UC/CCHMC Faculty Mentors
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Anesthesiology

Temugin Berta, PhD
Assistant Professor

Steve Davidson, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jie Li, PhD
Associate Professor - Research

Wen-Rui Xie, PhD
Associate Professor

Jun-Ming Zhang, MD, MSc.
Professor
Biomedical Informatics

Kakajan Komurov, PhD
Assistant Professor

Mario Medvedovic, PhD
Professor

John Pestian, PhD, MBA
Professor
Cancer Biology

Tom Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor

Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska, MD, PhD
Professor

Jiajie Diao, PhD
Assistant Professor

Chunying Du, PhD
Associate Professor

Jun-lin Guan, PhD
Department Chair

Daniel Starczynowski, Ph.D.
Professor - Aff

Susan Waltz, PhD
Professor

Susanne Wells, PhD
Professor

Xiaoting Zhang, PhD
Professor
Dermatology

Zalfa Abdel-Malek, PhD
Professor

Raymond Boissy, PhD
Professor

Ana Luisa Kadekaro, PhD
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine

Opeolu Adeoye, MD
Vice Chair

Justin Benoit, MD, MS, FAEMS
Assistant Professor

Gregory Fermann, MD
Executive Vice Chair

Jeffery Hill, MD, MEd
Assistant Professor

Edmond Hooker, MD, DrPH
Assistant Professor

William Knight IV, MD
Associate Professor

Natalie Kreitzer, MD
Assistant Professor

Michael Lyons, MD
Associate Professor

Robbie Paulsen, MD
Associate Professor

George Shaw III, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Kyle Walsh, MD
Fellow
Environmental and Public Health Sciences

Amit Bhattacharya, PhD
Professor

Kelly Brunst, PhD
Assistant Professor

Katherine Burns, PhD
Assistant Professor

Kermit Davis, PhD
Professor

Ranjan Deka, PhD
Professor

Charles Doarn, MBA
Professor - Research

Mary Beth Genter, PhD
Professor

Shouxiong Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor

Roman Jandarov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Susan Kasper, PhD
Professor

KyoungHyun Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor

Scott Langevin, PhD, MHA, CT(ASCP)
Associate Professor

Jarek Meller, PhD
Professor

David Newburg, PhD
Professor

Liang Niu
Assistant Professor

Rachael Nolan, PhD, MPH, CPH
Assistant Professor

Susan Pinney, PhD
Professor

Marepalli Rao
Professor

Tiina Reponen, PhD
Professor

Glenn Talaska, PhD
Professor and Interim Chair

Pheruza Tarapore
Assistant Professor

Jun Wang, PhD, PE, CIH, CSP
Assistant Professor

Ying Xia, PHD
Professor

Changchun Xie, PhD
Professor

Jagjit Yadav, BS, MS, PhD
Professor

Xiang Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Family and Community Medicine

Saundra Regan, PhD
Asst Professor - Adj (FD)
Internal Medicine

Saad Ahmad, MD
Professor

Hassane Amlal, PhD
Associate Professor

Senu Apewokin, MD
Assistant Professor

Alejandro Aragaki-Nakahodo, MD
Asst Professor - Clin

Khurram Bari, MD
Assistant Professor

Richard Becker, MD
Professor

Jonathan Bernstein, MD
Professor

Jason Blackard, PhD
Professor

Vladimir Bogdanov, PhD
Professor

Michael Borchers, PhD
Associate Professor

Loren Brook, MD
Asst Professor - Clin
Robert Cohen, MD
Professor

Laura Conforti, PhD
Professor

Melanie Cushion, PhD
Senior Associate Dean

George Deepe, MD
Professor

Deeptankar DeMazumder, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Heather Duncan, PhD
Professor

Mark Eckman, MD, MS
Division Director

Carl Fichtenbaum, MD
Professor

Fred Finkelman, MD
Emeritus

Arjan Flora

Kevin Haworth, PhD
Associate Professor

Christy Holland, PhD
Professor

Moises A. Huaman, MD MSc
Asst Professor - Clin

Kristin Hudock, MD, MSTR
Asst Professor - Clin

Elyse Lower, MD
Professor

Rajat Madan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Dennis McGraw, MD
Associate Professor

Jennifer O'Toole, MD, MEd
Professor - Educator

Federico Palacio-Bedoya, MD
Asst Professor - Clin

Ralph Panos, MD
Professor

Shailendra Patel, PhD
Professor

Xiaoyang Qi, PhD
Research Director

M. Ali Rai, MD, PhD
Fellow

Ann Romaker, MD
Professor

Sakthivel Sadayappan, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor

Atsuo Sasaki, PhD
Associate Professor

Pier Paolo Scaglioni, MD
Division Director

Daniel Schauer, MD, MSc
Associate Professor

Silvi Shah, MD, MS, FASN, FACP
Assistant Professor

Wenhai Shao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD
Division Director

Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Michael Tranter, PhD
Assistant Professor

Juliane Vierecke
Asst Professor - Research Geo

Jason Winnick, PhD
Assistant Professor

Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Amoah Yeboah-Korang, MD, MPH
Asst Professor - Clin
Medical Education

Paul Wojciechowski, MD
Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology

James Bridges, PhD
Assistant Professor

Samantha Brugmann, PhD
Assistant Professor

Christina Gross, PhD
Assistant Professor

Rulang Jiang, PhD
Professor
Rhett Kovall, PhD
Professor

Ian Lewkowich
Assoc Professor - Aff

Xinhua Lin
Professor - Aff

Punam Malik, M.D.
Professor

Douglas Millay, PhD
Assistant Professor

William Miller, PhD
Professor & Grad Director

Satoshi Namekawa

Gary Shull, Ph.D.
Professor

Peter Stambrook, PhD
Professor

Richard Thompson, PhD
Professor
Tom Thompson, PhD
Professor

Bruce Trapnell, MD
Professor

Sing Sing Way, MD, PhD
Professor

Matthew Weirauch, PhD
Associate Professor

Alison Weiss, PhD
Professor
Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine

Oluwole Awosika, MD
Assistant Professor

Joseph Broderick, MD
Professor

Stacie Demel, DO, PhD
Assistant Professor

Alberto Espay, MD, MSc
Professor

Matthew Flaherty, MD
Professor

Brandon Foreman, MD, FACNS FNCS
Associate Professor

Lawrence Goldstick, MD
Associate Professor

Pooja Khatri, MD, MSc
Professor

Hani Kushlaf, MD
Associate Professor

Brian Moseley, MD
Assistant Professor

Michael Privitera, MD
Professor

Russell Sawyer, MD
Assistant Professor

Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD, FRCP
Associate Director

Rhonna Shatz, DO
Associate Professor

Daniel Woo, MD
Professor
Neurosurgery

Matthew Garrett, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Matthew Garrett, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jed Hartings, PhD
Associate Professor

Jed Hartings, PhD
Associate Professor

Jennifer McGuire, PhD
Instructor - Research

Jennifer McGuire, PhD
Instructor - Research

Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Mario Zuccarello, MD
Professor

Mario Zuccarello, MD
Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Emily DeFranco, DO
Professor

Priya Gursahaney, MD, MS, FACOG
Assistant Professor

Emily Hurley, MD
Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Kelly, MD
Associate Professor

Kara Markham, MD
Associate Professor
David McKinney, MD
Asst Professor - Clin

Meredith Pensak, MD
Assistant Professor

Rocco Rossi, MD
Assistant Professor

Sammy Tabbah, MD
Assoc Professor - Clin

Carri Warshak, MD
Assoc Professor - Clin
Ophthalmology

Winston Whei Yang Kao, PhD
Professor

Richard Lang, PhD
Professor

Yong Yuan, PhD
Researcher
Orthopaedic Surgery

Jason Shearn
Assoc Professor
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Siddarth Khosla, MD
Professor - Clin
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Caroline Alquist, MD, PhD, D(ABHI)
Director

David Askew, PhD
Professor

Kevin Bove, MD
Professor

Kelsey Dillehay McKillip, PhD
Assistant Professor

David Hui, PhD
Professor

Onur Kanisicak, PhD
Assistant Professor

Paul Lee, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Min Liu, PhD
Professor

David Oh, MD
Professor

Shobha Parajuli, MD
Assistant Professor

Jennifer Picarsic, MD
Associate Professor

Sarangarajan Ranganathan, MD
Director

Patrick Tso, PhD
Professor

Jiang Wang, MD, PhD
Professor

Yigang Wang, MD, PhD
Professor

Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics

Artem Barski
Assoc Professor - Aff

Donald Gilbert, MD
Professor

Tracy Glauser, MD
Professor

David Hildeman, PhD
Associate Professor

Taosheng Huang

Sean Moore
Assoc Professor - Adj Aff

Ahna Pai
Professor - Aff

Joshua Waxman, PhD
Associate Professor

Margaret Zeller
Professor - Aff
Pharmacology and Systems Physiology

Gary Gudelsky, PhD
Professor (F2)

James Herman, PhD
Professor and Chair

Steven Kleene, PhD
Professor

Bryan Mackenzie, PhD
Associate Professor

Diego Perez-Tilve
Assistant Professor

Teresa Reyes, PhD
Associate Professor

Renu Sah, PhD
Associate Professor

Jo El Schultz, PhD
Associate Professor

Yvonne Ulrich-Lai, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Cal Adler, MD
Professor

Melissa DelBello, MD, MS
Professor and Chair

Robert McNamara, PhD
Professor

LaTrice Montgomery, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Joel Sprunger, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology

Emily Daugherty, MD
Assistant Professor
Jordan Kharofa, MD
Assistant Professor

Teresa Meier, MD
Assistant Professor

Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Ralph Vatner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Radiology

Kim Cecil, PhD
Professor - Research Aff

Thomas Tomsick, MD, FACR
Professor - Adj COM
Surgery

Ambikaipakan Balasubramaniam, PhD
Professor Emeritus

Charles Caldwell, PhD
Division Director

Michael Goodman, MD
Associate Professor

Erich Gulbins, MD, PhD
Professor

Michael Helmrath, MD
Professor

Todd Jenkins, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor

Amy Makley, MD
Associate Professor

Timothy Pritts, MD, PhD
Director

Greg Tiao, MD
Director
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