Information for TOP Members

TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (TOP)
revised 04/19/06

FACULTY MEMBERS:

Jef D. Boeke, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Co-Chair
Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics
 
Jeffrey D. Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Chair
Professor, Neurology and Neurosciences

Theodore Abraham, M.D.
Visiting Associate Professor, Cardiology

Robert Allen, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
Whiting School of Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Katrin Andreasson, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurosciences

Aravind Arepally, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Radiology & Surgery

Ergin Atalar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Radiology

Thomas Aversano, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine

Joel Bader, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Thomas J. Beck, Sc.D.
Associate Professor, Radiology

Ashley Behrens, M.D.
Research Associate
The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Cornea Service

Ronald Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Cardiology
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Paul A. Bottomley, Ph.D.
Professor, Radiology

G. Steven Bova, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology

Henry Brem, M.D.
Professor and Director, Neurosurgery

Jeffrey Brinker, M.D.
Professor, Cardiology
Professor, Radiology

Patricia M.C. Brown, J.D.
President, Johns Hopkins HealthCare, L.L.C.

Jeff W. M. Bulte, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Radiology, MR Research

Fred Bunz, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology-Radiological Sciences

James N. Campbell, M.D.
Professor, Neurosurgery

Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine; Director, McKusick/Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine

Subroto B. Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Professor, Pediatrics

Roy Chuck, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Curt I. Civin, M.D.
Professor, Oncology

Richard E. Clatterbuck, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

Philip A. Cole, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences

Katherine Conant, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Robert J. Cotter, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences

Ted M. Dawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology

Valina Dawson, M.D.
Professor, Neurology

Barbara J. deLateur, M.D., M.S.
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Associate Investigator, Molecular Biology & Genetics (HHMI)
Director, Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences
Director, Program in Immunology, Institute for Cell Engineering

John F. Dicello, Ph.D.
Professor, Radiation Oncology
Professor, Oncology
Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences / JHU School of Medicine
Joint Appointment in Environmental Health Sciences / Bloomberg School of Public Health

Timm Dickfeld, M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Hal Dietz, M.D.
Victor A. McKusick Professor of Medicine and Genetics
Institute of Genetic Medicine
Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Molecular Biology & Genetics

Peter Donovan, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Co-Director, Stem Cell Biology Program, Institute for Cell Engineering

Linda Dunbar, Ph.D. 
Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing
Vice President of Care Management
Johns Hopkins HealthCare

Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Andrew P. Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H. 
Professor, Medicine, Oncology, and Molecular Biology and Genetics

Julie Freischlag, M.D.
Chair, Department of Surgery
William Stewart Halsted Professor

Joe G. N. Garcia, M.D.
Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine
Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

John D. Gearhart, Ph.D.
Professor, Gynecology-Obstetrics

Rebecca Z. German, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehab

Ziya L. Gokaslan, M.D.
Professor, Neurosurgery

Harry R. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Biomedical Engineering

David Gracias, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

David L. Guyton, M.D.
Professor, Ophthalmology

Rolf Halden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

Henry R. Halperin, M.D., M.A.P., F.A.H.A.
Professor, Medicine, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering

Abdel A. Hamad, DVM, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology

Justin Hanes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Departments

John W. Harmon, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor, Surgery

Norman J. Haughey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology

David B. Hellmann, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Mary Betty Stevens Professor of Medicine
Chairman, Department of Medicine

Glenn Hirsch, M.D.
Instructor, Cardiology

Ahmet Hoke, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC
Associate Professor, Neurology and Neuroscience
Director, Neuromuscular Division

Ru Chih Huang, Ph.D.
Professor, Biology

Robert E. Jensen
Professor, Cell Biology

David Johns, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

Anthony N. Kalloo, M.D.
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associate Professor, Gastroenterology

Parag V. Karmarkar, M.S.
Research Associate, Radiology/MRI Research

Louis Kavoussi, M.D.
Vice Chairman, Urology

Matthew Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Harpal Singh Khanuja, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

John P. Kostuik, M.D.

Frank Kuhajda, M.D.
Professor, Pathology, Oncology, and Biological Chemistry

Peter Kwiterovich, Jr., M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics

Albert Lardo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Kam W. Leong, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and
            Orthopaedic Surgery

Ronald Lesser, M.D.
Professor, Neurology

Andre Levchenko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Min Li, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience

Xuhang Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology

Donlin M. Long, M.D.
Professor, Neurosurgery

Charles J. Lowenstein, M.D.
Professor, Cardiology

Igal Madar, Ph.D. 
Research Associate, Radiology

Mahadevappa Mahesh, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology, JHU
Chief Physicist, JHH

Eduardo Marbán, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Cardiology

Richard Markham, M.D.
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Andrew S. McCallion, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, McKusick-Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology

Edward McFarland, M.D.
Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery

Ian Keith McNiece, Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology
Director, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins in Singapore

Lloyd B. Minor, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Andelot Professor

David Moller, M.D. 
Associate Professor, Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine

John C. Murphy, Ph.D. 
Principal Research Scientist, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Brian O’Rourke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cardiology

Marc Ostermeier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Jeffrey B. Palmer, M.D.
Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehab

Drew M. Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology

Aditya Polsani
Industrial Liaison Associate
Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute

Martin G. Pomper, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Radiology

Aleksander S. Popel, Ph.D. 
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Jonathan D. Powell, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences

Donald L. Price, M.D.
Professor, Pathology, Neurology, and Neuroscience

Pere Puigserver, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology

Lauri Reamer, M.D. 
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Director, Multidisciplinary Educational Resources Weinberg Cancer Center

Gregory Riggins, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Pathology, Oncology

Gabriele V. Ronnett, M.D., Ph.D. 
Professor, Neuroscience and Neurology

Oliver D. Schein, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Professor, Ophthalmology

Chester W. Schmidt, Jr., M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Jonathan P. Schneck, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology, Medicine, and Oncology

Alan L. Scott, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Peter C. Searson, Ph.D.
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Vascular Biology Program
     Institute for Cell Engineering
Professor, Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Institute of Genetic Medicine

George Sgouros, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor, Radiology

Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology

Artin A. Shoukas, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Physiology

David Sidransky, M.D.
Professor, Otolaryngology

Ann N. Sieber, M.S.
Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery

Kenneth H. C. Silver, M.D.
Acting Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehab

Donald Small, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pediatric Oncology

Solomon Snyder, M.D.
Professor and Director, Neuroscience

Clifford Solomon, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery

Wayne I. Sternberger, Ph.D.
Principal Professional Staff, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
Research Associate, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (SOM)

James T. Stivers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Director, Graduate Admissions

Dan Stoianovici, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Urology & Mechanical Engineering
Director, URobotics Program

Paul Talalay, M.D. 
Professor, Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences

Rafael Tamargo, M.D.
Walter E. Dandy Professor
Professor, Neurosurgery & Otolaryngology
Director, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery

Nitish V. Thakor, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Benjamin Tsui, Ph.D.
Professor, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Environmental Health Sciences

Jennifer Van Eyk, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Cardiology, Biological Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering
Director, The Hopkins NHLBI Proteomics Center
Director, Bayview Proteomics Group

Peter C.M. van Zijl, Ph.D.
Professor, Radiology, Biophysics, and Oncology

Victor Velculescu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology – Cancer Biology

Chiming Wei, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, FAHA
Director, Cardiothoracis-Renal Molecular Research Program; Surgery

Raimond Winslow, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Robert J. Wityk, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology

Dean F. Wong, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Radiology, Psychiatry, and Environmental Health Sciences

David D. Yuh, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Associate Professor, Cardiac Surgery

Ran Zeimer, Ph.D.
Morton F. Goldberg Professor of Ophthalmology

Zhen Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology/Chemical Chemistry

Heng Zhu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences; High Throughput Biology Center (HiT)

M. Christine Zink DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology


STUDENTS & RESIDENTS 2005-06:

Hans Tomas Bjornsson, M.D.
Graduate Student, Division of Molecular Medicine

Manus Joseph Donahue, B.S.
Graduate Student, Biophysics and Radiology & Radiological Sciences

Emmanouil Karagiannis, B.Eng.
Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering

Christopher Reeves, M.D., M.B.A.
Resident, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine


STUDENT MEMBERS 2004-05:

Sameer Ahmad
Senior BME student

Christopher Komanski
Sophomore BME student

Jordan W. Swanson
BME Alumni

Nathan Telford
BME Alumni

Seth Townsend
BME Alumni