Leadership

Benjamin Kaffenberger, MD
Director, Dermatology Inpatient Consultation Service
Assistant Professor, Complex Medical Dermatology, General Dermatology

Bianca McArrell
The Program Manager for the Medical Student Research Program, Bianca McArrell, has worked in research for more than eleven years and has been a research coordinator and program manager for two federally funded grants at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. Faculty and students can contact Bianca McArrell for any inquiries regarding Medical Student Research.

Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Research Education
Dr. Bumgardner's commitment to research education is based on the recognition of the value and perspective that her own scientific training provides her with regard to the care of patients, the fulfillment of pursuing novel research relevant to patients and the reward of interacting with and mentoring some of the next generation of biomedical scientists.
Advisory Council

Jonathan Davis, PhD
Assistant Professor - Physiology and Cell Biology
Dr. Davis has a PhD from The Ohio State University in biophysics. He is a member of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (IBGP) faculty. His research concentrations are the biochemical and physiological mechanisms of cardiac and skeletal muscle.
Vidu Garg, MD
Associate Professor - Molecular Genetics and Pediatrics
Dr. Garg is a pediatric cardiologist and director of Translational Research at the Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The focus of his Research Laboratory is congenital heart disease and abnormal heart development in children.

Metin Gurcan, PhD
Assistant Professor - Biomedical Informatics

Darrell Gray, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor-Clinical
Dr. Gray serves as an assistant professor of medicine, director of Community Engagement and Equity in Digestive Health, medical director of Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Services at East Hospital and deputy director at the Center for Cancer Health Equity at the OSUCCC – James.

Samantha King, PhD
Assistant Professor - Pediatrics
Dr. King is a Professor of Pathology and faculty member of the Center for Microbial Interface Biology at OSU. Dr. King is also a Principal Investigator for the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis at the Pediatric Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Michael Knopp, MD, PhD
Professor - Radiology
Dr. Knopp is the vice chair of research, Novartis Chair of Imaging Research and director of the Wright Center of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging. Dr. Knopp’s research has contributed to developments in new imaging methodologies with a special interest in MRI, PET and safety.

Somashekar Krishna, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Sections of Advanced Endoscopy and Pancreatic Diseases, division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Clinical Interests: Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy. Research Interests: Solid and cystic pancreatic lesions, advanced imaging techniques (confocal endomicroscopy), endoluminal stent.

Peter Lee, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor - Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Peter Lee is a thoracic and cardiac surgeon at the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute and Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. He specializes in Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery. He also speaks multiple languages, including French and Korean.
Kim McBride, MD
Associate Professor - Molecular Biology and Genetics

Orlando Simonetti, PhD
Associate Professor - Internal Medicine and Radiology
Dr. Simonetti is a professor of biomedical engineering, Imaging and Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine and is the current director of cardiovascular MRI and CT research at the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital. His research concentrations are finding new imaging techniques for categorizing and assessing components of atherosclerosis diseases.
Faculty Reviewers
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2018 Faculty Reviewers
Jennie Aldrink, MD, Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
L. Eugene Arnold, MD, Psychiatry
W. David Arnold, MD, Neurology
David Bahner, MD, Emergency Medicine
Michael Bailey, PhD, Pediatrics
John Kevin Bailey, MD, Surgery - Critical Care, Trauma & Burn
Erica Bell, PhD, Radiation Oncology
Gail Besner, MD, Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
Jason Bischof, MD, Emergency Medicine
Andrea Bonny, MD, Pediatrics
Elisa Bradley, MD, Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Christopher Breuer, MD, Pediatric Surgery
Seuli Brill, MD, Internal Medicine
Jon Butchar, PhD, Hematology
Colleen Cebulla, MD, Opthalmology
Tendy Chiang, MD, Otolaryngology
Daniel Clinchot, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jordan Cloyd, MD, Surgery - Surgical Oncology
Lanla Conteh, MD, MPH, Internal Medicine - Gastro, Hepatology & Nutrition
Greg Cvetanovich, MD, Orthopaedics
David Dean, PhD, Plastic Surgery
Nathan Doble, PhD, Ophthalmology
Kathleen Dungan, MD, Internal Medicine - Endo, Diabetes & Metabolism
Danny Eiferman, MD, Surgery - Critical Care, Trauma & Burn
Brad Elder, MD, Neurological Surgery
Bakri Elsheikh, MBBS, Neurology
Matthew Exline, MD, Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Crit Care& Sleep
Naleef Fareed, PhD, Biomedical Informatics
Samir Ghadiali, PhD, Pulmonary, Crit Care, & Sleep
Maria Gallo, MD, Pediatrics
Vidu Garg, PhD, Epidemiology
Mikhail Gavrilin, PhD, Pulmonary, Crit Care, & Sleep
Michael Go, MD, Durgery - Vascular Surgery
Lauren Goodman, MD, Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Crit Care& Sleep
Kanu Goyal, MD, Orthopaedics
Tamar Gur, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
Heather Hampel, LGC, Internal Medicine - Human Genetics
Renzhi Han, PhD, Cardiac Surgery
Yousef Hannawi, MD, Neurology
Alan Harzman, MD, Surgery - Colon and Rectal Surgery
Susan Havercamp, PhD, Psychiatry
Don Hayes, MD, Internal Medicine - Pediatrics
Blair Herndon Hayes, MD, Anesthesiology
Nichole Hodges, PhD, Pediatrics
Tory Hogan, PhD, Health Services Management and Policy
Mahmoud Houmsse, MD, Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Emily Huang, MD, Surgery - Colon and Rectal Surgery
Kris Jatana, MD, Otolaryngology
Ben Kaffenberger, MD, Internal Medicine - Dermatology
Stephen Kang, MD, Otolaryngology
Lisa Keder, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Bryce Kerlin, MD, Pediatrics
Samantha King, PhD, Emergency Medicine
Kevin Klingele, MD, Orthopaedics
Arunark Kolipaka, PhD, Radiology
Vibhor Krishna, MBBS, Neurological Surgery
Somashekar Krishna, MBBS, MPH, Internal Medicine - Gastro, Hepatology & Nutrition
Kathy Lancaster, PhD, MPH, Epidemiology
Clara Lee, MD, Plastic Surgery
Julie Leonard, MD, Pediatrics
David Liebner, MD, Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
Scott Lilly, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Meredith Lind, MD, Otolaryngology
Peter Lu, MD, Pediatrics
Courtney Lynch, PhD, MPH, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Joanne Lynn, MD, Neurology - Medicine Administration
Robert Magnussen, MD, Orthopaedics
Paul Martin, PhD, Pediatrics
Joel Mayerson, MD, Orthopaedics
Daryl McLeod, MD, Urology
Alexa Meara, MD, Internal Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
William Miller, MD, PhD, MPH, Epidemiology
Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD, MBA, Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
Bradley Needleman, MD, Surgery - General Surgery
Abigail Norris Turner, PhD, Infectious Diseases
Tania Oberyszyn, PhD, Pathology
Dario Palmieri, PhD, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jeff Parvin, MD, PhD, Biomedical Informatics
Electra Paskett, PhD, Internal Medicine - Cancer Prevention and Control
Sheryl Pfeil, MD, Internal Medicine - Gastro, Hepatology & Nutrition
Alisha Plotner, MD, Internal Medicine - Dermatology
Ben Poulose, MD, Surgery - General Surgery
Michael Prats, MD, Emergency Medicine
Daniel Prevedello, MD, Neurological Surgery
Subha Raman, MD, Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Cameron Rink, PhD, Neurological Surgery
Lynette Rogers, PhD, Pediatrics
Jacqueline Rohl, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Brad Rovin, MD, Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Julie Samora, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgery
Toshiharu Shinoka, PhD, Surgery - Cardiac Surgery
Lawrence Shirley, MD, Surgery - Surgical Oncology
Cynthia Sieck, PhD, MPH, Family Medicine
Orlando Simonetti, PhD, Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Gary Smith, MD, Pediatrics
Sakima Smith, MD, Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Amy Speeckaert, MD, Orthopaedics
Mitchel Stacy, PhD, Vascular Surgery
Paul Stoodley, PhD, Microbial Infection and Immunity
Daniel Stover, MD, Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
Rajan Thakkar, MD, Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
William Vasileff, MD, Orthopaedics
Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH, Family Medicine
Ken Washburn, MD, Surgery - Transplant Surgery
Tristan Weaver, MD, Anesthesiology
Meng Welliver, MD, Radiation Oncology
David Wininger, MD, Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Richard Wood, MD, Pediatric Surgery
Brett Worly, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Henry Xiang, MD, MPH, PhD, Pediatrics
Hua Zhu, PhD, Cardiac Surgery
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