

    Chief Scientific Officer
 & Executive Vice President
    Director, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
  • Mary Tomlinson

    Deputy Administrative Director

    Vice President, Research Administration
  • Jennifer Long

    Director, Research Communications
  • Sharlene George

    Senior Medical/Science Writer
  • Rachel Ewing

    Medical/Science Writer
  • Mackenzie Harris
    Editorial Intern
  • Angela Knott

    Art Director
  • Juliet Kilcoyne

    Creative Designer & Developer
  • Melissa LaVigne

    Graphic Designer
  • Alexis Arvanitides

    Freelance Graphic Designer
  • Michael Nelson Rizzo

    Video Producer and Contributing Photographer
  • Robert Neroni

    Principal Photographer
Inspiration