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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), Hurlers 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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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

Forghani

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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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, Crohns disease

Kimonis, Virginia E MD

Research focus: Prader Willi and Morbid Obesity syndromes, craniosynostosis, inherited muscle disorders

Kirov, Ivan I MD

Research focus: Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins 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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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: Childrens 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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Williams, Shirley PhD Younes, Bassam S MD

Research focus: Crohns disease, inflammatory bowl disease, anti-Interleukin 5 therapy for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis

Yuengsrigul, Anchalee MD

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