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Max McGee Diabetes Research Center

Meet Our Team

Martin J. Hessner, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology); Director, Max McGee Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes

mhessner@mcw.edu

Susanne M. Cabrera, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

scabrera@mcw.edu

Yi-Guang Chen, PhD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Microbiology & Immunology

Patricia A. Donohoue, MD

Professor & Section Chief, Pediatrics (Endocrinology); Program Director, Endocrine and Diabetes, Children’s Wisconsin

pdonohou@mcw.edu

Brian R. Hoffmann, PhD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Physiology

bhoffmann@mcw.edu

Rosanna Fiallo-Scharer, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology); Program Director, Diabetes, Children's Wisconsin

rfiallo@mcw.edu

Staff

Clare Bingham-Tyson | Clinical Research Coordinator

Rhonda Geoffrey | Research Technologist

Stephanie Harleston | Research Technologist

Shuang Jia | Biostatistician

Mary Kaldunski | Laboratory Manager

Joanna Kramer | Clinical Research Coordinator

Kevin Mueller | Research Technologist

Mark Roethle | Research Associate

Fellows, Residents, Graduate and Medical Students

Ashley Ciecko | Graduate Student

Alison Coren, MD | Research Fellow

Samuel Engle, DO | Research Fellow

Bardees Foda | Postdoctoral Fellow