Faculty by Research Specialization

Allergy

Ramsay Fuleihan, MD
Anne Marie Singh, MD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Mina Dulcan, MD
John Lavigne, PhD

Autoimmune diseases

Megan Curran, MD
Udeme Ekong, MD
Maria Greene, MD
Marisa Klein-Gitelman, MD
Maurice O’Gorman, PhD
Lauren Pachman, MD * Pachman laboratory

Autonomic nervous system

Lawrence Jennings, MD, PhD
Darius Loghmanee, MD
Debra Weese-Mayer, MD

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Biliary atresia

Peter Whitington, MD * Whitington laboratory

Brain injury

Maria Dizon, MD
Mark Wainwright, MD, PhD * Wainwright laboratory

Brain neoplasms

Kimberley Dilley, MD, MPH
Jason Fangusaro, MD
Stewart Goldman, MD
Veena Rajaram, MD
Marcelo Bento Soares, PhD * Soares laboratory
Tadanori Tomita, MD

Breast neoplasms

Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD * Hendrix laboratory

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Cancer markers

Pauline Chou, MD
Mary J.C.Hendrix, PhD * Hendrix laboratory
Amy Paller, MD
Elizabeth Perlman, MD * Perlman laboratory

Cardiology

Nina Gotteiner, MD
Cynthia Rigsby, MD
Tania Saroli, MD

Child abuse

Emalee Flaherty, MD

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Ben Katz, MD
Cynthia Mears, DO

Computer assisted instruction

Mark Adler, MD
Max Maizels, MD

Congenital heart disease

Carl Backer, MD
Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD * Kaushal laboratory
Tania Saroli, MD
Carmen Simion, MD
Luciana Young, MD

Craniofacial development

Sara Ahlgren, PhD * Ahlgren laboratory
Jacek Topczewski, PhD * Topczewski laboratory

Cystic fibrosis

Ann Harris, PhD * Harris laboratory
Susanna McColley, MD
Kimberly Watts, MD

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Data analysis

Deli Wang, MD, PhD * Biostatistics Research Core

Dermatitis

Sarah Chamlin, MD
Anthony Mancini, MD
Amy Paller, MD

Diabetes

Wendy Brickman, MD
Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD

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Electronic medical records

Michael Miller, MD

Emergency services

Mark Adler, MD
Walter Eppich, MD, MEd
Susan Fuchs, MD
Russ Horowitz, MD
Yiannis Kasogridakis, MD, MPH
Steven Krug, MD
Sally Reynolds, MD

Endoscopy

Katherine Barsness, MD
Bruce Lindgren, MD

Eosinophilic esophagitis

Amir Kagalwalla, MBBS
Barry Wershil, MD

Epilepsy

Sookyong Koh
Douglas Nordli, Jr., MD
Sigita Plioplys, PhD
Cynthia Stack, MD
Mark Wainwright, MD, PhD * Wainwright laboratory

Ethics

Joel Frader, MD
Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH
Elaine Morgan, MD

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Feeding disorders

Mark Fishbein, MD

Food allergy

Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH
Rajesh Kumar, MD
Jacqueline Pongracic, MD
Anne Marie Singh, MD
Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD * Wang laboratory

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Gene expression

Martha Bohn, PhD
Ann Harris, PhD * Harris laboratory
Laura Herzing, PhD * Herzing laboratory
Michael Klüppel, PhD * Klüppel laboratory
Jhumku Kohtz, PhD * Kohtz laboratory
Elizabeth Perlman, MD * Perlman laboratory
Marcelo Bento Soares, PhD * Soares laboratory

Genetic diseases

Brad Angle, MD
Barbara Burton, MD
Sarah Chamlin, MD
Joel Charrow, MD
Anthony Mancini, MD
Erin Rowell, MD

Germ cells

Christopher Payne, PhD * Payne laboratory

Growth disorders

Reema Habiby, MD
Donald Zimmerman, MD

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Health disparities

James Collins, Jr., MD, MPH
Rebecca Ford-Paz, PhD
Rajesh Kumar, MD

Health literacy

Mary Groll, MD

Health promotion

Adolfo Ariza, MD * Pediatric Practice Research Group (PPRG)
Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH * Center on Obesity Management and Prevention (COMP) * Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC)

Hearing loss

Tina Tan, MD
Nancy Young, MD

Heart disease

Barbara Deal, MD

Hemangiomas

Sarah Chamlin, MD
Anthony Mancini, MD
Annette Wagner, MD

Hematologic malignancies

Seth Corey, MD, MPH * Corey laboratory
John Crispino, PhD * Crispino laboratory
Nobuko Hijiya, MD
Katrin Leuer, PhD

Hemochromatosis

Peter Whitington, MD * Whitington laboratory

Herpes simplex virus

William Muller, MD, PhD

HIV

Ellen Chadwick, MD
Leon Epstein, MD
Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH
Maurice O’Gorman, PhD
Ram Yogev, MD

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Inflammatory bowel disease

Jeffrey Brown, MD
Xiao-Di Tan, MD

Intestinal diseases

Valeria Cohran, MD
Isabelle De Plaen, MD * De Plaen laboratory
Miguel Saps, MD
Jennifer Strople, MD
Xiao-Di Tan, MD

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Juvenile dermatomyositis

Lauren Pachman, MD * Pachman laboratory

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Kawasaki disease

Anne Rowley, MD
Stanford Shulman, MD

Kidney diseases

Ellen Brooks, PhD
Richard Cohn, MD
Craig Langman, MD
H. William Schnaper, MD * Schnaper laboratory

Knee injuries

Cynthia LaBella, MD

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Laryngeal abnormalities

Lauren Holinger, MD
James Schroeder, Jr., MD

Liver diseases

Estella Alonso, MD
Udeme Ekong, MD
Mark Fishbein, MD
Hector Melin-Aldana, MD
Lisa Sorensen, PhD
Riccardo Superina, MD
Peter Whitington, MD * Whitington laboratory

Lung diseases

Robert Liem, MD
Mary Nevin, MD
Adrienne Prestridge, MD
Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH

Lupus

Marisa Klein-Gitelman, MD

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Medical education

Mark Adler, MD
Megan Curran, MD
Walter Eppich, MD, MEd
Jennifer Trainor, MD

Melanoma

Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD * Hendrix laboratory

Membrane proteins

Conrad Epting, MD

Metabolic disorders

Barbara Burton, MD

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Necrotizing enterocolitis

Isabelle De Plaen, MD * De Plaen laboratory

Nerve block

Kenneth Langen, MD
Carmen Simion, MD
Jeffrey Steinfeldt, MD
Santhanam Suresh, MD
Polina Voronov, MD

Neural tube defects

Sara Ahlgren, PhD * Ahlgren laboratory
C. Shekhar Mayanil, PhD * Mayanil laboratory
Tadanori Tomita, MD

Neuroblastoma

Mary Beth Madonna, MD * Madonna laboratory

Neurocognitive development

Estella Alonso, MD
Leon Epstein, MD
Lisa Sorensen, PhD
Frank Zelko, PhD

Neurofibromatosis

Robert Listernick, MD
Janice Lasky Zeid, MD

Neurogenic bladder

Earl Cheng, MD * Cheng-Sharma laboratory
William Kaplan, MD
Arun Sharma, PhD * Sharma laboratory
Elizabeth Yerkes, MD

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Obesity

Helen Binns, MD, MPH * PPRG
Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH * COMP
Jami Josefson, MD
Kelly Lowry, PhD
Maryann Mason, PhD * Center for Community Partnerships and Health Promotion * Child Health Data Lab (CHDL)

Outcomes assessment

Estella Alonso, MD
Jenifer Cartland, PhD * Center for Community Partnerships and Health Promotion * CHDL
Raye-Ann deRegnier, MD
Denise Goodman, MD, MSc
John Lavigne, PhD
David Rothstein, MD

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Pain management

Dawn Belvis, MD
Patrick Birmingham, MD
Carmen Simion, MD
Lisa Sohn, MD
David Steinhorn, MD
Santhanam Suresh, MD
Polina Voronov, MD

Palliative care

Joel Frader, MD
Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH
David Steinhorn, MD

Pancreatitis

Anthony Chin, MD

Persistent fetal circulation syndrome

Kathryn Farrow, MD, PhD
Nicholas Porta, MD
Robin Steinhorn, MD

Premature birth

James Collins, Jr., MD, MPH
Isabelle De Plaen, MD * De Plaen laboratory
Raye-Ann deRegnier, MD
Karen Mestan, MD
Malika Shah, MD

Psoriasis

Amy Paller, MD

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Radiation protection

James Donaldson, MD

Reactive oxygen species

Paul Schumacker, PhD * Schumacker laboratory

Retinoblastoma

Nikia Laurie, PhD * Laurie laboratory
Marilyn Mets, MD
Marcelo Bento Soares, PhD * Soares laboratory

Rhabdomyosarcoma

David Walterhouse, MD

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Safety

Steven Krug, MD
Elizabeth Powell, MD
Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH
Robert Tanz, MD

Seizures

Leon Epstein, MD
Joshua Goldstein, MD
Sookyong Koh, MD, PhD * Koh laboratory
Douglas Nordli, Jr., MD
Sigita Plioplys, PhD
Mark Wainwright, MD, PhD * Wainwright laboratory

Septic shock

Ranna Rozenfeld, MD

Sickle cell anemia

Robert Liem, MD
Mary Nevin, MD
Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH

Sleep disorders

Darius Loghmanee, MD
Stephen Sheldon, DO

Sonic hedgehog

Sara Ahlgren, PhD * Ahlgren laboratory
Philip Iannaccone, MD, PhD * Iannaccone laboratory
Jhumku Kohtz, PhD * Kohtz laboratory
Marilyn Lamm, PhD
Joon Won Yoon, PhD

Spinal muscular atrophy

Christine DiDonato, PhD * DiDonato laboratory

Spine deformities

John Sarwark, MD
Jolanta Topczewska, PhD

Stem cells

Evan Anderson, MD
Sonali Chaudhury, MD
Valeria Cohran, MD
Reggie Duerst, MD
Vasil Galat, PhD * iPS and Human Stem Cell Core facility
Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD * Kaushal laboratory
Morris Kletzel, MD, MBA
Yong-Chao Ma, PhD * Ma laboratory
Christopher Payne, PhD * Payne laboratory
Jennifer Schneiderman, MD
Arun Sharma, PhD * Sharma laboratory
William Tse, MD, PhD

Streptococcal infections

Stanford Shulman, MD
Tina Tan, MD
Robert Tanz, MD

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Transplantation

Estella Alonso, MD
Evan Anderson, MD
Sonali Chaudhury, MD
Reggie Duerst, MD
Udeme Ekong, MD
Morris Kletzel, MD, MBA
Elfriede Pahl, MD
Maria Proytcheva, MD
Jennifer Schneiderman, MD
Lisa Sorensen, PhD
Tetsu Uejima, MD

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Urinary tract infections

Antonio Chaviano, MD
Earl Cheng, MD * Cheng-Sharma laboratory

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Wilms tumor

Elizabeth Perlman, MD * Perlman laboratory